Tiger Woods Calls Daughter the 'Greatest Thing in the World'

[rem16]

Talk about the best Father's Day ever! Not only did Tiger Woods tie Rocco Mediate on Sunday – then win on the nineteenth hole of a sudden death playoff in the U.S. Open Monday – but he also had his adorable daughter Sam and wife Elin standing by to celebrate his win.

After his historic (and close) victory in San Diego, following months of knee troubles, Woods said, "There's no way I could have gotten through this without Sam being there ... just watching her grow, walking, running now, it's been just the greatest thing in the world."

It was the first time Sam, who turns one on Wednesday, attended the Open.

The last time Woods won was in 2002, when his father was still alive.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207189,00.html

[Roamer]

I heard on the news that he's taking at least a year off due to injuries.

[rem16]

I heard on the news that he's taking at least a year off due to injuries.


Yes, he is taking time off. He won the U.S. Open with a fracture in his knee.. He is amazing, but definitely needs to heal after the surgery he is getting. He hopes to be back in Jan. of 09..His daughter is a real sweetie.

[Harmony]

I watched him grimacing in pain as he played. His daughter is a cutie!! Didn't he name her after his dad?

[Roamer]

I'm sure his dad is looking down with a big smile on his face. :smile:

[rem16]

I watched him grimacing in pain as he played. His daughter is a cutie!! Didn't he name her after his dad?

Here is why Tiger named his daughter Sam..

Father's Day will also be bittersweet for Woods, whose own father Earl passed away in 2006. But the elder Woods lives on in Sam, by virtue of her name. “My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born,” Tiger said in an interview last year. “He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask him, ‘Why don’t you ever call me Tiger?’ He says, ‘Well, you look more like a Sam.’ ”

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/06/12/tiger-woods-the-us-open-daughter-sam-and-father-s-day.aspx

[Harmony]

Thanks Rem. I knew there was some connection to the dad but could not recall what it was.

[lovelaw]

Here is why Tiger named his daughter Sam..

Father's Day will also be bittersweet for Woods, whose own father Earl passed away in 2006. But the elder Woods lives on in Sam, by virtue of her name. “My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born,” Tiger said in an interview last year. “He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask him, ‘Why don’t you ever call me Tiger?’ He says, ‘Well, you look more like a Sam.’ ”

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/06/12/tiger-woods-the-us-open-daughter-sam-and-father-s-day.aspx

I didn't know that!!~ Awwwwwwwwwwww....cool.

[lovelaw]

I watched him grimacing in pain as he played. His daughter is a cutie!! Didn't he name her after his dad?

He is quite an athlete!~ A wonder to watch!~

[lovelaw]

I'm sure his dad is looking down with a big smile on his face. :smile:

I bet Tiger thinks the same!! :happy0158:

[annalyzer]

I absolutely LOVE the name Sam for a girl!