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Coco Gauff admits to constantly “stealing” from her mother

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American tennis star Coco Gauff, celebrated for her ferocious groundstrokes and clutch Grand Slam performances, recently shared a more personal memory: as a child, she used to sneak her mom’s perfume because she couldn’t get enough of it.

Gauff’s anecdote surfaced in the context of her new collaboration as the U.S. ambassador for Miu Miu Beauty’s “Miutine” fragrance. The partnership marks a fresh chapter for Gauff, one that ties together her heritage, her youthful curiosity, and her evolving sense of identity outside of tennis.

“I used to steal my mom’s perfume all the time,” Gauff said. “She prefers more stronger perfumes that I wouldn’t necessarily wear. I remember there was one that was super light. When I smelled Miutine, it reminded me of the first real fragrance that I actually loved.”

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Her growing bond with Miu Miu has been evolving for some time, since the Italian fashion house previously collaborated with her sponsor New Balance to create distinctive on-court outfits.

Their interest in both her marketability and discipline made extending the partnership a natural step.

Furthermore, this new fragrance role emerges alongside a portfolio of major endorsements that helped Gauff top Sportico’s highest-paid female athletes list for 2025.

The 21-year-old amassed approximately $31 million through a combination of prize money and sponsorship deals. Her earnings for the year included $7.9 million from competition, while close to $23 million came from endorsements.

New Balance remains one of her most significant partners, and its 2022 renewal has continued to drive her commercial success across global markets. Gauff has also added an impressive range of companies to her resume for extra measure.

She is also busy filling her time by representing Bose, Mercedes-Benz, Head, Rolex and Baker Tilly, among others as their commitments reflect both her influence and a vote of confidence to her talent.

Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka trailed her by a narrow margin with $30 million, followed by Iga Swiatek at $23 million, cementing tennis as the most dominant force in women’s sports financially, and highlighting her remarkable consistency at the pinnacle of the list.

Serena Williams’ ex-coach gives interesting Coco Gauff forecast

Amid the commercial spotlight, Serena Williams’ former coach Rick Macci recently predicted substantial growth for Gauff’s game, as having reached World No.2 in 2024, she remains third and continues pushing toward overtaking the gap to the top.

This projection comes after a mixed 2025 season in which Gauff reached the Australian Open quarterfinals and captured the French Open title, yet suffered early exits at both Wimbledon and the US Open, illustrating the volatility that still sometimes shapes her campaigns.

“Coco will be a different player in 2026,” Macci tweeted. “Serve will be a weapon and the forehand more compact and overall strategy controlling the center of the court.

“She has the best defense on the tour and with these additions she will be knocking on that number one door.”

Although she has acknowledged that becoming World No.1 is a dream, Gauff recently reiterated a focus on major titles.

“I prefer another Grand Slam, I’ve always said that,” Gauff said. “I don’t know, I feel like people remember you more for the titles you’ve won than for your world No. 1 ranking.”

She added: “Now, if I had already won four and still hadn’t reached No. 1, then maybe the story would be different.

“But having only one, I would like to have another to strengthen my record a little more.”

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Canelo Alvarez makes surprise appearance and meets Under

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Canelo Alvarez makes surprise appearance and meets Undertaker at AAA Guerra de Titanes

Worlds collided in combat sports when AAA visited Guadalajara for Guerra de Titanes (Dec. 20, 2025), and there was a special appearance from Canelo Alvarez. The boxing superstar also met with the Undertaker backstage.

La Parka scored the win in the opener, then he danced with a child in the ring to celebrate. When La Parka brought that child over to its seat, there was another La Parka in the crowd. That imposter removed his mask to reveal Canelo in the audience. The child was Canelo’s son. This was a cool way to spice up the show with a celebrity appearance.

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WWE also posted a backstage meeting between Canelo and the Undertaker. This is not an in-depth conversation, but it’s just surreal to see the two legends together.

Come for the Canelo headline, stay for the cool moves.

La Parka & Octagon Jr. were victorious in a four-way tag team bout over Mr. Iguana & Niño Hamburguesa, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde, and Bravo Americano & Rayo Americano in the opener to Guerra de Titanes (full results).

