Tiger Woods appears barechested on the February 2010 cover of Vanity Fair magazine. Famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz snapped the embattled golfer shirtless for a groundbreaking spread just weeks before his car crash and subsequent sex scandal exploded in the media last month.

The article, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Buzz Bissinger, is accompanied by a slew of other “never-before-seen photos of a raw, unguarded Woods.”

You can read the full article at VanityFair.com.

After admitting that he’s been unfaithful to Elin Nordegren, his wife of five years, Tiger has taken an indefinite break from professional golf to give him time sort out the mess left by his infidelity.