When you strive to become a legend in your field, that commitment comes with sacrifices. For Tiger Woods, that sacrifice included time with his kids when they were younger. It sounds like his 16-year-old daughter, Sam Woods, is taking out her frustration with those sacrifices on his chosen obsession.

While promoting his new clothing line, Sun Day Red, on “Today” the 15-time major champion explained why his daughter has “a negative connotation” toward golf. It all leads back to the countless weekends he spent away from home while she was growing up, as the sport was the thing that “took Daddy away from her.”

“I had to pack and I had to leave,” he said. “I had to be gone for weeks. And there’s a negative connotation to it.”

Even though she knows it’s the reason she has such a comfortable life, if your dad spent your entire childhood more focused on golf than you, you’d hate the sport too. Woods stated that her dislike of his profession means they have to bond in other ways.

“So, we develop our own relationship, our own rapport that’s outside of golf,” he said. “We do things that don’t involve golf.”

The billionaire athlete revealed that his relationship with his 15-year-old son Charlie Woods is “very different,” as they do “everything golf related.”

In recent years, Woods and Charlie have partnered at tour events, though he admits that his son sometimes pushes back on his golf advice, because we all know the last thing teenagers want to do is take advice from their parents.

In the conversation’s best moment, Woods revealed that he has his mom to thank for his signature final round red shirt. He explained that she told him to wear red because as a Capricorn it was his “power color.” He wore it for junior golf tournaments and ended up winning.

When he tried to be a rebellious teenager and switch to blue out of “spite,” he didn’t win and went back to red. Since he had so many tournaments, he couldn’t wear it everyday, so he agreed to wear red on the last day of big competitions.

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee believes Tiger Woods has the most PGA Tour wins of all time despite being tied on 82 with late great Sam Snead.

Why? Well, Chamblee points to the fact that Snead has five team wins counting on his victory record, whereas Woods has none.

Snead, who died aged 89 in 2002, won 82 times on the PGA Tour between 1936 and 1965.

The seven-time major champion also won five times in team events at the following events:

• 1938 Inverness Invitational Fourball with Vic Ghezzi
• 1939 Miami Biltmore International Fourball with Ralph Guldahl
• 1940 Inverness Invitational Fourball with Ralph Guldahl
• 1950 Inverness Invitational Fourball with Jim Ferrier
• 1952 Inverness Invitational Fourball with Jim Ferrier

Woods’ sole WGC-World Cup win alongside David Duval in 2010 did not count as an official win on the PGA Tour, for those casting their minds back to that one.

That just sits as ‘other win’ on Woods’ record.

McIlroy and Lowry revealed earlier this season that they had agreed to team up for the first time together in this year’s Zurich Classic after discussing the subject over a ‘drunken lunch’ over the Christmas period.

The win marked the 25th of McIlroy’s PGA Tour career, bumping him up to T23 on the all-time list, and it brought up the hat-trick for Lowry.

But Chamblee questions whether team events should really even count at all on the PGA Tour, especially given the Zurich Classic consists of both fourballs and foursomes across the four days of competition.

Chamblee tweeted:

“Team wins should have their own category amongst “tour wins”… most golf fans, if not ALL golf fans assume “individual” wins when a player’s total tour wins are named… but Sam Snead has 5 team wins counted amongst his 82 wins while Tiger has ZERO team wins in his 82 wins… so I ask you who has won the most tour events of all time??? It is Tiger.”

Taking a look at the thread to Chamblee’s tweet and it would appear golf fans are divided on such a claim.

Nevertheless, the Zurich Classic is very much an official PGA Tour event and the win count remains whether we all like it or not.

Perhaps the time has come for Woods to arrange a ‘drunken lunch’ with World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and rubber stamp that 83rd outright win on the PGA Tour.

The Masters played out for Tiger Woods in way that epitomizes how the last 10 years have gone for the 15-time major champion. His effort on Thursday and Friday was glimpse of how good he was in the 2018-19 timeframe when he returned from spinal fusion surgery and won three times, including his fifth Masters.

Then Saturday and Sunday was a reminder of the struggles he endured in the 2014-2017 timeframe, when he had three microdiscectomies and was constantly fearing when the back spasms would get him next.

