Charlie Axel Woods: Tiger Woods Welcomes A Son

On the day Tiger Woods usually hoists a trophy at Torrey Pines, the world's No. 1 golfer was busy with the birth of his first son.

Woods announced on his Web site early Monday that his wife, Elin, had given birth to a boy, Charlie Axel Woods. It is the couple's second child following the birth of daughter Sam Alexis in June 2007 on the day after the U.S. Open.

"Elin and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Charlie Axel Woods, who was born on Sunday February 8, 2009," Woods wrote in the statement. "Both Charlie and Elin are doing great and we want to thank everyone for their sincere best wishes and kind thoughts. Sam is very excited to be a big sister and we feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.

"I also want to thank our doctors, nurses and the hospital staff for their personal and professional care. We look forward to introducing Charlie to you at the appropriate time, and again thanks from all of us for your kindness and support."

The 33-year-old Woods is a six-time winner of the Buick Invitational, where he also won the U.S. Open last summer for his 14th career major. That was the last tournament he has played because of knee surgery a week later that ended his 2008 season. He is expected to return before the Masters, possibly as early as the Accenture Match Play Championship on Feb. 25.

He wrote in a newsletter last week that his return to golf would depend largely on the birth of his second child.

Woods was the only child born of his parents, Earl and Tida Woods. He had said after his marriage in 2004 that he looked forward to having more than one child.

Nick Watney won the Buick Invitational on Sunday, the sixth time that Woods has been unable to defend a title since his knee surgery.

Comments

[neocon6716]

10:18 PM on 02/10/2009

Tiger Woods children will become aliens. Cause Tiger Woods is not from this planet. He is from planet Woods. Phil Mickelson is from Uranus

[jackson1015]

06:52 PM on 02/10/2009

Their daughter is gorgeous, so I'm sure this one is a cutie, too.

[panurse]

06:42 PM on 02/10/2009

congrats, Tiger- now c'mon back on TV!!!!

[onalimb]

01:20 PM on 02/10/2009

Must be a gorgeous family.
Congrats!

[Big0725]

01:08 PM on 02/10/2009

I'm sorry, but if I had his money and that wife at home, I'm throwing the golf clubs in the Intracoastal and shacking up forever.

[ToddlerJ]

05:39 PM on 02/10/2009

Ha! You may feel differently if you also had his golf game.

[StephJH]

11:54 AM on 02/10/2009

Looking at those two beautiful, diverse people I think, "Their kids must be gorgeous!" Best wishes to the Woods' and for their continued happiness.

[easyandy]

11:53 AM on 02/10/2009

On the day Tiger Woods usually hoists a trophy at Torrey Pines, the world's No. 1 golfer was busy with the birth of his first son.

Woods announced on his Web site early

he hosts a trophy everytime he is seen with that golddigging swede

[Big0725]

01:09 PM on 02/10/2009

Now, now! You need to get that green-eyed monster under control.

[eraofpeace]

03:58 PM on 02/10/2009

I wish there were a site specially for nasty comments. Go away.

[toocoldout]

10:39 AM on 02/10/2009

If everyone says Tiger Woods isn't black, what will they say about his kids? With a mother that light colored, his kids will be whiter than most Italians.

[-0013]

11:55 AM on 02/10/2009

Thanks Mendel.

[Bruupo]

11:02 PM on 02/10/2009

Oh come now, everyone knows that genes work just like coffee and milk.

[clearthinker2008]

04:34 PM on 02/10/2009

His kids will be white, that was his mission.

[BlackWidowPilot]

08:30 PM on 02/10/2009

Got *proof?*

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[maliksmama]

05:15 PM on 02/11/2009

I believe that. He went all the way to Europe to get a pureblood white woman. He couldn't take a chance that the American white women are actually white.

[Canuck27]

07:46 AM on 02/10/2009

Congrats to the Woods. Now Tiger get out there and play man, I can't watch golf since you've been out. Can't wait for the Masters!! YEAH!!!

[panurse]

06:43 PM on 02/10/2009

you got that right

[ruffmama]

07:38 AM on 02/10/2009

I am so HORRIFIED by the comments on this post.

Are you all serious?

A baby was born for crying out loud!

[chronic]

11:51 AM on 02/10/2009

LOL

[Hoisin]

07:35 AM on 02/10/2009

a couple babies and 5 years took its toll on her.

[DFL]

07:30 AM on 02/10/2009

I heard someone say: she's not my daughter.

[sarale23]

01:32 AM on 02/10/2009

Mazal Tov!

[clevernamehere]

12:12 AM on 02/10/2009

All the people bashing Tiger's wife should do a google search. After all the bashing on here I did one and its clear people just heard nanny and made all kinds of assumptions.

Yes, she was a nanny. She was also 21 when she was a nanny and its hardly unusual for a young woman to spend a couple of years in that kind of job in order to live abroad before starting on a career. Her mother is a former minister in the Swedish goverment and her father is a journalist, so she had a family history of high achievement. Tiger's only 4 years older and pretty decent looking, so I wouldn't call her a trophy wife.

[Promise]

11:58 PM on 02/09/2009

I don't know them but they look happy and in love. 'Sure have great smiles and she's leaning towards him like she really likes him. I wish them and their family well.