{"id":1242026,"date":"2023-02-21T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/suzann-pettersen-does-not-believe-tiger-woods-meant-offence-by-tampon-prank\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:56:41","slug":"suzann-pettersen-does-not-believe-tiger-woods-meant-offence-by-tampon-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/suzann-pettersen-does-not-believe-tiger-woods-meant-offence-by-tampon-prank\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzann Pettersen does not believe Tiger Woods meant offence by tampon \u2018prank\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solheim Cup captain Suzann Pettersen believes Tiger Woods did not mean to cause offence by handing Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him during the Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, who was making his return to top-level action for the first time since July last week, could be seen handing the product to Thomas as they walked off the ninth tee in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas immediately threw it on the floor as Woods laughed and put his arm around his playing partner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embedded5205846564242356948595\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/02\/16\/52058d46f5d64242be3a5b694af8d595.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Tiger Woods\" data-title=\"Genesis Invitational Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\" data-credit=\"Ryan Kang\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/02\/16\/52058d46f5d64242be3a5b694af8d595.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/02\/16\/52058d46f5d64242be3a5b694af8d595.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/02\/16\/52058d46f5d64242be3a5b694af8d595.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\"><figcaption>Tiger Woods, right, jokes with Justin Thomas as they wait to tee off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Genesis Invitational (Ryan Kang\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>Woods received criticism on social media following the incident and told a press conference after completing his second round: &ldquo;It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn&rsquo;t turned out that way.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I offended anybody in any way, shape or form, I&rsquo;m sorry. It was not intended to be that way. It was just we play pranks on one another all the time and virally I think this did not come across that way, but between us it was different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after being confirmed as Solheim Cup captain for each of the next two editions of the contest, Pettersen said: &ldquo;I know Tiger quite well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START PA Quote --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"pa-embed\" data-type=\"quote\" data-quote=\"I know kind of Tiger's humour and that's a very probably boyish joke between the two of them and I don't really take it too personal\" data-source=\"Suzann Pettersen\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/content-embed.pressassociation.com\/embeds.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END PA Quote --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know Justin Thomas as well, but I know kind of Tiger&rsquo;s humour and that&rsquo;s a very probably boyish joke between the two of them and I don&rsquo;t really take it too personal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that was supposed to be a gag between the two of them and unfortunately some cameras caught it in the heat of the moment. I don&rsquo;t know, I don&rsquo;t think he meant to be offensive in any way.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m pretty easy on stuff like that. I&rsquo;m sure it was meant as a joke, not as a harassment to women in general.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woods received criticism on social media following the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1242027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5516,9051,9354,4330,95],"class_list":["post-1242026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-genesis-invitational","tag-pa-news","tag-prank","tag-suzann-pettersen","tag-tiger-woods"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.7 (Yoast SEO v23.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suzann Pettersen does not believe Tiger Woods meant offence by tampon \u2018prank\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Woods received 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