1 00:00:00,929 --> 00:00:02,428 of HBO Sports. 2 00:00:10,929 --> 00:00:13,970 [applause] 3 00:00:17,387 --> 00:00:20,303 [pensive music] 4 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:25,637 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,387 - Please forgive me, 6 00:00:29,470 --> 00:00:32,679 but sometimes, I get very emotional 7 00:00:32,762 --> 00:00:35,720 when I talk about my son. 8 00:00:35,804 --> 00:00:37,220 - Daddy! 9 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:38,887 Daddy! 10 00:00:38,970 --> 00:00:42,512 ♪ ♪ 11 00:00:42,595 --> 00:00:44,470 - Whoo! There it is. 12 00:00:44,553 --> 00:00:47,053 - Whoo! Yeah! 13 00:00:47,136 --> 00:00:52,720 - My heart... fills with so much joy 14 00:00:52,804 --> 00:00:56,011 when I realize 15 00:00:56,095 --> 00:00:58,387 that this young man 16 00:00:58,470 --> 00:01:03,220 is going to help so many people. 17 00:01:03,303 --> 00:01:06,261 [cheers and applause] 18 00:01:06,345 --> 00:01:12,720 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:12,804 --> 00:01:17,220 He will transcend this game 20 00:01:17,303 --> 00:01:20,470 and bring to the world 21 00:01:20,553 --> 00:01:22,887 a humanitarianism 22 00:01:22,970 --> 00:01:25,595 which has never been known before. 23 00:01:25,679 --> 00:01:29,387 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:34,387 The world will be a better place to live in 25 00:01:34,470 --> 00:01:38,261 by virtue of his existence 26 00:01:38,345 --> 00:01:40,303 and his presence. 27 00:01:40,387 --> 00:01:43,387 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:48,261 This is my treasure. 29 00:01:48,345 --> 00:01:51,220 Please accept it 30 00:01:51,303 --> 00:01:54,220 and use it wisely. 31 00:01:54,303 --> 00:02:01,136 ♪ ♪ 32 00:02:08,178 --> 00:02:09,845 - Right now, I'd like you to meet Tiger Woods 33 00:02:09,929 --> 00:02:11,553 and his father, Earl Woods. 34 00:02:11,637 --> 00:02:14,637 [cheers and applause] 35 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:25,470 Tiger, come here a minute. 36 00:02:25,553 --> 00:02:27,637 Would you like to enter into a little competition 37 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,345 with Mr. Hope? 38 00:02:29,428 --> 00:02:31,470 Tiger? 39 00:02:31,553 --> 00:02:33,303 First, can I see you swing? 40 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:34,303 Maybe we'll try the driver first. 41 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:35,804 - Oh, all right. 42 00:02:35,887 --> 00:02:38,178 - Set us. - Hit that ball. 43 00:02:40,428 --> 00:02:43,595 - Oh! - [laughing] 44 00:02:43,679 --> 00:02:44,595 Perfect! 45 00:02:44,679 --> 00:02:46,136 - Good boy, Tiger. 46 00:02:46,220 --> 00:02:48,512 - Earl, how old is... 47 00:02:48,595 --> 00:02:50,303 How old are you, Tiger? 48 00:02:50,387 --> 00:02:52,261 - Daddy... - Two. 49 00:02:52,345 --> 00:02:53,470 - Two? - He's two. 50 00:02:53,553 --> 00:02:55,845 - When did he start with a golf club? 51 00:02:55,929 --> 00:02:57,136 - Um-- - Remember the first time 52 00:02:57,220 --> 00:02:58,470 he picked one up? 53 00:02:58,553 --> 00:02:59,679 - Three months. 54 00:02:59,762 --> 00:03:00,845 - Does he really love golf? You ever take him-- 55 00:03:00,929 --> 00:03:02,720 - Oh, he loves it. He loves it. 56 00:03:02,804 --> 00:03:04,595 - How about a putting contest with Mr. Hope? 57 00:03:04,679 --> 00:03:06,053 Can he putt, too? - Oh, yes. 58 00:03:06,136 --> 00:03:07,595 - Okay. We'll let him putt first. 59 00:03:07,679 --> 00:03:09,220 He knows. He knows. 60 00:03:09,303 --> 00:03:11,679 - Rap it right in there. - Tap it right in there. 61 00:03:11,762 --> 00:03:14,762 [laughter and applause] 62 00:03:16,428 --> 00:03:17,970 [pensive music] 63 00:03:18,053 --> 00:03:21,345 - When Tiger came out with that little bag of clubs, 64 00:03:21,428 --> 00:03:23,845 a lot of people from a lot of corners 65 00:03:23,929 --> 00:03:26,553 saw the potential of greatness, 66 00:03:26,637 --> 00:03:30,345 and I think his father, Earl, was one of them. 67 00:03:30,428 --> 00:03:33,512 ♪ ♪ 68 00:03:33,595 --> 00:03:35,720 He told me he knew 69 00:03:35,804 --> 00:03:37,345 from the very start 70 00:03:37,428 --> 00:03:40,512 that Tiger was going to be a legend. 71 00:03:40,595 --> 00:03:44,345 And Earl would say, "Let the legend grow." 72 00:03:44,428 --> 00:03:48,679 - When Tiger was less than 10 months old, 73 00:03:48,762 --> 00:03:50,720 I brought him in the garage, 74 00:03:50,804 --> 00:03:52,428 put him in a high chair, 75 00:03:52,512 --> 00:03:53,970 strapped him in, 76 00:03:54,053 --> 00:03:57,387 and he'd watch me hit balls into a golf net. 77 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:59,887 ♪ ♪ 78 00:03:59,970 --> 00:04:05,720 He was totally immersed in that activity, 79 00:04:05,804 --> 00:04:10,887 so much so that he had to be fed in there 80 00:04:10,970 --> 00:04:12,428 because when my wife tried to take him 81 00:04:12,512 --> 00:04:14,428 out of the high chair to feed him, 82 00:04:14,512 --> 00:04:16,095 no way. 83 00:04:16,178 --> 00:04:17,387 No. 84 00:04:17,470 --> 00:04:19,428 He said, "Mm-mm." 85 00:04:19,512 --> 00:04:22,762 So she would have to feed him between shots, 86 00:04:22,845 --> 00:04:24,720 and he'd go like this. 87 00:04:24,804 --> 00:04:30,261 ♪ ♪ 88 00:04:30,345 --> 00:04:31,637 Between shots. 