Wilde was launched for a slingshot dive.

Mr. Iguana executed a helicopter headscissors.

It’s funny that the local crowd loves El Grande Americano and yet they immediately boo Bravo and Rayo. Bravo won over some support when he demonstrated impressive strength to lift super heavyweight Niño Hamburguesa for an inverted airplane spin slam.

In the end, La Parka and Octagon Jr. executed a double Spanish Fly to Cruz, then La Parka finished with a dancing two-step spinning suplex.

That’s just a taste of the action from the match. The full show is available for free on YouTube (WWE in English, AAA in Spanish). Share your reaction to the tag team bout and the surprise appearance from Canelo Alvarez.

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Tiger Woods’ next role comes alongside an unlikely wingman

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The past 12 months had a little of everything — a career Grand Slam, Ryder Cup chaos and so much more.

With 2026 on the horizon, our writers look back at the most memorable moments from 2025 and explain why they mattered.

Stories of 2025 No. 9: Tiger Woods’ next role

One of the oddities — and, from a scenery and lodging perspective, one of of the real joys — of covering professional golf is that the sport’s most iconic figure reliably speaks once per year, at a relatively chill, limited-field golf tournament in a quiet corner of the Bahamas.

Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 Hero World Challenge.

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And so the week after Thanksgiving I flew to Nassau, where (with all due respect to Hideki Matsuyama) the main event of the Hero World Challenge was Tiger Woods’ pre-tournament press conference, his first public give-and-take in months. He showed up two minutes early, stayed for a half-hour and gave us a window into how he envisions his future as it relates to professional golf. He’s still recovering from another back surgery, and he hinted towards another playing comeback — but for the first time in Woods’ extensive injury history the assembled media seemed just as interested in his golf-related activities away from the course. Woods was sharp and measured. He connected his past to his future. And he was, for him, unusually forthcoming. The line I keep coming back to is this one:

“I know I’m not really saying a whole lot but I’m trying to say as much as I possibly can because there’s so many moving parts to this and it changes all the time,” Woods said, speaking on the PGA Tour’s future. Re-read the first half of that sentence: that’s a half-apology for not saying more, which is something I doubt Woods did a single time during his competitive prime. But this is a different era for Woods, and for his place within the PGA Tour ecosystem, and for that Tour’s new frontman, Brian Rolapp. Rolapp was in the Bahamas, too, golf’s exciting new outsider pairing with golf’s great insider. To Woods, professional golf is everything. To Rolapp? It’s his next business challenge.

Below is what I wrote from the Bahamas on what could be a complementary collision.

THE FINAL QUESTION of Tiger Woods’ Tuesday press conference at the Hero World Challenge yielded an unexpectedly poignant answer.

“You’re chairing the Future Competitions Committee,” a reporter began. “l’d like to know, personally, what is your motivation to contribute heavily to the strength of the PGA Tour?”

It’s a question central to the present and future of men’s professional golf. Woods has enough money, prestige and time to do just about anything, of course — but he’s chosen to fill his days with Zoom calls and strategy meetings in an attempt to reinvent a tour on which his own competitive days are numbered. Is Woods careless with his time? Nobody thinks that. But nobody knew how carefully he’d thought about his decision to moonlight as a golf bureaucrat. Not until Woods answered the question.

“Well, the PGA Tour gave me an opportunity to chase after a childhood dream,” he said. “I got a chance to hit my first ball in my first PGA Tour event when I was 16 years old. I know that’s what, 33 years ago, but I’ve been involved with the PGA Tour ever since then.

“A little kid from Cypress, California, growing up on a par-3 course got a chance to play against the best players in the world and make it to World No. 1. I got a chance to be involved in a lot of different things on our Tour. This is a different opportunity to make an impact on the Tour.

“I did it with my golf clubs, I made a few putts here and there and was able to do that. Now I’m able to make an impact in a different way for other generations to come. Not just generations that I played against, but for future generations. Like a 16-year-old looking for a place to play, maybe hoping to play the PGA Tour.”

