Tiger Woods has to apologize for joking with Justin Thomas

"I apologize if it offended anyone. I didn't mean it like that. Just friends having fun together. Unexpectedly it went viral and caused public discontent," Woods said when finished the second match at the PGA Tour event on February 17. After two laps on the par71 Riviera near Los Angeles, Woods finished T60 with a score of +1, right at the expected knockout line. The tournament does not have an official filter score because the second round has 14 players who have not finished their work.

On the first two days of the tournament, Woods played in the same group with two close juniors - Thomas and Rory McIlroy. The opening round on February 16, Woods shot 10 yards farther than Thomas at the 9th hole. While leaving the teeing ground, "Super Tiger" with a calm expression pushed Thomas's hand with a tube of tampons for women. brand Tampax.

Thomas discovered sensitive items and threw them away and then laughed with Woods.

But this "gift-giving" scene did not escape the lens of the media and quickly appeared on Twitter. Immediately, public opinion formed two streams of opinion.

One side considers it a pure joke but at "new heights". Some people even wondered "Where did Woods get Tampax and why brought it to the field?".

However, the opposite side thinks that Woods's use of feminine hygiene products to joke is an insult to women. "Really Tiger? You're a 47-year-old father with a daughter, but you play like an immature boy," female journalist Christine Brennan said on Twitter.

Brennan also included a link to an article criticizing Woods on USA Today. "The hint that Thomas is like a woman but it turns out that women are always inferior... His daughter, 15-year-old Sam, has wanted to assert her athletic ability when playing football since she was a child. She kicked it. tournament in Florida, then enlisted to Augusta National Stadium in Georgia to see him win the 2019 Masters. Now it's weird for you to joke like that."