Tiger Woods apologized on Friday afternoon for his “joke” with Justin Thomas in the opening round of the Genesis Invitational.
Woods, after outdriving Thomas on the ninth hole on Thursday, sneakily handed Thomas a tampon as the two started walking down the fairway.
The joke was meant to be between them, though a camera picked it up and the moment quickly went viral. Woods drew plenty of criticism for the move, which many took as sexist.
Woods, after carding a 3-over 74 in the second round at Riviera Country Club, insisted it wasn’t meant that way.
“Yeah, it was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods said. “If I offended anybody, it was not the case, it was just friends having fun. As I said, if I offended anybody in any way, shape or form, I’m sorry. It was not intended to be that way.”
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