The airport terminal should have marked the beginning of a short vacation, but Erica Herman claimed it became the scene of an unexpected breakup. According to her lawsuit, representatives for Tiger Woods encouraged her to pack a suitcase, only for her to learn at the airport that she could no longer return to the Florida home they had shared. Herman later sought more than $30 million from the trust that owned the residence, while attorneys disputed her account and pushed for confidential arbitration. It was a dramatic ending to a relationship that became public in 2017, when she appeared beside Woods wearing a “player spouse” credential. Yet her story was only one chapter in the golfer’s complicated romantic history. Each woman entered his life differently, and several left under circumstances no one could have predicted.Years earlier, Swedish-born Elin Nordegren met Woods while working as a nanny for golfer Jesper Parnevik’s family. She initially had little interest in dating a celebrity, but their friendship grew into a marriage and two children, Sam and Charlie. Their relationship collapsed in 2009 after reports of Woods’ infidelity surfaced, leading to a divorce the following August and persistent—but never publicly confirmed—reports of a settlement exceeding $100 million. Nordegren later completed a psychology degree with a 3.96 GPA, built a larger family with former NFL player Jordan Cameron, and developed a friendly co-parenting relationship with Woods. However, another woman’s account would reveal how suddenly the marriage had begun to unravel.
