Tiger Woods, who has been missing in action ever since he was exposed as a serial philanderer, may be laying low at the Long Island estate of Jim Dolan, the billionaire owner of a cable television system and Madison Square Garden. Then, again, maybe not.
Various reports have placed Woods in Arizona in a rehab facility, in Florida, staying near the home of golf legend Arnold Palmer and at the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan, where he allegedly partied down on New Year’s Eve. None have been substantiated.
The mystery of Woods’ whereabouts took the latest turn after Us Weekly reported that the world’s No. 1 golfer moved into Dolan’s 10,000-square-foot colonial mansion a week after his sex scandal broke. But a rep for Dolan strenuously denies the report.
A spokesman for Dolan told Us the report is “categorically false and preposterous on its face.”
But the magazine claims a “knowledgeable source” says otherwise: “Jim reached out to Tiger,” the source claims. “Tiger’s been seeing a shrink who goes to Dolan’s house,” says the source.
Dolan reportedly invited Woods to hide out at his $13.5 million home, which it described as a “fortress-like waterfront estate.”
Dolan has even made his fleet of jets available to Woods. The golfer has his own plane, but wife Elin Nordegren commandeered it for a trip to and from Switzerland to Windermere, Fla. She returned Jan. 1. after reportedly spending the holidays at a French ski resort.
A woman believed to be Elin was spotted outside the gated community where the Woods have a home over the Weekend. But the woman declined to identify herself. See the video.
“He’s the one keeping him under the radar,” says the source. “Jet-setting everywhere. I know Tiger’s flown on Jim’s jet from Florida probably three times.”
The source adds that Nike, one of Woods’ sponsors, let him use their jet for at least one trip.
Dolan has had his own problems with drug and alcohol addictions and spent time in rehab in 1993 and has helped troubled athletes, including basketball player Vin Baker, who battled alcoholism, the magazine says.
Dolan is Chairman of the Board of Cablevision Systems Inc., which operates Long Island’s cable system and is the parent company of the Madison Square Garden. His family also owns the New York Rangers and New York Knicks.
The magazine claims to have in its latest issue, other details about Elin’s “drinking at night”; what Woods has been telling his kids during recent speakerphone conversations and details of a Woods’ meeting with his mother the week before Christmas.
