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Tiger Woods reportedly checks into rehab clinic to treat addiction to prescription painkillers

In an effort to retain joint custody of his daughter Sam, nine, and eight-year-old son Charlie, the golfer has reportedly agreed to attend a 28-day course of treatment at a centre near his Jupiter home.

“Tiger visited the hospital with his children on June 2, then went alone two days later to complete paperwork and his assessment,” a source told gossip site Radar Online.

The site reported that the rehab was to avoid triggering a clause in his custody agreement with Elin Nordgren, his ex-wife, which states that he could face losing the 20 per cent custody he currently has, if he is “caught up in a scandal.”

The site reported he had booked out the entire male inpatient wing of the facility.

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