JAMES WOODS - WOODS FALLS FOR GOLF PAL'S LITTLE GIRL

Movie star JAMES WOODS has a new young lover, who he first met when she was in elementary school. The twice-married actor's current girlfriend is 19-year-old ASHLEY MYRICK - the daughter of Woods' longtime golf buddy JOHN MYRICK, who has reportedly given the union his blessing. At 58, Woods is almost 40 years older than his girlfriend, but he insists they're the perfect couple, and is planning to buy a Hollywood home for the pair to live in. He says, "Ashley is astonishingly gorgeous - the funniest person I've ever met in my life. She has it all - beauty, brains and charm... We play poker. We go to karaoke."