Tiger Woods announces relationship with Donald Trump Jr’s ex-wife as golf legend shares message

Tiger Woods has publicly announced that he's in a relationship with Donald Trump Jr's ex-wife Vanessa.

Taking to Instagram to make the announcement, he posted a picture of them standing side-by-side and another one of them snuggled up on what looks like a luxury hammock.

Golf legend Woods, 49, and Vanessa Trump, 47, have apparently been dating for a few months according to the Daily Mail, which says their relationship started some time around Thanksgiving last year (28 November).

"Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together," Woods wrote in his Instagram post announcing the relationship news.

"At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts."

For some reason, one of the most popular response to this post was a comment from Snoop Dogg (yes, that one) telling Woods to 'Check ya d m'.

Now, what they'd have to talk about is unknown, but the idea of Snoop Dogg DMing other celebrities on Instagram is inherently funny.

Vanessa Trump was married to Donald Trump Jr for 12 years before filing for divorce in 2018. They have two children together: daughter Kai and son Donald III (it's better than calling him Donald Trump Jr Jr).

Woods was married to Elin Nordegren, and the pair split up in 2010. They share a daughter called Sam and a son named Charlie together.

PEOPLE has reported that Woods and Trump have been spotted together on a few occasions already, having been seen at various golf events including one last month in which Kai Trump competed.

The couple apparently got close by bonding over their children's golf careers, which sounds like the sort of thing that would happen if you were Tiger Woods.

It seems as though the announcement of the relationship has come as a surprise to some of Woods' fans, who've said 'this post confuses me deeply', and wondered whether Tiger Woods would use phrases like 'love is in the air' and thought it sounded most unlike him.

One user wrote: "No way TW wrote this", while another said: "Tiger did your account get hacked?"

However, many others sent messages of support to the golfer.

"Bro, you don’t owe anyone anything. No explanations or photos. Period. Live life bro," one wrote, while someone else said 'everyone needs someone to share life with' and told the couple to 'enjoy each other'.