Maybe
you weren't emotional as Tiger Woods capped his fifth career Masters
victory on the 18th green, but you had to tear up when he saw his kids
afterward
AUGUSTA, Ga. — You’re a stoic golf fan, so you didn’t get choked up when Tiger Woods
threw his fists in the air after claiming his monumental fifth Masters
title on Sunday at Augusta National. That’s fine. Understood. But
there’s no way you didn’t start begin to have your lip quiver when Woods
walked off the 18th green and greeted his family.
We'll hang on … we all need a moment.
The hugs for his son, Charlie, and daughter, Sam, as well as his mother, Tida, and girlfriend, Erica Herma,
were an emotional bookend to a similar moment 22 years, when Woods
hugged his father and mother after walking off the 18th with his first
green jacket victory. It was something not lost on Tiger himself as he
described what it felt like on Sunday.
“It
was pretty big embrace … to have my kids there. It’s come full circle,”
Tiger said afterward. “My dad was here in ’97, now I’m the dad sharing
it with my kids. I’m at a loss for words. … To see what it’s like to
have their dad win a major championship, I hope it’s something they
never forget.”
Amazingly,
there was a chance that the family wasn’t all going to be together for
Sunday’s final round. Woods explained that his daughter was in Florida
the day before in a competition of her own. But Tiger managed to
convince Sam that it was worth making the trip.
“To
have my little boy, Charle, here, it’s just special to have him,” Woods
said. “And Sam lost a state soccer tournament yesterday so I sort of
convinced them You want to come up to watch the Masters? I was lucky to be able to win.”
We
shouldn’t do this to you, now that you’re got your emotions under
control. But here’s another pretty special moment from after the round.
Who knew it was going to be a full-Kleenex box day at Augusta.
Source:News Now.
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