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Tiger & Elin: Scenes from a Marriage

From happy newlyweds to beaming parents, take a look back at the way they were
By Cara Lynn Shultz
Updated August 24, 2010 09:00 AM
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SO HAPPY TOGETHER

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Swedish model Elin Nordegren was working as a nanny for golfer Jesper Parnevik when she was introduced to Tiger Woods at the 2001 British Open. "I knew that she was the one for me," Woods later told PEOPLE. "It's great when you see people who've been married for 20, 30, 40 years and they're still in love. That's what I want for us."

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A BIG NIGHT OUT

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Fiercely private, Woods took a public step, bringing then-girlfriend Nordegren to the Golf Writers Association of America Awards 2002 dinner in April. "I knew that Elin was a special woman pretty soon after I met her," he told PEOPLE.

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THE ENGAGEMENT

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After two years together, Woods popped the question to Nordegren during a trip to the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa – but the couple's happiness was tempered when news of the engagement leaked. "The only positive out of the whole trip is that Elin didn't say no," said Woods (here, just three weeks before his top-secret nuptials).

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THE WEDDING

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On Oct. 5, 2004, Woods and Nordegren tied the knot – where else? – at a golf resort in Barbados before guests including Michael Jordan and Oprah Winfrey. While some speculated that marriage could influence his game, Woods rebuffed those rumors, writing on his Web site, "I just hope I can get the ball in the hole a little faster."

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THE HUGE WIN

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Hold that Tiger! After winning his fourth Masters in 2005 in a sudden death playoff, Nordegren congratulated her husband with a big smooch on the green in Augusta, Ga. The golfer had dedicated the tournament to his ailing father Earl Woods, and first hugged his caddie before embracing his mother and then his wife.

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THE POSH LIFE

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After winning a reported $1.26 million at the Masters, Woods and Nordegren celebrated with a Cayman Islands trip on their $22 million, three-story yacht – named Privacy. By 2005, Woods's estate was estimated to be worth around $600 million. Included in that: a waterfront Jupiter Island, Fla., compound, estimated at $38 million, a $2.4 million home in Windermere, Fla., and a $2.3 million retreat outside Stockholm.

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THE EMOTIONAL CHAMP

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Less than two months after his father's death on May 3, a tearful Woods embraced Nordegren after winning the 2006 British Open by five shots. "I'm kind of one who bottles things up a little bit and moves on, tries to deal with things in my own way," he told reporters. "But at that moment it all came pouring out and all the things my father has meant to me and the game of golf."

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THE FIRST BABY

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Although Woods wanted a son first because , the golfer called daughter Sam Alexis (born June 18, 2007) . She arrived less than 24 hours after he came in second at the U.S. Open.

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ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY

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When knee troubles forced Woods, then the world's top-ranked golfer, to take a break in 2008, the family kicked off '09 with a new addition, son Charlie Axel. Born Feb. 8, he joined Sam, then 20 months, and dogs Yogi (left) and Taz. "People say I was born to play golf, but I think I was born to be a dad," Woods told PEOPLE.

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THE LAST SHOT

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"My life is great," the happy dad said. "I'm just enjoying the moment." Like this family outing to a football match at his alma mater, Stanford, on Nov. 21, 2009 – less than a week before the fateful Thanksgiving night car crash that would trigger the unraveling of the exalted star's persona.

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THE BRAVE FACE

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With her husband admitting his amid numerous affairs with different women, Nordegren steps out for the first time publicly – sans wedding ring. As more alleged mistresses step forward – one report put the number in the hundreds – Nordegren begins making plans to leave Woods.

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THE APOLOGY

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In a televised press conference Woods apologized for his, adding, "Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behavior." But the harm was done: The couple's divorce was finalized less than a year later, on Aug. 23, 2010.

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1 of 12 SO HAPPY TOGETHER
2 of 12 A BIG NIGHT OUT
3 of 12 THE ENGAGEMENT
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5 of 12 THE HUGE WIN
6 of 12 THE POSH LIFE
7 of 12 THE EMOTIONAL CHAMP
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