89 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,428 And it was beautiful to see, 90 00:04:33,512 --> 00:04:38,178 but the... level of concentration 91 00:04:38,261 --> 00:04:43,261 at that age was off the chart. 92 00:04:43,345 --> 00:04:44,970 At ten months, 93 00:04:45,053 --> 00:04:47,095 I unstrapped him out of his high chair one day, 94 00:04:47,178 --> 00:04:49,345 and he walked over, sat up, 95 00:04:49,428 --> 00:04:50,970 and hit the ball. 96 00:04:51,053 --> 00:04:53,178 [club strikes] 97 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,804 I said, "Oh, my God. I've got something special." 98 00:04:57,887 --> 00:04:59,553 ♪ ♪ 99 00:04:59,637 --> 00:05:02,970 Good shot. 100 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:04,804 - Whoo! 101 00:05:04,887 --> 00:05:06,470 [laughter] 102 00:05:06,553 --> 00:05:08,470 - Earl would take him to the golf course 103 00:05:08,553 --> 00:05:09,887 and started working with him on putting. 104 00:05:09,970 --> 00:05:11,804 He worked from the green back. 105 00:05:11,887 --> 00:05:12,845 That was the secret 106 00:05:12,929 --> 00:05:15,053 to how Earl instructed Tiger. 107 00:05:16,553 --> 00:05:18,679 And his mother, Tida-- 108 00:05:18,762 --> 00:05:21,887 she was just as instrumental as Earl was. 109 00:05:42,512 --> 00:05:43,929 - Oh. - Oh! 110 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:45,428 - Too hard. 111 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,428 - Too hard. You're right. 112 00:05:47,512 --> 00:05:49,845 - Tiger's vocabulary was not that advanced, 113 00:05:49,929 --> 00:05:51,345 as you might imagine, 114 00:05:51,428 --> 00:05:53,637 and when teaching him how to navigate 115 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,053 a golf course, 116 00:05:55,136 --> 00:05:56,512 Earl had to dumb it down. 117 00:05:56,595 --> 00:05:59,679 He had to talk at the level of a one- or two-year-old. 118 00:05:59,762 --> 00:06:03,637 So when they came upon a water hazard, 119 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,512 Tiger would say, "Wa-wa, Daddy. 120 00:06:05,595 --> 00:06:06,720 Wa-wa," 121 00:06:06,804 --> 00:06:08,679 and Earl would say, "Wa-wa, son. 122 00:06:08,762 --> 00:06:12,011 Wa-wa..." [laughs] "Wa-wa bad." 123 00:06:12,095 --> 00:06:13,970 ♪ ♪ 124 00:06:14,053 --> 00:06:17,053 - His name is Eldrick Tiger Woods. 125 00:06:17,136 --> 00:06:19,512 Tiger's only 2 1/2 years old, 126 00:06:19,595 --> 00:06:22,679 and since he was eight months, he's been playing golf. 127 00:06:22,762 --> 00:06:26,303 - Do you like playing golf? Yes or no? 128 00:06:26,387 --> 00:06:27,845 Is it a lot of fun? 129 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:29,845 - [exhales heavily] 130 00:06:29,929 --> 00:06:32,595 - Yes or no? - Yes or no? 131 00:06:32,679 --> 00:06:34,011 Tiger. 132 00:06:34,095 --> 00:06:35,887 Tiger, my career is in your hands right now. 133 00:06:35,970 --> 00:06:38,136 Will you please help me? Do you like playing golf? 134 00:06:38,220 --> 00:06:40,637 Yes or no? 135 00:06:43,470 --> 00:06:46,470 [laughter] 136 00:06:48,929 --> 00:06:51,845 [disquieting music] 137 00:06:51,929 --> 00:06:53,387 - We can't dictate to him 138 00:06:53,470 --> 00:06:57,929 what he can be and what he cannot be. 139 00:06:58,011 --> 00:06:59,887 So as a consequence, what we do is, 140 00:06:59,970 --> 00:07:03,178 we participate with him in golf, 141 00:07:03,261 --> 00:07:04,261 and if it was bowling, 142 00:07:04,345 --> 00:07:06,345 we would participate with him in bowling. 143 00:07:06,428 --> 00:07:09,595 Each and every one of us has their own life to live, 144 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:11,553 and he has a choice 145 00:07:11,637 --> 00:07:14,887 to live his life the way he wants to live his life. 146 00:07:14,970 --> 00:07:19,929 ♪ ♪ 147 00:07:20,011 --> 00:07:21,261 - Earl would claim 148 00:07:21,345 --> 00:07:23,387 that he would've been just as happy 149 00:07:23,470 --> 00:07:25,762 had Tiger been a tuba player 150 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:27,261 or a guitarist 151 00:07:27,345 --> 00:07:30,095 or, you know, anything other than a golfer, 152 00:07:30,178 --> 00:07:32,595 but trust me, 153 00:07:32,679 --> 00:07:37,303 Earl was a well-versed bullshitter. 154 00:07:37,387 --> 00:07:39,053 - Par, par, par. 155 00:07:39,136 --> 00:07:40,595 - Mm, okay. You gonna make it par 156 00:07:40,679 --> 00:07:41,762 on the last hole? - Uh-huh. 157 00:07:41,845 --> 00:07:43,387 - Okay. All right, let's go do it. 158 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:46,303 ♪ ♪ 159 00:07:46,387 --> 00:07:48,387 - I think Earl had the master plan 160 00:07:48,470 --> 00:07:50,303 since Tiger started walking. 161 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:52,762 ♪ ♪ 162 00:07:52,845 --> 00:07:55,011 Tiger had a small stammer, 163 00:07:55,095 --> 00:07:58,136 and he didn't speak with you 164 00:07:58,220 --> 00:07:59,845 until he felt comfortable 165 00:07:59,929 --> 00:08:03,261 around the person, and then he would talk freely. 