Tiger Woods Lost Sleep Over Trump Getting Shot, Not Prepared for The Open

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Tiger Woods said he was not "in the right frame of mind" after losing sleep upon hearing news that his friend and fellow golfer Donald Trump was shot on Saturday.

Woods, who was on a flight from his Florida home to Scotland for the Open Championship when the news broke, was absorbed in coverage of the incident. 

“I didn’t accomplish a lot because I wasn’t in the right frame of mind,” Woods told the BBC. “It was a long night [because of the assassination attempt] and that’s all we

The Open is underway and despite the lack of shut-eye Woods will once again try to break his tie with Sam Snead for most career Tour wins.

Woods does not talk politics but has known President Trump for many years, played golf with him and helped design courses for a Trump property in Dubai.


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