Politics / Tiger Woods scandal Actually, Obama Didn't Call Tiger Golf Digest claims mixup between writer, source By Will McCahill, Newser Staff Posted Mar 1, 2010 7:16 PM CST Copied President-elect Barack Obama, left, greets Tiger Woods during pre-inauguration celebrations in 2009. (AP Photo) Turns out President Obama did not call Tiger Woods to offer the golfer moral support amid the media firestorm that followed news of his infidelity. Golf Digest today retracted that claim in a statement, saying, “Our mistake was due to a misunderstanding between the writer and a trusted source.” The magazine stands by its claim (in its story here) that former President Bill Clinton phoned Woods. (More Tiger Woods scandal stories.) Report an error