So today's new Tiger mistress rumor comes courtesy of Star Magazine.  Their cover says something about Tiger liking what he saw of Jessica at the AT&T National, asking for her number, and such and such.  Simpson vehemently denied the report on Twitter - the medium of choice for dispelling rumors rapidly.

Even so, at least this rumor is an upgrade of sorts for Woods, whose rumor mill was starting to include Perkins waitresses and porno stars.  C'mon, this is Tiger Woods, not Ron Jeremy.

We know that Tiger and Dallas Cowboys' part-time QB great Tony Romo are buddies.  They hung out at the AT&T National this year in the pro-am and opening ceremonies. 

Jessica Simpson was there, too, with her former beau.  She pitched in by butchering the National Anthem.

Before we go any further here, the rest of this article is intended to be funny with some truth laced into it.  All of this stuff is reported by celebrity magazines that apparently just make up direct quotes and don't byline their stories.  Now, proceed.

Star Magazine is saying that Tiger came onto Jessica and she flirted back:

"Tiger liked what he saw and let her know it," a source tells Star.

“Jessica said that she felt like Tony wasn’t paying attention to her, so she was like, ‘What the heck!’ ” says the source. “She decided to have fun with Tiger whether it bothered Tony or not.”

Well, maybe, since Romo and Simpson split the week after the AT&T National.  But here's the thing.  The AT&T National wasn't the first time that they met.  A couple of months prior, Simpson was said to have expressed a desire to take up the game to be around Romo more.  (I'm sure Romo was screaming: "NO! NO!")  And in her desire to take up the sport, Simpson even contacted Tiger Woods about getting some pointers - according to InTouch Magazine.

A source tells In Touch Weekly: “Jessica is taking it seriously. She even asked if Tiger Woods would give her some pointers, but he’s been busy with his new baby.”

Given what we know now, Shane Bacon was unwittingly on the right track with this when he reported it in May.

The real reason is [Tiger declined to help teach Jessica] probably has one or two more important things to do than to sit behind some model kid with zero brains and try to instruct her like he's Kevin Costner and she's Reno Russo.

Or about fourteen, depending on whose count you believe.