166 00:08:03,345 --> 00:08:05,178 ♪ ♪ 167 00:08:05,261 --> 00:08:07,845 One day, Tiger opened up, 168 00:08:07,929 --> 00:08:09,929 and he asked me 169 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:12,470 to ask his dad if he could play some other sports 170 00:08:12,553 --> 00:08:15,136 besides just golfing, 171 00:08:15,220 --> 00:08:19,970 and I told him I would. 172 00:08:20,053 --> 00:08:21,595 None of the teachers were happy 173 00:08:21,679 --> 00:08:23,845 to see Earl coming in for a conference 174 00:08:23,929 --> 00:08:25,929 or for anything at all. 175 00:08:26,011 --> 00:08:28,303 They said he was a pain in the ass. 176 00:08:28,387 --> 00:08:31,136 [laughs] That's what they said, 177 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:33,303 and I agreed with them. 178 00:08:33,387 --> 00:08:35,887 He was a definite SOB. 179 00:08:37,470 --> 00:08:41,136 So I didn't want to say anything to aggravate Earl, 180 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:43,345 but I did say that I thought it would be nice 181 00:08:43,428 --> 00:08:45,512 if Tiger could play other sports, 182 00:08:45,595 --> 00:08:47,512 but Mr. Woods said he had to concentrate 183 00:08:47,595 --> 00:08:49,387 on his golf. 184 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:52,595 ♪ ♪ 185 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,261 - I know what I'm looking at, and I know what I feel. 186 00:08:56,345 --> 00:08:59,011 The talent is there to be the best 187 00:08:59,095 --> 00:09:02,929 in the history of golf. 188 00:09:03,011 --> 00:09:06,053 The world is ready 189 00:09:06,136 --> 00:09:12,553 for a non-white golfer to be successful. 190 00:09:12,637 --> 00:09:16,887 I have availed Tiger of this, 191 00:09:16,970 --> 00:09:20,845 and he takes that responsibility seriously. 192 00:09:20,929 --> 00:09:22,053 - So the first thing I've got to ask you is, 193 00:09:22,136 --> 00:09:24,261 golf's quite often seen as, you know, 194 00:09:24,345 --> 00:09:26,387 an upper-class white game. - Mm-hmm. 195 00:09:26,470 --> 00:09:28,553 - Do you feel in some ways that you can help change that 196 00:09:28,637 --> 00:09:29,887 if you became-- - Yes. 197 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:32,178 - If you became, like, the next Jack Nicklaus? 198 00:09:32,261 --> 00:09:33,720 - Since I'm Black, it might be 199 00:09:33,804 --> 00:09:35,553 even bigger than Jack Nicklaus. 200 00:09:35,637 --> 00:09:37,428 I might be even bigger than him... 201 00:09:37,512 --> 00:09:39,679 to the Blacks. 202 00:09:39,762 --> 00:09:42,595 I might be sort of like a Michael Jordan in basketball, 203 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:43,929 or something like that. 204 00:09:44,011 --> 00:09:46,929 [bass guitar music] 205 00:09:47,011 --> 00:09:50,220 ♪ ♪ 206 00:09:50,303 --> 00:09:51,929 - How about Tiger Woods? 207 00:09:52,011 --> 00:09:53,720 - Well, Bret, on paper, Tiger Woods looks 208 00:09:53,804 --> 00:09:56,136 like the prohibitive favorite in his match today. 209 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:58,136 - All right, Stephen, and as everyone knows, 210 00:09:58,220 --> 00:09:59,428 if Tiger Woods can win it, 211 00:09:59,512 --> 00:10:01,762 he would become the youngest amateur champion 212 00:10:01,845 --> 00:10:03,095 in history. 213 00:10:03,178 --> 00:10:06,136 - He's done it. Tiger Woods. 214 00:10:06,220 --> 00:10:09,095 - Breaking both age and color barriers, 215 00:10:09,178 --> 00:10:12,428 Tiger Woods won the U.S. Amateur Championship. 216 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:14,303 - In sports, we report tonight 217 00:10:14,387 --> 00:10:16,220 on a new face to watch on the golf tour. 218 00:10:16,303 --> 00:10:18,387 Tiger Woods. - Tiger Woods. 219 00:10:18,470 --> 00:10:21,095 - Tiger Woods extended his streak today. 220 00:10:21,178 --> 00:10:22,804 [crowd exclaims] 221 00:10:22,887 --> 00:10:24,095 The 19-year-old phenom 222 00:10:24,178 --> 00:10:26,261 successfully defended his crown. 223 00:10:26,345 --> 00:10:28,470 - Oh! [cheers and applause] 224 00:10:28,553 --> 00:10:30,720 - What an impressive shot. 225 00:10:30,804 --> 00:10:33,929 - Best teenage golfer in the history of this game. 226 00:10:34,011 --> 00:10:36,720 [soft music] 227 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:38,595 - Certainly well-deserved hoopla 228 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,595 as Tiger Woods goes for his third straight, 229 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,470 which has never been done before. 230 00:10:42,553 --> 00:10:43,804 - He misses his putt, 231 00:10:43,887 --> 00:10:46,011 he's got his work cut out for him. 232 00:10:46,095 --> 00:10:49,929 ♪ ♪ 233 00:10:50,011 --> 00:10:51,261 - It's good. Great speed! 234 00:10:51,345 --> 00:10:52,428 It's in! 235 00:10:52,512 --> 00:10:55,637 - Are you serious? 