Tiger Woods Encourages Bullied Boy

A boy who was bullied for stuttering received strong encouragement from someone else who once struggled with his speech — Tiger Woods. “I also stuttered as a child and I would talk to my dog and he would sit there and listen until he fell asleep,” Woods said in a letter published on Golf Digest’s website to a high school boy identified only as Dillon.

A version of this brief appears in print on May 13, 2015, on page B14 of the New York edition with the headline: Woods Encourages Bullied Boy. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe