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Tiger Woods Gives an Honest Movie Review After Watching Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’

Published 12/05/2021, 10:10 AM EST

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Tiger Woods is probably the greatest golfer of all time. He has won 82 PGA Tours and 15 major championships in his career so far. Moreover, he was a child prodigy and was a well-known name in the golfing world. But soon after his debut in 1996, he became a global athlete and an icon of this sport around the world. 

Meanwhile, earlier this year, he faced a solo car crash where he got severely injured. But he has recovered well and is currently in the Bahamas as the host of the Hero World Challenge. Moreover, it is said, he still needs a bit of time to come back as a player. Meanwhile, during one of the interviews, he reviewed the movie King Richard based on the father of Serena and Venus Williams. So let us have a look at it. 

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Tiger Woods says he enjoyed watching Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’ movie

Woods is currently doing a lot of interviews where the reporters are asking him different questions. Recently, they asked him about Will Smith’s recent King Richard movie, which is based on the father of tennis stars Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Woods said he “greatly enjoyed” watching the movie. Moreover, he said there were a few similarities with his own father’s story.

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However, he quickly pointed out the crucial difference. “My dad was a bit different from Richard. He did not push me in that way,” said Tiger. He would always tee me to play as many junior tournaments as possible. I played a ton of my junior tournaments, whereas Venus and Serena did not.”

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Moreover, Woods said his dad grew up in a racial time, and he has heard a lot of stories from him. Hence, seeing what Richard was going through was relatable. And the 15-time major championship said he understands what Serena and Venus had to go through. 

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Hence, Tiger Woods enjoyed watching this incredible movie, King Richard. Moreover, this film is receiving a lot of praise from everyone, and Will Smith has done an incredible job as an actor. Furthermore, when asked if Tiger has any intentions of making a movie on his father, he wasn’t sure. He replied, “Let’s see.”

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.
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