Rory McIlroy is not the only golfing celebrity buying up big in Florida.
Tiger Woods’ ex-wife is flying the flag for her native Sweden from the roof of her multi-million dollar mansion being built on the Florida beachfront.
Elin Nordegren, 32, has started her life over by spending a lot of time and money on creating her dream home, rebuilding a $12 million North Palm Beach estate.
Elin’s five-year marriage to the former long time World No. 1 broke down in late 2009.
The 21,000 square-foot house will include an Olympic-sized swimming pool, waterfalls, Koi pond, spa, gym, wine room and movie theater – but perhaps unsurprisingly, there are no golf facilities.
The master bedroom suite will be 1,200 sq ft and enjoy sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean.
The former nanny was criticized for destroying the property but she insisted it would have taken too much work to restore the home which was not hurricane proof and infested with bugs.
And the Stockholm-born beauty is reported to have enrolled part-time as a student at Rollins College in Winter Park, where she is studying psychology.