32-535: Nordegren is a Swedish surname and it may refer to: Elin Nordegren , Swedish model and ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods Thomas Nordegren , Swedish journalist and writer See also [ edit ] Nordgren Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nordegren . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
64-488: A 12-foot (3.7 m) fountain with water spouting out of three lions' mouths, five refrigerators , temperature-controlled wine coolers, and other furniture. In June 2019, it was announced that Nordegren was expecting her first child with former National Football League player Jordan Cameron . Nordegren gave birth to a son, Arthur, in October 2019. In December 2022, Nordegren gave birth to their second child, reportedly
96-410: A 68), and placed Woods in the final pairing on Sunday. To this point in his career, Woods had never won a major championship by coming from behind, which he would have had to do to win his third U.S. Open. Four players were one stroke behind Woods at 215 (+5). Source: Sunday, June 17, 2007 Ángel Cabrera shot a 1-under 69 to become the first Argentinian to win the U.S. Open. He entered
128-475: A daughter. The couple also has a third child together. 2007 U.S. Open Golf Championship The 2007 United States Open Championship was the 107th U.S. Open , held June 14–17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania , a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh . Ángel Cabrera won his first major championship , one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods , who were unable to birdie
160-554: A job in Champagne, a Stockholm clothing store, where she met Mia Parnevik, wife of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik , who hired Nordegren as the au pair to their children, the job requiring her to move full-time to the U.S. Tiger Woods was introduced to her during the 2001 Open Championship . For the previous year, Woods had asked to be introduced to Nordegren, who was seeing someone else at the time. "She had no interest in Tiger and he
192-460: A libel suit against The Dubliner . Nordegren won €125,000, and The Dubliner was required to publish a lengthy apology in a variety of venues. In 2007, Woods announced the birth of the couple's daughter, Sam Alexis, a day after finishing second in the U.S. Open . On 2 September 2008, Woods announced they were expecting another child in late winter. Nordegren gave birth to a boy, Charlie Axel , in 2009. In December 2009, her marriage to Woods
224-414: A second straight even-par round of 70, including a birdie on the 18th hole, to take a two-shot lead heading into the final round. Tiger Woods hit the first 17 greens in regulation en route to a 1-under 69, barely needing to work to save par until his only bogey on the last hole, and finished in second place two shots behind Baddeley. It was one of just two under-par rounds on the day ( Steve Stricker shot
256-469: A twin sister Josefin Nordegren. Nordegren and her sister had summer jobs as cashiers in supermarkets to finance their studies. Elin started modeling in 2000, and appeared on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000. In May 2014, Nordegren graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida , with a degree in psychology, receiving the outstanding senior award. Nordegren took
288-625: Is the Swedish-born ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods . Nordegren has worked as a model and nanny . Nordegren was born in Stockholm . Her mother, politician Barbro Holmberg , is the former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister as well as the former Governor of Gävleborg County . Her father, Thomas Nordegren , is a radio journalist who has served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C. She has an elder brother, Axel, and
320-594: The 19th hole of the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost $ 2 million. Nude photographs purporting to be of Nordegren began circulating on the Internet. Despite them being fakes, Irish magazine The Dubliner published the nude photographs and stated they were of Nordegren. On 16 November 2006, Nordegren filed
352-406: The 477-yard (436 m) 9th hole (his 18th) after hitting an approach with a sand wedge to within two feet (0.6 m) to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point. The shot moved the cut line from +11 to +10, eliminating 19 players (including Phil Mickelson , who had had the longest current streak of making cuts at major championships at 30). Paul Casey shot a 66 for the low round of the day when
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#1732797439353384-541: The 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff . Cabrera's victory marked the first U.S. Open won by an Argentine or a South American . It was the first of his two major titles; he won the Masters in a playoff in 2009 . This was the eighth U.S. Open and eleventh professional major held at Oakmont. The championship committee of the United States Golf Association chose Oakmont Country Club as
