Tiger Woods cries as Trump gives him the Medal of Freedom and calls the golfer a 'great person'

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• President Donald Trump awarded Masters champion and golfing buddy Tiger Woods the Medal of Freedom on Monday evening in a Rose Garden ceremony
• Athlete's new girlfriend Erica Herman and golfer's children, mother and caddy also attended event with Trump and first lady Melania
• Woods is 'one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports,' said Trump 
• 'He's also a great person. He's a great guy,' Trump declared. 'He inspired millions of young Americans with his thrilling wire-to-wire victories'
• U.S. president plays golf with Woods in Florida and does business with him
• 'Tiger Woods is a global symbol of american excellence, devotion, and drive.'
• The first African-American to win the Masters and the youngest golfer to take the title, Woods won his first major tournament in 11 years in April
• He suffered severe injuries in 2008 that threatened to forever end his career.
• An ugly divorce in 2010 and a DUI in 2017, when police found five types of drugs in his system, also threw him off track
• Woods cried at the White House as he spoke about his 'amazing' comeback in front his mother, children, caddy, girlfriend Erica Herman and the first couple