There where he was to see his girlfriend, Lindsey Vonn win her 63 World Cup at the Alpine Skiing World championship in Italy.
Widely regarded as one of the best to play the game, the former world number one was without a front tooth which according to his agent at Excel Sports was lost in an collision with a cameraman.
Mark Steinberg, his agent narrates: ''during a crush of photographers at the awards podium, a media member with a shoulder-mounted video surged toward the stage, turned and hit Woods in the mouth. That's what knocked out the tooth.''
Smiling without a front tooth makes even the most handsome look not very adorable, but the girlfriend gives no care as she was pictured kissing the golfer who returns to the turf next week in Phoenix.