416-607: The Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida , on 23 August 2010. Nordegren's legal team included her sister, Josefin (who is licensed to practice law in England and Sweden) and several of Josefin's U.S. colleagues at international law firm McGuireWoods . Using the $ 100 million she received from her divorce from Woods, she purchased a $ 12 million Florida mansion built in the 1920s. She had
448-518: The Open easier than other locations. Rob Zalzneck, the director of the 2007 Open for the USGA commented on the readiness of the course saying, "We're so far ahead with our plans and what we need to get done, Oakmont is just such an ideal situation for us. The club welcomes us with open arms, and we've had such great championships here in the past. What everyone will see, though, is the unbelievable difference in
480-406: The Open, although they were still much faster than what would be found at a normal tour event. Preparation began in 2002 and 2003 and included minor renovation to the course, most notably the lengthening of the course for the world's best players, small renovations to the clubhouse, and also the deepening of Oakmont's storied bunkers. Other changes to the course since the last Open in 1994 included
512-1884: The U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 72 players that were fully exempt for the 2007 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses: Michael Campbell , Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (8,9,12,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen , Geoff Ogilvy (8,9,16), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,11,12,16) John Kelly (a), Richie Ramsay (a) Zach Johnson (9,11,12,16), Phil Mickelson (5,6,8,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (8,16) Ben Curtis (9), Todd Hamilton Rich Beem , Shaun Micheel , Vijay Singh (8,9,11,12,16) Allen Doyle Paul Casey (10,16), Luke Donald (9,10,11,16), Kenneth Ferrie , Pádraig Harrington (10,16), Ryuji Imada , Colin Montgomerie (10,16), Nick O'Hern (15,16), Ian Poulter (10,16), Jeff Sluman , Steve Stricker (16) Stephen Ames (16), Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (12,16), Stewart Cink (16), Joe Durant (16), Lucas Glover , J. J. Henry , Trevor Immelman (16), Davis Love III (16), Arron Oberholser (16), Rod Pampling (16), Tom Pernice Jr. , Carl Pettersson (16), Brett Quigley , Rory Sabbatini (11,16), Adam Scott (11,12,16), David Toms (16), Brett Wetterich (16), Dean Wilson Thomas Bjørn , Johan Edfors , Niclas Fasth (16), Sergio García (11,16), Robert Karlsson (16), Henrik Stenson (13,16), Anthony Wall Charles Howell III (16), John Rollins (16) Shingo Katayama , Jeev Milkha Singh Robert Allenby , Aaron Baddeley , Ángel Cabrera , Tim Clark , Chris DiMarco , Anders Hansen , José María Olazábal , Justin Rose , Charl Schwartzel , Vaughn Taylor , Scott Verplank , Lee Westwood None Source: The 9th hole
544-494: The USGA Championship, saying, “We’re not going to be slapping logos all over the place, we’re trying to broaden the appeal of the game.” Long-time American Express sponsorship recipient Tiger Woods told the media in response to the deal, “It’s a tremendous opportunity, this is two enormous brands coming together to help golf.” About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for
576-493: The United States Golf Association entered into a commercial partnership. It entered into an agreement with American Express for an undisclosed amount, which allowed American Express to set up a special "Trophy Room" area at the 2007 U.S. Open for American Express cardholders. Jud Linville, president of American Express U.S. Consumer Card Services, addressed concern about the arrangement commercializing
608-504: The addition of a bridge to connect to holes 2–8, which posed as a major problem causing player and pedestrian jams over the Pennsylvania Turnpike . The USGA recruited some 5,000 volunteers in order to insure the event progresses smoothly. The event was expected to, like the last Open at Oakmont, attract record breaking sell-out crowds. Crowd control was also a major problem for the USGA and its volunteers as huge crowds filled
640-504: The average score was 76.933, the highest since the final round in 2004 at Shinnecock Hills . Stephen Ames ' 69 was the only other score under par for the third round. The cut was at 150 (+10) and no amateurs advanced to the weekend. Source: Amateurs: Harrell (+11), Ramsay (+12), Kokrak (+16), Davies (+17), Kelly (+18), Kuehne (+19), Golden (+20), Condello (+22), Pettitt Jr (+23), Prugh (+23), Ureta (+23), Lee (WD). Saturday, June 16, 2007 Aaron Baddeley shot
672-414: The course during the tournament creating traffic problems. The USGA began selling tickets to the general public on June 15, 2006. The USGA was expected to sell out all of their tickets for the competitive rounds by their deadline for purchase on August 15, 2006. After the sale of all tickets for the competitive rounds, any post-deadline purchases were settled by a lottery. For the first time in its history,
