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Charles Curtis

Tiger Woods jokes about losing a bet over crying during emotional Hall of Fame speech

Tiger Woods

We can now introduce him as Hall of Famer Tiger Woods.

The golfer was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday night, introduced by his daughter Sam before Woods took to the podium and started crying almost immediately. And it was understandable after the beautiful words from her.

But it was a tear or two that cost him some money.

“Crap,” he said. “I just lost a bet to [Steve] Stricker I wouldn’t cry.”

As you’ll see below, there were other opportunities to cry, especially when speaking about his mom and late father. But first? The lost bet:

More words from Sam:

And from Woods:

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