Agence France-Presse
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2006
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2006
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
PALM BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods, a 10-time major golf champion, has agreed to buy a 10-acre oceanfront estate on Jupiter Island, Florida, for $40 million, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.
The sale is a record for what Forbes magazine calls the country's "Most Expensive ZIP Code.'' And Woods is expected to tear down the 13-year-old main house on the estate, according to unnamed real estate agents familiar with the deal.
''It's a really high price and everyone's blown away,'' Chappy Adams, president of Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, told the Post. ''It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.''
The 400 block of South Beach Road that Woods will own extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. It includes a main house, two guest houses, a beach house and two deep-water boat docks.
''The main house is in very good condition, but I'd think that someone who paid that much would want to put their own stamp on it,'' said Dolly Peters, a real estate agent in the Jupiter area. ''I'd be surprised if he didn't tear it down.''
Woods' 155-foot yacht ''Privacy", which the golf star now docks in North Palm Beach, could be accommodated at one of the docks, sources told the newspaper.
Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, became interested in the area because the Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia live nearby. Nordegren was working as a nanny for Parnevik when she met Woods in 2003.
Other golfers living in the area include Nick Price of Zimbabawe and Greg Norman of Australia.
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, also bought a $12.5 million beachfront home in the neighborhood last year.
Woods, who celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 30, has a home at Isleworth Country Club near Orlando, Florida, which he bought in 1996 during his first season on the U.S. PGA Tour, and bought land last year at a golf-course community in Jackson, Wyoming.
