Sam Alexis Woods, daughter of Tiger Woods, will turn 18 on June 18. The next school year will be the start of her college career, the traditional springboard to elite sport in the United States. In her recent performances in her competitive career in high school, she has already shown that she is a competent athlete who could well be aiming for the elite. Sam Alexis, in fact, competes in the FHSAA competitions as part of the Benjamin School. She plays on their soccer team as a central defender and was also part of the track and field team in the state finals.
Sam Alexis Woods, with her famous father in the stands, competed in four events. In the 100 and 400 hurdles she failed to score but in the 4×800 relay she contributed to her team’s second place finish and in the 4×400 relay, to fourth. Both events scored for Benjamin School’s victory. It is her second state title of the year, as she also won the soccer tournament, scoring the winning goal for her team.
Sam Alexis does not share too much of the family ‘inclination’ to golf. According to Tiger himself, this may be because “during my professional career golf made me spend a lot of time away from home. This may have given the sport a negative connotation for her, because golf kept her away from her father”. This ‘divorce’ is not total, because she has been a caddie for Tiger and her brother Charlie, who does aspire to be a professional, in several tournaments. The sporting interests of Tiger Woods and Erin Nordgren’s daughter are currently focused on soccer and athletics, as we can see, but she is quite rightly regarded as a ‘firm promise’ in both.
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