Gee, maybe Tiger Woods is really just a hopeless romantic after all. Text messages purportedly sent to his mistress Rachel Uchitel seem to prove he actually had strong feelings for the NYC party planner — even claiming to have a stronger connection with her than he had with his wife.

“I know it’s brutal on you that you can’t be with me all the time. I get it. It [expletive] kills me, too,” the golf great laments, according to In Touch magazine, which claims to have obtained Tiger’s texts exclusively. “I finally found someone I connect with, someone I have never found like this. Not even at home.” (No doubt wife Elin Nordegren would not be too pleased to read that.)