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Tiger Woods Returns to Florida as Vanessa Trump Faces Cancer Treatment

The 15-time major champion lands at Witham Field the same week his girlfriend is reported to be battling breast cancer.

By celebplanes · 1 min read · Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods — owner of N517TW (Gulfstream V)

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods's Gulfstream V (N517TW) flight path — LSZH — Zürich to KSUA — Witham
Flight path · LSZH — ZürichKSUA — Witham · 9h 46m airborne
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Departure
LSZH — Zürich
Arrival
KSUA — Witham
Airborne
9h 46m
Distance
4,176 nm
CO₂
40.3t

Tiger Woods flew from Zurich to Witham Field in Stuart, Florida, on May 25, his Gulfstream V touching down after a 9-hour 46-minute transatlantic crossing. The flight comes barely two weeks after his jet was photographed returning him from Switzerland, where he had been undergoing an intensive rehabilitation program following his DUI arrest in March.

The same week Woods lands in South Florida, his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump, is reported by both the New York Post and Fox News to have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Trump posted on Instagram Stories that Woods is “my strength through it all,” per the same reports, tying the golfer's return directly to her ongoing health struggle. Woods had made a brief trip back to the U.S. in mid-May, presumably to be by her side, before returning to Switzerland to resume treatment.

The pattern of shuttling between Zurich and Stuart — six transatlantic legs in May alone, per flight data — underscores a dual imperative: Woods’ court-ordered rehabilitation at an exclusive Swiss facility and his role as a partner in Trump’s cancer fight. With his next court hearing on the DUI charges pending, the jet’s movements continue to map the intersection of a legal case, a health crisis, and a family emergency.

Aboard the Gulfstream V

Gulfstream V exterior — Tiger Woods's private jet (N517TW)
Gulfstream V cabin floor plan — Tiger Woods's private jet interior layout
Exterior & cabin layout · Gulfstream V

The aircraft

Type
Gulfstream V
Tail
N517TW
Max alt
43,025 ft
Max speed
510 kt

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