Woods’ monologue hit on a theme we haven’t heard much recently: That the PGA Tour isn’t a [winces] product in need of [winces again] optimization and [bangs head on desk] profit maximization. It asked us to remember that the PGA Tour is also something else entirely: A place where childhood dreams come true.

As Woods reminded us, his first Tour appearance came 33 years ago. He’s set to turn 50, which means he’s lived two-thirds of his life as a PGA Tour golfer. Anybody who watched Tiger Woods play much golf — we’re all old. The multiples and fractions all sound unbelievable. Like this one: Woods has lived more than half his life since hosting the Hero World Challenge tournament for the first time; he launched his first limited-field invitational at the ripe age of 24 … 25 years ago. In this year’s field, only Akshay Bhatia — who turns 24 next month — is younger than Woods was then. Tom Lehman won the 2000 Williams World Challenge. He’s 66 now. Again, we’re all old.

“The guys that I played with when we first had the World Challenge early in the 2000s, they’re all — I’m the youngest one,” Woods said. “I’m about ready to turn 50, so those guys are all on the Champions Tour or even retired from the game of golf. They don’t play anymore.”

A glance around the media center served as a reminder that Woods’ longevity isn’t just about the players — he’s outlasted just about everybody. Reporters, Tour officials, industry trends. How many newspapers had golf writers covering that first event? By my count there were zero this time around.

Time wins and time changes. But that makes Woods’ new role so interesting. The self-described last member of the old guard is now responsible for leading a coalition taking a bulldozer — or at least a pair of sharpened shears — to the Tour schedule and structure as we’ve come to know it. The ultimate insider seems an unlikely fit to rethink the current structure, but that’s Woods’ directive as chairman of the new Future Competition Committee, whose stated goal is to create an “optimal competitive model” for professional golf.

“I mean, to be honest with you, we started with a blank slate,” Woods said. “What would be the best product we can possibly create? What would it look like?”

Enter his partner-in-revolution, new PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp.

In generations past, candidates for Tour commissioner were graded on an unofficial rubric of traits like “golf background” and “golf handicap.” Rolapp, who was the NFL’s No. 2 before taking the Tour’s top job this summer, is woefully unqualified by those metrics but the envy of the sports world in nearly every other. In this strange time in golf, Rolapp’s golfing inexperience is treated as an advantage rather than a hindrance. His outside perspective means he has a fresh set of eyes. He and Woods are an unlikely pair — but as the ultimate insider and ultimate outsider, perhaps they’re perfectly complementary, too.

On Tuesday evening at Albany — the glitzy, exclusive Bahamas retreat that serves as Hero host — Woods and Rolapp led an on-site meeting for players on the progress of the Future Competitions Committee. The subtext was clear: the Tour’s two leaders were going to address the future.

Since his hiring, Tour pros have consistently described Rolapp using two words — “impressive” and “direct.” In no small part because of a general distrust of Tour leadership since the surprise LIV peace accords of June 2023, players make those two attributes sound like a ringing endorsement. The FCC’s plans are not finalized, but an unofficial player poll on Wednesday yielded positive reviews on their process and delivery. Rolapp is transparent. He makes things sound simple. He’s aware of the power of tradition but isn’t personally bound by it. He’s a pragmatist with a laser focus. And every player on site was reportedly in attendance at the meeting, a small but critical show of credibility.

Scottie Scheffler praised Rolapp’s smarts and his work ethic.

“I’ve been very pleased with the conversations that I’ve had with him, the things that I’ve been hearing,” the World No. 1 said. “Think they’re looking at things the right way and I’m excited about some of the changes they’re looking to make.”

Keegan Bradley praised his urgency.

“I think Brian’s trying to make changes right away and he’s definitely got a great vision to make the Tour the best as it can be,” the Ryder Cup captain said. “I really love the fact that we’re not waiting, like this isn’t ‘we’re changing in three years, four years.’ No, we’re doing this next year.”

As for Woods’ assessment?

“Brian’s been fantastic,” he said. “What he’s done so far in a short time with his leadership skills and his personality and how he handles situations, his calmness, his thoughtfulness, his directness, transparency, all the things that we were looking for and we needed on the Tour — he has delivered in spades.”

