{"id":548172,"date":"2026-03-27T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548172\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:16:10","slug":"donald-trump-says-tiger-woods-will-not-be-playing-at-the-masters-in-bombshell-claim-about-golf-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/548172\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump says Tiger Woods will NOT be playing at The Masters in bombshell claim about golf legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORTS NEWS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 20:59 EDT, 26 March 2026 | Updated: 21:21 EDT, 26 March 2026 <\/p>\n

Tiger Woods<\/a> will not be competing at the upcoming Masters, according to President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Without revealing the source of his intelligence, the 79-year-old told Fox News<\/a> on Thursday that the five-time Masters champion will not play at next month’s tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Interestingly, Woods is currently dating Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Trump’s oldest son, Donald Jr<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I love Tiger, but he won’t be there,’ Trump told The Five. ‘He’ll be there, but he won’t be playing in it.’<\/p>\n

Woods recently said he is ‘trying’ to play in the tournament and plans to attend the Champions Dinner.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old also admitted he ‘got his a** kicked’ on his long-awaited return to golf on Tuesday night. The 15-time major champion was supported by his girlfriend Vanessa Trump – and her daughter Kai – as his Jupiter Links GC lost the finals of the second season of TGL.<\/p>\n

Woods later addressed The Masters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods will not be competing at the upcoming Masters, according to Donald Trump<\/p>\n

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Trump gives Woods the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the Rose Garden in 2019<\/p>\n

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links GC gets a hug and kiss from Vanessa Trump before match against Los Angeles Golf Club during the TGL finals at SoFi Center earlier this week<\/p>\n

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He would not confirm whether or not he will play at Augusta, insisting only: ‘I’ve been trying. It’s just this body doesn’t recover like when I was 24, 25. It doesn’t mean I’m not trying – I’ve been trying for a while.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve had a couple of back injuries the past year that I’ve had to fight through and it’s taken some time. But I keep trying.<\/p>\n

‘I want to play, I’ve loved the tournament, I’ve loved being there since I was 19 years old. So it’s meant a lot to me and my family over the years and I’m going to be there either way.’<\/p>\n

When asked if he will leave it until the days leading up to the first round to decide, Woods added: ‘I don’t know, we’ll see how it goes. I’ll be practicing playing at home this week and keep trying to make progress.’<\/p>\n

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