June 18, 2007, was a special day for Tiger Woods. His first child, Sam Alexis Woods, was born on that date and made it one of the important days of his life.
The golf world celebrated the news with him. Since she is the daughter of one of the greatest in golf, people couldn’t help but get curious about the reason for naming her, Sam
We wanted to have a name that would be meaningful to either side of the family, my side or Elin’s side,” Woods explained. “It just happened to fit,” he added.
Eldrick Tont Woods is the real name of the legendary golfer Tiger Woods. However, according to him, his father never called him these names but Sam.
“I would ask him (his father), ‘Why don’t you ever call me Tiger?’ He says, ‘Well, you look more like a Sam,” the golf sensation said then.
