Golf legend Tiger Woods clearly was impacted by the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend.
Woods, 48, was flying from Florida to Troon to take part in this week's British Open when the attempt on Trump's life took place in Butler, Pa. The alleged shooter, Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper after a bullet grazed Trump's ear.
"I didn't accomplish a lot because I wasn't in the right frame of mind," Woods told BBC Sport.
"It was a long night [because of the assassination attempt] and that's all we watched the entire time on the way over here. I didn't sleep at all on the flight, and then we just got on the golf course."
Woods and Trump have a long relationship that dates back to before Trump became president. The two have golfed and dined together.
Also, per the New York Post, "Trump awarded Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom in May 2019, a month after Woods' last major victory at the Masters."
Woods is just the latest of celebrity athletes who have spoken out about how the assassination attempt impacted them.
"This is a time where we feel very proud to represent our country wearing USA on our chest, competing in the Olympics," Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said, via Brian Windhorst of ESPN. "We've talked to the players about how important it is to show the best version of us as human beings to represent our country in a respectful, dignified manner. It makes you want to do that even more so, because this is really shameful for us to sit here and think about what happened and what's going on in our country...
"Obviously what we're doing is very trivial, just playing basketball, but we want to put our best selves out there to try to give people a glimpse of what our country can be about. And then you hear something like this and it's just so demoralizing and obviously so sad."