The added burden now, of course, are the injuries he suffered in the 2021 car crash that severely impacted his lower leg, ankle and foot.

At the Masters, Woods only generally talked about his various aches and pains. But it  appeared the issues were more related to his back. All things considered, Woods seemed to walk fine. He was walking strongly during his Sunday round of 77.

But after a birdie at the 5th hole Saturday—a hole he had not birdied since 2013—Woods fell apart. He bogeyed the 6th, made consecutive doubles at the 7th and 8th and then bogeyed the 9th, his approach shot causing him to wince on the follow-through.

He seemed to be O.K. after that other than the fact that his game did not return. His 82 was the highest score he ever shot at the Masters and just the fifth time in his pro career he shot in the 80s.

And it appeared eerily like those times several years ago when Woods might feel good one day with his back and bad the next. It’s unclear what remedies there might be, what relief can be achieved. But Woods did not sound like a guy who is giving up.

“Well, just keep lifting, keep the motor going, keep the body moving, keep getting stronger, keep progressing,” he said. “Hopefully the practice sessions will keep getting longer.”

It was a historic day at The Masters for Tiger Woods, but the golf icon had a moment to forget after an errant shot left a fan out cold.

The 48-year-old Woods broke the record for most consecutive cuts made at the Masters with his 24th on Saturday, the NY Post reports.

But his day also came with a major hiccup after he left a patron at the prestigious out cold following a rogue shot.

Woods sits at 1-over par and still on the outskirts of contention to win his record sixth green jacket.

“It means I have a chance going into the weekend,’’ Woods said. “I’m here. I have a chance to win the golf tournament. I got my two rounds in. I just need some food and some caffeine, and I’ll be good to go.’’

Woods had to complete the final five holes of his first round on Saturday morning because play was suspended due to weather and darkness on Friday.

He closed out an opening-round 1-over-par 73 and then shot even par in his second round.

But drama unfolded during his second round following a wayward shot off the tee. The golf icon then hit his second shot from out of the trees and flying across the fairway before hitting a fan.

His 24th made cut in a row eclipsed the record shared by his good friend Fred Couples, whose streak ran from 1993-2007, and Gary Player, whose went from 1959-82.

“As soon as I’m done with you guys [reporters], I’ll be able to text Freddy and give him a little needle,’’ Woods joked.

Asked to assess his position entering the weekend, Woods, who last won the Masters in 2019, said, “I’m right there. I’m only eight [shots] back as of right now (at the end of his round leader, Bryson DeChambeau, was still on the course and at 7-under).

“I don’t think anyone is going to run off and hide right now, but it’s really bunched. The way the ball is moving on the greens, chip shots are being blown, it’s all you want in a golf course today.’’

Woods had to withdraw from the 2023 Masters on Saturday morning because of physical ailments and cold, rainy conditions.

He’s completed only one 72-hole full-field tournament in the past two years.

“Yeah, I’m tired,’’ he said. “I’ve been out for a while, competing, grinding. It’s been a long 23 holes, a long day. But … I really did some good fighting today, and we’ve got a chance.’’

Woods, when asked before the tournament how proud he is of the consecutive cut streak, said, “It’s consistency, it’s longevity, and it’s an understanding of how to play this golf course. That’s one of the reasons why you see players that are in their 50s and 60s make cuts here, or players in their late 40s have runs at winning the event, just the understanding of how to play it.”

Max Homa, who played the first two rounds with Woods and is 6-under par, said he found it “hard to put into words’’ what it meant being a part of the Woods experience the past two days.

“You feel the crowd on every shot, the anticipation and then the admiration,’’ Homa said. “At times in the last two days, I’ve just looked over and enjoyed myself as a fan … with a slightly better seat.

“Just getting to watch him play the last two days was incredible. He has so much control of his golf ball.’’

Homa called Woods setting the cuts record “some good work,’’ adding, “It was hard out there, and we had to play a lot of golf, so it was impressive to see him do that.’’

