Tiger Woods tweets appreciation when several PGA Tour golfers wear red in his honor

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BRADENTON, Fla. – Tiger Woods said in a tweet Sunday evening that it was “moving” to see so many players wearing his signature Sunday red for the final round of the WGC-Workday Championship, just days after a serious car accident left him in admitted to hospital and needed emergency surgery.

“It’s hard to explain how moving today was when I turned on the TV and saw all the red shirts,” Woods wrote in the tweet. “For every golfer and every fan, you really help me get through this difficult time.”

Woods, 45, suffered several injuries in the car accident. He underwent lengthy surgery and remains hospitalized in Southern California.

Collin Morikawa planned to honor Woods along with other players by wearing a red shirt and black pants. But his apparel company’s gear didn’t arrive on time, so Morikawa paid tribute in a better way: he turned a 54-hole lead into a win at Concession Golf Club, making a final round 69 to complete his fourth PGA Tour. to win. title with 3 strokes on Brooks Koepka, Billy Horschel and Viktor Hovland.

At the age of 24, Morikawa joined – you guessed it – Woods as the only other player to achieve a major championship and World golf championships before the age of 25.

“Tiger means everything to me,” said Morikawa. ‘I hope he is doing well and recovers soon. Sometimes we don’t say thank you enough, and I just wanted to say thank you to Tiger. Sometimes you lose people too soon. I lost my grandpa about a month ago, and you can’t thank you enough. ”

Tony Finau made the biggest entrance, wearing a red golf shirt with a stand-up collar, black pants and his Nike hat backwards – as Woods often arrives at tournaments.

“I was quite inspired,” said Finau. ‘I heard before that a lot of guys were going to do it. I certainly felt like it would just be a nice touch. We enjoyed watching Tiger do his thing so many Sundays. Red and black, that’s what Tiger does on Sunday, so just to join in and let Tiger know that we support him as best we can. We’re still playing because we miss him here, but it was just cool to be a part of that today. ”

At the Puerto Rico Championship, the opposite field event won by Branden Grace this week, the entire squad was left in the red for Woods. Phil Mickelson, who played the PGA Tour Champions event in Arizona, said he bought a shirt locally to wear as a tribute to Woods.

Woods’ mother, Tida, had suggested the clothes when he was a young professional, and he eventually followed regardless of the circumstances.

Those arriving at the Concession Golf Club in red included Jason Day, Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Champ, Sebastian Munoz, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed. Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas wore a shade of red that looked more pink.

“There is clearly nothing we can do to help him, but I think it’s just important that he feels some kind of support,” said Thomas, who is one of Woods’ best friends among the young players on the tour. ‘ “I think this shows him support. It’s not something that is going to happen every week, it is not something that people do every day, but Sunday is clearly a pretty special day for him and what he wears and it just seemed like a chances are people had the opportunity to do it.

McIlroy, another close friend, said: “I think it is just a gesture for us to let him know that we are thinking about him and that we are rooting for him. Obviously it looks a little better today than on Tuesday, but he still has a way to go.

“He has a tremendous recovery ahead of him. But I think everyone needs to show their appreciation for what he means to us here. If it weren’t for Tiger Woods, I think the tour and the game of golf in general would be.” in a worse place. He’s meant a lot to us, he still means a lot to us and I think that was just a small way to show that. ”

Day, Bryson DeChambeau and Matt Kuchar also used a Bridgestone golf ball with Tiger’s name stamped on the side.

“You know what, he’s an idol,” said Munoz. ‘He is the reason I played golf today. It’s just a little tribute I was willing to pay him today, how much his life or his work has affected my life. Just a little tribute. ”

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