Tiger Woods received upstaged Wednesday at his induction into the World Golf Corridor of Fame. However he most likely didn’t thoughts.
His 14-year-old daughter Sam seized a uncommon second within the highlight to ship a show-stealing introduction for her pop. (Watch the highlights under.)
Her phrases reached an emotional crescendo when she recalled his automotive wreck final 12 months that left him severely injured.
“We didn’t know should you’d come house with two legs or not. No longer solely are you about to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame, however you’re standing right here by yourself two ft,” Sam Woods mentioned. “That is why you deserve this, since you’re a fighter.”
Woods kissed his daughter and she or he left the dais.
“Crap,” he mentioned. “I simply misplaced a wager ... that I wouldn’t cry. Thanks, Sam.”
Earlier, Sam informed an anecdote about one among his bitter moments ― a loss by one stroke to Angel Cabrera on the 2007 U.S. Open.
“My dad discovered himself ready to make an 18-foot putt to drive a U.S. Open playoff, which he missed by a foot,” Sam mentioned, per Yahoo. “He then needed to rush to the airport, fly from Pittsburgh to Orlando, and drive to the Winnie Palmer Hospital. Inside 5 minutes of strolling into the hospital room, nonetheless carrying his crimson golf shirt, on June 18, I used to be born. He could have misplaced that day, however he gained the best reward of all.”
Woods ― who has gained 82 PGA tour occasions together with 15 majors and is arguably the best golfer ever ― was additionally joined on the Corridor of Fame ceremony in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida, by his son Charlie, mom Kultida and girlfriend Erica Herman.
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