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Players pay tribute to Tiger Woods, show support by wearing his Sunday colors

Many around the professional golf world are rallying to show their support for one of the game’s greats on Sunday.

During the final round of the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession in Bradenton, Florida, about 20 percent of the field paid tribute to Woods, who was involved in a single-vehicle rollover car crash on Tuesday.

Billy Horschel had “TW” written on his cap while Matt Kuchar, Jason Day and Bryson DeChambeau played with golf balls stamped with “TIGER.”

Day, Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler, Carlos Ortiz, Sebastian Munoz and Cameron Champ each wore black slacks and dark red golf shirts – Woods’ traditional Sunday attire. Other shirts were of lighter red tones, including those worn by Justin Thomas and Cameron Smith.

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“I don’t wear it as good as he does,” McIlroy said, “but it’ll be all right.”

“He was my idol,” said Munoz. “He’s the reason I played golf today. It’s just a little tribute I wanted to pay to him today, just how much his life and his work have impacted my life.”

“Just paying respect to Tiger,” Day said. “Obviously we hope for the best in wishing him a very quick recovery, just wanted him to know that we’re thinking about him.”

“I think it’s just important for him to feel some kind of support,” Thomas said. “I think this shows support to him. It’s not something that’s going to happen every week, it’s not something that people are doing every day, but obviously Sunday’s a pretty special day for him and what he’s wearing and just seemed like a great chance that people had the opportunity to do it.”

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