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Did Tiger Woods get help hiding his secret?

As the carefully constructed public image of Tiger Woods continues its excruciating free fall, one question is perplexing people who think there should have been hints of trouble: How was it possible for Woods, among the world’s most scrutinized professional athletes, to keep his infidelity secret for so long?

Just about everyone is at a loss: the golf writers who banter with Woods when he allows it, golf fanatics who can tell you which way his golf ball’s Nike logo was facing when Woods chipped it into the 16th hole in the final round of the 2005 Masters, paparazzi whose paid informants can sniff out a straying spouse a mile away.

How was Woods, 33, able to maintain a pristine image as a loving husband, father and son that was at raging odds with an apparently tawdry private life?

Some people say Woods’ famously controlling nature allowed him to philander unsuspected. (On Friday he admitted publicly that he had cheated on his wife.) Some wonder whether intimidated golf reporters never pressed Woods because they did not want to risk losing the little access they had to the sport’s premier practitioner. Some believe that fellow players, had they suspected, would have kept mum because of Woods’ beneficial effect on their earnings, TV ratings and public interest in golf.

Unlike professional athletes who travel with teammates, golfers can insulate themselves from prying eyes if they choose. Like other high-end golfers, Woods usually travels by private jet. When he takes a car anywhere, he usually drives himself. The lack of privacy common to team sports isn’t an issue.

“There are guys on the tour who have never met one another because they play at different times of the day,” Feinstein said. In 2007, he watched Nick Watney, who had just won his first PGA Tour tournament, gingerly approach Woods to introduce himself. The night