The recently scandalous Tiger Woods has finally picked his golf clubs back up. The golfer returned to the playing fields in Florida, in a neighborhood called Isleworth, a luxury golf community outside of his Orlando home. Not a coincidence, the golf course is headed by golf legend Arnold Palmer, who is also hosting Woods' first possible return championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Tiger took a break from the golf world after his personal life became top news last November. Golfing took a hit because Woods always drew in high revenue and attention, but his absence allowed other golfers to get a taste of victory.
"At this point, we still don't know," stated Scott Wellington to the associated press. "He has until next Friday to commit. But it was a busy day, for sure. We had a lot of calls, a lot of interest and we sold some tickets. It was interesting."
Florida was hit almost as hard as California when the housing market crashed. As of February, Florida had the second highest foreclosure rate in the nation with 54,032 houses under foreclosure. The 2009 fourth quarter negative equity estimates ranged around 47.8 percent of all present mortgages.
Isleworth, is in Orange County, which has faired better than others in Florida, but Orange County is still in sixth place in the state for highest foreclosure numbers. Isleworth represents true Floridian luxury. Membership of the country club is by invitation only. Looks like they haven't rescinded Woods' membership like some of his advertisers have.
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Written by Amy Munday
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