During a call-in appearance on The Rich Eisen Show on Tuesday, former Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talked about his golf match with Tiger Woods going up against Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson.
Manning and Woods defeated Brady and Mickelson 1-up and the four golfers helped raise $20 million for COVID-19 relief efforts.
Manning and Brady were rivals on the football field but they are close friends off the field. Brady started the match poorly on Sunday and Manning courteously refrained himself from pouring on smack talk.
“It was a little awkward, I’m not going to lie,” Manning said. “Tiger and I kind of had some things in hand ready for Phil and Tom . . . . I had a couple more [zingers] for Tom, as did Tiger, but when the golf didn’t start out so well we kind of called an Omaha audible and just didn’t feel that was appropriate at the time.”
The always diplomatic Manning didn’t kick Brady while he was down.
“Look, I can relate and I was with him and it’s no fun when you’re playing by yourself in those conditions and not hitting it well,” Manning said. “I thought he handled it well and obviously kind of got back on track when he hit that awesome shot into the hole so I thought he was a trooper the whole time.”
