Tiger Woods has fans worried after clip from Vegas poker night emerges

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Was Tiger Woods “sauced” at a recent charity event in Las Vegas or was he just having a good time with friends?

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That’s the big debate on social media after a video taken during a poker tournament last week began to gain steam online.

Professional poker player Phil Hellmuth posted the clip featuring himself, Woods and celebrity streamer Ninja during the Tiger Jam poker charity event in Sin City.

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Woods’ appearance and speech has raised a few eyebrows, especially considering his past substance issues.

In the video, after Hellmuth told Woods how proud he was of him and the TGR Foundation, he asked the 15-time major winner about his favourite moment involving his charity.

“It’s the stories that the kids come back and tell,” Woods said. “The first generation to ever go to college. Parents said you’d never go to college, grandparents say you’d never go to college, it’s useless.

“All of a sudden, they’re in college flourishing, going to Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Yale, going to amazing places doing amazing things. One of our girls … she’s one of the directors who landed one of the rovers on Mars.”

Ninja and Woods also joked about the streamer’s golf struggles, with Woods saying it’s “boring” watching him play and Hellmuth quipping how they all “talk s—” with Tiger.

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One worried user posted: “Can we be real for a second here? Is there nobody close enough to him in his camp that can step in and get him some real help? Somebody in his family? Anyone?”

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“Tiger Woods easily off 3 perks & 7 vodka sodas in this video,” another user alleged.

“Tiger is absolutely sauced talking about Mars,” a third commenter wrote.

In 2017, Woods famously was arrested near his home in Florida for driving under the influence. At the time, he allegedly was asleep in his car, which was stationary in a traffic lane with its engine running.

Woods has acknowledged in the past that he has used Ambien and underwent rehab in 2010 for an addiction to the sleeping pills and Vicodin, which he used for chronic back pain, according to the New York Post.

However, some users on X weren’t so hard on the golfing great, especially considering the locale.

“I’ve always been tough on Tiger but based on the environment he was in, really, just cut him some slack,” one user wrote.

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“Tiger’s fine. Geez leave the guy alone. He’s in Vegas. He actually looks tired,” another posted.

A third person replied: “Let him enjoy his life. Don’t judge! His foundation is doing fabulous things.”

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