"If I offended anyone in any way, I'm sorry.
It was not my intention”, declared the golfer, Friday February 17.
The day before, in the first round of the Genesis Invitational, Tiger Woods indeed cracked an inappropriate joke.
The sportsman, who had just overtaken his opponent on the 9th hole, slipped a sanitary tampon into the hand of the latter.
"The message was obvious," said U SA Today
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Christine Brennan.
It's been the guideline of silly and often insecure boys for generations: you play like a girl."
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“It was just for fun”
During the press conference held after the first round, Friday, February 17, Tiger Woods thus presented a flat apology.
“If I offended anyone it wasn't, it was just friends having fun.
We make jokes to each other all the time,” he explained.
Out of competition, the athlete is indeed very friendly with his rival, Justin Thomas.
Anyway, some jokes are no longer good to do.
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