Now comes the hard part: Action.

Rolapp has met one-on-one with dozens of Tour pros, in person or over the phone. There’s concern about change on the horizon, but many players are cautiously optimistic. After all, there’s a widespread understanding that the Tour has been operating inefficiently for decades — the product of another old guard that revered traditions even when they didn’t always make sense. Why is every event owned and operated by somebody different? Why isn’t the Tour in Chicago or Boston or Seattle or New York? Why is the Tour in Memphis in August? When you have Signature Events and Alternate Events on the same schedule, what does it really mean to win a PGA Tour event? Some things could use simplifying. Some traditions could use a shake-up. Time wins and time changes.

This is why Tiger Woods became a bureaucrat, and this is why he cares about Zoom calls: Because he knows that the old guard is replaced eventually — even when the old guard is Tiger Woods.

But the childhood dream lives on.

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5 mighty Tiger Woods records that will NEVER be broken

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You could fill a book on Tiger Woods’ record achievements.

Before he’d even turned pro he’d won three straight US Junior and Amateur titles but nobody was fully prepared for what came next…

Tiger Wood poses with the Masters trophy

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1. Most consecutive cuts made

This is pretty much unbreakable, as long as the PGA Tour remain having cuts. Following his withdrawal at Pebble Beach in 1998 up to the Byron Nelson in the May of 2005, he played the weekend every time he teed it up.

The total of 142 is well clear of the next best – Byron Nelson (113) and Jack Nicklaus (105) and no other player has reached double figures. Interestingly Xander Schauffele (72) and Scottie Scheffler (64) are going well in the modern game but they would have to throw in another four seasons of no cuts, so basically no early 75s, to threaten Tiger.

Woods eventually missed out when he came up one shot shy in Texas.

“I fight all the way in. That’s how I am,” he said. “I think that’s indicative to the longevity of the streak. You’ve got to give it everything you’ve got.”

2. Winning all the Majors by 5+ strokes

We’ve heard a lot about the career Grand Slam this year but less so about the ease in which Woods has won each of the four big ones. We all know and remember well his first Major win, by 12 at Augusta in 1997, and the 15-shot massacre at Pebble Beach in 2000.

He’s actually won two Opens by five or more shots, both at the Old Course which is a lovely addition to his CV, and his big PGA victory came in 2006 at Medinah. There he ground everyone into the dirt with four rounds in the 60s, with Shaun Michael a distant second.

3. The World No. 1 spot

This is another that is hard to get your head round. For Scottie Scheffler to eclipse Woods’ record he will need to hold down his top spot until 2035, by which time he will be 39. So that is very unlikely to happen.

Woods’ longest stretches were 264 weeks from 1999-2004 and 281 (2005-2010) and the last time he held the No. 1 spot was in 2013-14. In total he was officially the best player in the world for 683 weeks.

Imagine what this number might be had he not suffered so many injuries.

4. Winning the US Open by 15 shots

They should make a film about this one day. You’d like to think we enjoyed it enough at the time but it gets better with every passing season.

There was the Stevie Williams cock-up with only one ball left in the bag, imagine if Woods had tweaked one left at Pebble Beach’s 18th, but this was a genuine destruction on one of the game’s biggest stages. There was even a treble bogey in there.

The cut fell on +7, which gives us a good indication of how tricky it was, and Woods finished on -12.

Think of how Scottie Scheffler has taken control of the Majors in recent years, his highest winning margin to date is five.

5. His number of PGA Tour wins

This stands at 82, which is level with none other than Sam Snead who played in a very different era. Woods’ ability to close out tournaments is maybe his greatest strength, give him a sniff and his mentality is genuinely ridiculous.

The key shot at a key time, the fear factor and his utter dominance at certain courses was incredible. Eight times he prevailed at Bay Hill and Firestone, Muirfield Village was another favourite.

For reference Rory McIlroy has 29 PGA Tour wins, Phil Mickelson 45 so he has comfortably more than the two of them together.

