DOHA, (Reuters) – World number 13 Kenny Perry called yesterday for fellow American Tiger Woods to end his self-imposed exile from golf.
Woods is taking an indefinite break from the sport after admitting last month he had cheated on his wife.
“Tiger needs to come back for himself rather than his golf and when he does I’m going to give him a hug and shake his hand and tell him if he needs to talk or if I can help in any way, I will,” Perry told reporters on the eve of the Qatar Masters.
“Tiger needs to come back as, you know, we (in golf) are his family too.” The 49-year-old Perry has played in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup team events alongside Woods and knows the world number one well.
“I’ve been on the (U.S.) PGA Tour for 25 years and I enjoy going on tour each week because there are 150 guys I am pretty close to that I love to go and hang out with,” added the veteran American.
“If he comes back to us I’m sure he’ll get a lot of support from the players, I really do.”