Benoit Denizet-Lewis, a recovering sex addict, said a source with knowledge of the golfer’s treatment has confirmed Woods is at Pine Grove Behavioral Health &Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Among Woods’ first lessons, Denizet-Lewis said, will be that the oft-questioned addiction to sex is very real.
“We mock or it we say it’s not a real addiction,” said the journalist, who regularly contributes to the New York Times magazine. “But it’s very much the real deal.”