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When Tiger Woods explained how Charlie’s golf world differs from his

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Tiger Woods Charlie Woods

When Tiger Woods turned professional in August 1996, progress came through mailed letters and patience.

Nearly three decades later, Woods agrees the sport his son is entering barely resembles the one that saw his rise. Speaking to Golfweek at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas earlier this week.

Tiger Woods described today’s recruiting environment as faster and very different.

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“We didn’t have cell phones,” Woods said. “We would have written letters that would show up in the mailbox. It’s just a different world. Not saying it’s good or bad, it’s just different.”

The comments come as Charlie Woods continues to rise as a serious junior player in 2025. Ranked near the top of the American Junior Golf Association standings for the class of 2027, major college programs are already eyeing Charlie.

The same was on full display on November 15, when Tiger Woods and his ex-wife Elin Nordegren stood beside the green in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, watching Charlie compete in the Florida Class 1A state championship.

Playing as the top seed, Charlie helped The Benjamin School secure its fifth state title and its first since 2023.

“It’s fun to be a part of the process with Charlie,” Woods told Golfweek, pointing to improved scores, expanding opportunities, and the freedom his son now has to choose where he wants to play.

The recruiting process itself reflects how dramatically the sport has evolved. Where Tiger once waited for letters, Charlie now receives constant texts, calls, videos, and feedback from college coaches operating in real time.

Also, this must remind Tiger of the first time they came together on the course.

Tiger Woods first partnered with Charlie Woods at the PNC Championship

They finished seventh on their debut event in 2020. In 2021, Team Woods surged to second place, thanks to 11 consecutive birdies in the final round, finishing behind John Daly and his son.

Their lowest result came in 2022 with a tied-eighth finish, before rebounding to shared fifth in 2023, six shots back of Bernhard Langer. The format has suited Tiger physically, while Charlie’s improvement has made Team Woods a tournament fixture.

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The sketchy deal that’s haunting Terence Crawford now

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Terence Crawford barely had time to enjoy his retirement before finding himself in an unexpected legal battle.

Less than a week after hanging up his gloves, the 38-year-old boxing legend now faces a lawsuit from a prominent New York jeweler who claims the fighter broke a financial agreement and cost his business millions in lost promotional opportunities.

The lawsuit, filed on December 18 and obtained by TMZ Sports, paints a picture of a business deal gone wrong. Mazza New York alleges that Crawford entered into an arrangement that seemed beneficial for both parties but ultimately left the jeweler feeling deceived and financially damaged.

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How a watch became a controversy

The dispute traces back to February 2024 when Crawford visited Mazza New York to purchase several custom pendants for himself and his team. During that visit, according to the lawsuit, the boxer’s attention turned to a luxury Patek Philippe Aquanaut watch with a price tag of $139,000.

Rather than purchasing the timepiece outright, Crawford allegedly proposed an alternative payment arrangement. The jeweler claims the boxer offered to pay $35,000 upfront, with the remaining balance covered through promotional value. Specifically, Crawford would display the Mazza New York logo on his fight trunks during his upcoming bouts, providing exposure worth the remaining $104,000.

Mazza accepted the proposal, trusting that the promotional exposure from one of boxing’s biggest stars would deliver significant value to his business. The arrangement seemed straightforward, with both parties understanding their obligations.

First fight brings disappointment

The agreement faced its first test during Crawford’s August 2024 bout against Israil Madrimov. This fight represented a significant opportunity for Mazza, as Crawford’s matches draw massive viewership and media attention. However, according to the lawsuit, things didn’t go as planned.

Mazza claims that by the fourth round of the fight, the logo had completely fallen off Crawford’s trunks. Whether due to poor adhesion, fight activity or other factors, the promotional display that formed the basis of their agreement disappeared early in the bout, drastically reducing the exposure Mazza expected to receive.

The jeweler says Crawford and his representatives acknowledged the failure to fulfill the agreement after the Madrimov fight. According to Mazza, they promised to make things right by ensuring proper logo placement during Crawford’s next scheduled bout.

Canelo fight becomes breaking point

Crawford’s next major fight was set against boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez on September 13, representing an even bigger promotional opportunity than the Madrimov bout. The mega-fight promised massive pay-per-view numbers and global media coverage, potentially providing Mazza with exposure worth far more than the original agreement.

Understanding the stakes, Mazza says he personally delivered a patch featuring his logo to Crawford’s representative before the September fight. This direct delivery was meant to ensure there would be no repeat of the Madrimov situation, with the jeweler taking extra precautions to guarantee proper display.

However, Mazza claims he received devastating news shortly before fight night. According to the lawsuit, he was informed that the logo would not appear on Crawford’s shorts during the Alvarez fight. The jeweler says he received no reason or explanation for this sudden and unexpected change.

Business impact and financial claims

The alleged breach of agreement extends beyond simple disappointment for Mazza. The jeweler claims his business suffered tangible financial harm by missing out on promotional opportunities during two high-profile fights. According to the lawsuit, the exposure he was promised but never received had an estimated value of $1.5 million.

This calculation presumably factors in the viewership numbers, media coverage and potential customer traffic that prominent display during Crawford fights would have generated. For a luxury jeweler catering to high-end clientele and celebrity customers, association with a boxing champion at the peak of his career represents invaluable marketing.

Mazza argues that Crawford’s failure to honor the promotional agreement deprived his business of opportunities to elevate the brand among exactly the type of customers who purchase expensive custom jewelry and luxury watches.

Legal remedies sought

The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $1.5 million in damages, representing what Mazza calculates as the lost promotional value. However, the jeweler also requests additional damages beyond this baseline amount, suggesting the total claim could exceed the $1.5 million figure.

The timing of the lawsuit, coming just days after Crawford announced his retirement, adds an interesting dimension to the case. With the boxer no longer active, Mazza has no future opportunities to receive the promotional consideration he claims was promised.

Unanswered questions remain

The lawsuit leaves several questions unresolved. Crawford has not publicly responded to the allegations, and details about his perspective on the arrangement remain unknown. Whether the logo falling off during the Madrimov fight resulted from intentional removal, poor craftsmanship or legitimate wear during competition hasn’t been clarified.

Additionally, the reasons behind the decision not to display the logo during the Canelo fight remain mysterious. The lawsuit emphasizes that Mazza received no explanation for this change, suggesting communication between the parties broke down at a critical moment.

As the legal battle unfolds, both Crawford’s legacy and Mazza’s business reputation hang in the balance over a deal that started with a luxury watch and ended in a courtroom dispute worth millions.

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Tiger Woods, Charlie Woods playing status for the 2025 PNC Cha

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Tiger Woods, Charlie Woods playing status for the 2025 PNC Championship

He wasn’t able to play in his own event in the Bahamas and he’s a scratch at a popular family event.

Tiger Woods, who ruptured an Achilles earlier this year, also had (another) back surgery in October and that’s what’s keeping him on the shelf for now.

Tiger Woods and son Charlie Woods look on during the 2024 PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando.

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Will Tiger Woods play in the 2025 PNC Championship?

Ahead of the Hero World Challenge earlier this month, Tiger told the gathered media that he and son Charlie Woods will not play in the 2025 PNC Championship, Dec. 20-21, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes in Florida.

He also spoke about his injuries, his playing status, what his 2026 might look like and more. But the reality, he said, is it’s premature to put a timeline on his return.

“Not as fast as I’d like it to be,” he said

The PNC event has been a staple in Woods’ calendar in recent years, affording him a chance to play with his son but he made it clear there’s no reason to force it this time around.

“It wouldn’t be fair. Not only it wouldn’t be fair to my son, but it wouldn’t be fair to another team that could play and could have that experience that we’ve had for a number of years,” Woods said.

This is PNC Bank’s 14th year as the tournament’s title sponsor, having recently renewed its commitment to the event as title sponsor in a multi-year deal. The event was renamed the PNC Championship in 2020, reflecting the world-class talent and special bonds that characterize this inclusive family tournament.

To qualify for the PNC Championship, players must have won a major championship or the Players Championship. Their partner must not hold any playing status on a professional Tour.

