Tiger Woods talks about the years of bed-hopping that eventually tarnished his image and ended his marriage -- even implying his mastery of golf might have led him astray -- in an essay published in Newsweek magazine Wednesday, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

The essay was published nearly a year after his post-Thanksgiving 2009 fight with ex Elin Nordegren that sparked a tabloid frenzy, with more than a dozen women claiming to have slept with him while he was married.

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"The physical pain from that car accident has long healed," Woods wrote. "But the pain in my soul is more complex and unse