Concerned pals are circling around Tiger Woods, following the breast cancer diagnosis of girlfriend Vanessa Trump, as they fear his personal anguish may push him into a tailspin, sources tell the National Enquirer.
Vanessa — ex-wife of PresidentDonald Trump‘s namesake son and mother of five of the commander in chief’s grandkids — dropped her health bombshell on Instagram May 20, nearly two months after Tiger flipped his Land Rover in Florida and was slapped with a DUI charge.
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Now, insiders worry the five-time Masters champ, 50, may buckle under the pressure of dealing with 48-year-old Vanessa’s battle, his prescription pill problems and pending criminal case, for which he pleaded not guilty, as reported by NBC News.
“Tiger is stressed out to begin with,” a source tells the Enquirer. “His friends are fearing the guy has been subjected to so much pressure over the past 10 years.”
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As the Enquirer reported, Tiger was cuffed on March 27 following the Jupiter Island, Fla., crash, in which lawmen say he claimed to have taken his eyes off the road to look at his phone before clipping a pickup truck in front of him.
Police say they found two hydrocodone painkillers in his pocket, and body cam video released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office suggests he struggled to perform field sobriety tests.
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Days later, Tiger bolted to a rehab clinic in Switzerland and returned stateside on May 13 — in time to be at Vanessa’s side as she shared her diagnosis.
Sources say the pair began dating in late 2024, and Tiger gushed over his girlfriend on Instagram in March 2025 by writing, “Life is better with you by my side!”
Tiger, who sources say came close to losing a leg in 2021 after a one-vehicle wreck in California, has reportedly suffered from depression and a pill addiction following what the Associated Press reported as more than a dozen surgeries to repair his back, knee and Achilles.
“There are so many broken parts in Tiger. His ability to engage in extracurricular activity and hobbies is extremely limited,” the source tells the Enquirer. “Being with Vanessa was seen as his only salvation. If anything happens to her it will totally devastate him.”