BEAMING with a beautiful blonde by his side, Tiger Woods declared “love is in the air” in social media posts announcing his new relationship to the world. 

Known as the planet’s greatest golfer, with a staggering 82 PGA tour wins behind him, he’s now dating Vanessa Trump – the ex-wife of the US President’s son, Donald Trump Jr.

Infamous love rat Tiger, 49, real name Eldrick Woods, gushed “life is better with you by my side” and said they were looking forward to their “journey through life together”. 

Earlier this month, an insider claimed they are a “good match” due to being “level-headed” and “like to avoid drama”, after he dated many women who “just weren’t right for him”. 

It’s believed they became close thanks to Don Jr’s dad President Trump inviting the legendary sportsman to play with him and his family at his Florida golf course and may have dated since last year. 

Former model Vanessa, 47, is the latest of a bevy of beautiful blondes on his arm and she’ll no doubt be hoping his infamous cheating days are long behind him.

Scores of mistresses including porn stars, Playboy pin-ups, cocktail waitresses and a “sex-hungry cougar” came forward after he was revealed to have cheated on his Swedish model wife Elin Nordegreen back in 2009.

His affairs were so renowned that US broadcaster Howard Stern threw a ‘Tiger Woods Beauty Pageant’ comprised entirely of his mistresses and afterward, three of his alleged lovers starred together in a porn flick together.

Now, as the golfing legend reveals his latest lover, we look back at his scandalous dating history and recount the tales of the long list of heartbroken blondes left in his wake. 

LeAnn Rimes

In a brief flash-in-the-pan romance, Tiger dated Can’t Fight the Moonlight singer LeAnn Rimes back in 2002. 

“They hooked up and everything,” a source told US Weekly. “Tiger was really into her. He likes those blondes!”

It was claimed they broke up because LeAnn’s dad nearly had a “heart attack” when he discovered Tiger was dating his 19-year-old daughter and didn’t approve of their seven-year age gap. 

Elin Nordegreen

Easily Tiger’s most notable and scandal-hit relationship was with Swedish model Elin Nordegreen, who allegedly tried to hit him with a golf club after discovering he was a love rat. 

The pair, who first met in 2001, were married for six years until 2010 and had two kids but everything fell apart after details of an affair with VIP event organiser Rachel Uchitel emerged. 

It’s claimed Elin discovered he was cheating during Thanksgiving week in 2009 and found incriminating texts on his phone while he was sleeping. 

Alongside many sultry messages, there was allegedly one where Tiger declared “you are the only one I’ve ever loved” just four months after his son with Elin was born. 

Rachel had a half-an-hour phone call with Elin, with Tiger on the call where he tried to convince her he wasn’t cheating.

During a heated showdown in their mansion, the sportsman locked himself in the bathroom and made frantic calls to Rachel allegedly telling her to delete his number to cover his tracks.

Elin had gone through his phone and subsequently discovered messages to another supposed mistress Jamie Grubbs. Elin rang her and allegedly told her: “You know who this is because you are f***ing my husband” 

During a frantic attempt to flee, Tiger was allegedly chased by Erin as she tried to hit him with one of his prized golf clubs and smashed the rear window of his car as he tried to drive away. 

The sportsman crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree during the escape. It’s believed to have been caused by Tiger being under the influence of sleeping pills. 

After that scores of women came forward claiming to have had flings with the star including porn star Holly Sampson, who stated that wasn’t ashamed for having “f***ed Tiger Woods”.

She was hired as a lap dancer, alongside two other women and, after performing, his assistant summoned her to his bedroom for an “amazing” 45-minute romp. 

“It was a very sensual, beautiful experience. I wanted to give him a birthday to remember… I don’t think he stopped smiling the entire time,” she told In The Bunker.

Porn star Holly also claimed to have had sex with Tiger on his stag do and New York socialist Cori Rist would bonk him at expensive hotels while on golfing tours.

According to the New York Post, Tiger also “stole” the girlfriend of a bartender named Brian Kimbrough in 2004, with alleged mistress Julie Postle naming him “Mr Brightside” in her phone. She declined to comment at the time.

Playboy pinup Loredana Ferriolo allegedly was paid £11,500 a time to sleep with him and £46,000 for group sex, according to Hollywood madame Michelle Braun. 

Loredana denied having been intimate with Tiger but said he gifted her money and jewellery. 

There was also adult film star Veronica Siwik-Daniels, known as Joslyn James, who was alleged to have been Tiger’s “full-time” mistress for years, according to Deadspin. 

Cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs, who starred on the TV show Tool Academy, had sex with Tiger “20 times” and released a voicemail and texts from Woods to prove their relationship. 

