Tiger Woods introduced his youngsters to work with him as he performed the 2023 PNC Championship in Orlando on Saturday, December 16.
“For the primary time, Sam Woods is caddying for her father right now ❤️,” learn a put up on the official PGA Tour Instagram account that confirmed the 16-year-old serving to her dad decide a membership.
In the meantime, son Charlie, 14, was playing alongside his father for the third 12 months in a row. The PNC Championship, previously often called the Father/Son Match, permits professional golfers to play alongside a member of the family. That is the primary time Woods’ eldest daughter has appeared in the course of the recreation.
“Sam was improbable,” Wooden informed reporters on the recreation, per CBS Sports. “That is the primary time she’s ever finished this, so it couldn’t have been any extra particular for all of us.”
He added, “For me to have each my youngsters contained in the ropes like this and taking part and enjoying and being a part of the sport of golf like this, it couldn’t have been extra particular for me, and I do know that we do that quite a bit at residence, needle one another and have a good time. Nevertheless it was extra particular to do it in a match like this.”
Although there may be nonetheless yet one more day left within the match, Charlie and his father weren’t thrilled with their efficiency up to now.
“I drove the ball actually good right now,” Charlie stated. “Didn’t miss a fairway, and nonetheless managed to shoot 8-under. We simply suck at placing.”
His dad concurred, “That sums it up proper there.”
Woods shares Sam and Charlie with ex-wife Elin Nordegren. The exes break up in 2009 after six years of marriage amid the golfer’s affairs with multiple women. He sought remedy for intercourse habit amid the scandal.
A number of years after the dishonest scandal, Woods informed TIME in December 2015 that he and Nordegren had been shut buddies and coparents. “Having the connection that I’ve now along with her is improbable,” he stated. “We’re capable of decide up the cellphone, and we speak to one another on a regular basis. … She talks to me about her life, I speak to her about my life. We attempt to assist one another out on all events. And we work by it with the children, the parenting program. She is one among my greatest pals now, and it’s all due to my youngsters.”
A supply solely informed Us Weekly in March that the pair had been capable of transfer previous the ache of their break up as a result of they put the youngsters first.
“Tiger and Elin are actually in a fantastic place,” the insider informed Us. “He’s been so nice with the children, and that actually introduced her round to having a friendship with Tiger.”
Nordegren has moved on with former soccer professional Jordan Cameron. They welcomed son Arthur in October 2019. (The previous Miami Dolphins participant can be the daddy to son Tristan from a earlier relationship.)