Last year, Team Woods, making its fifth appearance in the family event, went toe-to-toe with Bernhard Langer, 67, and his 24-year-old son Jason down the stretch at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. The two teams finished the event knotted at 28 under. It marked the first playoff for Woods in more than a decade.

Tiger called it the thrill of a lifetime. Charlie called it the most fun he’s ever had on a golf course.

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What Novak Djokovic said the umpire shouldn’t have done after Serena Williams

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What Novak Djokovic said the umpire shouldn’t have done after Serena Williams controversy at the US Open in 2018

Novak Djokovic gave his say after Serena Williams was involved in controversy at the 2018 US Open.

Both Djokovic and Williams reached their respective singles finals at the US Open that year, but they had very different outcomes.

Williams was beaten by Naomi Osaka in her final, which was marred with controversy after she was given a game penalty for branding chair umpire Carlos Ramos ‘a thief’.

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After Djokovic beat Juan Martin del Potro to win the US Open men’s singles title, he was asked for his verdict on the situation.

How Novak Djokovic reacted to the Serena Williams controversy at the 2018 US Open

Williams initially received a warning for coaching, before being docked a point after smashing her racket.

This led to Williams branding Ramos ‘a thief’, to which she was docked a game, before Osaka would beat her to claim her first Grand Slam title.

Williams received a lot of criticism for her behaviour in this final, but Djokovic was not willing to continue the backlash and instead claimed that chair umpire Ramos should not have pushed her so far.

“Look, I love Serena, first of all. I really felt for her yesterday,” Djokovic said in his press conference after winning the US Open in 2018. “Tough thing for a chair umpire to deal with, as well. We have to empathize with him. Everyone was in a very awkward situation yesterday. A lot of emotions. Serena was crying. Naomi was crying. It was really, really tough.

“But I have my personal opinion that maybe the chair umpire should not have pushed Serena to the limit, especially in a Grand Slam final. Just maybe changed — not maybe, but he did change the course of the match. Was, in my opinion, maybe unnecessary. We all go through our emotions, especially when you’re fighting for a Grand Slam trophy.

“But I don’t think it’s time and place really to get into other subjects. I don’t see things as Mr. [Steve] Simon (WTA Chairman at the time) does. I really don’t. I think men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation. It’s hard to generalize things, really. I don’t see it’s necessary really to debate that.

“I just feel like, as Serena said yesterday in the closing ceremonies, Osaka deserves to have her moment. As for Serena, she knows I love her. She really inspires everyone. To see her still being so dedicated and so committed to this sport, it’s inspiring really to me and to many tennis players, both men and women, around the world.”

What Serena Williams said when Novak Djokovic was disqualified at the US Open

Just two years later, Djokovic was involved in a controversy of his own at the US Open after being disqualified from his fourth round match against Pablo Carreno Busta.

This came after Djokovic inadvertently hit the line judge with the ball in her neck area, which was perhaps the biggest talking point of the 2020 tournament.

The roles were reversed on this occasion, and Williams was asked what she thought about Djokovic’s disqualification.

However, Williams was not willing to give her opinion on the situation and gave a short response to the question.

“I’m not going to touch that,” Williams said in her post-match press conference. “I’m going to leave that to you guys. I’m just not touching it.”

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Charlie Woods shows true colours with final actions as dad Tiger re

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Charlie Woods shows true colours with final actions as dad Tiger reunites with ex-wife

Charlie Woods has demonstrated that he is a chip off the old block after draining a birdie on his final hole to clinch a school championship. And Dad Tiger was there to witness it alongside ex-wife Elin Nordegren.

The 16-year-old prodigy tied for the low final round of the day, as he helped Benjamin School win its second FHSAA Class 1A team title in three years. A birdie on the last saw him card a four under par 68 at Florida’s Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, handing his private Palm Beach school victory ahead of The First Academy.

Charlie Woods is making waves in junior golf and can now talk to US colleges about furthering is career path in golf

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Woods’ final round equalled the effort of First Academy senior Mingbo Jiang, who clinched the individual title by three shots, ahead of Woods’ Benjamin School teammate Andrew Tsar. Woods finished the tournament tied for fourth at two under par.

