Tiger Woods buys pricey Hamptons hideout

Southampton, N.Y. -- Golf great Tiger Woods has bought a 6-acre estate in Southampton, N.Y., the pricey playground at the east end of Long Island.

The price was $65 million, the New York Post reported Tuesday. For that, Woods got an exclusive address, a 13,200-square-foot mansion, a 7,200-square-foot guest house, lily pond, swimming pool, library and tennis court.

Woods already has a number of places to hang out, including an estate on Jupiter Island in Florida and a 155-foot yacht named Privacy. He is also building a palace in Dubai, next to the golf course he designed.

A source told the Post Woods almost lost the Southampton house, with a higher bid offered a few hours after he signed.

Woods' neighbors on Gin Lane include Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger, head of the family that owns The New York Times, designer Vera Wang and developer Alfred Taubman.

"It's one of the oldest and grandest estates on the East End," one broker said. "As soon as something goes on the market on Gin Lane it gets snapped up quickly, even in this slowing economy."

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