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EXCLUSIVE — Tiger Woods signs $54 million-mortgage to pay off the ex

Elin and Tiger

Elin and Tiger (Click on the photo for more)

Jupiter Island golfer Tiger Woods‘ secret divorce settlement may be so expensive that he had to mortgage his home to pay for it!

Official records that just popped up in Martin County hint that Woods will have to pay ex-wife Elin Nordegren $54 million by January 2016 — or risk losing the house he spent five years building.

How do I know?

The philandering golf-club swinger took out a $54 million-mortgage last Wednesday, two days after his quickie divorce was finalized in Panama City Aug. 23.

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And the mortgage holder, according to the records, is a shadowy company with no apparent capital, JRD Florida Ventures LLC. The corporation’s registered agent is none other than one of his former wife’s six divorce lawyers, Dennis Belcher.

Woods, the mortgage shows, used the Jupiter Island property, Sand Turtle, to secure the loan — which means that Nordegren could end up with that Motel 6-style crib if he doesn’t pay up. The document was actually notarized by Tom Sasser, Woods’ West Palm Beach-based divorce attorney.

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Reports: Celine Dion had emergency surgery to prevent twins’ early birth

Celine Dion

Celine Dion (Click on the photo for more)

Jupiter Island songbird Celine Dion, 42, is said to have undergone emergency surgery in an area hospital Thursday night after she appeared she’d be giving birth to her twins three months early.

The reports in today’s French press mention that the Canadian singer of My Heart Will Go On was at her new home on the island when she felt ill. When Dion arrived at an unnamed hospital, reports in Europe claim that Dion’s cervix was dilated.

The births would have occurred if it hadn’t been for a minor surgical procedure to close it up.

The chanteuse is due in November. She and her 68-year-old husband, Rene Angelil, received fertility treatments for months, and she miscarried several times on her way to conceiving twin boys.

Her publicist in the United States, meanwhile, denied that Dion’s pregnancy has been troublesome.

“She is 100 percent healthy and at home,” Kim Jakwerth wrote in an email to Page2Live. “I have been speaking to both Rene and Celine weekly and everything is going great. It is very disturbing to have to respond to such malicious reports.”

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Cost-conscious: Great White sighting at Costco

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Norman

Golf legend Greg Norman has become cost-conscious since he agreed to pay his first ex-wife $100 million-plus in their pre-Chris Evert divorce.

A Page2Live spywitness ran into the Great White Shark at the Northlake Boulevard Costco yesterday in Lake Park.

Yep, Costco — the warehouse heaven for bargain hunters located just a few miles from Norman’s $20 million-home on Jupiter Island!

“Greg was quietly waiting in the checkout line like everyone,” the spy said. “He had a t-shirt on that had that shark logo but no one talked to him.”

In his shopping-cart: juice boxes for the kids of his new galpal, Kirsten Kutner; and six bottles of $40-Far Niente Chardonnay.

I can only surmise that Costco ran out of the Greg Norman Estates beverage that’s made him more money than golf!

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Click here for bird’s eye view of Norman’s Jupiter Island home

Tiger Woods’ ex Joslyn James invades his territory

One of embattled golfer Tiger Woods‘ ex-mistresses, hardcore porn star/stripper Joslyn James, is hitting him close to his home!

James, 32, will be performing full nude strip shows at the West Palm Beach bosom bazaar T’s Lounge through this weekend. That’s about 25 miles south from the Jupiter Island house that Woods is set to move into within the next few weeks.

“I’m aware of that,” James said Thursday as she prepared to get on stage. “Makes it more interesting, doesn’t it?”

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James, in her green Masters jacket, gets ready for her show Thursday at T's Lounge in West Palm Beach (Click on the photo for more)

James is one of two porn stars who announced that they, along with at least 13 other women, had affairs with Woods behind wife Elin Nordegren’s back.

Woods, with son Charlie

Woods, with son Charlie (click on the photo for more)

James has been one of the most vocal among Tiger’s girls, telling the world that Woods impregnated her twice (she had abortions) and releasing dozens of spicy e-mail exchanges with the former world’s No. 1 golfer.

And she’s also been the quickest one to cash in on her temporary fame.

Since November, when a strange accident near Woods’ house near Orlando kicked off the saga of Woods’ extra-marital action, James has been traveling the country to perform in strip bars. That’s when she’s not filming XXX flicks. She recently finished The 11th Hole, in which she re-enacts with Woods lookalikes some of the bedroom romps that she claims she had with the golfer.

“The film got great reviews,” deadpans James, who doesn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor.

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SACREBLEU! Jupiter Island official says Celine Dion’s waterworld shouldn’t have been built!

Dion's waterpark getting the finishing touch in April (Click on the photo for more)

Dion's waterpark getting the finishing touch in April (Click on the photo for more)

Songbird Celine Dion isn’t making friends on Jupiter Island.

The waterpark that the Canadian singer of My Heart Will Go On built on her Jupiter Island property has caused the ire of the quietly rich, old-money residents on the exclusive barrier island — and the secretive ouster of the government official who approved the project.

Director of Planning, Zoning and Building Jeff Newell, 61, one of the town’s best-liked department heads, resigned suddenly in June as occupancy certificates for Dion’s house were being drawn.

