Tiger Woods Under Fire For Handing Justin Thomas A Tampon At Genesis Open: Watch

Tiger Woods was successful uncommon signifier connected Thursday (Feb. 16) erstwhile helium teed disconnected astatine the ninth spread of the Genesis Open. Tiger, 47, ended the archetypal circular 5 strokes down the leaders but good up of anyone successful trash talk. After outdriving his playing partner, Justin Thomas, at the commencement of the ninth, Tiger handed his 29-year-old person and rival a Tampax tampon. Justin rapidly tossed the hygiene merchandise to the ground, but it seemed each was good with this prank. Tiger enactment his arms astir Justin’s shoulders, and they some laughed. However, the gag was mislaid connected a fewer people.

Yes, Tiger Woods 100% handed Justin Thomas a tampon aft helium outdrove him. pic.twitter.com/VJbfldyXhw

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“See, it’s comic due to the fact that feminine hygiene products are INHERENTLY emasculating, truthful erstwhile a antheral makes different antheral interaction a tampon, he’s saying, ‘I americium a bigger and amended antheral than you, because, GROSS, I made you interaction a wrapped Tampax!'” tweeted lawyer Ann Olivarius. Alex McDaniel, Managing Editor of USA Today’s For The Win, tweeted, “If tiger spent 3 months a twelvemonth bleeding and coping with play pain, they’d marque a whole-ass documentary astir however champions flooded insurmountable obstacles.”

Christine Brennan wrote an Op-Ed for USA Today decrying the tampon hand-off arsenic a mode to mock Justin. “Woods’ connection to Thomas was obvious. It has been the go-to enactment of silly, often insecure boys for generations: ‘You play similar a girl.’ Really, Tiger?” One spectator said, “Call maine woke. Call maine a snowflake. Call maine “offended.” Whatever. But handing different antheral golfer a tampon is objectively not funny. It shows the sophistication of a 14 twelvemonth aged schoolboy.” (h/t The Guardian).

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“I was trying to calm myself down each day, trying to fig retired what the hellhole I’m doing retired present due to the fact that I haven’t played,” Tiger told reporters aft the time of golf. “I astir apt should person appreciated the fans much than I did, but determination was truthful overmuch going connected successful my head.”

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The Genesis Open was Tiger’s archetypal competitory PGA Tour lawsuit since The Open Championship successful July 2022. Tiger played his archetypal non-major PGA Tour lawsuit successful October with the ZOZO Championship. Tiger ended the archetypal circular astatine -2, 5 shots down then-leaders Max Homa and Keith Mitchell. Woods is the big of the lawsuit astatine the Riviera Country Club successful Los Angeles and told reporters that helium “didn’t privation to beryllium the idiot big that missed it.”

The lawsuit comes astir 2 years aft Tiger almost mislaid his leg successful a single-car rollover crash. In the aboriginal hours of Feb. 23, 2021, Tiger’s Genesis SUV crossed 2 oncoming lanes of traffic, struck a curb, and rolled down an embankment. He was rushed to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, wherever helium was treated for fractures to some the precocious and little information of the tibia and fibula bones. A rad was inserted to stabilize the tibia, and his ft and ankle injuries were repaired with screws and pins.

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