Paige Spiranac is coming to the defense of Tiger Woods.
On Thursday, Woods generated some controversy on social media after he was caught slipping a tampon to Justin Thomas after outdriving him on the 9th hole at Riviera Country Club in the Genesis Invitational.
The little prank seemed harmless and created plenty of jokes online.
Tiger Woods had a gift for Justin Thomas after driving it past him on number nine.
(via @GettyImages) pic.twitter.com/HXZEQSAhEU
— Rick Gehman (@RickRunGood) February 17, 2023
And here’s the video.
@NoLayingUp @TronCarterNLU @ngschuNLU @DJPie @SportsSturm Tiger out drives Rory and JT. Am I crazy for thinking this is Tiger handing JT a tampon right after? pic.twitter.com/eevKsvDgXf
— conrad steele (@cnrdstl) February 16, 2023
Of course, some people weren’t as amused at the prank, calling it sexist, misogynistic, or whatever label you want to put on it. But one person who seemed to enjoy the joke was former pro golfer Paige Spiranac.
Spiranac took to Twitter to defend Tiger and said that “we riot” if anyone tries to cancel Tiger over his harmless joke.
If anyone tries to cancel Tiger over this we riot. It’s funny https://t.co/rRXdu9iQiz
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) February 17, 2023
She added in a coment, “I need a LIV vs PGA tour Ryder cup type event just so Tiger can give Phil a tampon after out-driving him.”
And she is absolutely right. It’s okay to laugh from time to time, people. There are a lot of serious things going on in the world, but two pals having fun on the golf course is not what we should be wasting energy on.
Laugh, move on, and be glad that Tiger is playing golf again.
Golf is just better when Tiger is playing pic.twitter.com/x26OiR2Hbd
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) February 17, 2023
