Tiger Woods and his Swedish-born wife officially divorced Monday, nine months after his middle-of-the night car crash outside their home set off shocking revelations that the world’s most famous athlete had been cheating on her through multiple affairs.

“We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” Woods and Elin Nordegren said in a joint statement released by their lawyers.

The divorce was granted in Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Fla., about 600 kilometres away from their Isleworth home outside Orlando. The couple had married in October 2004 in Barbados and have a three-year-old daughter, Sam, and a 19-month-old son, Charlie.

The marriage was described in court documents as “irretrievably broken” with no point in trying to reconcile. Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will “share parenting” of their two children….

Since returning to golf at the Masters, Woods has not come close to winning a tournament. He tied for fourth in the Masters and in the U.S. Open, both times taking himself out of contention early in the final round.

One example of how the impending divorce has affected him came last month when he played in a charity pro-am in Ireland, which ended on Tuesday. Instead of staying overseas to practice on links courses, Woods flew home to Florida for six days to see his children, then returned to Scotland for the British Open.

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Did any of you catch Dustin Johnson’s final hole? If not, I highly recommend you check out the highlights. You can find an online feed of it here on TSN. I was trying to watch it on the muted TV in Nevada Bob’s Golf in Market Mall and couldn’t really figure out what had happened at first until they replyed it a hundred times afterwards. I feel so bad for Dustin Johnson. What a tough way to get eliminated for the Tournament playoff after playing four solid rounds of golf at a Major. I had no idea it was considered a sandtrap either. Congrats to Martin Kaymer for coming out on top after the playoff.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Martin Kaymer’s name is etched on the side of the Wanamaker Trophy.

A far more compelling image from this PGA Championship was Dustin Johnson taking one last look at his scorecard Sunday before turning over his pencil to use the eraser on his final hole.

The 5 turned into a 7.

It kept Johnson out of a playoff, which Kaymer won over Bubba Watson, all because of a tiny patch of sand well right of the 18th fairway where Johnson gently placed his four-iron behind the ball, unaware that it was part of a bunker.

“It never crossed my mind that I was in a sand trap,” Johnson said.

The resulting two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker — outside the ropes, where thousands of fans had been walking all week — turned a thrilling final hour into a controversial finish that will be debated for years.

In a strange season of golf, from Tiger Woods’ sex scandal to unlikely winners in the majors, this one topped them all.

Whistling Straits has so many bunkers — more than 1,000 — that not even architect Pete Dye can count them all. Perhaps it was only fitting that one of them played such a pivotal role in the season’s final major.

“It was very tough to see what is a bunker and what is not a bunker,” said Kaymer, who won the three-hole playoff with a tap-in bogey. “I think it’s very sad he got two penalty strokes. He played great golf. He’s a very nice guy.”

Kaymer won his first major in a PGA Championship that will be remembered as much for the guy who tied for fifth.

It was the cruelest end to a major since Roberto de Vicenzo signed for a higher score than he actually made in the 1968 Masters, which kept him out of a playoff against Bob Goalby.

Johnson had no excuses. The peculiar rule about every bunker being treated the same had been posted in the locker-room all week. And he offered none when a PGA rules official stopped him walking off the green and said, “We’ve got an issue.”

His first reaction when told he might have grounded his club in a bunker: “What bunker?”

Johnson didn’t even bother going to the TV truck to study the replay. He knew he grounded the club. He just didn’t know that he was in the edge of a bunker, figuring it was grass that had been killed under so much foot traffic.

“The only worse thing that could have happened was if I had made the putt on that last hole,” Johnson said.

Thinking he had a chance to win, Johnson missed a seven-foot par putt on the 18th to seemingly slip into a three-man playoff. Instead, the two-shot penalty turned his 71 into a 73, and instead of going to a playoff for redemption from his U.S. Open meltdown, Johnson tied for fifth and headed home.

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The party started for Carl Pettersson before he even made the cut at the RBC Canadian Open. Little did he know it would continue right through the weekend.

“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “I still can’t believe I won the tournament.”

Pettersson’s path to victory started on Friday night when he made a 10-foot par putt at No. 18. He was well back of the lead at that point and headed to the clubhouse at St. George’s Golf and Country Club unsure if he’d be booking a flight home.

“I walked in the locker-room and Jay Williamson had all the (cut) scenarios written out, and he’s like, `Grab a beer,”‘ said Pettersson. “Before you know it, I’d had seven beers. Made the cut. And my caddie had to drive me home.”

The next morning he got in contention by shooting a course-record 60 — narrowly missing a 30-foot birdie putt for a 59 — and on Sunday afternoon he pulled out a one-shot victory over Dean Wilson by closing with a 67.

Even that seemed unlikely early in the final round when Wilson held a four-shot lead. But Pettersson turned the heat up with consecutive birdies from Nos. 13-15 and held on for his fourth career PGA Tour win and a first-place cheque of US$918,000.

It was a crushing loss for Wilson, who got into the $5.1-million tournament on a late sponsor’s exemption and had the chance to secure his tour card for the next two years with a win.

The low Canadian this week was Adam Hadwin, who finished off his first PGA Tour event in style by hitting an approach within inches at the 72nd hole. He shot 71 to tie for 37th. Jon Mills of Oshawa, Ont., shot 72 and was 48th while Calgary’s Stephen Ames had a 70 and was 59th. Mike Weir did not make the cut.

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I can honestly say I have never heard of Louis Oosthuizen until this British Open. Oosthuizen (pronounced WUHST’-hy-zen) easily beat out the field and won the Major tournament by 7 strokes. The golfing world hasn’t seen this kind of domination since Tiger Woods used to consistently do it about 10 years ago.

Coming into the tournament, the 27-year-old Oosthuizen had only made the cut once in his last eight majors and only 1 European Tour win. By winning the Open, Oosthuizen pockets $850,000 pounds, gets a 5 year exemption on the PGA Tour and a 10 year exemption for all majors.

Tiger Woods finished 13 stokes back of Oosthuizen and was tied for 23rd. Woods just hasn’t been the same since his comeback. Has he lost his mojo?