Tiger Banner Pilot: I Was Grounded by the FBI

The pilot who flew the "Tiger: Are You My Daddy?" banner over the US Open golf tournament last weekend was supposed to make a second run -- but dude claims the FBI shut down the flight.

TMZ obtained the post-flight report filed with the sky banner company, in which the pilot states that while en route to fly sign #2 -- which read, "Happy Father's Day Tiger LOL" -- he was contacted by a tower controller with a message from the FBI.

According to the pilot, the FBI had "strongly urged" him to "depart the area" over the golf course as soon as possible ... and, of course, the pilot obliged.

We spoke to the owner of the company hired to fly the planes – who told us he is looking into the incident and has no idea why the FBI would intervene on such a matter. We also spoke to the FAA – who tells us the FBI would only intervene if “criminal activity” was suspected.

As for the FBI, we called them for comment as well -- but we're still waiting to hear back. Apparently they have bigger things to worry about.

Tiger Woods A Banner Day

Tiger Woods isn't having his best day on the golf course -- and this banner can't be helping his mood.

We told you it was gonna happen -- a pair of banners mocking Tiger Woods flying over Pebble Beach today -- and, according to WaggleRoom.com, it appeared over the course as Tiger was playing the third hole.

Happy Father's Day!

Tiger Woods Banners Fly the Skies ... Again!

Those pesky banners that taunted Tiger Woods at the Masters are set to return today as he tries to win the U.S. Open this afternoon.

The banners -- which had such delightful phrases as "TIGER DID YOU MEAN BOOTYISM" and "SEX ADDICT? YA, RIGHT. SURE. ME TOO!" -- were commissioned by an anonymous person back in April.

Ted from NationalSkyAds.com says he has been hired to fly two banners over Pebble Beach today. The first will say, "TIGER: ARE YOU MY DADDY?" and the second will read, "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TIGER LOL."

Tiger tees off around 2:05 PM PT. He could also tee off at around 2:10 if the banners fly over.

Tiger's Swing Coach Sex Addict, Yes Doping, No

Tiger Woods' former swing coach says Woods underwent treatment for sex addiction during his five-month absence from golf, this according to an interview with The Golf Channel.

Hank Haney, who split from Woods earlier this week, also said he saw no signs that Woods ever took performance-enhancing drugs -- an allegation that has hounded Tiger over the years.

Haney said, "The only thing that I knew about was his issue with the sex addiction."

The full interview airs tonight at 6:00 PM.

Tiger Mistress Claims Wacky Balls Hurt Women

One of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses is trying to grab a golf businessman by the balls, claiming his little round guys are encouraging violence towards women ... the perfect case for power-attorney Gloria Allred.

The woman at the center of the situation is Joslyn James -- a former porn star who claims she had an affair with Woods.

James is raising hell over a set of novelty golf balls that each prominently feature a cartoon face of one of Tiger's alleged mistresses (somehow they all fit in one box).

Obviously the balls were intended to be played with. And James -- whose smiling face is featured on one of the balls -- is concerned the product sends the wrong message.

Allred -- the ultimate defender of women's rights -- is fired up and will hold a news conference around 3pm EST today. You know we'll be there -- livestream ready to go.

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Oompas Claim Threeway with Tiger Woods

Oompa Loompa, doompadee do, Tiger's got another alleged mistress ... or two?!

According to a couple of Jeff Beacher's infamous Oompas, the allegedly straying golfer also likes 'em short, orange and topped with green hair.

What would Willy Wonka think?!

Tiger Woods' Voicemail My Wife Is Onto Us

Us Weekly has just posted a voicemail allegedly left by Tiger Woods for his alleged mistress -- Jaimee Grubbs.

In the call, you hear someone who sounds just like Tiger telling Jaimee to remove her name from her own voicemail, because Tiger's wife Elin "went through my phone and may be calling you."

As we previously reported, Jaimee bragged about her relationship with Tiger to co-workers and even played them this voicemail at work.

Alleged Mistress Played Tiger's Voicemail at Work

Jaimee Grubbs -- the cocktail waitress who claims she hooked up with Tiger Woods -- bragged about her relationship with Tiger at work, even playing a voicemail he left her in front of her coworkers.

An employee at Stone Rose Lounge in L.A. -- where Jaimee works -- tells TMZ, Tiger's alleged mistress came into work last Friday and played the infamous voicemail, in which Tiger reportedly asks Jaimee to remove her name from her outgoing message because his wife was suspicious.

Us Weekly has the voicemail and will publish it soon.

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