236 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,970 - Tiger was a cultural phenomenon 237 00:10:58,053 --> 00:11:00,970 as well as a sports one. 238 00:11:01,053 --> 00:11:05,679 Golf is basically a bastion of Caucasian America, 239 00:11:05,762 --> 00:11:08,303 and Tiger was walking into this white world 240 00:11:08,387 --> 00:11:10,804 and just dominating it. 241 00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:13,637 The magazine editors at "SI" wanted me 242 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,470 to start peeling the layers away 243 00:11:15,553 --> 00:11:19,136 and seeing what's going on here. 244 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:20,679 - As the army of Tiger 245 00:11:20,762 --> 00:11:22,762 continues to follow him in the fairways, 246 00:11:22,845 --> 00:11:24,345 there's been a lot of speculation 247 00:11:24,428 --> 00:11:26,845 as to when Tiger will turn pro. 248 00:11:26,929 --> 00:11:28,720 - Phil Knight, the CEO at Nike, 249 00:11:28,804 --> 00:11:31,512 has been in the gallery every single day. 250 00:11:31,595 --> 00:11:35,178 A lot of other potential suitors as well. 251 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:38,637 - Just seeing all the forces that were at play here, 252 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,178 I felt that the pressures were already starting 253 00:11:41,261 --> 00:11:43,095 to multiply exponentially, 254 00:11:43,178 --> 00:11:46,679 and Tiger was a kid that was in deep. 255 00:11:46,762 --> 00:11:48,178 - It's been awfully hard 256 00:11:48,261 --> 00:11:49,970 with, you know, the enormous crowds 257 00:11:50,053 --> 00:11:51,679 and the demands, 258 00:11:51,762 --> 00:11:53,720 but I've done a very good job, I think, 259 00:11:53,804 --> 00:11:56,845 and hopefully, I'll continue. 260 00:11:56,929 --> 00:11:59,679 - Tiger answered my questions, 261 00:11:59,762 --> 00:12:03,220 but wanted to give off that he was in control 262 00:12:03,303 --> 00:12:05,136 and everything was cool. 263 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:07,053 You always felt you weren't getting 264 00:12:07,136 --> 00:12:10,053 all the way to the bottom of it. 265 00:12:10,136 --> 00:12:12,220 - Man, this is nail-biting time 266 00:12:12,303 --> 00:12:14,345 for the Wood contingent. 267 00:12:15,970 --> 00:12:17,762 - Good-looking shot. 268 00:12:17,845 --> 00:12:20,970 [crowd exclaims] - Great shot by Tiger Woods. 269 00:12:22,970 --> 00:12:26,720 - If I'd just been reliant on Tiger at that point, 270 00:12:26,804 --> 00:12:29,428 I would've been in deep scramble mode. 271 00:12:29,512 --> 00:12:31,845 ♪ ♪ 272 00:12:31,929 --> 00:12:34,720 But Tiger's father, Earl, 273 00:12:34,804 --> 00:12:38,220 he loved to drink, he loved to talk, 274 00:12:38,303 --> 00:12:39,553 and he'd just start saying 275 00:12:39,637 --> 00:12:42,220 that his son's gonna have this grand effect 276 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:45,804 on the level of Gandhi, Buddha, Nelson Mandela, 277 00:12:45,887 --> 00:12:48,720 you know, basically the chosen one. 278 00:12:48,804 --> 00:12:50,762 [applause] - I know 279 00:12:50,845 --> 00:12:53,428 that I was personally selected 280 00:12:53,512 --> 00:12:55,720 by God himself 281 00:12:55,804 --> 00:12:57,929 to nurture this young man 282 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,095 and bring him to the point 283 00:13:00,178 --> 00:13:04,887 where he could make his contribution to humanity. 284 00:13:04,970 --> 00:13:06,970 - He was adamant. 285 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:10,637 Tiger was gonna be this incredible bridge 286 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,929 between all the different races and tribes 287 00:13:13,011 --> 00:13:14,762 of humanity, 288 00:13:14,845 --> 00:13:16,887 and you know, I'm just kind of sitting there 289 00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:20,178 like, "Holy crap," you know? 290 00:13:20,261 --> 00:13:21,970 - This for the championship. 291 00:13:22,053 --> 00:13:24,095 ♪ ♪ 292 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:27,136 [cheers and applause] 293 00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:34,220 ♪ ♪ 294 00:13:38,053 --> 00:13:40,303 - I had a real sense that there was 295 00:13:40,387 --> 00:13:43,679 this looming question. 296 00:13:43,762 --> 00:13:46,136 In order to become what his father's vision 297 00:13:46,220 --> 00:13:47,637 for him was, 298 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,929 to have this large an effect 299 00:13:50,011 --> 00:13:53,303 on our planet and our species, 300 00:13:53,387 --> 00:13:55,178 this boy 301 00:13:55,261 --> 00:13:57,470 had to walk into the maw of this machine 302 00:13:57,553 --> 00:13:59,136 of celebrity and fame, 303 00:13:59,220 --> 00:14:03,303 and could he survive that? 304 00:14:03,387 --> 00:14:05,428 - Well, gentlemen, congratulations 305 00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:07,470 on a well-played final. 306 00:14:07,553 --> 00:14:09,637 Tiger, a place in golf history. 307 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,887 What does this do as to your feelings 308 00:14:11,970 --> 00:14:13,679 as to whether you'll turn pro or stay in school? 309 00:14:13,762 --> 00:14:15,970 - I really don't know right now. 310 00:14:16,053 --> 00:14:17,720 I just know one thing. I'm gonna celebrate 311 00:14:17,804 --> 00:14:18,804 like hell tonight. 