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Woods arrives in Dubai despite LAX protest delays

Tiger Woods has arrived for this week's Omega Dubai Desert Classic, but not without being caught up in an airport protest over a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

Woods stayed in San Diego last week after missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open, then flew to Dubai via Los Angeles International Airport. But when he arrived at the Tom Bradley International Terminal on Sunday, Woods found himself right in the middle of a widespread protest over Trump's recent order that banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.