NEW YORK?Tiger Woods had his humiliating transgressions played for laughs on the television show, ?Saturday Night Live,? the world?s greatest golfer and his wife Elin parodied in a spoof just before midnight.

The humor show also tweaked Woods with four jokes in its own ?Weekend Update? news spoof just nine days after the early morning accident in which Woods crashed a vehicle into a tree and a hydrant outside his Florida mansion.

Speculation had Elin, a Swedish former supermodel, chasing Woods with a golf club. But Woods defended his wife in a statement, denying any violence and saying she was courageous after the crash that sent him to the hospital.

The mess led to reports of women who claimed to have affairs with Woods, one of them producing a phone recording that prompted a statement from Woods apologizing for ?sins? and ?transgressions? without saying exactly what he did wrong.

The NBC comedy show skit featuring Woods begins as a parody of a CNN breaking alert and goes to a faux news conference where Woods, played by seventh-year cast member Kenan Thompson, is apologizing with a supportive ?Elin? at his side.

During the apology, Woods mentions multiple transgressions, which causes his wife to scream ?multiple?? The screen cuts to a new alert saying Woods had been taken back to the hospital again after he ?fell down a flight of stairs and threw himself through a plate-glass window.?

?I?ve been really clumsy this week,? Thompson as Woods says, wearing a Woods logo black cap and the red shirt typically worn by Woods in final rounds.

?Who is that??

When his cell phone rings, the faux Elin yells ?Who is that?? The screen cuts to another news break, this time saying Woods was hit by his own car.

?Talk about a case of the Mondays ? This is all my fault. Believe it or not, I ran over myself,? Thompson as Woods says.

He adds, ?One good thing is I can get rid of this old thing and get a new model,? which angers ?Elin? once more and sparks the last news break, this time ?Woods? returning to the screen with the club bent over his head.

Woods, as played by Thompson, then reads a statement in which messages on the back of the pages to the camera and audience are ?Help me? and ?She is so strong.? When ?Elin? wants to see the papers, ?Woods? runs in fear to end the skit.

More jokes

But that didn?t end the lampooning of Woods, as more jokes came early Sunday in the news segment.

?Last week, Tiger Woods hit a tree and a bunch of ladies fell out,? said segment host Seth Meyers.

After detailing reports of Woods? transgressions, Meyers wondered, ?How can anyone say golf isn?t a real sport??

Citing a report that Woods was offering a $5-million bonus if Elin would not divorce him, Meyers cracked, ?What?s weird is he presented it to her with one of those oversized checks? typically given to golf tournament winners.

Meyers cited the list of sponsors that have said they stand behind Woods, including Nike and Gatorade. That proved ?that women don?t watch golf,? said the segment host.

Internet humor

Woods may have to cope with being a target of ridicule before he can hope to regain his mystique as the world?s top golfer.

Consider some of the Internet humor that over the past 10 days has turned the world?s first billion-dollar athlete into a laughingstock and forced him to learn the hard way that money can?t buy happiness:

Woods drives well on a fairway but doesn?t fare well on a driveway.

Rivals want to know the best club to beat Tiger.

Tiger hit a tree and a hydrant because he couldn?t decide between a wood and an iron.

Tiger?s new nickname is Cheetah.

There are also video what-ifs of how a dispute between Woods and his wife Elin might have looked and gossip-page reports of multiple women linked to all manner of extramarital betrayals by Woods.

American Stewart Cink, who set aside emotions to beat 59-year-old Tom Watson in a British Open playoff in July, has faith that Woods will be unharmed on the golf course and manage to deal with the personal issues over time.

?He?s a professional and part of being a professional is to separate your personal life from what you do on the course,? Cink said.

?It?s not always real easy, but he?ll find a way and he?ll be fine.?