All The Truth About LeAnn Rimes And Tiger Woods' Relationship:

While there is no doubt that LeAnn Rimes' fans have been following and supporting her throughout the years thanks to her successful music career, as she was one of the first country singers to successfully cross over to the pop scene back in the early aughts, the "How Do I Live" singer has also made headlines for sordid reasons, too. When Rimes' secret affair with actor Eddie Cibrian made the cover of almost every tabloid and gossip blog, the internet painted her as a home wrecker who tore Cibrian's marriage to former model Brandi Glanville apart. To make matters worse, Rimes was married to her ex-husband, Dean Sheremet, when she met and fell in love with Cibrian on the set of their Lifetime movie, "Northern Lights."

Back in 2012, Rimes broke down in tears during an interview with E! News, saying she did not deserve to be shamed the way she was. She said (via the New York Daily News): "I never, ever, in my heart want to hurt anyone, but I don't think anything can separate anything that's super-connected. You might have had so many wonderful things with each other's spouses in your relationships, but something along the way broke that," she explained. "You can't break what's broken already."

And while the drama between Rimes, Cibrian, and Glanville certainly did offer a lot of tabloid fodder at the time, little do some fans know that the chart-topper once dated another high-profile name long before she fell in love with her first or second husband for that matter.

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LeAnn Rimes once dated Tiger Woods:

According to Us Weekly, country crooner LeAnn Rimes dated none other than Tiger Woods back in 2002. This was back when Rimes was at the top of the charts thanks to her best-selling album "Twisted Angel" and hits such as "Life Goes On," per Billboard. One source close to the situation said that Rimes and Woods went out a few times before she eventually tied the knot with her ex-husband, Dean Sheremet, that same year. The tipster told Us Weekly, "They hooked up and everything. Tiger was really into her. He likes those blondes!"

However, one of the reasons why their relationship did not last was because Rimes' father put his foot down due to their age difference. The source said that apparently Rimes' father almost had a "heart attack" when he found out that the then-teen was dating the pro golfer, who is seven years her senior. As many fans know, Woods went on to marry Swedish model Elin Nordegren — yes, another blonde — one year later in 2003, per the New York Daily News, and while neither he nor Rimes have ever spoken out about their relationship, a lot of fans and critics alike have noticed that they have this one thing in common.

Both LeAnn Rimes and Tiger Woods have put the past behind them

Tiger Woods looking to the side

Tiger Woods looking to the side
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Back in 2009, Tiger Woods' marriage — and maybe even his reputation — came crashing down when his wife Elin Nordegren caught wind of her husband's multiple affairs behind her back, according to the New York Post. And while it's Woods who is the one usually swinging golf clubs in the family, Nordegren supposedly chased her husband around their multi-million dollar home in Windermere, Florida with one when she found out about his mistresses. If that were not enough, she also used a golf club to smash the window of Woods' SUV after he crashed into a tree near their home that same night, per the Orlando Sentinel. However, Nordegren slammed reports that suggested the events of that night had gotten the worst of her. She told People, "There was never any violence inside or outside our home. The speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is just truly ridiculous."

As LeAnn Rimes admitted in 2012 (via the New York Daily News), her behavior in the moment was also less than ideal, as she wished she had "handled it differently" for everyone's sake. "I know in this situation it's gonna take some time, all I wish is that everyone that was hurt, that we hurt, that I hurt, can be happy."

And while Rimes' affair with Eddie Cibrian and the rumors surrounding their romance never reached the same level as the pro golfer's, her scandal is the one thing she does have in common with Woods, as they both made headlines for their infidelities in the same year. Thankfully, both Woods and Rimes are in much better places today, both personally and professionally.

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The 24-year-old Lydia Ko has had more success than most golfers can imagine. 2022?

The Kiwi player has won two majors, as well as becoming the youngest player ever to win a professional golf tour event aged just 14.

In 2015, when she was just 17 years, nine months and nine days of age, Ko also became the youngest men's or women's player to be ranked world No. 1 in professional golf.

If winning tournaments or setting records provides a buzz, it is not the be-all and end-all for Ko, a message that is reinforrced by her coach Sean Foley: "Just because you win another event, yes, you'll be happy for that day, but it doesn't make you a better person or worse person the day after."

