Tiger Woods' College Girlfriend Takes His Side

By Sam Brand Posted Mar 3rd 2010 06:08PM

"Tiger was a great boyfriend," Irene Folstrom writes on Golf.com. She dated Woods while an undergrad at Stanford in the mid '90s. Her essay of admiration, published Wednesday, offers the first supportive words for the embattled superstar delivered by a lover, former or current, since Woods crashed his Escalade on Nov. 27. And Folstrom isn't "coming forward now for money or to advance any pathetic showbiz aspirations," she writes. Of course, that's what Joslyn James said...

The 500 word reminiscence includes details of Folstrom and Tiger Woods' year and a half romance, which ended amicably when the golfer became a pro after his sophomore year and Folstrom decided to continue her studies.

"The speculation that he's being treated for sex addiction is surprising because we enjoyed a normal sexual relationship," the advocate for Native American causes writes.

Just about every aspect of the relationship appears normal.

Folstrom became close with Tiger's parents: "Earl often made me laugh so hard, my stomach muscles cramped." She and Tiger loved eating Chinese food, and they would drive down to Southern California and spend time on the beach.

"We would steal a bottle of whiskey from Earl or I'd use my fake ID to buy a jug of wine, and we'd hang out and dream about the future."

Normal college kids doing normal college things.

But Tiger wasn't normal. He never has been. He was hailed as the savior of an old man's sport before he hit puberty. He was blessed with tremendous athleticism, and perhaps an even more tremendous mind.

"Tiger had an ability to shut things out and compartmentalize his emotions," Folstrom writes. "Even back then he felt enormous pressure to be Tiger Woods."

"Maybe this was his form of escape."

Tags: earl woods, irene folstrom, joslyn james, tiger woods

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Friday 05 March

By kay

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If your good friend identifies himself as Black why are you calling him the nasty made up slave word "Mulatto"?

Some friend you are.

By mssssjules

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Dear Kay:

I am annoyed at myself for even responding to your nonsense after all of these hours have passed but I feel the need to clarify that my friend identifies himself as mulatto! Regarding your reference to me as "Miss Cracker Slacker", or whatever you wrote, was it really that difficult to abstain from using a derogatory racial slur? That only highlights your lack of intelligence. Well, that and your inability to spell "their" correctly. FYI, it's not "thier". Of course men will say what they think will get someone in bed but in this case, my good friend is also my boyfriend's best friend, I am friends with his girlfriend and I watch their one year old son quite often. So, I don't think he relayed his lack of attraction to females who have very dark skin to me to gain anything. If I may reiterate, don't be jealous hunny.

By kadijahann

There is no such thing as 'race'. 'Race' was invented to justify slavery. We are all 'human'. If we were different we would not be capable of procreating.

By offcrgentleman

Oh, and she left out.. "If your wife leaves you, I'm available and waiting for you, so I can get my hands on your money."

By PROFESSIONAL GOLFER

What is the big deal already,let Tiger be,he is my tour buddy and like him I to am a sex addict,I have banged a lot of the same ladies that Tiger has,of course I did them first and then told Tiger about them and he was wanting some of that sweet puntang,so you see we boys like to play golf and bang the ladies,no harm no foul,its a simple life,thank you so much and see you back out on tour Tiger.

By akhenatuh

What the Heck? SAID:Can you spell illiterate, you are married to a Pilipino?? What was the rest ??? Geez, people. >>>>>>>>>>>>> In the Philippines, filipina is the correct term for a female.

By joan

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Absolutely no relevance to Wood's current state of affairs.(Pun intended!

By charles wallace

Tiger Woods, All American Man, All American Male, All American Hero!

By Fred

Not picture of her, but with a name ending in "-strom" she is likely of Swedish ancestry. Tiger preferred Swedes, even then.

By laughing out loud

To Tap that azz Tiger:

You are cracking me up real hard. Go Tiger Go! I am falling out of my seat. You are Tiger's infidelity cheerleader. It really is none of our business. He is not married of any of us. Let him handle this issue with his wife.

By Rafe

Didn't anyone hear what he said in his apology? He said that money and fame gave him the right in his mind that this was all ok. What would you do if you were in his position? Ladies, I'm including you too!

By Dorothy

Lisa,

You will notice that I said "Pilipino" is USED to refer to the Tagalog LANGUAGE (yes, it IS a language -- look it up or if you prefer, talk to someone who knows what the word "language" actually means!) and DIALECTS, as well as meaning a person along with Pilipina. I live in a house, not an ivory tower, and I have heard people use the word "Pilipino" as above. I don't know what YOUR problem is, but you sound like you're on a HIGH HORSE of some sort, so get off it.

Sunday 07 March

By John H

You notice in the voting for 'Who is going to win the Best Picture Oscar' that AVATAR is in the lead? Wanna know why? Because a lot of the people that are voting on this blog saw Avatar and did not see Hurt Locker, so they are just voting what they saw. I saw them both, and it should be Hurt Locker because there was really nothing original in Avatar, except where the bad guy leader is watching his mercenaries destroy everything while he stands at the window of his warship and holds a cup of coffee. Then when it is all over, he says that's enough for today. That was cool, funny actually. Wonder if the coffee cup was his idea or Cameron's?

Saturday 06 March

By Larry

Everybody is blaming Tiger for his extra marital affairs. All of these women are screaming for an apology or saying that his apology is not accepted. Well here are a few questions for all of Tiger's Mistresses. Ladies why did you knowingly have a relationship with a married man? Why did you contribute to ruining a man's marriage and his life? How could you knowingly participate in an adulterous relationship? What kind of MORALES do you ladies have? Apparently your morals went out the window when you were with a celebrity. It takes two to tango ladies. So ladies you’re just as guilty as the man.

By ALLEN

KEEP BANGIN EM' TIGER, IF YOU DONT, SOMEONE ELSE WILL

You know, if Tiger had just came out with the truth the very first night when his wife chased him with the club and broke the windows of his Caddy, he would have had it a lot easier. All he needed to do was say to the newsmen with a smile, "Yeah, my old lady caught me chasing women, and then she chased me." Everyone would have had a good laugh, there still would have been the people trying to tear him down, you know, the same ones that take delight in tearing anything or anyone down who has 'made it big.' So now HEY TIGER, QUIT APOLOGIZING AND GO PLAY (Golf).

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