Tiger Woods 9-iron-to-the-face story called internet hoax

Enraged over reports of her husband's philandering ways and set off by the discovery of an "incriminating" text message, Elin Nordegren smashed Tiger Woods in the face with a 9-iron on Thanksgiving Day and then chased a bleeding and woozy Woods as he fled from his Florida home, a prominent sportswriter relayed in a Boxing Day blog that caught the attention of celebrity gadfly Perez Hilton. From there, it went viral. Problem is, it likely wasn't true.

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