The tennis part of Rafael Nadal’s offseason will begin soon enough, but last weekend the offseason involved his second favorite sport: golf. Nadal was vacationing with friends and family in the Bahamas and stopped by the Hero World Challenge to watch Tiger Woods and many of the other best golfers in the world.
Woods, who sat in Nadal’s box for the Spaniard’s U.S. Open semifinal win over Juan Martin Del Potro, was playing for the first time since February following a long layoff due to back surgery. The 41-year-old finished in a tie for ninth place at 8-under par.
Rafa Nadal showed up on the first tee to watch Tiger Woods tee off!! Woods saw Nadal and his face lit up. https://t.co/epvvxOqpmz pic.twitter.com/XrapedxyVZ
— Michael Collins (@ESPNCaddie) December 3, 2017
Rafael Nadal watches Tiger Woods at the 16th hole at Albany, Bahamas on Sunday. @HTSportsNews .@TigerWoods #HeroWorldChallenge pic.twitter.com/I6gna3XAuw
— Dhiman Sarkar (@DhimanHT) December 3, 2017
Disfrutando de estos días con mis amigos y familia… Adivináis dónde estamos? 😉
Enjoying some days of holidays with my friends and loved ones… Can you guys guess where we are? pic.twitter.com/HUdr2nHYZF— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) December 1, 2017
Nadal is scheduled to begin training later this week in Mallorca, where good friend Joao Sousa will once again be his practice partner. The world No. 1 is also on the schedule for December’s prestigious six-man Abu Dhabi exhibition, just prior to the beginning of the 2018 season.
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Rafa is going to practice with João Sousa in Mallorca from 18 to 22 December:
https://raquetc.com/2017/11/28/juntos-pela-4-a-vez-joao-sousa-vai-preparar-2018-com-rafael-nadal/
A great champion watching another one.
Vamos Rafa 💪☝
I watched the golf on Sky,but didn’t see Nadal.
I do remember Tiger watching Rafa at the US open.