Whereas Australian Day criticised Woods’ actions, the 38-year-old stated he additionally has sympathy for him.
“He was my hero – he’s my hero,” stated Day, who’s making ready to participate within the Masters, which begins on Thursday.
“The explanation why I play golf is due to this match and Tiger.
“It is arduous to see him undergo what he is going by way of, and particularly beneath the microscope… it should be arduous to be who he’s and have every little thing, everybody look on, type of down on him.
“The one factor that I do not perceive is that it is a bit of bit egocentric of him to drive and put different folks in hurt’s approach, as properly.
“However if you’re the participant that he was and the way strong-willed he’s, he thinks he can do nearly something, and that is most likely why he is most likely driving and a bit of bit beneath the affect.”
Within the arrest affidavit, an officer wrote Woods was “sweating profusely”, his pupils had been “extraordinarily dilated” and his actions had been “torpid and sluggish”.
5-time Masters champion Woods, whose final victory at Augusta got here in 2019, won’t be at Augusta Nationwide for the season’s first main, and he has additionally turned down the function of United States Ryder Cup captain subsequent 12 months in Eire.