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#1732797439353704-419: The difficult 18th hole and then had to wait in the clubhouse for Furyk and Woods to finish. Furyk tied for the lead with 3 straight birdies from 13-15 but bogeyed 17 to fall 1 stroke behind. Both Furyk and Woods needed to birdie the 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff but neither did, giving Cabrera the victory by a single stroke. Cabrera and Anthony Kim (67) were the only players to post sub-par scores during
736-472: The entire structure demolished after an architect advised that it made better sense to start over than to try bringing the home up to current hurricane safety codes. Before demolishing the home in December 2011, she allowed Habitat for Humanity to come into the home for four weeks and salvage anything they found of value. The contents of the estate were auctioned at a Habitat for Humanity warehouse, including
768-413: The final round four shots behind, after shooting a disappointing 76 on Saturday. This gave him a 2:20 pm tee time on Sunday, 40 minutes ahead of the final pairing, which included Tiger Woods . After a birdie on the 15th hole, Cabrera was 3-under for the round, with a three stroke lead over Woods and a surging Jim Furyk . After bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes that reduced his lead to one, Cabrera parred
800-477: The final round. Aaron Baddeley was the 54-hole leader, but opened with a triple bogey and shot 80 (+10). The field broke par for only eight rounds during the tournament, just two players per day on the difficult Oakmont layout, and Cabrera was the only player to break par twice. Source: Full final leaderboard Archived June 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine The top eight finishers at
832-430: The golf world with some of the most exciting championships of golf history including Miller's record for the lowest score shot in a USGA championship, a 63 (−8) in 1973, and the dramatic Monday finish in 1994 between Els, Loren Roberts , and Colin Montgomerie . The 107th U.S. Open was Oakmont's first USGA event since the U.S. Amateur in 2004 . The USGA, American Golf's governing body, found setting up and preparing for
864-520: The host for 2007 on October 2, 2001. The USGA had also recently decided to award Oakmont its 13th USGA national championship, the U.S. Amateur, only four years before the 14th national championship to be held at Oakmont. Oakmont's prestige in the golf community was irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour ( 1927 ), Sam Parks, Jr. ( 1935 ), Ben Hogan ( 1953 ), Jack Nicklaus ( 1962 ), Johnny Miller ( 1973 ), Larry Nelson ( 1983 ), and Ernie Els ( 1994 ). Oakmont had already provided
896-576: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nordegren&oldid=933020005 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elin Nordegren Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈěːlɪn ˈnûːɖɛˌɡreːn] ; born 1 January 1980)
928-452: The size of the event from 1994 (when Oakmont last hosted the Open) and this year." It was thought that the usual Open conditions would still exist, including the lightning fast greens and unusually high rough, as many of these features were common year round at Oakmont Country Club leading up to the Open. In fact, Oakmont's greens were so fast that the USGA directed the club to slow them down for
960-534: Was OK with that," Mia Parnevik said. "There was a big line of single golfers wanting to meet her. They were gaga over her." At the time, she had hopes of becoming a child psychologist. In November 2003, Woods and Nordegren attended the Presidents Cup tournament in South Africa and became officially engaged when Woods proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve . They were married in October 2004, by
992-469: Was previously played as a par 5; before 1962, the 1st hole was also played as a par 5. Lengths of the course for previous major championships: Thursday, June 14, 2007 In the difficult course conditions, only Nick Dougherty and Ángel Cabrera broke par during the first round. World number one Tiger Woods shot a 1-over 71, and #2 Phil Mickelson was at 74, playing with a wrist injury. Source: Friday, June 15, 2007 Ángel Cabrera birdied
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1024-597: Was the subject of extensive media coverage after Woods admitted to infidelity, which had been revealed following his single-vehicle accident near the family's Florida home. After Woods' infidelity was revealed, Jesper Parnevik was quoted as having said, "I'm kind of filled with sorrow for Elin since me and my wife are at fault for hooking her up with him, and we probably thought he was a better guy than he is." Woods announced he would take an "indefinite break" from golf to work on his marriage. These efforts were unsuccessful, however, as Nordegren and Woods finalized their divorce in
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