Elin Nordegren Tiger Woods Wife

Insurer Refuses To Pay $1.6 Million In Tiger Woods Yacht Lawsuit
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- An insurance company is refusing to pay $1.6 million to
settle a lawsuit between a shipbuilder and Tiger Woods over use of the golfer's name and photograph of his luxury yacht "Privacy" to promote the company.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of Minnesota filed its own lawsuit Thursday in federal court contending that Christensen Shipyards Ltd. agreed to
the settlement on April 24 without the approval of the insurance company.
St. Paul is asking a federal judge to declare that the settlement with Woods should be paid entirely by Vancouver, Wash.-based Christensen or that St. Paul's share of the payment be limited to a $1 million cap cited in its policy with Christensen.
Woods and his wife, Swedish model Elin Nordegren, sued Christensen in October 2004 claiming that the shipbuilder had breached its contract by improperly using the names and images of Woods, his wife and the yacht for its own commercial gain. The contract said Christensen was not to publicly disclose the name of the yacht or the yacht's owner.
Christensen's attorney in Miami, Leslie Lott, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Friday.

Knowing Woods the way he is
There are very few men who redefine the way a sport is played. Tiger Woods has that distinction and he did that by adding a twist to one of golf's most basic actions ' the drive. Woods has the longest drive on the PGA Tour and that gave him a big advantage over his contemporaries. To counter his dominance, players started copying his technique in an attempt to raise their game. Golf courses that stood unchanged for years finally got a facelift because Woods made them feel almost tiny. Woods has often said, 'I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.' Once when he was asked what he meant by that, Tiger added, 'You and I could be playing cards right now and... I just want to kick your butt.'
'You'd want to win,' asked the interviewer. 'No, I want to kick your butt. There's the difference,' Tiger replied. Tiger who?
Born on December 30, 1975, Woods is the only child to parents Earl, a retired lieutenant, and Kultida, of Thai descent. Earl Woods gave his son Eldrick the nickname 'Tiger', after a soldier and friend of his father who was also nicknamed Tiger in his days as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army. Have you seen the Nike commercial where Woods bounces the ball on his club, like Pele toys with a football, before blasting it off into the stratosphere? The guys doing the advertisement were shocked with the ease with which Woods accomplished the feat. Again and again and again every time the producers wanted a retake. Woods intimidated them just by doing that.
He was once asked whether he was aware that he intimidated others. 'I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that,' Woods had said. Asked what separates great golfers from those who are just very good, Tiger says, 'To be able to repeat it again and again and again.' One-woman man
Elin Nordegren is a sexy, Swedish blonde who's a knockout in a bikini and to top all that, she's discreet too. What more can a superstar like Woods want? Nordegren's celebrity status went through the roof after news of her relationship with Woods was made public in 2002. She and her twin sister were also working as nannies for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik's children when he introduced her to Woods during the 2001 British Open. The two became engaged after Woods popped the question at the luxury Shamwari game reserve. The hushed marriage to Woods made headlines in October 2004. Money, money, money
In June 2005, Forbes estimated his annual income at US$87 million. That makes him one of the richest sportsmen in the world. His career earnings from just golf are a phenomenal $58,255,844. The closest any other player comes to him is Vijay Singh, with $46,617,643. But then it ain't all about money
Woods supports several charities and among them are his own projects as well. The Tiger Woods Foundation was established in 1996 by him and his father Earl. It focuses on projects for children. Initially these comprised golf clinics (aimed especially at disadvantaged children), and a grant program. Further activities added since then include university scholarships, an association with Target House at St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; the Start Something character development program, which had had over one million participants by 2003; and the Tiger Woods Learning Centre. Tiger Jam, an annual fund-raising concert and Target World Challenge, an annual off-season charity golf tournament, are a few other instances where Tiger shows his human side.
What's he up to now?
Trying his hand at stock car racing! The world's richest sportsman will risk injury by contesting a crash-and-bang celebrity stock car event in the tiny town of Huntly, New Zealand, on Monday.