Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump have confirmed that they’re dating.
On Sunday, Woods announced their relationship in a post on X, writing, “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together.”
Woods shared two photos in the post — one of the couple standing side by side and another of them laying on what looks like a hammock.
“At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts,” Woods, 49, wrote.
Trump, 47, followed up by posting one of the photos on her Instagram Stories.
Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together. At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts. pic.twitter.com/ETONf1pUmI
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) March 23, 2025
Vanessa Trump — born Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi — was a model in her teens and early 20s. Now-President Donald Trump introduced her to his son in 2003 and they were engaged two years later.
She was married to Donald Trump Jr. from 2005 until 2018. They have five children together, including the president’s eldest granddaughter, Kai Trump.
Woods and the former model both live in Palm Beach, Florida, where Vanessa is raising her and Trump Jr.’s children.
Vanessa Trump, Woods, and Trump Jr. did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Here’s everything you need to know about Vanessa Trump.
Born in 1977, Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi grew up in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Her mother, Bonnie Kay Haydon, ran the modeling agency Kay Models, and her stepfather, Charles Haydon, worked as a lawyer.
Vanessa attended The Dwight School, a private preparatory school in Manhattan, where she was a tennis star, The New York Times reported. She then studied psychology at Marymount College in Manhattan.
Schoolmates and fellow members of the Manhattan scene described her as a “hard-rock in leather and baggy jeans” and “total gangster” in a 1998 New York Magazine story.
While at school, she became involved with Valentin Rivera, a gang member who later served 16 months in prison for assault, as reported by Page Six. They went to her senior prom together, per Page Six.
She was voted Most Likely to Wind Up on Ricki Lake in her high school yearbook.
As Vanessa Haydon, she modeled in her teens and early 20s.
Haydon started modeling in the 1990s before signing with modeling agency Wilhelmina. She later worked with Next Model Management.
She also had a small role in the 2003 film “Something’s Gotta Give.”
In the 1990s, Vanessa was linked to Leonardo DiCaprio and dated a Saudi prince.
New York Magazine reported the model “was seen nuzzling” DiCaprio at a premiere party for James Toback’s “Two Girls and a Guy” in May 1998.
From 1998 to 2001, she dated the Saudi prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, the son of then-Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, People reported.
Donald Trump introduced the model to his son Donald Trump Jr. at a fashion show in 2003.
Vanessa was introduced to Donald Trump Jr. by his father in 2003. The real-estate magnate introduced the couple twice in the span of five minutes, Vanessa recalled for The New York Times.
Six weeks later, they were introduced again by a mutual friend at a birthday party.
“We talked for an hour,” she told the Times. Eventually they realized they’d met weeks earlier.
Vanessa and her sister, Veronika, opened a nightclub in the early 2000s.
Born 11 months apart, the model sisters grew up on Manhattan’s club scene, and the siblings became club owners themselves with the opening of Sessa, Women’s Wear Daily reported in January 2003.
The Polynesian-themed club aimed to be a place where people could “hang out without having to shout over the music,” WWD wrote.
In January 2004, the club was forced to close, The New York Times reported.
In 2004, the model and Trump Jr. got engaged.
In November 2004, Trump Jr. proposed to the model with a complimentary $100,000 ring from a New Jersey jeweler in exchange for popping the question in front of the jeweler’s mall storefront with paparazzi present.
The couple married a year later on November 12, 2005, at Trump’s Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago.
During their marriage, the couple had five children.
The couple had five children together: Kai, Donald John III, Tristan, Spencer, and Chloe.
Their eldest daughter, Kai Trump, 17, is an avid golfer and, in 2024, committed to playing for the University of Miami. She spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2024 and appeared at her grandfather’s inauguration in January 2025 alongside other family members.
Vanessa Trump briefly had a handbag collection.
From 2010 to 2013, the model released a line of handbags called La Poshett, although she eventually settled into the stay-at-home mom lifestyle, homeschooling her children over the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2018, Donald Jr. and Vanessa divorced.
After 12 years of marriage, Vanessa filed for a no-contest divorce in 2018.
The couple separated nine months before filing for a divorce, and Trump Jr. began dating Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle in 2018.
Donald Jr. and Vanessa have maintained an amicable relationship, spending time together at Mar-a-Lago and various official events.
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