FINISH LINE: Bounty on Tiger
Published 12:05 am Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The hunt is on for the first photographs of golf superstar Tiger Woods since his late-night car crash and damaging news of his marital problems.
The winner of 14 majors has virtually disappeared since driving his SUV into a tree during a bizarre accident outside his Orlando-area home last month. His wife, Elin Nordegren, has also laid low, though photos of her surfaced this week, her hand showing no sign of a wedding ring.
Except for a few posts on his Web site, where Woods apologized for “transgressions” and said he was taking an indefinite leave from golf, the world’s best player has gone underground. And that, of course, has driven up the market value for his photographs.
“He’s on top of the list,” said famed paparazzo Ron Galella, who once had his jaw broken by Marlon Brando and is the subject of a documentary by Oscar-winning director Leon Gast that will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
“The only bigger one would be Brad Pitt with Jennifer Aniston, his former wife, if they ever got together,” Galella said. “Tiger is hot now.”
Now if they could just get a shot of Tiger with one of his ex’.