312 00:14:18,887 --> 00:14:20,387 [laughter] 313 00:14:20,470 --> 00:14:23,470 [cheers and applause] 314 00:14:24,428 --> 00:14:26,428 - In sports today, the inevitable: 315 00:14:26,512 --> 00:14:28,011 the most talented amateur player 316 00:14:28,095 --> 00:14:31,136 in the history of golf has decided to turn pro. 317 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:33,011 - Tiger Woods is quitting college 318 00:14:33,095 --> 00:14:36,011 to take his game and his considerable appeal 319 00:14:36,095 --> 00:14:37,303 on the professional tour 320 00:14:37,387 --> 00:14:38,470 and to accept 321 00:14:38,553 --> 00:14:41,470 a multimillion-dollar endorsement from Nike. 322 00:14:41,553 --> 00:14:42,804 - In one short week, 323 00:14:42,887 --> 00:14:45,470 Woods reinvented the business side of golf. 324 00:14:45,553 --> 00:14:47,345 - Tiger, this way, please. 325 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:49,387 - He will rewrite the record books 326 00:14:49,470 --> 00:14:51,178 for sports marketing. 327 00:14:51,261 --> 00:14:53,720 [exciting music] 328 00:14:53,804 --> 00:14:56,345 - When Tiger came to us at Nike, 329 00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:58,387 everyone at the campus was talking about, 330 00:14:58,470 --> 00:14:59,679 "Who's the next Michael Jordan?" 331 00:14:59,762 --> 00:15:02,720 That was always the Nike question. 332 00:15:02,804 --> 00:15:05,011 And then lo and behold, Tiger Woods comes along, 333 00:15:05,095 --> 00:15:06,387 and he kind of was 334 00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:08,595 the next Michael Jordan. 335 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:11,845 One of the first things we do with a Nike athlete 336 00:15:11,929 --> 00:15:15,887 is get them media trained. 337 00:15:15,970 --> 00:15:17,345 But when we told Earl 338 00:15:17,428 --> 00:15:19,387 about the media training program, 339 00:15:19,470 --> 00:15:21,011 he said, "I've already trained him 340 00:15:21,095 --> 00:15:22,220 "how to talk to the media. 341 00:15:22,303 --> 00:15:24,428 We don't need this." 342 00:15:24,512 --> 00:15:26,053 I think Earl was objecting 343 00:15:26,136 --> 00:15:28,845 because someone else besides him 344 00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:31,595 was gonna talk to Tiger about how to be Tiger. 345 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:34,929 Earl thought Tiger was his creation, 346 00:15:35,011 --> 00:15:37,053 so Earl was a little nervous 347 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:40,220 that he's gonna lose some control. 348 00:15:40,303 --> 00:15:42,929 I think Earl just didn't realize 349 00:15:43,011 --> 00:15:48,261 the magnitude that Nike advertising can bring. 350 00:15:48,345 --> 00:15:50,220 - When you make a commercial, 351 00:15:50,303 --> 00:15:54,178 you want to find what makes that product unique. 352 00:15:55,345 --> 00:15:57,303 Golf was very lily white, 353 00:15:57,387 --> 00:15:58,595 and there was some discussion. 354 00:15:58,679 --> 00:15:59,762 I brought it up. I said, 355 00:15:59,845 --> 00:16:01,720 "Do we wanna play the race card?" 356 00:16:01,804 --> 00:16:05,929 Nike's not stupid financially. 357 00:16:06,011 --> 00:16:09,595 Using Tiger to reach a wider range of golf 358 00:16:09,679 --> 00:16:11,762 or to expand the golf universe 359 00:16:11,845 --> 00:16:14,512 is a no-brainer. 360 00:16:14,595 --> 00:16:17,136 They said, "Fucking yeah. 361 00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:18,929 Let's do this." 362 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:21,845 [percussive music] 363 00:16:21,929 --> 00:16:28,929 ♪ ♪ 364 00:16:45,053 --> 00:16:46,762 - Now, this is the first time we can remember 365 00:16:46,845 --> 00:16:50,136 when a company like Nike used racial discord 366 00:16:50,220 --> 00:16:51,720 to help sell its products, 367 00:16:51,804 --> 00:16:53,804 used it as a way to give a tough new edge 368 00:16:53,887 --> 00:16:56,178 to a very nice young man. 369 00:16:56,261 --> 00:16:58,053 - I think it's a message 370 00:16:58,136 --> 00:16:59,887 that has been long awaited, 371 00:16:59,970 --> 00:17:01,679 because it's very true, 372 00:17:01,762 --> 00:17:05,553 and being a person who is, 373 00:17:05,637 --> 00:17:08,220 I guess how you could say-- non-white, 374 00:17:08,303 --> 00:17:09,887 I've had to experience that, 375 00:17:09,970 --> 00:17:12,845 and the Nike campaign is just telling the truth. 376 00:17:12,929 --> 00:17:15,303 - The fact that Nike is marketing him 377 00:17:15,387 --> 00:17:16,804 as a Black player 378 00:17:16,887 --> 00:17:18,178 tells you that Tiger Woods 379 00:17:18,261 --> 00:17:20,887 is the great Black hope for golf. 380 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:22,428 - You know, when this thing happened, 381 00:17:22,512 --> 00:17:23,887 I said, "Well, this is wonderful for golf, 382 00:17:23,970 --> 00:17:26,887 but I wonder how great this is for just a 21-year-old kid." 383 00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:28,512 The bar is now way up here. 384 00:17:28,595 --> 00:17:30,387 - Tiger! Tiger! 