The appearance before the media of Tiger Woods this Friday in the run-up to the PNC Championship, the festive tournament that brings together fathers and sons every December, was highly anticipated. Tiger was speaking for the first time to journalists following the announcement of Jon Rahm‘s signing for LIV Golf. There was a lot of interest in hearing his opinion, as well as his feelings and certainties about the negotiation between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and other investors, the future of this sport and, even, the decision of the USGA and the Royal & Ancient to reduce the distance of the ball.
Well, silenzio stampa. Not only has he not spoken about any of these matters, but he has not even been asked, a more than evident symptom that there has been a clear and direct order from Tiger himself that he was only going to talk about this week’s tournament and his relationship with Charlie Woods. In this sense, it is a strange decision, as Tiger has rarely avoided talking about everything he has been asked. Perhaps, it can be inferred that this is due to the turbulent times that are being experienced, as if major changes were looming in the short term and Tiger prefers not to make any statement right now that could further complicate the situation. Or, simply, he cannot share the information that is requested.
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Be that as it may, we are left without knowing his opinion, at least for now, about the significance that Rahm’s departure to the Arab league may have had on the PGA Tour. We will have to wait for future appearances.
As for the tournament and Charlie, Tiger has not offered any major news either. He is very happy to share this tournament with his son, he assures that he has grown a lot since last year and very quickly and that this is forcing constant swing changes. He assures that Charlie’s great improvement in the last year has been in planning the shots, understanding them and then executing them, rather than hitting the ball for the sake of hitting it. More knowledge of the game. Something he helped a lot with in the tournament where he was his caddie.
In addition, he maintains that his goal is to play a tournament a month, he has revealed that he will play the tournament walking, which is better for his back, and that Charlie is hitting even harder, so the fact that they have delayed the tee compared to last year is not going to be noticed too much.
