Woods shares daughter Sam, 17, and son Charlie, 16, with ex-wife Elin Nordegren
Tiger Woods appears to have passed his sporty gene onto his daughter, Sam.
Tiger, 49, was spotted in the crowd on Saturday, Mar. 1, watching his daughter’s soccer team, the Buccaneers, grab victory over Episcopal School in the FHSAA Class 2A state final at Spec Martin Municipal Stadium in DeLand, Florida.
Sam, 17, a senior at the Benjamin School, helped her team secure victory, much to her dad’s obvious delight. Per footage shared by the Palm Beach Post, the golfing legend was seen alongside other proud parents in the bleachers wearing a white baseball cap and an FHSAA girls’ soccer state championships T-shirt, cheering while high fiving the teams’ success.
The Buccaneers defense — led by Sam and fellow senior Emily Simon — was key to the team’s championship run success.
Benjamin head coach Hilary Carney said, per the New York Post, “It was really the stalwart defense leading the way with Emily being in goal and Sam being that senior in the back just settling everything.”
Tiger shares Sam and son Charlie with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren.
Back in 2018, Tiger told Golf.com that though Sam was happy to join him at golfing tournaments, soccer was the firm favorite for her and her brother. “They’re keen into soccer,” he said. “If they want to play golf, that’s great. If they don’t, that’s fine, too. As long as they have a good time playing sports.”
He went on to share that he enjoyed playing the team sport with his children and had “a lot of fun” being able to “pass the ball around with them.”
“I get such a big kick out of watching them compete and play,” Tiger said. “It’s so much fun to see how happy and passionate they are about soccer.”
While son Charlie has changed course and is now following in his dad’s footsteps with golf, Sam — who will be following in her father’s footsteps to Stanford University in the fall, per the New York Post — is still committed to soccer.
