HIS NAMESAKE is the late, great and sadly missed American actor Robin Williams but the teen version from England insists he’s no comedian himself. He also shares the same middle name as golf’s GOAT but Robin ‘Tiger’ Williams, the 18-year old junior Ryder Cupper from Peterborough, insists that’s where the similarities with Tiger Woods begin and end. Don’t be fooled by the plus-four handicapper’s modesty though. Williams’ record-equalling eight-stroke romp to victory in the Journey to Jordan #2 Championship last month, sealed with a Tiger-esque five straight birdies to close out his final round 66 at Ayla Golf Club, was the MENA Tour debut dreams are made of. Williams, who followed in the soft-spike marks of Dubai’s Rayhan Thomas (2016 Dubai Creek Open) and Dutchman Pierre Junior Verlaar (2017 Royal Golf Mohammedia Open in Morocco) and proceeded Josh Hill (Al Ain Open) as an amateur winner on the the regional Pro-Am circuit, talked to Golf Digest Middle East after his wire-to-wire runaway in Aqaba.
Yeah, yeah, I’ve watched most of his [Robin Williams] films. And yeah, I love them to bits. I watched the thing he did, the golf thing about Tiger Woods, stuff like that, the Scottish accent one about golf, yeah I love comedy. I think it’s just Mrs. Doubtfire I haven’t watched, which apparently is the best one so I need to watch that one.
Do I have any comedic ability?
No, definitely not. I’m definitely not the person to make a lot of jokes. I don’t like to get too excited, or amped out. I’m just kind of low key. I think my friends will say that I’m very calm and will just keep a low profile. Very low key.
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