A black superstar in a white-dominated sport, Woods has also generally avoided commenting about race relations in the United States.
He has hit the links in bipartisan fashion, teeing off with Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Republicans George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump.
He spoke to Woods, whose father was black and whose mother is of Thai origin, following his epic Masters victory last month and extended his congratulations. “People wanted to imagine that Tiger was a social activist, a fighter for racial justice,” said Orin Starn, a professor of history and cultural anthropology at Duke University.
“I think he also thinks it’s not very good for his brand to be identified as a supporter of this person or a supporter of that person,” he said. Woods has played golf with Trump on several occasions — both before and after he took office — most recently in February at the president’s course in Jupiter, Florida.
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