New York, Jan 27 (ANI): Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has decided to stay with the defamed golfer for the sake of their kids, it has emerged.

According to sources, Nordegren, 30, is hoping to save her marriage because she doesn't want to raise their two kids without a dad, reports the New York Post.

During the past week, she visited her husband at the Gentle Path sexual addiction clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where the sports star has been getting treatment for his sex addiction.

"She definitely stood out. She was beautiful," a Corner Market staffer in Hattiesburg, Miss., told Us Magazine, of Elin.

Another eyewitness said: "She was walking around alone and trying to keep to herself."

A source told People magazine's Web site: "Elin wants a solid family life. She was a child of divorce and felt her dad slighted her. She absolutely does not want that to happen to Sam and Charlie. So she wants to keep her family together even if she and Tiger live together as friends instead of lovers."

Meanwhile, Woods also wants to hold onto his family.

An insider told People: "Tiger wants to go back to being a golf star with major endorsements. He wants his clients, who have kids of their own, to think he is a good family man. He had hoped all along that his wife's initial furor would die down so they could discuss the situation and behave rationally."

RadarOnline also reported that Tiger seems willing to give the marriage another shot.

"He's told her he's serious about making it work and doing whatever he can," the source said. (ANI)