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TIGER'S NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET
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Elin's out to mashie Tiger Woods' niblick
Golfer's wife wants half £370m fortune and sole custody of kids.
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By James Desborough, 03/01/2010
THE betrayed wife of Tiger Woods has taken another chunk out of the love rat golfer - a whacking great slice of his huge wealth.
Tough Swedish model Elin Nordegren revealed to friends how she extracted dear revenge when they asked what the shamed golfing superstar had given her for Christmas. . .
She coolly declared: "Three hundred million dollars, thank you very much!"
Just two weeks ago we revealed how Elin vowed to drive Woods out of her life with divorce and a 50 per cent slice of his $600 million (£370m) fortune. Now it looks like she got her way AND piled on the agony by:
BARRING Tiger from seeing their two kids on Christmas Day.
FORCING him and his mum to POST the children's Santa presents instead.
Legend
Meanwhile Tiger's commercial and charity interests have taken a hit as he:
DISTANCED himself from his closest aides.
REFUSED to discuss business dealings.
PLANS to extend his year-long break from golf until 2012.
Elin, who turned 30 on Friday and is currently on holiday in France, has now cut all ties with Tiger after sensational revelations linking him to EIGHTEEN mistresses.
The Florida-based sports legend, 34 last Wednesday, has not seen his children - daughter Sam, two, and 10-month-old son Charlie - for almost a month due to Elin's concerns about his mental state. She told pals: "He's not stable enough at the moment."
Elin is now pressing ahead with the divorce plans and intends to start a new life near their old family home in Orlando within the next six months.
Our source told us: "She's 100 per cent determined to split with Tiger. When she boasted of the '$300m Christmas gift' and then laughed it was clear to everyone around her that she's more focused than ever about moving on with her life.
"She still has feelings for Tiger as the father of her kids, but now her only dealings with him will be to get her and the youngsters set up in a comfortable home with everything they need. And so far Tiger has just agreed to settle for an easy life."
Secret
Steely Elin moved out of the family home and has steered clear of her husband since child protection service agents visited them there in late November.
Tiger, who has a well-documented battle with sleeping pill Ambien, had to settle for a Christmas Day phone call with his kids rather than a personal visit.
The source added: "Elin feels that Tiger isn't mentally well enough to spend time with her or the kids.
"Tiger wanted to see them for Christmas, but Elin went away skiing at a secret location in California and then fled to France for more snow and space. They did speak briefly on the phone, but it ended with Elin begging him to seek professional help. She's remained tough despite the underlying emotions at the centre of this split.
"And when Tiger's mum Tida asked to see her grandchildren for Christmas Elin told her to send her presents in the post. Tida has stood by her son despite the scandal and Tiger has been hiding out with her. So now Elin and Tida are essentially at war.
"Elin feels that Tida is totally against her. The past few weeks have been hell for Elin, suffering the indignity of seeing her husband's cheating played out publicly across the world.
"She was hoping for support from those around her, but she feels Tida is now completely on Tiger's side. She keeps urging Elin to talk to Tiger and sort things out - as if it was just a silly argument over a trivial matter.
"Tida had been telling everyone how 'Team Woods' would soon be back together and this all would blow over. That made Elin furious.
Feud
"Tida also seemed to blame HER for Tiger's indiscretions, accusing her of hiring 'pretty women' to help out around the house - as if to hint that she was testing Tiger. Elin blew her top at that and the feud kicked off."
The scandal involving Woods' No 1 mistress, New York party organiser Rachel Uchitel, has also been fired up again as she boasted to friends that Tiger wants to set her up with her own nightclub.
This week she jetted to be with friends and family in Palm Beach, Florida, just a few miles away from where Tiger has moored his £1m yacht.
After bragging that the star planned to finance her new project Rachel, 34, told her pals: "I'm his soulmate and we have a special connection. We WILL get back together - he promised."
But Woods' official business associates are concerned about his continued absence from work. Many top aides in Tiger's management, property, and golf design concerns have not heard from their leader in weeks.
BY JUPITER! Aides say troubled Tiger may sell $30m island mansion An insider told us: "Tiger's cut himself from many of the people he used to talk to on a daily basis. Many senior aides are worried about their jobs - they fear Tiger will shake up his organisation and ditch anyone who may be implicated with helping him in his indiscretions. There was also a big office move on the cards soon, as Tiger planned to set up premises close to his secluded new $30 million dream home on Jupiter Island, on the Florida coast halfway between Kennedy Space Center and Miami. But that's been put on hold, leaving some to speculate that Tiger may sell the property.
"One person Tiger has been speaking to lately is fellow golfer Mark O'Meara. He went through a tough divorce and Tiger values his advice."
Executives at the Tiger Woods Foundation - a charity for underprivileged kids-fear big problems attracting sponsors for 2010. One major Woods backer, telecoms giant AT & T, has already pulled the plug.
Remorse
Our source said Tiger is likely to release a statement in the next few days. His managers want him to show public remorse and seek help for his issues.
The insider added: "The talk was that Tiger wouldn't play golf for a year. But now that could be extended so he can rebuild his life.
"Many aides aren't sure if he'll be back before 2012."