385 00:17:30,470 --> 00:17:33,887 Tiger! - After that ad ran, 386 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:37,053 I felt like, "Did we put too much pressure 387 00:17:37,136 --> 00:17:39,553 on this young man?" 388 00:17:39,637 --> 00:17:42,470 But then I thought to myself, 389 00:17:42,553 --> 00:17:45,845 "This kid is built for pressure." 390 00:17:45,929 --> 00:17:48,845 [dramatic music] 391 00:17:48,929 --> 00:17:52,887 ♪ ♪ 392 00:17:52,970 --> 00:17:55,887 - This is an African American playing in Augusta. 393 00:17:55,970 --> 00:17:59,595 This is still a place that, for all its glory of golf, 394 00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:02,011 harbors a nice little corner of prejudice 395 00:18:02,095 --> 00:18:03,553 and an ugly side of America. 396 00:18:03,637 --> 00:18:05,387 - I mean, yeah, when you look at the history 397 00:18:05,470 --> 00:18:07,053 of the Masters, I mean, you know, 398 00:18:07,136 --> 00:18:08,553 it's built on a slave plantation. 399 00:18:08,637 --> 00:18:11,220 - And he's gonna blow that up today. 400 00:18:11,303 --> 00:18:12,720 - Record throngs showed up 401 00:18:12,804 --> 00:18:16,345 to see golf's legend in the making. 402 00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:18,136 - Tiger! Tiger! 403 00:18:18,220 --> 00:18:20,553 - For decades, advertisers and fans 404 00:18:20,637 --> 00:18:22,720 have longed for an American hero. 405 00:18:22,804 --> 00:18:24,970 The question is whether anyone, 406 00:18:25,053 --> 00:18:26,762 no matter how talented, 407 00:18:26,845 --> 00:18:30,762 can live up to such expectations. 408 00:18:30,845 --> 00:18:34,595 - The number one attention from the media was Tiger. 409 00:18:34,679 --> 00:18:36,553 They would call it "buzz" around him, 410 00:18:36,637 --> 00:18:38,095 but it was way bigger than buzz. 411 00:18:38,178 --> 00:18:40,053 It wasn't just like, "Oh, there's a rumor 412 00:18:40,136 --> 00:18:42,929 in the parking lot there's a new kid in town." 413 00:18:43,011 --> 00:18:46,345 It was full out, full on. 414 00:18:46,428 --> 00:18:47,929 - Can Tiger Woods win the Masters? 415 00:18:48,011 --> 00:18:49,428 He's paired with Nick Faldo. 416 00:18:49,512 --> 00:18:51,428 Faldo and Woods are favorites. 417 00:18:51,512 --> 00:18:54,929 - Make a hole, please, gentlemen and ladies. 418 00:18:55,011 --> 00:18:57,261 - When Tiger came out that morning, 419 00:18:57,345 --> 00:19:00,303 he had security guys around him. 420 00:19:00,387 --> 00:19:04,637 There was a genuine aura shift. 421 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,679 The patrons, 422 00:19:06,762 --> 00:19:08,095 all their attention went to him. 423 00:19:08,178 --> 00:19:09,178 The players sensed it. 424 00:19:09,261 --> 00:19:10,303 All their attention, like, 425 00:19:10,387 --> 00:19:12,512 "Here comes Tiger." 426 00:19:12,595 --> 00:19:15,053 Everybody wanted to know, 427 00:19:15,136 --> 00:19:18,804 "Can Tiger do it?" 428 00:19:18,887 --> 00:19:23,387 - Fore, please. Tiger Woods now driving. 429 00:19:26,929 --> 00:19:28,220 [crowd exclaims] 430 00:19:28,303 --> 00:19:29,261 [applause] 431 00:19:29,345 --> 00:19:32,428 - Wait a minute. What happened? 432 00:19:32,512 --> 00:19:35,970 Wow, that is as far left as we've seen anybody hit it. 433 00:19:36,053 --> 00:19:38,804 - The look on Tiger's face tells all. 434 00:19:38,887 --> 00:19:40,804 - I played with him that day. 435 00:19:40,887 --> 00:19:42,011 We'd tee off, 436 00:19:42,095 --> 00:19:45,512 and we didn't play well at all. 437 00:19:45,595 --> 00:19:46,720 You know, he's over in left trees, 438 00:19:46,804 --> 00:19:48,845 I'm in right trees-- whatever it was, 439 00:19:48,929 --> 00:19:51,637 we were in deep shit. [laughs] 440 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,679 - Left again. 441 00:19:54,762 --> 00:19:56,845 - Woods struggling. 442 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,512 - Everybody's gonna choke. 443 00:19:59,595 --> 00:20:01,011 When you play nine holes like that, 444 00:20:01,095 --> 00:20:02,679 and you're kind of out of control, 445 00:20:02,762 --> 00:20:04,053 you lose that confidence, 446 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:08,428 and it's a very fast snowball effect. 447 00:20:08,512 --> 00:20:09,845 But the best golfers in the world 448 00:20:09,929 --> 00:20:13,679 have ability to forget things very quickly. 449 00:20:13,762 --> 00:20:16,845 You've got to go, "Okay, yeah. I've got to learn to play 450 00:20:16,929 --> 00:20:19,387 in this different environment." 451 00:20:19,470 --> 00:20:21,387 All the pressures, all the media attention, 452 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:23,595 disappear. 453 00:20:23,679 --> 00:20:28,220 You are completely engrossed in what you're doing. 454 00:20:28,303 --> 00:20:31,387 That's what Tiger was able to do. 455 00:20:31,470 --> 00:20:34,387 [hopeful orchestral music] 456 00:20:34,470 --> 00:20:36,929 - Kind of likes it. 457 00:20:37,011 --> 00:20:39,929 And he introduces his ball to the flag. 458 00:20:40,011 --> 00:20:43,220 That's the finest shot we've seen here today. 459 00:20:43,303 --> 00:20:47,553 - That's the momentum. You need one good break. 