Newell’s exit papers include conditions that he not criticize the town’s administration or reach out to town employees, as well as two letters of reprimand for work he did on Dion’s construction. They indicate Newell’s departure from the $102,743-a-year job may not have been totally his choice. Newell will be paid until September as part of his severance deal.

In documents obtained by Page2Live, Town Manager Gene Rauth opined in one of his reprimands that the permits for Dion’s $1 million private waterpark should not have been approved!

Thing is: There’s nothing the town government wants to do about it now!

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Liens pile up on Celine Dion’s Jupiter Island waterworld

One lien? Could be an accident!

Three? Looks like a trend!

As soon as contractors on Canadian songbird Celine Dion’s property on Jupiter Island — can’t miss it, it’s the one with the waterpark — paid off one lien, two more sprung up over the past few weeks.

Dion's soon-to-be-finished house in Jupiter Island (Click on the photo for more celebrity homes)

Dion's soon-to-be-finished house in Jupiter Island (Click on the photo for more celebrity homes)

In May, the Pompano Beach-based concrete dealer PreCast Specialties notified the Palm Beach County clerk’s office that the company is seeking $9,297 from Dion and her family three months after installing hollow-core slabs on the beachfront mansion.

And two weeks ago, the Boynton Beach company John J. Churey Construction slapped another one on the singer’s home, claiming in paperwork at the Martin County clerk’s office that nearly half its $68,960-contract to pump concrete into the property is still unpaid.

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Nashville star Alan Jackson selling Tequesta digs

Country superstar Alan Jackson is unloading some of his Martin County real estate.

But don’t worry! It’s not that he wants to celebrate five o’clock somewhere else!

Jackson, 51, has no use for a tidy little Key West-style cottage in Tequesta, one with a wraparound balcony overlooking the Intracoastal and a metal roof.

Alan Jackson has put this tidy Tequesta cottage on the market (Click on the photo for more)

Alan Jackson has put this tidy Tequesta cottage on the market (Click on the photo for more)

The singer has put it on the market for $1.27 million. Wanna see it? Realtor Rob Thomson is holding a happy hour open house this evening. Or click here to visit!

“Alan bought this place because of the dock,” Thomson said. “You can dock a mega-yacht here, which is rare in a private residence. But now, Alan keeps his boats across the Intracoastal, near his new house on Jupiter Island.”

Thomson said Jackson mostly used the 3,350-square-foot, four-bedroom house with plenty hardwood floors and a deep-sea fishing motif for guests or high-level staffers.

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Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Island lair: Nice pools!

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Looks like Tiger Woods has a thing for pools, or he’s ready to take out a lot of frustrations by doing laps!

The troubled philandering golfer, whose game headed south since his return from sex-addiction camp, is having his mansion in Jupiter Island finished — and these fresh flyover photos show two of his four pools are coming along nicely.

Starting platforms have yet to be installed on the two-lane 100-foot or so lap pool, while the diving platform already towers over the diving pool to the north. As for the compound, the nearly 10,000-square-foot house is on the right (south). Woods’ 9,500-square-foot gym, complete with a brand spanking new oxygen therapy room, is across from what’s expected to be a reflecting pool.

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Channeling Michael Jackson: Tiger Woods builds oxygen therapy room in Jupiter Island mansion

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Woods (Click on the photo for more)

Troubled golfer Tiger Woods, who’s battling injuries, facing divorce lawyers and dealing with shenanigans from mistresses, is building a sanctuary inside his soon-to-be-finished Jupiter Island mansion.

And it’s something Michael Jackson would’ve been proud of!

According to recent Martin County records, Woods is installing an “oxygen therapy room” in the gym of his new home.

Such rooms usually feature relaxation equipment, a Zen atmosphere and an hyperbaric chamber, a coffin-like steel tank that delivers pure oxygen to the body in high atmospheric pressure.

Made famous years ago when deceased eccentric pop superstar Michael Jackson was said to sleep in such an oxygen chamber in an attempt to remain young-looking, oxygen therapy is believed to help with various ailments like arthritis, allergies, gas poisonings, chronic fatigue and, of all things, herpes!

Some athletes, especially in the National Football League, are known to use extra oxygen to help wounds and infections heal faster. When rumors started last year that he used performance-enhancing drugs, Woods denied it but said he had been receiving oxygen treatment in a hyperbaric chamber.

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Greg Norman’s tangled love web: New galpal is his old mistress?

Kutner and Normant (Courtesy New Idea)

Kutner and Norman (Courtesy New Idea magazine)

The new Sheila in Jupiter Island golf legend Greg Norman’s life may not be that new after all.

Aussie Norman, 55, reportedly cheated on his longtime wife Laura Andrassy in the mid-1990s with the then-26-year-old hottie Kirsten Kutner.

And Kutner is none other than the Australian interior designer whom the Great White Shark recently introduced as his new squeeze — within days of finalizing his divorce with wife No. 2, Boca tennis great Chris Evert.

“There’s a lot more to that relationship (Norman’s with Kutner) than anyone would know,” Andrassy told Page2Live last month. She didn’t provide details in order to abide with a confidentiality clause in the $120 million-divorce settlement she signed with Norman.

But this is what she meant: In a bombshell article titled “Greg Norman’s ex-wives: He betrayed us both!” in the Oz tabloid Woman’s Day, Norman is alleged to have cheated on both Andrassy and Evert with Kutner!

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