Less than a year after going public with their relationship, Tiger Woods’ girlfriend Vanessa Trump is ready to make things official.
“It’s no secret she wants to take things up a notch and have a ring on her finger,” a source tells the National Enquirer. “There’s pressure to propose coming down on him for sure.”
However, the professional golfer, 50, is still cut up with regret over his divorce from Elin Nordegren and desperately worried about making the same mistake all over again.
“It’s been nearly twenty years since [Tiger] blew his marriage to Elin and to this day, he will admit that was the biggest fumble of his life,” says the source. “He doesn’t talk about it a lot but on the rare occasion he opens up, he admits the regret still weighs on him pretty heavily.”
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In 2009, the Enquirer broke the news that Woods had an extramarital affair with Rachel Uchitel, with several more women coming forward in the following months.
The athlete publicly apologized for his “transgressions” and sought therapy but his marriage to Nordegren, 46 — with whom he shares daughter Sam, 18, and son Charlie, 16 — could not be saved.
“I felt stupid as more things were revealed — how could I not have known anything?” the Swedish model told People in 2016. “The word betrayal isn’t strong enough.”
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Nordegren has since moved on with retired NFL player Jordan Cameron, with whom she’s welcomed three children, son Arthur and daughters Zeta and Freya.
“Tiger hasn’t been able to do the same, at least not until he met Vanessa,” shares the source. “They really seem like a great match.”
As the Enquirerpreviously reported, Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife, 48, is the closest thing to a soulmate that Woods has ever had.
“The only question is whether he’ll fully be able to shake his baggage from his divorce,” says the source. “It’s not just regrets over tearing his family apart. He also worries that he won’t be able to succeed at marriage.”
That being said, “he’s going to have to face his fears and do it before too long if he’s going to keep her happy,” hints the source.