from www.nypost.com – Tiger Woods doesn’t want you to gawk at what he used to see between the sheets when he was cheating on his unsuspecting wife.

The superstar golfer thwarted his ex-mistress Rachel Uchitel’s $300,000 paycheck when he stopped her recently from appearing nude in the men’s magazine after threatening to overturn her multi-million dollar settlement with him, according to a new report out today.

Playboy wanted to feature Tiger’s former mistress on the cover with a direct mention of the golfer. The mag even tossed around a photo shoot idea that would have featured a naked Uchitel posing with a tiger cub.

“It put Rachel in significant danger of losing the millions of dollars Tiger paid her,” a source told RadarOnline.com.

“The magazine wanted to mention Rachel’s relationship with Tiger, but it would have jeopardized the deal she already made with him.

“They refused to give her complete control of the cover so she could make sure Tiger wasn’t mentioned.”

RadarOnline said the conditions jeopardized Uchitel’s deal with Woods. As a result, she realized there was no way to pose for Playboy without taking the financial risk.

Had Uchitel gone forward with the shoot, RadarOnline reported that she would have appeared “totally naked except her pubic area.”

Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, were divorced earlier this year after it was made public last November that he had cheated on her with Uchitel and a bevy of other women.

The marriage was described in court documents as “irretrievably broken” with no point in trying to reconcile.

Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will “share parenting” of their two children.

“We love Elin, and we are so proud of the grace and strength she has shown during this difficult time,” said Nordegren’s father, Thomas Nordegren, a talk show host at national broadcaster Swedish Radio. “We know that she will come out of this even stronger and has a bright future in front of her.”