"Sometimes for me, I identify myself with just the way I played that day," Ko told CNN Living Golf's Shane O'Donoghue. "And sometimes if I don't play well I go: 'Oh man, you're so stupid,' or things like that.

"And I think it's very easy to kind of connect your identity to that, but I've just got to separate that. And my goal is to hopefully have the career grand slam, I've been close in the three majors that I haven't won yet. And that would be probably my end goal."

In her golf career so far, Ko has won the Evian Championship and the ANA Inspiration. She has also come within just a few shots of winning the other three majors, finishing second at the Women's PGA Championship in 2016, as well as tying third at the US Women's Open and the Women's British Open.

"And I'm sure I'll be very, very happy, but I think sometimes results are so overrated and me being happy off the golf course, I think is the best thing that will make me happy on the course as well."

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Lydia Ko: 'Sometimes results are so overrated,' says former world No. 1

Ko is presented with a photo board displaying her wins following her arrival at Auckland International Airport on September 18, 2013 in New Zealand.

Fast starter

Starting fast is something Ko knows all about.

As well as her record-breaking victory at the New South Wales Women's Open in 2012 aged 14, she became the youngest winner of a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour event in the same year.

When she was 17, she set an LPGA record for most money earned by a rookie, raking in $2,089,033.

In 2015, Ko became the youngest player in the "modern era" (post-1900) of either gender to win a major championship, winning the Evian Championship as an 18-year-old.

Ko poses with the trophy after winning LPGA Taiwan Championship on October 25, 2015.

However, after winning the Mediheal Championship in 2018, her fortunes changed.

For the first time in her young career, Ko endured a barren spell, entering 37 events between 2019 and 2020, failing to win one and finishing in the top 10 just eight times.

Ko remembers when she was struggling for form and was searching for her "consistency," adding that she was "definitely overthinking and trying to overanalyze."

"I think before I used to not be that type of person and when you're struggling, you're trying to find answers and trying to dig deeper and deeper and deeper," the 24-year-old said.

"And sometimes it's good because you're able to go in and kind of see from the basic, but sometimes you can over complicate it.

"And in my case, I had done that and working with Sean (Foley), he was able to clear some of the questions in my head and he's been just as helpful, mentally and taking stuff that was unnecessarily in my mind, as well as the technique."

She admits that during her barren streak, she wasn't even really putting herself in contention, something

Ko struggled with psychologically.

Ko plays a shot on the fifth hole during the final round of the BMW Ladies Championship.

Bouncing back

But this year Ko has enjoyed a renaissance.

She ended her winless run at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii and won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She called the opportunity to represent New Zealand in Japan a "huge honor."

And earlier in November, she romped to a dominant five-shot victory at the Saudi Ladies International.

The victory at the event, which boasts one of the richest prizes on the Ladies European Tour (LET) schedule -- a $1 million prize fund -- moves her up to fifth in the world rankings and cements herself as one of the form players in world golf.

Despite the early career success, Ko believes the 2021 season is her "most consistent" ever.

Ko says her consistency this year can be partly explained by the lessons she learned when her form dipped.

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Ko poses with her bronze medal on the podium during the victory ceremony of the women's golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

"I think there was a time where I tried to chase to be the person that I was maybe when I was playing ... When I was No. 1," she said.

"But another player told me that you can't try and be your past, you have to be the best version of yourself in the present. And I think that really hit me.

"It kind of sounds like common sense, but when you're actually doing it and you're struggling, it doesn't seem like common sense. And when she told me that, I was like: 'Wow, that's so true.' And I think it just made me focus more on the now and not try and be somebody that I was before."

Already in her eighth year on tour, Ko is not one of the junior players anymore.

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Although she began the sport with the aim of retiring by the age of 30, she's the happiest she's been in her life "on and off the golf course," something that's set her up for success in the future.

"I think just being happy off the golf course, that translates being on the golf course as well," Ko explained.

"And just how I approach playing and how I approach coming to the golf course every day, kind of the mood that I'm in. And I think at the end of the day, golf and being out here is work, but you still have to enjoy it. And the time that when you don't enjoy it anymore, it's not worth it.

"So yeah, it's a grind, but I'm still having a lot of fun and enjoying it and trying to embrace more that: 'Hey, sometimes it's not all going to be sunny days and good days. You just still have to kind of move on and try your best.' And as long as you try your best, that's kind of it."