A representative for Tiger Woods today denied reports that the golfer is purchasing a home in the Hamptons. The woman fielding phone calls at agent Mark Steinberg’s office said the claim is “totally false.”
Beate Moore of Sotheby’s International Realty — the listing agent for the $65 million Southampton estate Woods was said to have bought — continued to cite a strict confidentiality agreement in not revealing the parties involved in the sale last week. But she said she is “stunned” by a New York Post story that Woods was the purchaser.
“It is hilarious ... I don’t know where this comes from,” said Moore, adding, “there’s not an ounce of truth to it.”
Through a spokeswoman, Post editor in chief Col Allan, when asked about the veracity of the report, said, “We stand by our story," declining to elaborate further.
As Newsday reported yesterday, the deal closed a week ago on the home, which was once owned by film producer Marty Richards and wife, Mary Lea Johnson, granddaughter of the founder of Johnson & Johnson.
Real estate records list the current owner as 1776 Investments Corp. Public records show that 1776 Investments Corp. is headed by Ivar W. Mitchell, managing director of Andlinger & Co., Inc., a private investment and management firm with offices in the United States and Europe.
Local residents said today that the report has created a media frenzy, with helicopters circling the Gin Lane estate and vehicles parked outside.