Tiger Woods has revealed that his daughter Sam has no interest in golf because it takes up too much time with her father.
The sport has a “negative connotation” for the 16-year-old, Woods said Wednesday, because she was jet-setting for much of her childhood.
The 48-year-old has rarely been out of the headlines in the three decades since he turned professional in 1996, thanks to his success on the field and his controversial behavior off it.
Today, his 15-year-old son Charlie is a promising amateur who is regularly seen playing with his father.
Meanwhile, Sam served as Tiger’s caddy at the PNC Championship last year, but the 15-time major winner said he had to cultivate a relationship with her off the course.
Tiger Woods has revealed that his daughter Sam, 16, has no interest in golf
“I think it has a negative connotation for the game,” the 48-year-old said of his daughter.
“I think it has a negative connotation for the game because at that time, as a child, golf took away from her dad.” Woods said today.
‘I had to pack my bags and leave, I would be gone for weeks and that has a negative connotation. So we developed our own relationship, our own relationship that is outside of golf: we do things that don’t involve golf, while my son and I do everything that involves golf. So it’s very different.”
None of Tiger’s children were born before his own father’s death in 2006. Earl Woods was instrumental in his son’s success and the 48-year-old spoke of his regret at never spending time with his grandchildren.
“I just wish my dad could have met Charlie and I wish Charlie could have met my dad,” he said. ‘There are points in common: there I am. But I wish they had met. They would have loved each other.
Charlie Woods, 15, is a promising amateur prospect who is regularly seen playing with his father.
“I wish my dad could have met Charlie and I wish Charlie could have met my dad,” Tiger said.
Despite insisting that his father is “always with me,” Woods wishes he had listened to his father more while he was alive.
“It’s surprising how many things I tell my kids come from him,” said Woods, who even stated that he feels like their father.
‘I wish I had followed more of your advice. I wish I had paid more attention to him when he was alive because I’m saying many of the same things he said in the short time I had him on this earth.
“But I’m very happy that he was a part of my life and I can pass on some of the things that are in me through him.”