Tiger Woods has made news all weekend for his play at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral and it was for good reason, as he took home the championship to win for the second time this season, but he also made headlines after reports came out that the golfer sold his former Florida home in the area to Bubba Watson.
According to ESPN.com, Woods is selling the house where his 2009 Thanksgiving incident and car accident occurred, which is a lakefront property in the upscale Isleworth community in Windmere. The house is where Woods crashed his car and got into an argument with his wife, revealing his sex scandal to the public.
The report says that Watson will purchase the home, although the sale price is now known. According to the report, public records show that Woods bought the house in 2000 for $2,475,00 and in 2012 it was assessed at $2.2 million. The report also says that Watson is renovating the home and it originally had eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms, making it a large property.
"We closed last summer and we're moving in next Thursday or Friday," Watson told Golf.com.
Watson and Woods were both playing at Doral, where Watson shot a 69 on Friday and a 71 on Saturday to sit tied for ninth. Woods played fantastic all weekend and sat in first place heading into the final round on Sunday after shooting a 67 to take a four stroke lead at 18-under par and finished things off with another solid round on Sunday.
Woods had not won a WGC event in his last 10 tries, and he converted seven birdies in his round and survived a scare on the 17th hole when he was able to see his ball in a tree, meaning he did not have to start the ball over and was able to snag a bogey shot. He finished with a birdie on 18 and is now four shots ahead of Greame McDowell.
"It's been an interesting last couple of weeks,'' Woods said. "I had two lost balls last week, and then I got one struck in the tree this week.''
Woods was putting fantastic all weekend and made 27 birdies over his first three rounds, which is a career record for the number two ranked golfer in the world.
