Last Friday, Jose Lambiet of the PALM BEACH POST reported:
Observers at Old Port Cove Marina in North Palm Beach noticed an increase of activity in and around golfer Tiger Woods’ yacht yesterday.
Word is that Woods, whose image went from family man to philanderer in three weeks flat, arrived in a limo about 3 p.m. Thursday and has been on the 155-foot ship since. A marina worker speculated that the golfer could be headed to the Bahamas as soon as the weather clears.
Sunday night, Linda Marx of People.com reported:
Tiger Woods and a group of buddies, including some golfers, have left North Palm Beach, according to a source who has seen the golfer’s 155-ft. luxury yacht.
“Tiger’s boat Privacy has been docked at Old Port Cove in North Palm Beach for more than a week,” the source tells PEOPLE. “On Saturday morning, after stocking up on provisions from Costco on Northlake Blvd., the boat left town.”
Another source tells PEOPLE that Woods, 33, is going to cruise in the Bahamas for a few days after hanging around the Palm Beach Gardens area this past week.
Neither source has seen Woods, although tight security has been guarding the Old Port Cove Marina for more than a week. One eyewitness reported that a limo arrived at the marina Friday, before the boat departed the next morning.
Similar, independent accounts from legitimate outlets.
Before Friday, it had also been widely reported that the golfer’s yacht was being stocked with provisions, with the name of the boat covered for additional secrecy.
I don’t doubt that Woods will spend Christmas week yachting on the Caribbean Sea, but what fascinates me most about this new development is Marx’s generic reference to the “group of buddies, including some golfers” who are reportedly with Woods.
Over and over we’ve heard the past month from various outlets that Woods has been hanging out with “buddies” in various locations. Friends who also double as enablers for Woods’ now-confirmed alt-lifestyle. I don’t doubt that’s true, but the bit about him having “golfers” with him is a little hard to believe.
If you’ve studied reaction from Woods’ peers on the PGA Tour and the golf media, you get the distinct impression that he truly was a loner away from the course. (Now we know why.)
That was point was additionally driven home by one of Woods’ top rivals in an interview last week, Padraig Harrington - and the fact that so many pros and reporters have reported being dumbstruck over Woods’ philandering ways. (I believe most of them.)
I don’t doubt Woods has an army of hangers-ons who would blow off their families to spend Christmas week with him on his stellar yacht, the same boat where the golfer has previously hosted Oprah and Bill Gates. But other PGA Tour golfers? Maybe I’m naive, but I’m not buying it.
12:07 am on December 21st, 2009
Admiralty Orders: enemy vessel named “Privacy” carrying the adulterer “Eldrick” reportedly headed for the Bahamas Islands … intercept such vessel “post haste”, after which you are instructed to either “burn, sink, or take her a prize” …
12:26 am on December 21st, 2009
Breaking News: actual intercept received from the “con” of USS Brooks, which is currently operating in the coastal waters just off southern Florida:
“Flood forward tubes 1 through 4 … set target range at 3000 yards with impact-depth at 50 feet … stand by … fire all tubes ! … say again … fire all tubes !”…
12:45 am on December 21st, 2009
Breaking News: another actual intercept received from U-335, which is currently operating in the same waters as USS Brooks:
“Herr Kapitan … have confirmed target coordinates for enemy vessel, bearing 240 degrees … all forward torpedo tubes armed and ready … awaiting your orders to fire, sir ? …
“Mein lieber kamerat” … fire on my command … stand by … stand by …. fire all tubes ! … sieg und freiheit !
9:21 am on December 21st, 2009
Didnt this Tiger guy get this boat off the coast of Somalia after he had sex with the wife of the owner he stole it from? Thats what I heard.
10:46 am on December 21st, 2009
sire., sire….Rome is burning!!
who cares?…lets all go fishing!!!
11:27 am on December 21st, 2009
I don’t blame him. I’d want to leave the land of hippocritical, judgemental, boulder-throwing haters for a while too. And it’s good to hear he has some friends that’ll support him during this difficult time.
I hope Elin is also among friends and family to support her as well.
12:45 pm on December 21st, 2009
good comment tony…lets just hope some of those friends on his mega yacht are holding some law degrees….he’s going to need lots of those kind of friends in the dats to come
5:08 pm on December 21st, 2009
bahamian cheese!…alright tigger! spread that DNA to the islands mon!
5:53 pm on December 21st, 2009
Poor little rich boy.
6:49 pm on December 21st, 2009
I’d like to know where he has the homeport of that listed. The flag on the stern can possibly be the Falklands or Fiji. Doesnt really mean anything though. Like ships flagged from Nigeria, they are only listed there for $ purposes…
7:02 pm on December 21st, 2009
Never mind. He has it registered in the Cayman’s. Guess it’s time to hit a driving range…;)
7:07 pm on December 21st, 2009
i would click for yesterdays top posts but they haven’t changed for 3 weeks. come on Brooks, is that all you have?
9:28 pm on December 21st, 2009
Notice not a whole lot of the of the guys from the PGA are talking…hhhhmmmmm….probably because 95% are players as well. Really people why do you think it was so hush hush for so long?
9:38 pm on December 21st, 2009
Without intending to usurp your greatness Mr. Brooks, I am nonetheless compelled to relay a message that I’ve received fom a friend of mine in Germany. Apparently all the headlines in the papers there this morning read “Tiger ist Kaput !” … It turns out that both U-335 and USS Brooks, did indeed mount a simultaneous attack on the Privacy last night and that there were no reported survivors. It was also noted however, that a memorial service will be held, for all of the Tiger Lovers, next week at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
4:05 pm on December 24th, 2009
Tiger has always kept his yacht at this marina. He as well has a passion for skin diving but now we know what type of skin he dives for:)