President Donald Trump praises Tiger Woods 'relentless will to win, win, win' after he awards the golf legend with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
WASHINGTON: Tiger Woods, fresh off his epic comeback victory in the Masters, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
Trump congratulated Woods on “your amazing comeback and your amazing life and for giving sports fans a lifetime of memories. “You have seen the good and the bad, the highs and the lows,” said Woods, who battled back from injury to win the Masters last month, his first major title since the 2008 US Open.“I have tried to hang in there and I have tried to come back and play the great game of golf again,” Woods said.He said his Masters victory was “probably the highlight of what I have accomplished so far in my life on the golf course.
President Barack Obama gave the medal in 2014 to Charlie Sifford, the first African American golfer to play on the PGA Tour.“I ended up becoming so close with him that I ended up naming my son Charlie after him,” he said. “So to have been chosen as the next golfer after Charlie is truly remarkable.” He has golfed with Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and with Republican presidents George H.W. Bush and Trump.
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