Celebrity / Tiger Woods Childhood Pal Arranged, Covered Up Tiger's Trysts Byron Bell is also president of one of Woods' companies By Will McCahill, Newser Staff Posted Dec 3, 2009 6:24 PM CST Copied Tiger Woods and Byron Bell are seen in a 2005 photo. Bell, a childhood friend, is president of Woods' course-design company. (Getty Images) A childhood friend who’s now the president of one of Tiger Woods’ companies helped arrange the golfer’s Australian rendezvous with one of his alleged mistresses, with Byron Bell buying plane tickets and booking hotels in his name to keep the affair secret. Sources tell TMZ Bell flew to Melbourne with Rachel Uchitel for last month’s Australian Masters—won by Woods. (More Tiger Woods stories.) Report an error