The Masters leaderboard

-6 Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa

-4 Nicolai Hojgaard

Tiger Woods is reportedly playing golf and holding a meeting with Saudi PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan at Albany in the Bahamas.

Tiger Woods has jetted into the Bahamas for a meeting between with Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. 

According to Barstool Sports’ Dan Rapaport, Woods is playing golf alongside PIF boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan at Albany in the Bahamas.

Rapaport tweeted: “Hearing that Tiger Woods and Yasir Al-Rumayyan will play golf/have already played to discuss the future of pro golf in the Bahamas. Love that the biggest meetings to discuss the future of golf take place…on the golf course.”

Woods’ plane was tracked in capital Nassau, and that was then followed by another plane registered to the PIF and also John Henry, one of the members of the Strategic Sports Group (SSG) that recently invested $3 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises.

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Albany is where Woods hosts his annual charity event, the Hero World Challenge.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said talks were “accelerating” between themselves and PIF ahead of The Players Championship last week.

Woods, 48, was recently named as the vice chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises.

Under the terms of the PGA Tour and PIF’s ongoing framework agreement, the PIF could become a minority invester in PGA Tour Enterprises, which had been the plan since the shock 6 June 2023 announcement.

Woods is one of six player directors on the PGA Tour policy board, which also includes Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Webb Simpson and Peter Malnati.

Rory McIlroy stepped down from his role as a player director on the PGA Tour this season, but he explained 15-time major champion Woods needed to be in Monday’s meeting if talks with PIF are ever going to progress.

McIlroy also fired shots at LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman when saying he thought he had done Al-Rumayyan a ‘disservice’.

Cantlay revealed on Sunday that shock merger talks between the PGA Tour and PIF are still nowhere near completion ahead of Monday’s latest meeting.

Speaking to Sports Illustrated ahead of Monday’s latest meeting between PIF and PGA Tour player directors, Cantlay said:

​PopStroke will feature two 18-hole miniature golf courses, a restaurant and beer garden, and a playground, the company’s officials said.

Tiger Woods will help continue discussions between the PGA Tour and Saudi chief Yasir Al-Rumayyan after Rory McIlroy said he had to be involved.

Rory McIlroy got his wish after insisting that Tiger Woods must be involved in talks with Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Woods will speak with Al-Rumayyan about a possible merger between the PGA Tour and the PIF while playing golf in the Bahamas on Monday.

Since high-profile golfers began to leave the PGA Tour for the breakaway LIV Golf League in the summer of 2022, there have been doubts over the direction golf will be heading in the future. In an attempt to stop more golfers joining LIV, European players were stopped from competing in the Ryder Cup if they joined the Saudi-backed league.

Jack Milko Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an M.A. in Sports Journalism from St. Bonaventure University.

All day Sunday, Scottie Scheffler had that killer instinct in him.

Scheffler was a man on a mission, someone who wanted to win for the second straight week and, in this case, for the second straight year at The Players.

He also looked like Tiger Woods in his prime. He chased down another trophy with a disciplined, yet systematic style of play while others behind him caved under pressure.

“Anytime you can be compared to Tiger, I think, is really special, but the guy stands alone in our game,” Scheffler said after his victory at TPC Sawgrass. “He really does.”

Sunday evening was not the first time the 2022 Masters champion received a comparison to Woods.

“I’m not going to remember the exact numbers, but, we’re playing at Riviera this year, and I hit my tee ball, and this guy yells out, ‘Congrats on being number one Scottie. Eleven more years to go,’” Scheffler reminisced.

“This is my eighth tournament win now out here. I’ve tied him in Players Championships. Outside of that, I’ve got 14 more majors and 70-some PGA TOUR events to catch up. So I think I’m going to stick to my routine and continue to plot along, try and stay as even-keeled as I can.”

The reference to “11 more years” relates to Scheffler’s ascendance to the top-ranked player in the world. He has held that esteemed position for 74 weeks thus far in his career, which equates to roughly 18 months.

Woods, meanwhile, was ranked number one in the world for 683 weeks, or about 13 years and one month.

So, in reality, Scheffler will need to hold that top-ranked spot for a little less than 11 years.

But as Scheffler pointed out himself, he has a long way to go to come close to— let alone match— Woods’ resume.

