Melbourne, Dec 6 : Tiger Woods used his loyal friends and money power to mask his life in which he enjoyed steamy romps with his mistresses, it has emerged.

Seducing his mistresses with gifts, the ace golfer used confessions of love to keep them quiet, say sources.

News. com. au reports, the billionaire golfer''s bodyguards approached women in nightclubs on his behalf.

It is believed that Woods’ childhood friend Byron Bell, who heads his golf course design firm TWD, chaperoned one alleged mistress, Rachel Uchitel, 34, to Melbourne last month.

A source close to Uchitel said: "She was the only one he loved - he told her he loved her.

"He tells them it''s their secret. He makes them feel special.

"You don''t talk (publicly) after that."

Both Woods and Uchitel have denied the rumours but since then Grubbs and Las Vegas nightclub promoter Kalika Moquin have stepped forward and claimed having had affairs with the star.

Meanwhile, news reports have come in claiming that he had five more flings, including a British telly presenter. (ANI)