President Trump to award Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Trump tweeted that he's awarding Woods the honor "because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports and, more importantly, LIFE."
Tiger Woods and Donald Trump at the Cadillac Championship golf tournament in Doral, Florida, on March 10, 2013.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Tiger Woods won the prestigious green jacket on Sunday, and soon he will have another award to add to his collection — the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
President Donald Trump announced in a tweet on Monday that he would be awarding Woods the medal after Woods won the Masters Tournament on Sunday. "Spoke to @TigerWoods to congratulate him on the great victory he had in yesterday’s @TheMasters, & to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports and, more importantly, LIFE, I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!" TrumpTrump did not say when the ceremony would take place. The president watched the final round of the Masters at Augusta National in Georgia from his golf club in Virginia.
It was Woods' fifth Masters victory and his first since 2005. It was his first major tournament victory since the 2008 U.S. Open and came after a series ofWoods became the second-oldest Masters champion, after Jack Nicklaus, who won in 1986 at 46.
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