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Woods announces Willie Mack III as recipient of the 2021 Charles Sifford Memorial Exemption
Tournament Host Tiger Woods announced Willie Mack III as the recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption into the 2021 Genesis Invitational field. Awarded since 2009, the exemption represents the advancement of diversity in the game of golf. “Willie learned to golf with his dad just like I did and those are memories that will last forever. I am excited to see Willie make another lasting memory when he tees it up at Riviera,” Woods said. “Willie has endured through difficult times off the course the past few years and I know Charlie would be proud of how he has...
Golf: Steve Williams opens up on being dumped as caddie by Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods' former caddie Steve Williams has opened up on being axed by the golf great and how cold the 15-time major winner went about the firing. In the Tiger documentary, currently airing on Sky Sport, Williams said he was stunned by how Woods went about dropping him as caddie and revealed they haven't spoken since. Woods dropped the Kiwi as his caddie in 2011 after Williams carried his bag for 13 years which resulted in 72 titles and 13 majors. Williams says he was shocked by the way Woods went about the firing after he caddied for Australian Adam...
Why HBO's Tiger Woods doc is as much about fathers and son as it is golf
I’ve always felt a strange sort of kinship with Tiger Woods. We don’t really know each other. But our lives and paths have intersected enough that I’ve felt a strange tie to him for a long time. We grew up 18 miles apart, as southern California kids in the 1970s and ‘80s. In the mid-1990s I worked for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and I had to make sure any mention of Tiger’s exploits included the key phrase of “Cypress’ Tiger Woods,” since Cypress was in our circulation area. When I became the golf writer at the Free Press in 2004,...
Willie Mack III of Flint gets sponsor’s exemption into PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational
FLINT – Willie Mack III is headed to the PGA Tour. The professional golfer from Flint will make his PGA Tour debut Feb. 18-21 in The Genesis Invitational at famed Riviera Country Club after receiving the 2021 Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption. None other than Tiger Woods, the tournament host, announced that Mack would be receiving the exemption named in honor of the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour. “I want to thank my father who introduced me to the great game of golf,” Mack said in a statement. “My dream since I first picked up a club has...