It’s time for the next installments in the neverending Tiger Woods saga. First up: in a newly released pre-scandal interview, Tiger was caught using his family to promote his wholesome image. See if you can read this quote from Tiger without cringing, Tiger talking about his family: “It’s been great, actually, it’s been the best thing that ever happened… [my kids] have got my wife’s stubbornness, so that’s enough.” Tiger is asked if he feels family comes first, then golf, and he replies “always.” Cringe.

Another cringe-worthy interview was given this morning on the Today Show. One of Tiger’s many mistresses, Cori Rist, spoke with slightly more intelligence than Tiger’s other outspoken mistresses. Rist claims she and Tiger had an affair for two and a half years, and how openly they conducted their affair… especially while Elin was pregnant. Rist says that their relationship ended when she wouldn’t rearrange her life so she could be at Tiger’s beck-and-call.

Cori Rist, another woman claiming to have an affair with Tiger Woods, is breaking her silence about her alleged two-and-a-half-year fling with the golfer. On the Today show Monday, she confirmed that she met Woods, 33, at a New York City nightclub in 2006 when a man claiming to be the golfer’s trainer invited her and her friends to join Woods for a drink.

“He was not afraid to show his affection in front of everybody that was there,” said Rist, 31. “He was very affectionate, and he led me by the hand, and we just kind of disappeared, and that was the start.”

Though she said she knew he was married, Rist said Woods always told her his marriage to his wife was on the rocks.

“He was not happy at home with his wife,” said Rist, a single mother. “He would stay there because she was pregnant, and they were expecting their first child. Because of his reputation and the image that he has, he had to uphold that.”

Rist — who said she is speaking out now because she needs to defend herself against false rumors (including that she is a prostitute) — said she thought she was the only other woman in Woods’ life.

But she recalled how in the middle of the night, he would wake up and start texting. Rist said she now believes he was communicating with other women. Still, she said Woods kept pursing her, asking her to join him in Australia, California and even Dubai. Each time she declined. They last spoke in September.

“We had an argument over how I don’t make enough time for him, and that was it,” she said of their two-and-a-half year relationship.

She said she feels sorry his wife Elin, who was photographed over the weekend without her wedding ring. “I am just sorry for her pain. I hate that I am a part of it,” she said. “I feel like I have to take responsibility for the things I’ve done and one day I am going to have to look my son in the eye and explain all of this.”

[From Us Weekly]

Ugh… well, I take comfort in the fact that Rist isn’t even in the top ten of Tiger’s trashiest mistresses. Speaking of trash, there’s a rumor going around Fox News that Rachel Uchitel was down in Florida this weekend – and she was just a few miles away from Tiger’s home.

Tiger Woods and the woman whose rumored affair with him launched the golf great’s astonishing fall from grace may have been just a few miles apart this weekend, Fox411.com has learned.

Rachel Uchitel, the first woman romantically linked to Tiger Woods, told friends she had booked a plane ticket for last Friday from New York to West Palm Beach, just seven-and-a-half miles from the North Palm Beach marina where Woods’ yacht “Privacy” was docked over the weekend, and about 20 miles from his Jupiter Island home, Fox411.com has learned.

Uchitel, 34, told friends she was planning on spending the holiday season in Palm Beach, where her socialite mother lives. Fox411.com spotted beefed-up security at the entrance to the Old Port Cove Marina in North Palm Beach, where “Privacy,” one of Woods’ two yachts, was moored this weekend.

Locals said the increased security suggested the presence of a high-profile member of the marina. On Friday, five moving boxes were seen being moved from Tiger and wife Elin’s main residence in the Orlando suburb of Windermere, TMZ reported. On Saturday, Elin was photographed pumping gas into her car outside Orlando. Her wedding ring was noticeably missing.

On Sunday, Woods’ private plane departed for Elin’s home country of Sweden, but Elin and Tiger Woods were reportedly not onboard when it landed.

On Saturday evening, there were signs of activity inside Tiger’s recently completed home on Jupiter Island, about 11 1/2 miles from the North Palm Beach marina and 20 miles from Palm Beach. Fox411.com saw lights on inside the massive, 12,000-acre complex on Jupiter Island on Saturday night and Sunday night.

Woods purchased the property for $44.5 million two years ago and had planned on building a guest house and boathouse near the main house, according to local Palm Beach news reports.

News of Woods’ and Uchitel’s close proximity over the weekend came as mutual friends told Fox411.com that the two are still very much in love and still very much an item, and they have no plans on ending their relationship anytime soon. Uchitel has publicly denied having an affair with Woods, but friends said he has paid her millions of dollars to remain tight-lipped about the details of their affair, and that the two remain committed to one another.

“Tiger and Rachel are still very much in love,” an insider said. “They are still in communication and they’re just trying to figure out how to make it work so they can be together.”

Uchitel’s rep was not immediately available for comment.

“It looks like Elin’s going to stay around, at least for now. But Tiger still loves Rachel and wants to be with her either way,” the friend said.

[From Fox News]

Jesus, Rachel is still carrying on the affair with Tiger. At what point do you just cut your damn losses and walk away? Here’s the thing – I can actually see how someone, anyone might get caught up in a brief affair. It sucks, but it happens… a lot. I’m not saying it’s right, but I do see how it happens. But when you’re one of Tiger Woods’ most famous mistresses, and he’s shuffling you down to Florida for a little hookup while the international media awaits, don’t you think it’s time to go home? But Rachel probably thinks that if she just sticks with it, she’ll end up the next Mrs. Woods. And she may be right. That’s what disgusts me the most.

Rachel Uchitel in New York on December 10, 2009. Credit: WENN.