Tiger Woods Shirtless and Pumping Iron For Vanity Fair

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 08: Tiger Woods of the United States looks on during a practice round prior to The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 08, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Raaaar! Vanity Fair is capitalizing on the Tiger Woods scandal. Have you heard? He cheated on his wife.

This photo, taken pre-scandal, by photographer Annie Leibovitz is one of many never-seen-before photos of the golf great. The article by Buzz Bissinger delves into the scandal and what lead up to it.

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Annie Leibovitz/Vanity Fair

When Tiger Woods finally fell from his pedestal–the car crash, the angry wife, the tales of kinky extramarital sex, the link to a controversial sports doctor–it was one of the greatest recorded drops in popularity of any nonpolitical figure.

Given Woods’s impenetrable mask of perfection and the hints of trouble from one strange glimpse behind it, the revelations were inevitable and very, very costly.

Check out the full profile here.

Socialite Life debuted back in 2003. SL Flashback showcases some of our favorite content from years past. This article was originally published on January 4, 2010.


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