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SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados (AFP): Tiger Woods has tied the knot with Swedish model Elin Nordegren in a lavish sunset ceremony at a posh Caribbean resort, reports said on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old golfing legend and the former nanny exchanged marriage vows at the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane Golf Resort in Barbados in a ceremony reputedly costing two million dollars.
A picture splashed across the front page of the New York Post showed Woods in a beige suit and Nordegren in a wedding dress with the headline "Tiger Weds - Swede life for golf hero and his bride."
Another photograph inside showed Woods wiping his brow as his bride watched under the headline "Tiger's Love Link." Three other male guests were visable in beige suits and two women wearing light green dresses were also pictured.
The golfer, expected to become the first sporting billionaire, hired the five-star complex for a week including its 110 rooms - which cost nearly 9,000 dollars a night each - and three golf courses.
A 57 million dollar, 150ft yacht, named Privacy, has been anchored off the beach exclusively for his 150 guests, said to include Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and Michael Jordan, the London Daily Telegraph said.
Woods is believed to be spending his honeymoon on board the yacht, which he hired for two weeks at what the Post reported was a cost of 140,000 dollars.
About 10,000 black roses adorned the resort banquet room, where champagne and caviar were enjoyed by guests following the vows, the Post reported.
More than 500 black roses were delivered to the hotel and a team of hairdressers from London were flown in, according to the Telegraph.
A small army of armed security personnel patrolled the hotel and beach area, keeping onlookers, paparazzi and the curious at a distance.
The couple exchanged rings under an arch of flowers framed by the blue Caribbean and a spectacular sunset.
The guests then took their seats in a huge marquee built on the course to dine on flying fish, macaroni pie, shrimp cocktail and drank the finest champagne.
Woods, who is a follower of Buddhism, had asked for a simple ceremony.
Woods spent the hours before the wedding fishing, jet-skiing and snorkeling around the island.
"He didn't act like he was going to get married," People Magazine quoted a source as saying. "He was very relaxed, like this was any other day for him."
The 24-year-old Nordegren is the daughter of a Swedish politician and she met Woods three years ago while working as a nanny for Swedish golf Jesper Parnevik.
The couple has been dividing their time between California and Florida.
Woods asked Nordegren to marry him 10 months ago at a game reserve in South Africa.
Woods may be a happy groom but his golfing career isn't so rosy as he has slipped to number three in the world rankings for the first time in five years.
Woods just completed playing in the American Express Championship in Thomastown, Ireland where he finished ninth.
Asked in Ireland about his upcoming wedding plans, Woods would only say: "All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I have narrowed it down to that. I think you guys would be the last people I'd ever tell."
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