By Daily Mail Reporter
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Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn have confirmed they are in a romance.
The pair announced their relationship status in statements simultaneously published on Woods's official website and Vonn's Facebook page on Monday along with a photo of themselves together.
'I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods,' the 28-year-old Olympian said.
New romance: Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn posed up together for the first time as they confirmed their relationship on Monday
Not the best-kept secret! Lindsey Vonn published this statement on Facebook
'Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy,'
'I don't plan on addressing this further as I would like to keep that part of my life between us, my family and close friends.'
Woods, 37, wrote: 'Something nice that's happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating.'
'We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes.'
Coming out: The couple released statements about the status of their relationship online
Posed up: The pair staged snaps for release as they went public
The pair have been the subject of romance rumours for some time and last month he sent his private jet to fly her home to Vail, Colorado after a crash at the Alpine World Championships in Austria left her with torn ligaments in her right knee and a fractured shin.
They have also been spotted together in Vail and aboard Wood's yacht in Florida.
Vonn announced her split from husband of four years, Thomas Vonn, in November 2011.
Woods meanwhile had a spectacular fall from grace in 2009 when his extra-marital affairs exploded in headlines.
The scandal erupted after a bizarre November 27 car crash outside his mansion in Windermere, Orlando, the day after The National Enquirer, linked him to New York party hostess Rachel Uchitel.
Sharing a laugh: The athletes smile while Lindsey looks adoringly at her new boyfriend in another image
Woods had admitted to a string of affairs with as many as 14 women coming forward to claim they had slept with him.
Among those who came forward to say they were his mistress were two adult film stars, a cocktail waitress and a waitress from his local pancake restaurant.
Loredana Jolie, a 27-year-old former Playboy model who charged up to $ 15,000 a night for sex, claimed she first met Woods in 2006 when he hired her for £10,000 during a visit to New York.
Nordegren quickly ditched her wedding ring - and later filed for divorce.
I have an announcement: Tiger Woods' website splashed photos of the couple with a statement about their budding relationship
The Swede took an estimated $ 100million settlement and custody of their two young children Sam and Charlie.
Speaking about her relationship with the golfer, she said she felt 'blindsided' and 'embarrassed' when she found out about his multiple infidelities.
She said: 'I never suspected. For the last three-and-a-half years, when all this was going on, I was home a lot more with pregnancies, then the children and my school.
Nordegren is believed to be dating billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline, her neighbour in the upscale North Palm Beach oceanfront community of Seminole Landing, where she moved after her divorce.
Love lost: Elin Nordegren is pictured with ex-husband Tiger Woods before he admission of marital infidelity led to their divorce
The New York Post reported earlier this month sources close to the 33-year-old former Swedish model and Cline, who is 55, say they have been 'quietly dating'.
Cline, who has made his money mining coal in Illinois and West Virginia, is worth a reported $ 1.2billion. He is the owner of mining company Cline Resource and Development.
Cline has been married twice and has four children with his previous wives. His first wife, Sabrina, died of breast cancer in 1987. He remarried in 1993 and then divorced seven years later.
Cline generally tries to stay out of the media spotlight, but he made headlines in September when he hosted a fundraiser for failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at his $ 10.5 million home in Seminole Landing.
'Mistress Number 1': Former nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel was described as Woods' 'number one mistress' as the golfer's cheating scandal unfurled
Other women: Tiger's alleged 'transgressions' from left to right, top row: Jaimee Grubbs, Holly Sampson, Jamie Jungers, Mindy Lawton. Bottom row: Cori Rist, Kalika Moquin, Rachel Uchitel, and Joslyn James
He has also attracted some attention over the years for hosting blowout parties with the Palm Beach elite on his 164-foot yacht named Mine Games, which boasts two formal dining rooms, a poolside bar and a hot tub.
Before reports that Nordegren and Cline were dating, it was rumored Nordegren was rekindling her relationship with Woods after the former couple was photographed together in public earlier this year.
Nordegren has also been romantically linked to businessman Jamie Dingman and to Swedish hockey player Douglas Murray.
New romance: Nordegren is believed to be dating billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline
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