Tiger Woods apologizes for the “prank” during the Genesis Invitational at Pacific Palisades

Pacific Mansions, California – Fifteen times major champion Tiger wood He apologized after handing over to a fellow golfer Justin Thomas Stopper during the first round of Genesis invitation Thursday.

After round two on Friday at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Woods said he didn’t mean to offend anyone.

“It was all supposed to be fun and games and it obviously didn’t happen that way.” Tiger told reporters. “If I offended anyone, it wasn’t, it was just friends having fun. Like I said, if I offended anyone in any way, shape, or form, I’m sorry. It wasn’t meant to be that way. We were just playing pranks on Each other all the time and I think it didn’t happen that way, but between us it was – it’s different.”

“If Tiger spent three months a year bleeding and coping with period pain, they would make a full-ass documentary about how heroes overcome insurmountable obstacles,” said Alex McDaniel, managing editor of USA Today’s For The Win magazine. chirp on Friday morning.

Woods is in danger of losing the chops at the tournament, after finishing his second round on a par. The currently projected cut line is even, according to pgatour.com, but an ESPN broadcast said the cut line is expected to move to one as the afternoon progresses.

Woods criticized his play on Friday, saying, “That was the highest score I could shoot today.”

After sustaining serious leg injuries in a car accident two years ago, Woods has made sporadic competitive appearances as he struggles with a grueling recovery process.

Playing in this week’s Genesis Invitational marks his first official tournament since The Open Championship in July and his first non-main event on the PGA Tour since the ZOZO Championship in October 2020.

He finished his first round with a two-under 69, with birdies on his last three holes, to finish the day five shots behind tournament leaders Max Homma and Keith Mitchell.

“He probably should have easily been five or six better than this,” said Woods. “I just didn’t hit shots early and the middle part of the round when I had those opportunities. And it wasn’t very hard shots, I hit bad shots and obviously the finish is really bad as well.”

The Genesis Invitational runs through Sunday.

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