“Hang in there.” These pearls of wisdom come from former New York mayor and presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani, who once suffered a public scandal of his own involving different mistresses, to golf superstar Tiger Woods.

“He’s going through a tough period,” Giuliani observed, saying he knew Tiger “at an early stage in my son’s career; he was very kind and nice to him.” Guiliani’s son Andrew recently enjoyed a stint on Golf Channel’s Big Break Disney Golf, a reality series wherein golfers compete to win a chance to join a PGA tour event. Andrew Guiliani was eliminated from the series at the end of Week 8.

“I know what a nice man Tiger really is, particularly with children,” said Rudy Guiliani. “My son played golf with him.”