We haven’t seen Tiger Woods with facial hair much, save for Mac Daddy Santa.
But now, we’ve got Tiger with a goatee this week as he prepares to play in the second golf major of the year: the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
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When asked by a reporter if it was just laziness in terms of shaving, he replied, “I’m definitely lazy. I cut myself this morning trying to trim it up, so it is what it is.”
“I’m definitely lazy”
– Tiger Woods on his goatee
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Woods, who has 82 PGA Tour victories — included in that tally is 15 major championships, four of them being PGAs — won the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla but missed two other significant events at the course.
He didn’t play in the 1996 PGA Championship, which was held in early August; Woods didn’t turn professional until later that month, making his PGA Tour debut Aug. 29, 1996, at the Greater Milwaukee Open.
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Then there was the 2008 Ryder Cup, remembered for the U.S. ending its three-match losing streak to Team Europe. Woods wasn’t part of the festivities, as he was home recovering from knee surgery — on the heels of his stirring U.S. Open win over Rocco Mediate in a Monday playoff that went 19 holes at Torrey Pines.