Traditionally Woods turns red on Sundays; in homage, that’s how golfers came out in Puerto Rico
Players of the PGA Tour, LPGA players and staff members of the Puerto Rico Open joined in the ‘Tiger Sunday’ in honor of Tiger Woods at the start of this Sunday’s activity with the traditional red color that the American golfer wears for the last day of competition.
The gesture came after Woods, 45, had a car accident last week, the same one for which he suffered leg injuries and for which he underwent surgery.
Despite all the prognosis of the champion on 82 occasions in the PGA Tour is favorable, and he was even transferred to a private hospital where he continues in observation and recovery for the injuries he suffered, which did not endanger the his life.
Faced with this, players such as Justin Thomas, a great friend of Woods, Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Camp and Jon Rahm, Rorry Mcllroy and Tony Finau, joined in the gesture of coming out with the color red in the last round of World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concessiion.
In addition, players such as Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day and Matt Kuchar went out to play their last round with the legend “Tiger” on their balls.
Meanwhile, at the LPGA, at the Gainbridge LPGA taking place in Orlando, Florida, the legendary Annika Sörenstam, who returned to competition for this tournament after 13 years, wore red and black as Tiger does. every Sunday he competes.
For their part, workers at the Puerto Rico Open, a PGA Tour event parallel to the WGC, also wore the traditional red and black colors as a sign of support for the winner of 15 Majors.
He released the Sunday Red in honor of Tiger Woods 🙏
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