460 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:50,887 [cheers and applause] 461 00:20:50,970 --> 00:20:54,053 - Eagle three for Tiger Woods. 462 00:20:54,136 --> 00:20:56,053 - That was the moment 463 00:20:56,136 --> 00:20:58,428 he turned things around. 464 00:20:58,512 --> 00:21:00,595 ♪ ♪ 465 00:21:00,679 --> 00:21:02,428 [cheers and applause] 466 00:21:02,512 --> 00:21:03,762 - Kenny, let the record show, 467 00:21:03,845 --> 00:21:06,261 a little after 5:30, Friday, April the 11th, 468 00:21:06,345 --> 00:21:07,428 Tiger takes the lead 469 00:21:07,512 --> 00:21:09,470 for the first time ever at the Masters. 470 00:21:09,553 --> 00:21:11,261 - And then we didn't see him for dust 471 00:21:11,345 --> 00:21:13,929 for the next 12 years. [laughs] 472 00:21:14,011 --> 00:21:15,887 That was it. 473 00:21:15,970 --> 00:21:19,804 - Tiger Woods has just been brilliant today. 474 00:21:19,887 --> 00:21:22,387 [cheers and applause] 475 00:21:22,470 --> 00:21:25,095 - Woods walloping the field 476 00:21:25,178 --> 00:21:26,595 in the third round of the Masters. 477 00:21:26,679 --> 00:21:31,178 A nine-shot lead. 478 00:21:31,261 --> 00:21:36,762 - This is a culmination of...a lot of hard work, 479 00:21:36,845 --> 00:21:42,095 years and years of training, dreams, 480 00:21:42,178 --> 00:21:44,887 and it's now turned into reality. 481 00:21:48,887 --> 00:21:50,929 - Going into the final round, 482 00:21:51,011 --> 00:21:52,345 it was a foregone conclusion 483 00:21:52,428 --> 00:21:56,178 that Tiger was gonna win. 484 00:21:56,261 --> 00:21:59,970 However, the night before the final round, 485 00:22:00,053 --> 00:22:03,595 Tiger was restless, couldn't sleep. 486 00:22:03,679 --> 00:22:06,136 ♪ ♪ 487 00:22:06,220 --> 00:22:08,762 During the '97 Masters, 488 00:22:08,845 --> 00:22:11,178 I know that Tiger received 489 00:22:11,261 --> 00:22:15,720 some racially motivated threats, 490 00:22:15,804 --> 00:22:17,845 and during the tournament itself, 491 00:22:17,929 --> 00:22:20,011 you would hear the N word 492 00:22:20,095 --> 00:22:23,470 from some of the folks in the gallery, 493 00:22:23,553 --> 00:22:26,845 and as strong as he is mentally, 494 00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:31,512 he wasn't able to block all of it out. 495 00:22:31,595 --> 00:22:33,345 So he got up, 496 00:22:33,428 --> 00:22:34,887 he saw a light under the door 497 00:22:34,970 --> 00:22:37,011 in Earl's bedroom, 498 00:22:37,095 --> 00:22:39,679 and he knocked on the door and went in, 499 00:22:39,762 --> 00:22:42,887 and Earl eased all of his fears. 500 00:22:42,970 --> 00:22:45,136 [cheers and applause] 501 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:48,303 - My dad says, "Hey, son, when you go out there, 502 00:22:48,387 --> 00:22:49,303 "it's gonna be 503 00:22:49,387 --> 00:22:51,345 "the hardest round of your life, 504 00:22:51,428 --> 00:22:53,053 "but if you just be yourself, 505 00:22:53,136 --> 00:22:54,470 "stay cool, 506 00:22:54,553 --> 00:22:56,845 it's gonna be one of the most rewarding rounds." 507 00:22:56,929 --> 00:22:59,512 - I don't know how many strokes 508 00:22:59,595 --> 00:23:01,303 Woods is gonna shatter this record by, 509 00:23:01,387 --> 00:23:02,512 but it's apparent 510 00:23:02,595 --> 00:23:05,762 he's set a new standard for golf. 511 00:23:05,845 --> 00:23:08,178 - Right now, with a 12-shot lead, 512 00:23:08,261 --> 00:23:10,970 he's taking everybody else out of play. 513 00:23:12,804 --> 00:23:15,720 [heavy music] 514 00:23:15,804 --> 00:23:22,804 ♪ ♪ 515 00:23:26,637 --> 00:23:27,762 - And I walk up 18. 516 00:23:27,845 --> 00:23:30,053 I have a little tear in my eye. 517 00:23:30,136 --> 00:23:35,428 It was something you always dream of. 518 00:23:35,512 --> 00:23:38,428 I knew I'd won the tournament, but still, 519 00:23:38,512 --> 00:23:40,887 I still had to take care of business. 520 00:23:40,970 --> 00:23:42,929 - This putt to break 521 00:23:43,011 --> 00:23:45,387 the all-time record at the Masters. 522 00:23:45,470 --> 00:23:48,011 - That incredible 12-shot margin. 523 00:23:48,095 --> 00:23:50,387 ♪ ♪ 524 00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:52,637 - There it is, a win for the ages. 525 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:59,720 ♪ ♪ 526 00:24:13,011 --> 00:24:15,095 - Other people now know 527 00:24:15,178 --> 00:24:17,637 what I knew all along. 528 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,845 They were just too stubborn to see it. 529 00:24:22,553 --> 00:24:27,970 He is just getting aware that he has this power. 530 00:24:28,053 --> 00:24:31,970 When he is in full control of this power, 531 00:24:32,053 --> 00:24:35,178 he can then make a difference in the world. 532 00:24:37,595 --> 00:24:39,303 - Look at this. 533 00:24:39,387 --> 00:24:40,679 This is the daily news in New York. 534 00:24:40,762 --> 00:24:42,303 If this is not a big story, 535 00:24:42,387 --> 00:24:44,095 "Tiger Woods' Awesome 18 Performance." 536 00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:45,470 This is "The New York Post." 537 00:24:45,553 --> 00:24:47,053 This is "USA Today." 538 00:24:47,136 --> 00:24:49,136 This is "The Washington Post." - Little bit of attention. 