tiger catches tail Dec. 6, 2009

The Least Likely Tiger Woods Bedmate Yet Comes Forward

By Lindsay Robertson

Skank week ‘09 continues: another lady, Mindy Lawton, has come forward to say she had sex with Tiger Woods. This one says stuff like: “Sometimes I looked like a rag doll after we’d made love.” The whole story is pretty gross, so we’re just going to assume it’s not true. [News of the World]

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