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Jimmy Fallon Beats Tiger Woods at (Computer) Golf

Originally posted 06/25/2009 05:30PM

Tiger Woods just got beaten at his own game.

Although his face is on the box of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 video game, the golf pro showed that he's not the best player in the world – at least when it comes to the Wii. To promote the game, Woods played Jimmy Fallon in a three-hole showdown Thursday. Every stroke was shown on several huge video screens in Times Square, meaning thousands of New Yorkers had the opportunity to see Woods lose badly. ("You really stink," Fallon said to Woods right before the golfer conceded the game.)

But Woods was gracious in defeat. "Jimmy was far better than I thought," he told PEOPLE afterwards. "I heard that he's been playing quite a bit, so I knew he was going to be pretty good, but I didn't think he'd be that good."

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First Photos of Tiger Woods's Son!

Originally posted 02/18/2009 02:50PM

Just 10 days old, Charlie Axel Woods has made his international media debut – with the son of golf champ Tiger Woods appearing on his dad's Web site.

In all, there are five photographs now published on Golf.com of Charlie and the family, who are all shown, in various stages, kissing the new arrival. Even the family dogs get into the picture.

Charlie was born Feb. 8, which prompted his proud father to post on his Web site: "Both Charlie and Elin are doing great and we want to thank everyone for their sincere best wishes and kind thoughts."

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Tiger Ready for Baby No. 2 & Golf with Obama

Originally posted 02/04/2009 11:00AM

He says it himself: Tiger Woods is going to have one hectic spring.

Woods, 33, hasn't played competitive golf since undergoing knee surgery in June, and says that his return to the tour hinges on the birth of his second child with wife Elin Nordegren.

"A lot depends on the baby, which is due pretty soon," Woods, who admits to going "full-bore" in practice sessions, writes on his Web site. "That takes precedent over anything I do golf-wise."

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Sports Stars Collide: Michael Phelps Meets Tiger!

Originally posted 08/28/2008 11:00AM

Michael Phelps may be the toast of the town. But even with eight gold medals, he still wasn't the most famous athlete an EA Sports-sponsored party in Manhattan Wednesday night.

No, that distinction belonged to Tiger Woods, there to promote his new video game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09.

The golfing great – who's recuperating from a serious knee injury – kept a low profile at the bash, immediately heading upstairs to a private suite. But he did take time to chat with the history-making super-swimmer.

"Michael Phelps did visit Tiger upstairs," an event rep told PEOPLE. "No one gets in that room unless Tiger wants them there."

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Tiger Woods Calls Daughter the 'Greatest Thing in the World'

Originally posted 06/17/2008 01:40PM

Talk about the best Father's Day ever! Not only did Tiger Woods tie Rocco Mediate on Sunday – then win on the nineteenth hole of a sudden death playoff in the U.S. Open Monday – but he also had his adorable daughter Sam and wife Elin standing by to celebrate his win.

After his historic (and close) victory in San Diego, following months of knee troubles, Woods said, "There's no way I could have gotten through this without Sam being there ... just watching her grow, walking, running now, it's been just the greatest thing in the world."

It was the first time Sam, who turns one on Wednesday, attended the Open.

The last time Woods won was in 2002, when his father was still alive.
–Kristin Boehm