Longtime New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks married Tiger Woods’ niece Cheyenne Woods, a former LPGA golfer, in 2021 and the pair share a young child together
Cheyenne Woods spent close to 10 years on the LPGA Tour(Image: Getty Images)
The dating life of Tiger Woods returned to the spotlight this year with the announcement that the 15-time major champion is dating Vanessa Trump, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr.
Woods isn’t the only member of his family in a high-profile relationship. His niece Cheyenne Woods, the daughter of Tiger’s half-brother Earl Dennison Woods, is married to former New York Yankees outfielder Aaron hicks.
The pair met when Woods interview Hicks on her ‘Birdies Not BS’ podcast back in 2020. Hicks was a childhood golf prodigy and joined the show to discuss his post-baseball golf ambitions.
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They were engaged in October 2021, married by February 2022, and announced they were having a child together later that year.
Who is Cheyenne Woods? The 34-year-old starred as a golfer at the University of Wake Forest before embarking on a professional career, becoming just the sixth African American on the LPGA tour.
She qualified for her first major in 2012, playing in that year’s U.S. Open. Her only LPGA tour victory came in 2014 when she was victorious at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters.
Hicks played parts of eight seasons for the Yankees(Image: Getty Images)
Woods hasn’t played since 2021, as she’s shifted her focus to family life.
“After traveling so much by myself on the road away from family, what I truly value most now is waking up and making my son breakfast, even the late-night feeds with my daughter,” Woods said.
In a separate interview, the former golfer admitted she misses the greens. “I do miss tour golf,” Woods told Golfweek last year. “I don’t necessarily miss the travel, but I do miss the competition. I watch a lot of golf. I watch more now than I probably ever have.”
Hicks was a first-round pick by the Minnesota Twins in the 2008 MLB Draft. It took him some time to reach the major leagues, finally cracking the team’s big league roster in 2013.
He emerged as a key player for the late 2010s Yankees, recording 477 hits across parts of eight seasons in New York. His strong play earned him a seven-year, $70 million extension ahead of the 2019 season.
Hicks struggled early in 2023 and was released bythe Yankees. He signed with the rival Baltimore Orioles and immediately re-found his swing, recording an .805 OPS the rest of the way as Baltimore cruised to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
