Tiger Woods’ last ditch attempt to hide his affair revealed in new documentary

Desperate to convince his wife cheating reports weren’t real, Tiger Woods hatched a plan with his mistress to lie about their relationship.

Tiger Woods’ mistress, Rachel Uchitel, revealed the couple planned a phone call to convincing the golfer’s then-wife, Elin Nordegren, that their cheating scandal was fake.

Before the world learned of the dozen-plus women who claimed they were intimate with the legendary athlete during his marriage, Woods, 45, attempted “everything” to stop the story from going public.

In the explosive second part of HBO’s new documentary, Tiger, which streams locally on Foxtel, Uchitel, 45, gave a rare in-depth interview and opened up about their intimate relationship.

The former nightclub manager and hostess detailed the beginning of their love affair and the eventual end when it all came crashing down.

In November 2009, the National Enquirer contacted the pro athlete to reveal it knew of his cheating and would be printing the story.

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Rachel Uchitel in 2010. Picture: AP Photo/Katy Winn

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Uchitel said when Woods had knowledge of this, the pair hatched a plan to shut it down before it even came out.

She told the cameras in the documentary: “We had an extensive 30-minute conversation, Elin and I, convincing her that I was not having a sexual relationship with Tiger.

“And we talked about how I knew Tiger, how I knew his friends. How and why I was in Australia.”

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Tiger Woods celebrates with wife Elin Nordegren after winning the 88th PGA Championship in 2006.

Evidence of their affair emerged when Uchitel was seen in Melbourne, Australia in mid-November 2009, staying at the same hotel as Woods while he played the Australian Masters.

It later emerged Woods’ employee purchased the plane ticket for Uchitel to join the golfer in Australia.

However Uchitel managed to convince Nordegren this was a coincidence.

“The story came out and no one really looked at it. Between this stupid story and my call with Elin, I remember thinking, ‘Oh my God, we’re going to slide right over this,’” Uchitel added.

Tiger Woods won the 2009 Australian Masters.

However, just two days later, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2009, their secret was finally exposed by Nordegren herself.

“Tiger and I texted throughout the day saying we have a lot to be grateful for,” Uchitel reflected.

“We had gotten away completely unscathed in what could have been a complete nightmare.

“Then I got a text message from Tiger later saying I was the only woman he’s ever loved.

“I remember feeling that things had never been better between us. And then he told me he’s taking an Ambien and going to sleep.”

The brunette beauty then confessed to being “surprised” when she got another text message from Tiger later that night.

She dropped the bombshell: “What came through was something like ‘When am I going to see you again?’

“And then the phone rang. I picked up and said something like, ‘Hey, babe, I thought you went to sleep?’

“And instead of Tiger’s voice, it was Elin. And she says, ‘I knew it was you.’”

Rachel Uchitel at LAX in 2009.

Minutes after the revelation, the private matter became public as Tiger fled his Florida home and crashed his car.

He was treated for minor injuries, and after intense media speculation on the cause of his accident, it became known that the previous squeaky-clean athlete had cheated on his wife.

After six years of marriage, Nordegren, 41, left her husband in one of the most expensive celebrity splits in history.

Nordegren reportedly received $130 million from her divorce settlement with Woods, and the Sun exclusively revealed that she went on to become a registered mental health counsellor.

Tiger and Elin were married for six years. Picture: AP

The Swedish model has since purchased a $11.7 million Palm Beach mansion with her NFL-star boyfriend, Jordan Cameron.

Together, the pair now shares a one-year-old baby named Arthur as their relationship continues to appear strong.

Nordegren also has two children from her marriage with Tiger — daughter Sam, 13, and son Charlie, 11.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and has been reproduced here with permission

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