The 43-year-old Tiger Woods is the first athlete to receive this decoration, while still being active.
He won last April the Masters in Augusta, his 15th Grand Slam title, after eleven years of waiting and many health and extra sporting problems.
Given lost for golf after having undergone four back operations between 2014 and 2017, this victorious comeback allows him to write one of the most beautiful pages in the history of this sport.
US President Donald Trump praised Woods' "relentless will to always win."Receiving his honor, Tiger Woods, who has a total of 81 professional victories (just one success off the record held by Sam Snead), moved to thank his mother and two children.
« Your remarkable successes on the golf courses, your triumph over physical adversity, your relentless will to win, win, win… These qualities embody the American spirit. Trump stressed. " It was an extraordinary adventureWoods replied, thanking those who have been by his side, who have seen " the good and the bad, the ups and downs ».
"It's an honor" - Tiger Woods
« My father is no longer with us, but my mother is here, he continued, his voice broken. I love you mom, thank you. "" It is an honor », added Woods.
Recall that he was only the fourth golfer in history to receive the Medal of Freedom (after Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Charlie Sifford), created by John Fitzgerald Kennedy (former President of the United States) in 1963.
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