SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - A rainbow arching over their yacht greeted newlyweds Tiger Woods and Swedish bride Elin Nordegren Wednesday, a day after the couple married in a lavish sunset ceremony that reportedly cost $1.5 million.

The couple came ashore after apparently spending their wedding night aboard the vessel. They stayed largely out of public view following the ceremony, which was held in a white-netted pagoda decorated with red roses.

"Elin and Tiger want to keep this as a family thing," the bride's father, Thomas Nordegren, told The Associated Press from the posh Barbados resort that hosted the ceremony.

The couple came ashore accompanied by the bride's identical twin, Josefin.

The Barbados Daily Nation quoted unidentified sources as saying the event cost $1.5 million. Woods reportedly imported 500 red roses for the ceremony.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and former NBA stars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were among more than 120 guests seen by an Associated Press reporter overlooking the clubhouse of the Sandy Lane resort.

Nordegren, 24, met Woods three years ago while she was the nanny to the children of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik.

At the ceremony, Nordegren wore an off-white sleeveless gown, according to witnesses, while Woods, 28, wore a beige suit.

Woods' father, Earl, arrived at the resort about three hours before the wedding in a silver Rolls-Royce. At the reception, he cried after giving a speech, witnesses said. Woods' mother was seen on the beach at the resort Wednesday.

The rock group Hootie and the Blowfish performed under a tent at the "19th hole," a garden area of the Green Monkey golf course, witnesses said. Then fireworks lit up the night sky along Barbados' west coast.

Parnevik, who introduced the couple, skipped the wedding to play in this week's Michelin Championship in Las Vegas.

"There's such a brouhaha around it, so I chose to play instead," Parnevik said.

Woods' precautions appeared to include hiring the only helicopter charter company on the island, which said it was booked solid Tuesday - a move that prevented journalists and photographers from flying over the event.

He also rented out the entire hotel, which has about 200 rooms ranging in price from $700 to $8,000 a night, according to the hotel's Web site.