Golf superstar Tiger Woods is also famous for his rollercoaster love life and messy divorce.
The American golfer, 49, has had incredible success on the course and his lucrative endorsements off it have made him a very wealthy man, racking up a reported net worth of $1.3billion. But at one point, his tumultuous romances lost him a whole lot of money and got him dropped by major brands.
Tiger Woods has had a tumultuous love life (Image: Getty Images)
Since splitting from his ex-wife, Swedish model Elin Nordegren, in 2010, Woods has dated many women. His most recent love interest is said to be socialite Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., the son of President Donald Trump, and they have reportedly been quietly dating for several months.
Vanessa Trump romance rumors
Vanessa was previously married to Donald Trump Jr. ( Image: Getty Images)
Woods and Vanessa reportedly sparked a romance last year, with Vanessa’s ex-husband Donald Trump Jr. reportedly being “cool” with her new love interest. The former couple were married for 12 years before she filed for divorce in 2018.
Vanessa and Tiger live just 20 minutes apart from each other in Florida, and they were seen together at a golf tournament last month. Multiple sources have confirmed that the pair are indeed an item and have been since last year. Both Vanessa and Tiger have 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren who attend the same school: Vanessa and Donald Trump Jnr.’s daughter Kai, 17, and Tiger’s kids Charlie, 16, and Sam, 17, all go to The Benjamin School.
This is believed to be Vanessa’s first high-profile relationship since her divorce. Page Six reported after her split that the former couple had been living “separate lives”. The outlet stated in 2018: “The problems have been there for a long time, the couple had hoped to stay together during the president’s time in office, but it is getting harder to resolve their issues.”
Serial cheating row
Woods cheated on his ex-wife Elin Nordegren many times ( Image: Getty Images)
Rachel Uchitel was put on the phone with Elin ( Image: NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Woods was married to ex-wife Elin between 2004 and 2010, and the pair had two 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, Sam and Charlie. But in November 2009, a story broke that he had been having an affair with a New York City nightclub hostess called Rachel Uchitel. She had been snapped checking into the same hotel as the golfer during the American Masters and allegedly told pals she was in love with him.
Woods tried to shut the accusations down before the story went public and is said to have put Elin on the phone with Rachel. The two women reportedly spoke for half an hour, but Elin wasn’t convinced by her story. Woods left his phone unattended and his wife went through it and found the name of another woman Jaimee Grubbs, who she contacted. The call went to voicemail and Elin left a very stern message.
She said: “You know who this is, because you are f—ing my husband.” Woods wasn’t told Elin made the call and he too tried to get through to the woman. His voicemail said: “Hey, it’s, uh … it’s Tiger. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and, uh, may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. And, um … just have it as a number on the voicemail. OK? You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. All right, bye.”
The story broke the next day on Thanksgiving and Elin kept silent. Woods had apparently met Uchitel four months after his son was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧. She had shown friends 𝓈ℯ𝓍y messages they’d sent each other and told pals Woods was divorcing his wife, it’s claimed. Elin reportedly went through his phone again and found some of the messages from Woods, including one that said: “You are the only one I’ve ever loved.”
Woods admitted to having affairs and being unfaithful ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
She is said to have woken Woods, who ran into the bathroom and began texting Uchitel saying he had to leave. Elin reportedly threw his phone at him and chased him outside with a golf club. Woods got into his car and crashed it, and when it was found the two back windows had been smashed. He was knocked out for six minutes and Elin said she had smashed the car’s windows to get him out of the car.
The couple refused to cooperate with police interviews and within two weeks, 14 women had come forward to say they had slept with Woods during his marriage. Woods lost endorsement deals with Nike, Gatorade, Gillette and Accenture following the scandal.
Speaking at a press conference, Woods said: “I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did was not acceptable. For all that I have done, I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for, but there’s one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It hurts me that people would fabricate a story like that.”
The couple divorced in August 2010. Woods went on to date Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn from 2013 to 2015 and was reportedly dating stylist Kristin Smith from November 2016 to August 2017. He was then reportedly in a relationship with Erica Herman, a restaurant manager, in 2018.
