Tiger Woods’ son Charlie offered his dad some advice on his swing at the Masters with the 48-year-old struggling with motion in his hips following his 2021 car accident.
Woods was badly injured and required an emergency operation at the nearby Harbor UCLA Medical Centre with the interior unit of the vehicle shielding the golfer from a fatal accident.
Despite the discomfort, Woods has resumed playing professional golf. He retired from the third round of the Masters last year due to severe pain in his foot and ankle and undertook an eight-month break to prepare for what was expected to be a big 2024.
Woods announced his intention to compete in one event each month this year – but he quickly encountered problems, withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational with influenza and skipping March’s Houston Open heading into Augusta in April for the 2024 Masters.
Woods made the cut at Augusta but then struggled and only managed a 60th-placed finish. His son Charlie, 15, was on hand to try and coach his legendary dad, who’s still feeling the effects of the 2021 car crash. At one point, Charlie was seen coaching motion.
“We are,” Woods said when asked on the Today Show whether he and his son were working together on his swing. Charlie has aspirations of becoming a professional golfer himself and looks on track to follow in his father’s footsteps. Whether he manages to beat Woods’ 15 majors is yet to be seen. “It was just like being at home,” Woods continued on practicing with his son. “It was like being at home when we were practicing at home.
“I’m trying to keep the club tight to my body. I’m trying to keep my arm path tight to my body and not let it run on, basically trying to get my hips to move. I’ve struggled with my hips moving, especially since my accident, my right leg doesn’t work that well.
“So, I have a hard time with that – I tend to slide. When I slide, I tend to hit these blocks and I’m trying to get that out of my system. He puts the club there to incentivise me to turn.”
Woods’ daughter Sam isn’t as interested in golf as her brother, though. “She has, I think, a kinda negative connotation to the game.,” Woods continued.
“Because at that time, when she was growing up, golf took daddy away from her. I had to pack, and I had to leave, and I had been gone for weeks, and there’s a negative connotation to it.”
