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Tiger Woods Spoke With Clinton, Obama: Report

First Posted: 04/28/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:40 PM ET

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Tiger Woods has spoken with Presidents Obama and Clinton, according to an an article at GolfDigest.com. Jaime Diaz confirms that Woods visited the Gentle Path clinic in Mississippi, allegedly entering with a "whatever it takes" mentality. The program includes the previously reported Disclosure Day, whereby patients have to reveal all of their past indiscretions to their spouse.

Diaz also confirms that Woods' wife Elin Nordegren (PHOTOS) has visited Woods at the clinic, and the couple and their kids spent Christmas together in Southern California.

Woods' mother is quoted in the article, and is described as "staunchly supportive of her son," despite the damage his scandal has caused her. SportsByBrooks notes Tida Woods' past interviews with Diaz and speculates that she could be the source of many of the article's revelations.

Perhaps the most surprising new development in the Golf Digest piece is the brief news about Woods' contact with two presidents:

President Obama also made a personal call to offer encouragement. So did Bill Clinton, whose experience might be particularly instructive.

The article ends with a note of optimism from Woods' mother. "He will face himself, solve the problem, and when he comes back, he will still love to play and love to win. I think more than ever, because his closet will be cleaned out and his mind will be free. And I know he will break Jack's record," she says. Click HERE to read the full article.


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Tiger Woods has spoken with Presidents Obama and Clinton, according to an an article at GolfDigest.com. Jaime Diaz confirms that Woods visited the Gentle Path clinic in Mississippi, allegedly entering...
Tiger Woods has spoken with Presidents Obama and Clinton, according to an an article at GolfDigest.com. Jaime Diaz confirms that Woods visited the Gentle Path clinic in Mississippi, allegedly entering...
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10:07 AM on 03/02/2010
BUBBA'S ADVICE WAS TO TELL TIGER THAT THE COUGARS SHOULD WEAR A BIB SO THAT THEY DON'T GET STAINS ON THEIR DRESSES.
10:01 AM on 03/02/2010
GOOD IDEA TO ASK BUBBA FOR SUPPORT.!
09:59 AM on 03/02/2010
THIS FAMILY SEEMS TO BE OBSESSED WITH BREAKING JACK'S RECORD.... LIKE THAT IS ALL TIGER HAS BEEN PROGRAMED TO DO. HE WILL DO IT BUT HE'LL NEVER HAVE THE CLASS, HUMILITY, AND INTEGRITY THAT JACK HAD AND STILL HAS.

INTERESTING THAT TIGERS PARENTS DIDN'T TEACH HIM THAT..........THEY ONLY WANT HIM TO BREAK HIS RECORD.

EARL ONCE SAID THAT BIGGER THINGS ARE IN TIGER'S FUTURE........THAT HE WLL BECOME ANOTHER GANDI ....HA HA!
06:32 AM on 03/02/2010
Hey, thought for the day - imagine how different life in the US would be today if Elin Woods was married to Bill Clinton, and Hillary to Tiger.... wouldn't even have made a blip on the PGA radar. Hate to think about Bill, though....
05:36 PM on 03/01/2010
You go Tiger. Not watching golf this weekend really made me miss you. Everyone else is a total yawner!
10:04 AM on 03/02/2010
FYI..... TIGER HASN'T PLAYED IN SCOTTSDALE IN YEARS. IN FACT TIGER PLAYS IN ONLY 18 TOURNAMENTS A YEAR........4 OF THEM MAJORS. WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?
APPARENTLY YOU ARE A FAN OF EL DICK, NOT OF GOLF.
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jdiary
Stand with Newtown. Stand up to the NRA.
01:34 PM on 03/01/2010
And President Obama and Jimmy Carter called to wish me luck on my diet. Complete malarkey.
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Maezeppa
Happy-Happy Joy-Joy
04:11 PM on 03/01/2010
Absolutely! The Golf Digest article doesn't even report that Pres. Obama called and doesn't cite any source whatsoever that Clinton did, which is highly doubtful.
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Sandra Stipp
01:32 PM on 03/01/2010
I have never liked Tiger's mother......she has always comes across as a gold digger. Sure she wants Tiger to get back to playing golf......she wants the money.
01:32 PM on 03/01/2010
I can almost hear Bill telling Tiger "Go ugly early." However, it seems Tiger didn't always follow Bill's advice.
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Rosewren
The power of kindness is infinite
01:22 PM on 03/01/2010
Is this just name dropping to garner sympathy and forgiveness? I think it is unlikely that either President would lend their names to this mess with all the other things they have going.
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01:19 PM on 03/01/2010
How pathetic. Why on earth would the president of the United States call this cheating husband. I can understand why Clinton would have advice because he lied all the time to his wife, but Obama? Get real! Is Tiger's demise really a threat to the economy and if so shame on us. This makes me sick. The man does not have a sex addiction. That is simply a convenient sham for rich guys when they cheat on their wives. He is an arrogant, entitled, sports icon. That is all. That does not make him a good person, a moral person, or a person that needs counseling by a sitting president. Sick, sick, sick.
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middleoftheroad
01:16 PM on 03/01/2010
"The program includes the previously reported Disclosure Day, whereby patients have to reveal all of their past indiscretions to their spouse."

I think Tiger needed Disclosure week!
01:04 PM on 03/01/2010
Did Clinton advise Wood on what to do with a cigar?
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thinkingwomanmillstone
great, green, globs of greasy grimey GOPerspeak.
12:52 PM on 03/01/2010
Interesting that Mom's concerns are all about his golf career. I'd be worried about my grandchildren.
12:41 PM on 03/01/2010
Clinton called for some numbers....
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SPQR1775
01:08 AM on 03/01/2010
funny, how people release private conversesaion, Yes the can't trust anyone America
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Maezeppa
Happy-Happy Joy-Joy
01:05 PM on 03/01/2010
Read the article. It in no way says Obama ever called Woods or that Woods ever called Obama. Clinton may have called Woods but there's no sourcing and somehow I doubt it happened..