Sky Sports presenter slams 'crass' Tiger Woods tampon prank on PGA Tour rival

Sky Sports presenter Sarah Stirk criticised Tiger Woods for handing Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving his buddy at the Genesis Invitational.

Ben Smith

17 Feb 2023

Sky Sports presenter slams 'crass' Tiger Woods tampon prank on PGA Tour rival — Sky Sports presenter slams 'crass' Tiger Woods tampon prank on PGA Tour…

Sky Sports Golf presenter Sarah Stirk criticised Tiger Woods for his 'sexist prank' on Justin Thomas.

We're sure you've heard by now that Woods decided to discreetly hand Thomas a tampon after outdriving his buddy on the ninth hole at Riviera.

The moment came during the 47-year-old's first competitive action on the PGA Tour since missing the cut at last July's Open Championship.

Rory McIlroy was also in the star-studded three-ball at the elevated Genesis Invitational which has a bumper prize purse of $20m.

Woods' prank has drawn a mixed reaction on social media, with some describing the 15-time major champ as immature.

USA Today columnist Christine Brennan absolutely tore Woods to shreds, writing:

"What a bizarre thing for a 'girl dad' to do. His daughter Sam, now 15, grew up playing soccer and had just played in a tournament in Florida when she arrived to watch him win the Masters in 2019.

"He employed basic misogyny to insult his good friend Thomas, a knee-slapper of a dig against female athletes: You hit the ball like a girl!"

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Sky Sports presenter Sarah Stirk also joined in on the chorus of criticism.

She said:

"My overriding feelings are completely surprised and really disappointed. I'm a female working in sport, I'm passionate and love the game of golf, and think we are all striving for equality.

"We've all seen the massive inroads everyone is doing promoting women's sport, there is more media exposure, increase in participation levels, we want women sport to be on a level playing field with men.

"I think this incident last night was extremely disappointing and crass to be honest. They are two good friends JT and Tiger Woods, good buddies, play a lot together."