Breaking : Tiger Woods’ breaks silence over His Teenage Daughter Sam Relationship with…
Breaking : Tiger Woods’ breaks silence over His Teenage Daughter Sam Relationship with…
Tiger Woods’ bond with his son Charlie Woods has been well publicized, since the two frequently play rounds together. While it may not receive as much attention, Tiger Woods has built a tight bond with his daughter, Sam Woods. In reality, the eldest of the Woods children is named after the professional golfer. “My father has always nicknamed me Sam since I was born. He seldom ever nicknamed me Tiger,” he told the press in 2007, shortly after Sam was born, according to The Seattle Times.
Tiger was competing in the US Open when his now-ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, went into labor. Nordegren advised him to concentrate on finishing the tournament, and Tiger eventually finished second. “But that night was infinitely more rewarding than any ‘W’ ever could have been,” Tiger stated on Sam’s birth. Golf may have caused him to miss her birth, but it would eventually bring them closer.
Tiger and Charlie participated at the PNC Championship Pro-Am in December 2023, when Sam joined them to caddy for her father. “Sam Woods on the bags today,” the PGA captioned an Instagram video of the Woods family partaking in the event together. Tiger later discussed having his daughter as a caddie. “Sam was fantastic… it couldn’t have been any more special for all of us,” he told the media, according to Golf Week. However, Sam had participated in a number of high-profile events with her father before.
During a July 2021 interview for Golf Digest’s “A Round with Tiger: Celebrity Lessons by Jada Pinkett Smith,” Tiger Woods discussed how motherhood has given him a new perspective. The golfer was asked what lessons he had learned since Sam Woods was born. “What did my daughter teach me?” “I don’t like boys,” Tiger joked (per People).
“[Having Sam] has taught me how to be more patient,” he subsequently explained. In fact, the former Masters Tournament champion believes he learned crucial lessons from Sam. “I have this thing about … I feel like every dude should have a daughter.”
The next year, Tiger and Sam’s friendship took center stage, as she was asked to deliver a speech when he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in March 2022. Sam offered an emotional presentation to the crowd, recounting her father’s terrifying vehicle accident that nearly took him one of his legs. “Now, not only are you being inducted in the Hall of Fame, but you’re standing here, on your own two feet,” she went on to say. “Dad, I inducted you into the Dad Hall of Fame a long time ago.”
Tiger’s eyes welled up with emotions as he approached the platform, understandably moved by his daughter’s message. “I just lost a wager on not crying. “Thank you, Sam,” Tiger murmured through tears.
Sam Woods officially caddied for Tiger Woods for the first time at the 2023 PNC Championship Pro-Am, however she had previously competed in a tournament with her father. “My two littles are going to be out there with me,” Tiger told the press in 2015 before playing the Masters Tournament Par 3 event, a casual warm-up round on the Masters course, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Sam and Charlie Woods accompanied their father on the course when they were young children. Tiger once allowed Sam to tap in a putt. After that, they hugged and Sam kissed her father on the head. A few years later, the golf professional pondered on the opportunity to play Augusta National alongside his children. “For them, they don’t really understand what I’ve done there,” he told USA Today in 2017. “It was so important for me but also so important to them, for them to see a side of me that they haven’t seen before.”
Later, the Woods family had additional unforgettable moments at Augusta. Sam and Charlie witnessed their father’s fifth Masters title win in 2019. Tiger had overcome major injury to regain his shape, and he praised his children for his return to the sport. “It means everything to me. “I can’t express how much their love and support meant to me throughout my struggles,” he stated after winning the Masters, according to NBC Sports.
