Private securityFormer FBI, Secret Service agents protect Tiger Woods at Augusta National
Tiger Woods has hired 90 former FBI and Secret Service agents to protect him from his former sex partners as prepares for his first tournament since his sex scandal broke; photos of the women were distributed to the bodyguards to ensure they are on the lookout; “None of these girls are allowed anywhere near him,” one bodyguard said
Tiger Woods, the world’s number one golfer arrived at the Augusta National in Georgia. to join about a dozen players on the new practice range at the venerable venue. Woods has not made it a habit to turn up at Augusta National on the Sunday before the Masters.
Nothing, however, is likely to be business as usual this week for Woods, whose life was thrown into turmoil last November by revelations of adultery.
Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports that Tiger will be protected by a virtual army of up to ninety private bodyguards, including former Secret Service and FBI agents as well as armed deputies (Tiger’s ninety private security personnel are separate from the 200 or security staff hired for the occasion by the Maters’ organizers).
Concerned he could be confronted by one of his sexual partners, Woods has assembled the unprecedented security — and even distributed photos to the bodyguards of his alleged lovers to ensure they are on the lookout.
The most vocal, porn star Joslyn James, has threatened to picket the tournament with friends using megaphones.
“None of these girls are allowed anywhere near him,” a security guard told Britian’s Sunday Mail. “If one photo comes out of a beautiful lady touching him, it would be a disaster.”
Tiger’s close confidants Mark Steinberg and Byron Bell are understood to be acting as minders for the tournament.
