Open in App
  • Local
  • U.S.
  • Election
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Education
  • Real Estate
  • Newsletter
  • New York Post

    Tiger Woods ‘didn’t sleep at all’ after Trump assassination attempt

    By Justin Tasch,

    4 hours ago

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=21qxr4_0uUWCqIX00

    Tiger Woods had a restless flight to Scotland for the 2024 British Open after former President Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.

    Woods, 48, was flying from Florida on Saturday to head to Troon for this week’s British Open and couldn’t take his eyes off the television coverage of the shooting.

    “I didn’t accomplish a lot because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind,” Woods told BBC Sport .

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=46ro35_0uUWCqIX00
    Donald Trump raises his fist after being shot during a rally in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024. AP

    Tiger Woods opens up on ‘very difficult’ Ryder Cup decision that led to shocking backup plan

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2SfpEV_0uUWCqIX00
    Tiger Woods during a British Open practice round on July 17, 2024. Getty Images

    “It was a long night [because of the assassination attempt] and that’s all we watched the entire time on the way over here.

    The ‘liberating’ place where Rory McIlroy got over his US Open heartbreak

    “I didn’t sleep at all on the flight, and then we just got on the golf course.”

    Woods and Trump have a relationship that predates Trump’s presidency, with the two having golfed and dined together.

    Trump awarded Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom in May 2019, a month after Woods’ last major victory at the Masters.

    CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR STARTING LINEUP NEWSLETTER

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3WscTh_0uUWCqIX00
    Donald Trump (r.) awards Tiger Woods (l.) the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 6, 2019. REUTERS

    Trump was struck in the right ear by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, whom Secret Service agents killed after the assassination attempt.

    Crooks fired at Trump with an AR-style rifle from the roof of a manufacturing plant about 130 yards away.

    Explosive devices were found in Crooks’ car not far from the rally site.

    Firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed by Crooks in the shooting .

    For the latest in sports, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/sports/

    Expand All
    Comments / 0
    Add a Comment
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Local Butler, PA newsLocal Butler, PA
    Most Popular newsMost Popular

    Comments / 0