Tiger Woods is usually the one getting cheers from the gallery, but he was a part of it over the weekend as his daughter Sam played a role in winning a high school state soccer championship.
Sam Woods and her varsity team at The Benjamin School are Florida 2A FHSAA state champions after defeating the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, 1-0, at Spec Martin Stadium on Saturday.
It was The Benjamin School’s first-ever girls soccer title.
The Palm Beach Post showed the moment where Woods was seen sharing a warm embrace with his daughter, congratulating her after the victory. And of course, he was raucous along with the rest of the families in the stands watching the title match.
Sam Woods plays on the defensive side for the Buccaneers’ squad, and she played a vital part in keeping the Episcopal School off the scoreboard.
“The defense really led the team all year,” Benjamin School’s head coach Hillary Carney told the Palm Beach Post. “It was a matter of keeping the door shut and not letting them score and knowing we would get one, maybe two. So it was really the stalwart defense leading the way with Emily [Simon] being in goal and Sam being that senior in the back just settling everything.”
The only goal of the game was scored by freshman Emma Bartoli.
It was the ideal way to cap off Woods’ senior season, as his team only won four games during the regular season before going on a wild rampage in the playoffs to win the championship.
In the fall, she plans to enroll at Stanford University, where her father participated for two years before turning into a full-time PGA Tour player.
Tiger’s son, Charlie Woods, and Sam’s younger brother are both standout players on the men’s golf team at The Benjamin School. In 2023, the team won the Florida High School Athletic Association Class A state championship, something his father had never accomplished in his storied playing career.
Sam is the most recent member of the Woods family to successfully lead her squad.
And a proud father couldn’t hold back his emotions as she accomplished her goal.
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