Trump To Give His Golf Buddy Tiger Woods Medal Of Freedom

during Sunday singles matches of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on October 1, 2017 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
JERSEY CITY, NJ - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Captain's assistant Tiger Woods of the U.S. Team after Sunday singles matches of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on October 1, 2017... JERSEY CITY, NJ - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Captain's assistant Tiger Woods of the U.S. Team after Sunday singles matches of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on October 1, 2017 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump will award golfer Tiger Woods the Medal of Freedom on Monday, according to the Associated Press. 

Woods won his fifth Masters title last month to much acclaim.

Trump has golfed with Woods at his club in Jupiter, Florida.

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  1. A medal from Trump is tainted. Nothing to boast about.

  2. Et tu, Tiger ? ETTD !

  3. For what?

    In what way does golf (or any sport for that matter) contribute to freedom?

    Okay, other golfers have received the PMF (Palmer, Nicklaus, and Charlie Sifford). Per Wikipedia, the PMF

    … recognizes those people who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors”.

    That covers almost anything people can do. I’m with @ANNFFL though: any award from TrumpleThinskin is tainted on arrival.

  4. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    A transparent ploy to gin up the “Blacks for Trump” vote?

    Although there is a very clear symbolism in Tiger’s ascent, descent and re-ascension in the whitest sport in history.

    …even their balls are white.

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