What Does Tiger Woods and My Birthday Have in Common?

Yesterday was my birthday.

A few days before, my younger son was so impatient for me to open my present from him and his older brother that he just had to give me some clues. “What is one thing that you talk about that you really like,” he asked me.

“You and your brother,” I answered without taking a second to think about his question.

“No, I know that, but besides that, what else?...This present was MY idea. You are going to LOVE it!”

Well the pressure was on. I better show that I love it or I will disappointing someone that really put some thought into this year’s birthday of mine.

The present is a ticket for him, my older son, and me to attend the ATT National PGA Golf Tourney that is sponsored by Tiger Woods.

I am excited! What a gift!

The tournament is June 29-July 4. It is donating funds to the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, and the Tiger Woods Foundation. It also offers the winner to receive a $1.116 million first-place check.

I will keep you posted about some of the sites that I see there. In fact, wouldn’t that be a good place to have a podcast field trip?

For all of you golf enthusiasts, send me a note about what I should look out for while attending this event. How easy will it be to get up close to some of the great pro golfers of our time?

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Tigers Woods Wife to Flee to Sweden

Where do you go when your world is falling apart around you? How about to the same quiet island that your parents would take you as an escape during your childhood?

This seems to be what Tiger Woods' wife plans to do.

I really hope that the Woods couple is able to mend their marriage. Word is out that Mrs. Wood has already packed the kids and moved down the block a ways from their own mansion. This seems to be just a launching pad before she really flees to her homeland.

Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren, used to go to a remote little island in her native country of Sweden as a little girl with her family. Faglaro Island is so remote that it can only be reached by boat. Only two of the some 140 homes on this island are occupied year around. The rest are used as summer retreats.



Mrs. Woods has reportedly purchased one of largest houses on the island with her twin sister. It has six bedrooms. At the time of this posting, there is no confirmation if Tiger has anything to do with this new $2 million purchase. But, the fact that his wife is planning to move to Sweden with their kids is probably the reason that Tiger announced recently that he is not going to play golf for awhile.

What would you expect this get-away house to look like? My first guess would be along the lines of the ordered architecture that one has seen from Sweden during the last century. You know, designed with simple lines, crisp, very geometric, and probably painted monochromatic. Something like this maybe...




But instead, the house is a two story colonial derivative that looks like it could use a little sprucing up. Here is a photo of the house that Mrs. Woods reportedly bought....




If you would like to know a little more about architecture from Sweden, take a look at other internationally noted Swedish architects such as Ragnar Östberg, Erik Gunnar Asplund, and Sven Gottfrid Markelius. Here are some of their past projects...



Ragnar Östberg










Erik Gunnar Asplund




Sven Gottfrid Markelius






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