Candid Photos of Elin

SI Staff | Aug 26, 2010

Candid Photos of Elin

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On Monday, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren were divorced. On Thursday, Nordegrin broke her nine-month silence in an interview with PEOPLE magazine. While the couple couldn't reconcile their differences, SI.com presents the happier times of Elin.

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Elin sits with Tiger's mother, Kultida, at the Masters in 2002.

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Elin with Tiger at the Golf Writers Association of America Awards dinner in April 2002.

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Elin watches the second round of fourball at the Presidents Cup in South Africa in November 2003.

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Elin, Tiger and Charles Howell III walk along the 18th fairway at the Presidents Cup in South Africa in November 2003.

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Elin, posing here in 2003, said she is excited to start the next chapter of her life and intends to stay in the U.S. with her children.

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Elin watches Tiger's semifinal match against Adam Scott at the Accenture Match Play Championship in March 2003.

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Elin walks the Plantation Course at the Mercedes Championships in January 2004.

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Elin follows Tiger's group at the British Open in July 2004 at the Royal Troon golf club.

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Elin stands with Amy Mickelson at the fourball matches at Oakland Hills CC in September 2004.

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Elin and Tiger pause for a photo opportunity at the 35th Ryder Cup Matches Gala dinner in September 2004.

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Elin poses with Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca, at the Second Annual Tiger Woods Learning Center Block Party in October 2006.

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Elin and Tiger talk during the U.S. Open final between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick in September 2006.

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During the final round of the 2006 British Open, Elin stands on the edge of the 18th green with Tiger and caddie Steve Williams.

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Elin smiles as she prepares to travel to the Curragh race course for the Wives Race Day before the start of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

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Elin talks with basketball great Michael Jordan at the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club in Straffan, Ireland.

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Elin poses with Tiger during the opening ceremony of the 34th Ryder Cup in September 2006.

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Elin and Tiger walk down the catwalk during the Ryder Cup Gala dinner in 2006.

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Elin stands with fellow golf wives (left to right) Amy Campbell, Tabitha Furyk, Amy Mickelson and Melissa Lehman at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

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Elin and Tiger with Terri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives fame in April 2006.

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Elin watches Tiger from a makeshift seat during the final round of The Players held at the TPC Sawgrass in 2007.

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Elin walked along the cart path at the Doral Golf Resort during the World Golf Championship in March 2007.

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Elin and Tiger watch the Orlando Magic take on the Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of Eastern Conference quarterfinals in Orlando, Fla., in April 2007.

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Elin and Tiger observe as Tiger's mother, Kultida, meets former president Bill Clinton.

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Elin and Tiger with Seal and wife Heidi Klum. Both Klum and Nordegren are European exports; Klum from Germany and Elin from Sweden.

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Elin stays bundled as she watches Tiger's second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in March 2008.

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Elin walks the course with daughter Sam after Tiger won the playoff round of the 108th U.S. Open in June 2008. It was Woods' third U.S. Open Championship and his 14th major title.

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Elin passes daughter Sam to Tiger after he won the playoff round of the 108th U.S. Open.

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At the unveiling of a statue at the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim, Calif., Elin poses with Tiger, daughter Sam and Kultida Woods. The statue bears the likeness of Woods with his late father Earl Woods.

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Elin and Tiger with their kids Sam and Charlie, and their dogs Yogi (left) and Taz.

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Elin provides moral support for Tiger as he contemplates his next shot at the Presidents Cup in October 2009.

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Elin, Tiger and daughter Sam take in Stanford Stadium before a California Bears-Stanford Cardinals game in November 2009.

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Elin, Tiger and Sam in November 2009. Woods is an alumnus of Stanford.

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Elin and Tiger at Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Orlando in June 2009.

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Elin relaxes with Tiger and her twin sister, Josephin, off the beach of the luxury resort Sandy Lane in Barbados.