{"id":22397,"date":"2025-02-22T02:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2025-02-22T02:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:59:48","slug":"tiger-woods-went-viral-after-making-surprise-appearance-at-the-white-house-with-president-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22397","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods Went Viral After Making Surprise Appearance At The White House With President Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Golf legend\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tiger-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiger Woods<\/a>\u00a0made a surprise appearance at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, attending the Black History Month Reception hosted by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Woods was there along with another golfer, Adam Scott, and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, and all of them met with officials to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.<\/p>\n<p>The tours are coming to terms over a merger. Scott and Monahan met with Trump to that end earlier this month and were both introduced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tiger Woods at White House Black History Month Reception <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hv69IQGkaq\">pic.twitter.com\/hv69IQGkaq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1892684928489320924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Woods, who has played lots of golf with Trump, was also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/1892684928489320924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced and invited to say a few words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLet me ask you, is there anybody like our Tiger?\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Trump asked before calling on him to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, who wore the Presidential Medal of Freedom Trump awarded him in 2019, was hesitant. But he acquiesced after the crowd began chanting his name.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be here with you Mr. President and to be honored here with all of you. Thank you so much,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tiger-woods-and-donald-trump-share-a-close-friendship\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tiger Woods And Donald Trump Share A Close Friendship<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2117115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-595x397.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1147423582-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Tiger Woods receiving medal from Donald Trump\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tiger Woods and Donald Trump (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Woods and Trump have been close friends for close to 30 years and, as mentioned above, have spent a lot of time on the course in each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>They golfed together in Florida on February 9, just days after the golfer\u2019s mother, Kutilda Woods, passed away on February 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods did not participate in his annual Genesis Invitational in California after his mother\u2019s death. He has yet to announce when he will return to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also announced on Thursday that he will have a statue of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/kobe-bryant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>\u00a0built in the National Garden of American Heroes. Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/muhammad-ali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muhammad Ali<\/a>\u00a0will all be similarly honored.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Golf legend\u00a0Tiger Woods\u00a0made a surprise appearance at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, attending the Black History Month Reception hosted by President Donald Trump. 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