Watch Live: Trump To Give Medal Of Freedom To Tiger Woods

President Trump will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfer Tiger Woods at the White House on Monday following his Masters Tournament win last month. That event begins at 6 p.m., and you can watch it live below.

Tiger Woods shocked the nation with his surprise win of the 2019 Masters Tournament, his 15th major victory.

Woods told CBS's Jim Nantz after the tournament that he was a little hoarse from the screaming. He said he felt overcome by emotion, particularly because he got to do it all in front of his family.

"It's come full circle. I was there with my dad in 1997. Now I'm here with my kids," he said. With a big grin on his face, Woods called his embrace of his son, Charlie, after the win "special."

It was one of the most difficult majors he'd ever won, Woods said. He had to take lessons from years past and apply them here. He felt the tide turn around the 12th hole when Molinari and Koepka made rare mistakes.

Trump announced last month he would honor Woods "because of his incredible success [and] comeback in sports, and more importantly, life."

But the decision to give him the Presidential Medal of Freedom came under fire because Woods reportedly is a business partner in the Trump Organization.

Columnist Rick Reilly was among many to slam Woods' decision to accept the honor, saying that it sent the wrong message to America.

How can @TigerWoods accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from a man who thinks golf should only be for the rich? "Where you aspire to join a club someday, you want to play, (so) you go out and become successful." ... Bull. If that were true, there'd BE no Tiger Woods.
— Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) April 16, 2019

Additional reporting by Daniel Hampton/Patch