Golf legend Tiger Woods made his much-awaited comeback by participating in the Genesis open earlier this month. However, Woods found himself in the midst of a heated controversy. During the game, he passed a tampon to his dear friend and rival, Justin Thomas as a joke. While this might have been a joke, Woods offended certain sections of society with his act. NBA legend Charles Barkley recently gave his two cents on the situation.

Talking on The Steam Room podcast, Barkley and Ernie Johnson discussed the tampon controversy. Barkley went all out on the people making a fuss about the situation and also dropped his honest GOAT take.

NBA legend Charles Barkley comes out in support of ‘GOAT’ Tiger Woods

Day one of the Genesis Open saw Tiger Woods back competing after 7 months. His friend, Justin Thomas, also competed in the event and was out-driven by Woods. The 15-times major champion then passed him a tampon in good spirits which landed him in trouble.

Women support groups across the world have shamed the golfing legend for his antics. The Women’s Global Empowerment Fund based in Denver went all out at Woods and issued a statement condemning his joke.

Charles Barkley isn’t a fan of that. Talking on The Steam Room podcast, the NBA Hall of Famer referred to Woods as the ‘GOAT’ while also shaming people for blowing the entire issue out of proportion.

Barkley said, “Tiger to me is the greatest golfer ever. Shout out to Jack Nicklaus who is right there, nothing but love and respect to Jack Nicklaus but in my opinion, Tiger’s the GOAT. I was deeply disturbed how people overreacted to the tampon joke situation.”

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Additionally, Barkley also asserted that he didn’t feel the need for Woods to apologize. Having played golf for a long time, Charles Barkley knows a thing or two about the game. Interestingly enough, he also has numerous stories with NBA legend Michael Jordan surrounding the game of golf.

What did Tiger Woods say about the controversy?

The 47-old golfing legend reflected on his joke after an underwhelming performance in the second round of the tour. He said, “It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way. If I offended anybody in any way, shape or form, I’m sorry.”

Moreover, Woods also revealed that he plays light-hearted pranks with Justin Thomas regularly. Additionally, Woods also reflected on his underwhelming performance in the same interview and he accepted his poor outing. World No 1 Jon Rahm won the competition and bagged $3,600,000 for winning the tournament.

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