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Tiger Woods makes return as Mac Daddy Santa in TaylorMade ad

Nick Profile Picby: Nick Geddes12/20/23NickGeddesNews
Tiger Woods
Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Tiger Woods has made many returns to the PGA Tour in recent years, but there’s another special return fans have been waiting on.

Four words: Mac Daddy Santa Claus.

Woods debuted the character during Christmas season in 2016. Shirtless, with a bleached beard and a white wig, Mac Daddy Santa Claus was born. Much time has passed since we’ve seen the reincarnation of the character, though that changed Tuesday.

TaylorMade Golf released a Christmas-themed ad on X featuring the 47-year-old Woods back in his Mac Daddy Santa Claus get-up. This time, however, Woods donned the Saint Nick coat and a full white beard.

Christmas season has been kind to fans of the 15-time major champion, as he has played in not one, but two, golf events in the month of December. Woods, who underwent right ankle surgery two weeks after the Masters in April, took part in the Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, which he hosts annually. Woods finished E for an 18th place finish in the 20-golfer field.

He then took part in the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend alongside his son, Charlie Woods. Team Woods finished 19-under par in the two-day event, T5 with four other teams.

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Woods’ surgically repaired ankle and fused back held up well in both events, leading to renewed optimism for 2024. Though he only played 10 rounds of competitive golf in 2023, including the PNC Championship, Woods still believes he can be a winner once again.

“Well, I think that given the fact that if I’m able to practice and do the things that I know I can do, and prepare, I know that I can still do it,” Woods said, via the PGATour.com. “I can still hit the golf ball. It’s just a matter of prepping, and get enough reps in, and get enough work in and being right physically, and endurance capability of it. I haven’t had the leg good enough where I’ve been able to compete and play a lot of rounds. I’ve had a lot of procedures over the years, and that’s just part of it.

“I know if I can practice, I know I can still do it. I can still hit the golf ball. Can still chip. I can still putt. Granted, it’s also putting it all together for 72 holes. That’s the challenging part of it.”