Tiger Woods Net auction gets big bucks

By Troy Wolverton
Staff Writer, CNET News

A Tiger Woods fan and three friends will pay $425,000 to play a round of golf with Woods later this year. Thirteen bids were placed in the eBay auction, which closed Sunday. The auction was private and did not reveal the winner. Representatives for eBay, the Tiger Woods Foundation and Transrow, which verified bidders, did not return calls seeking comment. In a separate auction, an eBay member bid $5,100 to win a pin flag autographed by Woods from last year's Masters golf tournament, which Woods won. Proceeds from the two auctions will go to Woods' charitable foundation, which supports community-based youth programs.

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