TMZ Sports Reports That Tiger-Elin Divorce Is In The Works

It figures that a story showcasing exactly why TMZ would branch into sports gossip would be broken by…TMZ Sports. The outlet recently reported that the divorce of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, long thought inevitable since Woods’ many, many infidelities came to light, is officially in the works.

Not surprisingly, TMZ says the possibly-soon-to-be-ex couple wants to keep things hush-hush:

Sources very familiar with the situation tell TMZ … the most important thing for both Tiger and Elin is keeping the terms of the divorce confidential.

Needless to say, with outlets like TMZ hot after details, this will be difficult. They went on to report that Tiger “wants either custody or visitation,” that the divorce might actually be filed in Nordegren’s home country of Sweden, and that “the couple has not reached agreement on any of the major issues.” If they’re that far away from finalizing the split (and of course, provided they’re actually right that a split is looming), get ready to hear lots more on this. Because if there’s anything we need, it’s more Tiger stories!

And if that’s not enough Tiger news, he and his swing coach, Hank Haney, are also ending their relationship. TMZ has that, too, though the Golf Channel first got word of the Woods-Haney split.

Blogger Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead notes the bevy of breakup news surrounding Woods, asking re: Haney:

The only question is, has Woods been secretly working with a number of other swing coaches over the last few years?

Pretty good line, and interestingly, the Woods-Haney breakup is what has more people talking. It’s got writeups on ESPN, USA Today, and FOX News, to name a few. The divorce news, on the other hand, is pretty much confined to TMZ and a couple other gossip sites. A sign that media attention is returning to Woods’ golf game now that he’s playing again, or just a sign that there’s not enough concrete evidence for most outlets to report on the divorce? Stay tuned.