Why does Tiger Woods often wear red on the last day of golf tournaments?
Red is a strong color and, depending on the culture, will represent many different things, including love, evil or good luck. Over the past 25 years, it has also become the color that identifies Woods in the closing match of the top golf event, since he wore the red shirt to establish the -18 milestone at the 1997 major Masters.
Psychology has shown that the color red can affect states, emotions and actions. The University of Illinois team also found it associated with or evoked strength. Woods once revealed that his mother - Mrs. Kultida, who is of Thai origin - said red was a powerful color for him. In the countryside, locals often wear red on Sundays.
The American golf superstar has been wearing a red shirt since his early days at Stanford University. "I usually wear red on the last day of an event or an important prize for the school. It happened to be where I learned the same color again. That combination worked. Then when I turned pro, I won a few cups. with the red shirt so this tradition will never change," Woods revealed ahead of Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 2013.
Meanwhile, many golf fans believe that Woods is superstitious, preferring red for good luck. There was also a group that guessed Woods chose this color to stand out on the field, increasing its appeal to the audience and the media.
In terms of visual effects, this assumption is correct because in the visible spectrum, red has the longest wavelength. With that property, the human eye will perceive it first when looking at a rainbow or a palette of seven colors. In children, red is the first color they can distinguish. This is also the core point so that red is often used for attracting attention such as firefighting, warning of danger.
As for Woods, with this color, at least touched two great milestones in both his personal career and the PGA Tour in 2019. That was when he won the fifth Masters, thereby owning 15 majors, and finished first in the Zozo Championship to join the legend. Sam Snead holds a record of 82 cups in the US first-class golf arena.
However, from now on, the public will have less opportunity to see Woods "red" in both color and achievements, because he only competed in the major quartet, adding two more PGA Tour tournaments. When Woods turned 48, his health deteriorated, especially his legs, after escaping death in a car crash near Los Angeles in February 2021.
Last week, Woods played a regular tournament on the PGA Tour for the first time after 844 days of absence, still wearing the red shirt for the final round but finishing at T45.
