Tiger Woods spoke of the death of his mother during the Genesis Invitational, the tournament he organized on Sunday.
“It was a difficult process to pass,” said Woods on the CBS coverage of the event in Torrey Pines. “But I had incredible family support, all the players playing here have gripped the hand, the quantity of texts, the emails and the beautiful messages of support that I had really helped and really meant In my opinion.
“Mom would take me to every junior event here in southern California. … She was driving there and maintained a score, walked at each hole and how many putts I hit, how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. She followed everything. Losing it was a very difficult and difficult process to follow. »»
Woods announced the death of her mother, Kultida Woods, earlier in February.
Previously, the major champion 15 times planned to compete at the Genesis Invititational in what would have been his first PGA Tour event in seven months, but retired a few days before, saying that he was “not ready” following the loss of his mother.
Although he did not take the course competitively, Woods was present in Torrey Pines for the Genesis Invitationalal who saw each player carry a red pin in his hats, adorned with the Thai love symbol as a means of respecting Kultida .
Addressing CBS, Woods says he hopes he will be able to play a more regular event on the PGA Tour in 2025.
“My goal was to play more and I did not play,” said the 49 -year -old. “I started working on this. This process was unexpected. I will come back after that and I can’t wait to play some of the biggest events. »»
Woods was also on site to present the winner’s trophy at Ludvig Åberg after the Swedish rallied late to win the tournament at once.
Åberg hit four birdies in the last six holes to win his second PGA Tour title finishing a shot by Maverick McNealy in the second.
The future of golf
Although Woods was far from playing, it was strongly involved in the administration of golf.
The 82 -time champion PGA Tour was a key voice in the negotiations between the main stakeholders in sport while they are trying to conclude an agreement after a controversial split after the emergence of the Saudi golf tour Liv in 2022.
Woods was at the table for negotiations between the PGA Tour and the LIV and revealed on Sunday that there had been a meeting involving US President Donald Trump, the PGA commissioner Jay Monahan and the 2013 master champion Adam Scott As they try to end the Frac in Golf.
And Woods admitted that he thought that golf is in a “very positive place at the moment”.
“I think things will heal quickly. We will pass this game in the right direction, “he said. “He has been going in the wrong direction for several years and the fans all want we play together, all the best players playing together and we will get there.”
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