The teenager’s father, 15-time Major winner and all-time golfing great Tiger Woods, followed his son around the course across the tournament.

The 49-year-old former World No. 1 has high hopes for son Charlie, who is following a path well-travelled by his world-famous father. The youngster has rapidly ascended the junior golf rankings this year, winning May’s AJGA Team TaylorMade Invitational before tying ninth at the Junior PGA Championship.

He was also recently named a first-team AJGA Rolex Junior All-American, ranking ninth in the AJGA rankings. He is AJGA’s highest-ranked 2027 recruit yet to commit to a college despite being cleared to speak to college coaches since June 15 this year.

Tiger Woods is hoping that son Charlie (left) will make it as professional golfer, just like himself

 

According to the US-based Golf Channel, several leading schools are keen to take Woods under their wing, including Florida State. He will have to go some way the emulate the achievements of his father, however.

Tiger Woods, who attended Stanford University, has won a staggering 82 PGA Tour titles in addition to his 15 Major Championship triumphs and was World No. 1 for 683 weeks, cementing his place as a global sporting icon.

Speaking after winning the TaylorMade Invitational in May, Charlie Woods said: “It means so much because I haven’t really performed at the highest level yet. And to finally do it after all the work I have put in, and not playing well in big events in the past.

“Even though I know I am so much better than that, and for it all to finally come together is such a great feeling. Just being able to say to myself that I have won an absolutely amazing event and say that I have performed under high-pressure situations is huge going forward.

“I haven’t been able to say that I have done that, and now that I can, it is a big thing for my mental game going forward.”

Junior ace Woods will have been further buoyed by having both of his parents in attendance for his latest triumph on Sunday (November 16). Tiger Woods and Nordegren tied the knot in 2004 before divorcing six years later amid a high-profile relationship breakdown.

After driving his car into a tree outside his home, it emerged that Woods had been unfaithful to his wife in November 2009 before a string of women came forward with stories off alleged affairs. The divorced couple have two children together, Charlie, and his 17-year-old sister Sam.

In March 2025, Woods announced that he was dating Vanessa Trump, the former daughter-in-law of US President Donald Trump. Vanessa Trump was married to Donald Trump Jnr for 13 years before divorcing in 2018.

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Why Vanessa Trump entered Tiger Woods’ life at the perfect mome

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Insider reveals why Vanessa Trump entered Tiger Woods’ life at the perfect moment

The news about Tiger Woods’ relationship with Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., caused a real avalanche of reactions.

At the end of 2024, Tiger Woods was the target of rumors regarding his romance with Vanessa, but the public was somewhat skeptical of this information. However, not long after, it was confirmed that Woods is really in a relationship with Vanessa, looking happier than ever, and at the same time ready to fully commit.

Insider reveals why Vanessa Trump entered Tiger Woods’ life at the perfect moment

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From month to month, new information about their romance emerges, and the popular golfer has obviously found the right person for himself, according to an insider who spoke to the Daily Mail.

Tiger Woods was lucky to find Vanessa, as he was thinking about his future and career at that time, the insider reveals.

“She showed up as he was seriously considering what happens next in his career,” the source told the Daily Mail.

“She has added so much stability on the home front, and he gushes about her influence in his life.”

Tiger’s love life

Woods’ love life was filled with scandals and difficult moments, and it seems that the 49-year-old has learned an important lesson from all the trials. The insider points out that their relationship is more mature than any of Woods’ previous relationships, and it seems that Tiger is ready to commit to this relationship and build a long-term future with Vanessa Trump.

The insider notes that Tiger’s girlfriend, after Elin, is probably the closest to being his soulmate. He also emphasizes that Vane*sa will be with Tiger Woods during his transition from the sport, which is a crisis period in which most athletes have difficulties and need support.

“She’s going to be the one who’s with him during his transition away from the sport,” the insider said.

“Whenever he misses the competition, he can talk to her; she grounds him and is just there for him to bounce things off of.”

By all accounts, Tiger is clearly enjoying his relationship and seems more committed than ever.

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