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Great article by Jeff Rude today on Golfweek. Rude tells how Tiger knew about the pregnancy complications of his wife, but played in the US Open anyway. It must have been a difficult week knowing all was going to be okay… but not really knowing. That is now two US Opens in a row that Tiger has had significant family distractions. Of course we are all blessed that this one had a very happy turnout.

“One major and a baby- Jeff Rude

Tiger Woods knew. He knew all four days of the U.S. Open. That’s right, he knew wife Elin was admitted to a hospital with pregnancy complications the first day of the Open at Oakmont. With all that on his mind all week, he almost won anyway, finishing one stroke behind surprise champion Angel Cabrera.

It’s hard enough playing a U.S. Open under the best of circumstances. It’s even harder when the tournament is in Pennsylvania and you’re playing while you have one eye on Orlando and you’re keeping a big secret. Woods would play our national championship on one of the country’s hardest golf courses, then get daily updates from his wife and then pretty much keep it all to himself.

Here’s what made it easier: Double permission and a sense that all would be OK in that Florida hospital.

“Everything was all right,” Woods said Tuesday in his first public interview since the birth of daughter Sam Alexis by Caesarean section early June 18. “I mean, it wasn’t life-threatening or anything, but she just had a few problems and had to be admitted. It was not easy (playing) because I wanted to be there. And the doctor and Elin said ‘There’s nothing you can do. So go out there and just get a ‘W.’ ”

A “W” didn’t come. A baby did.

“That was infinitely more rewarding than any ‘W’ ever could have been,” Woods said from Congressional Country Club, where he’s preparing for his first tournament back, the inaugural AT&T National event that he is hosting.

To read the entire article, click here.

Listen to A Major “W” for Woods- It just wasn’t a Golf Major

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