Tiger Woods is making sure the 2023 PNC Championship is all about family.
Tiger, 47, is competing this weekend with his 14-year-old son Charlie at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando. It’s Tiger and Charlie’s fourth consecutive appearance at the PNC Championship, where past PGA champions pair up with a family member and compete for the prize, according to the event’s official website.
While sports fans are used to seeing the father-son duo together at golfing events, Tiger’s 16-year-old daughter also unexpectedly appeared as his official caddie on Saturday. The PGA Tour’s Instagram account shared a video of Sam cleaning and organizing Tiger’s golf clubs.
“For the first time, Sam Woods is caddying for her father today,” the post’s caption read.
Photos showed Tiger and Sam together during round one of the PNC Championship. Sam, who sported an official caddie vest with “Woods” on the back, fist-bumped her father at one point.
Other pictures showed the father-daughter pair driving along the golf course, hugging and talking with Charlie.
Woods shares his two children with ex-wife Elin Nordegren. The couple divorced in 2010 after marrying in 2004.
Although it doesn’t appear that Sam adopted her father’s love of golf, she’s celebrated his success and triumphs. During the March 2022 World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Sam called her father a “fighter and referenced his 2021 car crash.
“We didn’t know if you’d come home with two legs or not,” Sam said in a speech, per NBC Sports. ” Now, you’re not only about to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but you’re standing here on your own two feet. This is why you deserve this. You’re a fighter. You’ve defied the odds every time.”
In the same speech, Sam said her father often attended her violin concerts and soccer games despite his busy schedule.
Tiger later thanked his daughter, saying, “Crap, I just lost a bet to [Steve] Stricker that I wouldn’t cry. Thank you, Sam.”
