By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-23 03:18:10 | Updated at 2024-12-23 07:30:34
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Tiger Woods was caught on camera sharing a warm embrace with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren moments after he and son Charlie finished runners up at the PNC Championship in Florida.
Woods and Charlie, 15, lost in a playoff to Bernhard Langer and his son Jason on Sunday, with the golfing great agonizingly missing out on a tournament win on his return to action after a sixth back surgery this year.
As Langer drained the putt that clinched victory, Nordegren was waiting just outside the ropes to congratulate her son and ex-husband on their weekend. And footage soon went viral of Woods, 48, hugging the Swedish model as he came off the course.
Woods and Nordegren divorced in 2010 after six years of marriage, months after bombshell details emerged of the golfer's infidelities.
Nordegren first discovered Woods was cheating in November 2009. Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree outside the Florida mansion he shared with her, two days after a National Enquirer report claimed Woods was having an affair with a woman named Rachel Uchitel.
In the aftermath of the crash - where Woods was found by police asleep in the road without shoes and socks on, as per USA Today, while Nordegren tried to smash her way into the car with a golf club - multiple women came forward to claim they too had been involved with the golfer.
Tiger Woods hugged his ex-wife Elin Nordegren after competing with their son Charlie, 15
Nordegren pictured watching Tiger Woods and their son Charlie competing in Flordia
Not only did it cost Woods his marriage, but he also lost numerous lucrative sponsorship deals and went to rehab for sex addiction during a break from playing golf.
'[I was in] absolute shock and disbelief,' Nordgren told PEOPLE about her divorce from Woods. 'I felt stupid as more things were revealed — how could I not have known anything? The word betrayal isn't strong enough.
'I felt like my whole world had fallen apart. It seemed that my world as I thought it was had never existed. I felt embarrassed for having been so deceived. I felt betrayed by many people around me.'
Now, Woods and Nordegren are said to be friends. Charlie is not the only child they had together - their daughter Sam, 17, was a caddie for her father and brother during the weekend tournament.
Nordegren also has three children with former NFL player Jordan Cameron, who she met after things ended with Woods.
In 2015, Woods went as far to say Nordegren is still one of the people he trusts the most.
'She's one of my best friends. We're able to pick up the phone, and we talk to each other all the time,' he said.
'We both know that the most important things in our lives are our kids. I wish I would have known that back then. She talks to me about her life, I talk to her about my life.
'We try to help each other out on all occasions. And we work through it with the kids, the parenting program. She is one of my best friends now, and it's all because of my kids.'
Earlier this year, Woods - who turns 49 later in December - and the 44-year-old Nordegren cheered Charlie on at a high school golf tournament in Florida.
They also came face-to-face in March, when an awkward picture surfaced of Woods stood to one side while Nordegren and Charlie had a photograph together.
Erin often heads to the PNC Championship to support her son, who this weekend hit his first ever hole-in-one with his father watching on.
'It was awesome, no one made a mistake today, it was the most fun I've ever had,' Charlie said on television after his round ended.
'And on top of that, I made an ace. I don't think I top that, it was awesome.'
Nordegren was believed to be watching in the clubhouse as Charlie made the shot on the fourth hole.
His proud dad added: 'That was one of the highlights that we've ever had. On the hole previous, he made his first eagle and now he just made his first hole-in-one. It is a magical two-hole stretch.'
