Tiger Woods has confirmed that he and skier Olympic Lindsey Vonn are an item.

He issued a statement today that said, in part, the following: “We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes.”

An ordinary couple, eh?

Nice try, Tiger, the man chasing the all-time record for golf major titles, the guy with 76 wins on the PGA tour and the man some experts already have anointed as the greatest golfer in the history of the storied game. (In my humble view, for what it’s worth, golf’s main man still is Jack Nicklaus.)

Let us not forget as well that Tiger Woods encountered some personal difficulties that made headlines all around the world about three years ago.

And Lindsey Vonn? She’s equally glamorous and is well, drop-dead gorgeous.

Ain’t nothing – not a single thing – that can be “ordinary” about this couple. It’s a sad reality in this hyper-media age.