Tiger Woods will visit White House on Monday receive Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump
President Donald Trump continues to welcome championship sports teams to the White House, and a championship golfer is next on the list.
The White House announced on Thursday that Tiger Woods will be visiting Trump at the White House on Monday to celebrate his recent Masters win. Woods won the Masters in April at age 43 after years of health problems and personal issues limited him on the golf course.
Despite Trump’s well known love of golf, his reported invitation to Woods marks the first time he’s invited a championship golfer to the White House to celebrate a major tournament win. Patrick Reed wasn’t invited when he won the Masters in 2018. Brooks Koepka wasn’t invited after winning the U.S. Open two years in a row (2017 and 2018), and he also won the 2018 PGA Championship.
The friendship between Woods and Trump may have something to do with his invitation (the two have been golfing several times), but there’s more to the visit than just clinking glasses over Trump’s favorite celebratory food, McDonalds. Trump is doing what he said he would do back in April, and awarding Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to world-renowned golfer Tiger Woods on Monday, May 6 in the White House Rose Garden. The event will be invitation only and covered by the press.
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) May 2, 2019
Woods will be just the fourth golfer to ever receive the Medal of Freedom, and by far the youngest. Jack Nicklaus was in his 60s, Arnold Palmer was in his 70s, and Charles Sifford was in his 90s when they were each given their Medal of Freedom.
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