Mindy Lawton, who worked as a £6-per-hour waitress, claimed she had “rough” romps with Tiger at his mansion and in the back of his Cadillac in a church car park.

She told the News of the World that “all he wanted me for was sex” and her decision to come forward was for “his wife to know what a cheat he has been”. 

Others included “sex-hungry cougar” Theresa Rogers, a “really sexy and very well-known” unnamed British TV personality and multiple cocktail waitresses.

Despite the furore, Rachel hasn’t publicly spoken about the fling and it’s rumoured she received a seven-figure pay-out from Tiger.

But last year in her podcast, she revealed “nobody hears the real story” behind the affairs because mistresses are “made to sign an NDA”, which risks legal action if they speak out. 

Shortly after the affairs emerged in 2009, the sports star held a press conference after corporate sponsors cancelled deals with him where he admitted to “repeated irresponsible behaviour”.

He continued: “I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did was not acceptable and I am the only person to blame. I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in.”

Tiger checked into rehab where he was treated for sex addiction, which was believed to have been agreed to keep his paid partnership with Nike.

He’s been to multiple facilities for treatment since his divorce from Elin was settled in 2010.

Initially, it was reported she received £675million but later TMZ claimed the figure was closer to £75million – £15 million for each year of marriage. 

Lindsay Vonn

After the snowstorm with Elin, Tiger fell into the arms of his pal Lindsay Vonn, an Olympic gold medal ski racer, who he dated for three years. 

At the time of their break up, she blamed their “incredibly hectic lives” forcing them to “spend the majority of our time apart” – but insiders allege a very different story. 

“He had a relapse in the sex department,” a close friend told the MailOnline. “Lindsey found out about women again. Always while he’s on the road. Just like when he was with Elin.”

Sensationally, the source claimed the affair was “stress relief” because Tiger had to pull out of a 2017 golf tournament due to a back injury. 

“Most men would drink over such losses, Tiger has sex over it,” they said. 

“Usually with local hookers whom he pays exorbitant amounts to, probably so they will want repeat business and won’t tell.”

They claimed Tiger confessed all after he was spotted with a “faceless, nameless woman” and was gutted because he “really wanted Lindsey to be the one but he blew it again”. 

The alleged fling was downplayed as a ‘relapse’ by the source, with them stating it “wasn’t with anyone special” and that the star “can’t help himself” 

They added: “Knowing Tiger, he doesn’t even see it as cheating because there’s no romance or feeling there. It’s just a stress reliever, like a high-ball (cocktail) or two after a bad day.”

Lindsay later published a memoir but crucially left out all of the juicy details, stating she “didn’t need to share that” and admitted it is “really difficult to date anyone in the public eye”.

Kristin Smith 

Tiger then dated styling business owner Kristin Smith for just under a year until August 2017.

Their romance we revealed in May when she was quizzed by security at Palm Beach Airport over why she had £150,000 in cash – with her claiming it was a ‘gift’ from her sportsman beau. 

She stood by Tiger when he was arrested at 3am for driving under the influence and when she found out, she broke down in tears in a shopping centre, yelling “I knew it, I knew it”.

The outburst was believed to refer to her suspicions that the star was having an affair with his future partner Erica Herman or another woman.  

“Kristin suspected it, but he would always deny it by belittling Erica,” a source told Radar. “Kristin eventually caught them together. It was a big mess.’

A year after their split in 2018, Kristen took him to court to reverse an NDA she signed – alleging she was never paid hush money and wanted to tell her story. 

TMZ claimed that Tiger in turn threatened to leak compromising pictures of her, which were described as “curious”, if she violated the agreement.

Erica Herman

Tiger had been secretly dating Erica Herman for months when she revealed as the sportsman’s girlfriend by wearing a ‘player’s spouse’ badge at the 2017 Presidents Cup. 

She worked as general manager at his restaurant The Woods Jupiter and according to insiders, she had been pursuing him for nearly a decade. 

“Erica’s been chasing Tiger around like a puppy for close to 10 years. I’m not sure if his wife knew, but I’m not sure how she couldn’t know,” they told Radar Online. 

The insider alleged Erica was a “hard partier” before dating the star and sensationally claimed she was a “gold digger”.

The couple’s split after six years in October 2022 was followed by two lawsuits.

In the first she was suing for £25m, claiming Tiger permitted her to live at his Florida mansion until 2026 only to trick her into packing her bags for a holiday and then locking her out. 

The second was that Tiger sexually harassed her while she worked for him, allegedly he threatened to fire her if she didn’t sign a non-disclosure agreement after they had sex.  

She later dropped both of the lawsuits.