Still, the comparisons between Woods and Scheffler certainly carry some weight.

Scottie Scheffler vs. Tiger Woods By The Numbers

The strokes gained metrics speak for themselves.

During the 2022-23 PGA Tour season, Scheffler averaged 2.614 strokes gained tee-to-green, which ranked second all-time behind Woods’ 2006 season (2.982).

(Worth noting: strokes gained began in 2003, or else Woods’ 2000 season would rank even higher than his 2006 campaign.)

This year, of the 22 rounds Scheffler has played on the PGA Tour, he has averaged 2.83 strokes gained tee-to-green.

He has been better so far this year, which is quite the compliment, considering how well he played a season ago.

Consider this: in 2023, Scheffler played in 23 events on the PGA Tour. He finished in the top five 13 times, including a tie for second at the PGA Championship and a solo third at the U.S. Open.

If he is not winning, he is right there, as was the case with Woods so many times. Scheffler also never came close to missing the cut a season ago, similar to Woods at the peak of his powers.

The same can be said about this season.

Scheffler’s worst performance so far in 2024 came at The American Express—an absolute birdie barrage played across three courses. That event saw an amateur win for the first time since 1991, while Scheffler finished at 21-under and tied for 17th.

Since then, Scheffler tied for 6th at Pebble Beach, finished three strokes out of a playoff in Phoenix, tied for 10th at Riviera, and then won back-to-back at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and TPC Sawgrass.

Sounds pretty Tiger-esque, right?

But the comparisons do not stop there.

Scheffler remained composed all throughout Sunday’s final round at The Players, hitting fairways and greens while avoiding the trouble that lurked everywhere. He missed only two fairways—at the first and the seventh holes—and saved par on both.

He did not make a single bogey, either, while Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele, and Brian Harman—the trio who finished one stroke behind him—combined to make six.

That ultimately cost those players a chance at glory at TPC Sawgrass. But it did not cost Scheffler.

He simply does not make mistakes, and the stats prove it.

So far this season, Scheffler ranks first on the PGA Tour in bogey avoidance, dropping a shot only 7.61% of the time. In 2006, Woods’s bogey avoidance rate was 12.18%.

Instead of making mistakes, Scheffler fires at flagsticks when a green light presents itself. Just as Woods did in his prime. Seemingly every round, the former Texas Longhorn sets himself up beautifully for multiple opportunities.

Despite his putter woes, Scheffler still has made a birdie or better on 31.48% of the holes he has played in 2024. That ranks first on the PGA Tour. Clark ranks second, almost two whole percentage points behind Scheffler.

In 2006, Woods’ birdie or better percentage was 27.14%, which ranked first on tour.

Scheffler Flexes Clutch Gene, as did Woods

But another statistical comparison between Woods and Scheffler has to do with their clutch genes.

In 2006, Woods had a final-round scoring average of 68.75. He won seven times, including The Open and the PGA Championship back-to-back. What makes this even more impressive is that these two majors came on the heels of his missed cut at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. That week, Woods was in a sorrowful state. His father and mentor, Earl, passed away a few weeks before.

So far this season, Scheffler has a final-round scoring average of 66.43, highlighted by his exquisite 8-under 64 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass.

He routinely shows up when it matters most, and he has done so on consecutive Sundays. Last week, the final round scoring average at Bay Hill was 73.14—the highest of any of the four rounds.

So, Scheffler, with a bevy of other players in contention, carded one of the best rounds of the year. He shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions to win by five.

Talk about clutch.

Funny enough, Scheffler changed to a mallet putter in the days leading up to Bay Hill. He is now two for two with his new putter, something that should petrify the rest of the tour.

Perhaps he makes it three for three at the Texas Children’s Open in Houston, where he will play next.

After that? The best players in the world—including those on LIV Golf—will head to Augusta National for The Masters. Everyone—including those on the Saudi-backed circuit—will have their sights set on Scheffler, who will have a better chance than anyone to slip on the green jacket.

Indeed, it would not surprise anyone if he went on to win at Augusta.

But should we be surprised that Scheffler is playing this well?

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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