Speaking before the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, Woods believes that the BLM movement is a way to advance society in its quest for equality.
“I think the change is fantastic,” he said at a press conference. “As long as we make changes without hurting the innocent, and unfortunately that has happened, hopefully it will not happen in the future, but a movement and a change are fantastic.”
“This is how society develops. This is how we grow. This is how we move forward. This is how we are righteous. Unfortunately, we have lost innocent lives along the way, and we hope to lose no more in the future as we move forward. much better place socially. “
‘A silent and different world’
With golf tournaments returning without the attendance of fans to prevent the spread of Covid-19, playing without spectators in the Memorial tournament will be “a different and silent world” for Woods.
“I’m used to having so many people around me or even touching me, going from the green to the tee,” said the 44-year-old.
“That’s something I looked at and I said, ‘Well, I’m really not very comfortable with that, with all that idea. Let’s see how it develops first and let’s see how the TOUR developed, how they started, and I feel like I’m comfortable enough to come back here and play again, and I’m excited to do it. “
Joining Woods in Ohio will be world number 1 Rory McIlroy, five-time main champion Phil Mickelson, 2018 Memorial champion Bryson DeChambeau and top winners Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia.
And while he praised the security measures the Tour has implemented, Woods admits that traveling to a tournament remains a “risk.”
“That is the risk that I am taking, the risk that we are all taking now,” said Woods, who is one victory away from the PGA Tour’s 83 record wins.
“The Tour has done a fantastic job protecting us and ensuring that we are all safe. But now you are at risk when you are off your property and around people who don’t know where they have been ‘and what they have been doing.
“But the examination and the tests that we have carried out, the protection that we have tried to implement in the Tour have shown that we have had to make adjustments, but it is a risk that I am willing to take.”
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