Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump’s pairing is quite the scramble.
The professional golfer, who holds five Masters Tournament wins as well as four PGA Championship titles, has been dating Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife for several months, multiple outlets have reported.
Vanessa, 47, was married to President Donald Trump’s son for 12 years before she filed for divorce in 2018. The former couple, however, have maintained friendly terms as they coparent their five children together.
As the former pair said in a statement announcing their 2018 separation, “We have five beautiful children together and they remain our top priority.”
Tiger, for his part, separated from his then-wife Elin Nordegren—with whom he shares kids Sam, 17, Charlie, 16—in 2010 following reports of his infidelity. They finalized their divorce that year and he went on to date Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn from 2012 to 2015, though was most recently linked to Erica Herman, who was a manager at his Woods Jupiter restaurant.
The couple split in 2022 after five years together, with Erica later filing a $30 million lawsuit against the athlete for allegedly being “tricked” into leaving the couple’s Florida residence to instigate their breakup. The lawsuit was dropped in July 2023, per documents obtained by E! News.
Keep reading to learn more about Vanessa, and her relationship with Tiger.
How long have Vanessa Trump and Tiger Woods been dating?
According to multiple outlets, Vanessa and Tiger have been seeing each other romantically for several months. And while President Trump nor his son have spoken out about the relationship as of yet, the president previously gave the golfer his stamp of approval, calling Tiger a “great guy.”
“We are in the presence of a true legend—an extraordinary athlete who has transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance,” Trump said while presenting Tiger with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019. “He’s also a great person.”
When did Vanessa Trump marry Donald Trump Jr.?
Vanessa and Don Jr. tied the knot in 2005, after two years together. In fact, the couple were introduced by Don Jr.’s father at a fashion show in 2003, where the Apprentice alum made sure they made acquaintances.
“I’m at this fashion show,” Vanessa recalled to the New York Times in 2006. “Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: ‘Hi, I’m Donald Trump. I wanted to introduce you to my son Donald Trump Jr.’”
Then, minutes later, Vanessa added, “Donald comes back up to me again, [and says] ‘I don’t think you’ve met my son Donald Trump Jr.’”
She remembered responding to the now-President, “Yeah, we just met five minutes ago.”
Off-put by the interaction, however, Vanessa and Don. Jr didn’t truly hit it off until a mutual friend’s birthday party a few weeks later. She added to the newspaper, “We talked for an hour.”
The couple married at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.
