9:13pm UK, Tuesday December 08, 2009

Adam Arnold,
Sky News Online

Tiger Woods’ mother-in-law has been released from hospital after being rushed by ambulance from the golfer’s Florida home.

Barbro Holmberg was admitted with stomach pains that were not life-threatening, hospital officials said.

The mother of Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren is a prominent Swedish politician who arrived at the couple’s home recently.

She was taken to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee after a telephone call to emergency services at about 2:30am (8.30am GMT).

TV pictures showed Ms Holmberg, 57, on a stretcher at the medical centre.

Officials described her as being in a stable condition. She stayed for about 11 hours before returning to Woods’ mansion.

It was the same hospital where Woods was treated after he crashed his car outside his home last month.

That incident unleashed a torrent of speculation about his private life.

A string of women have come forward to claim they have had liaisons with the 33-year-old sportsman.

There have been reports that Ms Nordegren had moved out of their Florida home following the storm of gossip surrounding her husband.

She was thought to have visited her mother in hospital, according to US media.

Woods has yet to be seen in public since the scandal erupted.

In a statement released last week, he admitted he had let his family down and said: “I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.”

The latest woman to be linked to Woods is a star of bondage and sex films.

Film star Holly Sampson

According to The Sun, 36-year-old Holly Sampson told an internet radio station that she slept with Woods in 2004, before he married his wife.

Sampson is apparently well known on the adult entertainment circuit for her roles in soft pornographic films.

Nordegren and Woods

Woods has also been linked to New York night club hostess Rachel Uchitel, a Las Vegas party girl and a waitress.

Celebrity website RadarOnline.com claims Ms Nordegren has now moved out of their family home and into another property close by that is also owned by Woods.

The golfer has also reportedly pulled out of best man duties at a wedding taking place this weekend.

His childhood friend Bryon Bell is getting married in South Carolina, but TMZ reports that Woods will not attend as the groom is the one who booked and paid for his rendezvous with Ms Uchitel in Australia last month.