539 00:24:49,220 --> 00:24:50,512 [peppy music] 540 00:24:50,595 --> 00:24:52,095 - Tiger mania takes the boardwalk 541 00:24:52,178 --> 00:24:53,804 here in Atlantic City tonight 542 00:24:53,887 --> 00:24:55,303 as the 21-year-old golf phenom 543 00:24:55,387 --> 00:24:57,804 eclipses other stars who turned out here 544 00:24:57,887 --> 00:25:01,136 for the grand opening of the Official All Star Café. 545 00:25:01,220 --> 00:25:04,553 - Well, Tiger Woods receiving a standing ovation 546 00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:06,512 from this crowd here in Chicago. 547 00:25:06,595 --> 00:25:07,595 He's been referred to 548 00:25:07,679 --> 00:25:12,011 as Michael Jordan in long pants. 549 00:25:12,095 --> 00:25:16,679 - After the win, it seemed like the entire world 550 00:25:16,762 --> 00:25:18,345 embraced Tiger. 551 00:25:18,428 --> 00:25:19,720 [cheers and applause] 552 00:25:19,804 --> 00:25:22,345 - Unharnessed enthusiasm 553 00:25:22,428 --> 00:25:25,178 for the young legend. 554 00:25:25,261 --> 00:25:27,679 - I'm talking about white folks, 555 00:25:27,762 --> 00:25:30,679 Black folks, Asian folks-- you name it. 556 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:33,679 Everybody wanted him to be theirs. 557 00:25:33,762 --> 00:25:35,345 - Hey, Tiger! - Tiger! 558 00:25:35,428 --> 00:25:36,512 - The reaction to him 559 00:25:36,595 --> 00:25:38,011 said something about this country. 560 00:25:38,095 --> 00:25:40,679 Often accused still of a pervasive racism, 561 00:25:40,762 --> 00:25:44,178 America was thrilled by and for Tiger Woods, 562 00:25:44,261 --> 00:25:47,011 glad that such a young man could reach such heights; 563 00:25:47,095 --> 00:25:48,845 gladder still, if anything, 564 00:25:48,929 --> 00:25:51,178 that a Black man could. 565 00:25:51,261 --> 00:25:52,845 - It was like white America 566 00:25:52,929 --> 00:25:54,512 almost patting itself on the back like, 567 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:58,387 "Look, this is the promise that America makes, 568 00:25:58,470 --> 00:26:02,178 "that anyone can use the tools that this country offers 569 00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:04,261 "and make it to the highest levels, 570 00:26:04,345 --> 00:26:06,970 regardless of race, color, creed." 571 00:26:07,053 --> 00:26:09,095 - Go get 'em, Tiger! 572 00:26:09,178 --> 00:26:11,178 - We like to believe we're this place 573 00:26:11,261 --> 00:26:12,845 without racism, 574 00:26:12,929 --> 00:26:16,387 but that's a great American myth. 575 00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:18,220 - He has an amazing opportunity 576 00:26:18,303 --> 00:26:19,762 beyond the golf course. 577 00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:21,053 - He does have a great opportunity. 578 00:26:21,136 --> 00:26:22,553 He's got a great burden... 579 00:26:22,637 --> 00:26:23,720 - Yeah. - Also. 580 00:26:23,804 --> 00:26:25,553 I mean, I think the expectations, 581 00:26:25,637 --> 00:26:27,553 while they were enormous for him 582 00:26:27,637 --> 00:26:29,011 going into this thing, 583 00:26:29,095 --> 00:26:30,887 they're double that now. 584 00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:32,595 The social burden will be considerable. 585 00:26:32,679 --> 00:26:35,345 This is a guy who a lot will be expected of. 586 00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:36,553 He'll be asked to be a spokesman, 587 00:26:36,637 --> 00:26:38,929 and maybe that's unfair for somebody who's 21. 588 00:26:39,011 --> 00:26:41,428 [pensive music] 589 00:26:41,512 --> 00:26:44,261 A lot is asked of athletes of color 590 00:26:44,345 --> 00:26:47,762 that is not asked of other athletes. 591 00:26:47,845 --> 00:26:51,261 It's a racial society. 592 00:26:51,345 --> 00:26:53,553 It's not just how you play basketball 593 00:26:53,637 --> 00:26:55,261 or how you play baseball, how you play tennis, 594 00:26:55,345 --> 00:26:56,428 how you play golf. 595 00:26:56,512 --> 00:26:57,929 People thought that Tiger 596 00:26:58,011 --> 00:27:00,095 was gonna introduce 597 00:27:00,178 --> 00:27:01,428 this groundswell. 598 00:27:01,512 --> 00:27:03,929 - Tiger Woods? Oh, the golf man? 599 00:27:04,011 --> 00:27:05,470 I think he's kind of cool. 600 00:27:05,553 --> 00:27:07,970 - I think it's great. I think it's history. 601 00:27:08,053 --> 00:27:09,929 - He's gonna be a role model for anybody who wants 602 00:27:10,011 --> 00:27:12,261 to do good in life. 603 00:27:12,345 --> 00:27:15,387 - As an African American, I know how we are. 604 00:27:15,470 --> 00:27:17,095 We take great pride 605 00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:21,345 in our young people who accomplish great things, 606 00:27:21,428 --> 00:27:24,679 and we claimed Tiger Woods. 607 00:27:24,762 --> 00:27:26,136 He was ours. 608 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:29,220 [cheers and applause] 609 00:27:31,220 --> 00:27:33,970 - Please welcome Tiger Woods! 610 00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:35,512 [upbeat music] 611 00:27:35,595 --> 00:27:38,762 ♪ ♪ 612 00:27:38,845 --> 00:27:41,178 - Wow. - Wow. 613 00:27:41,261 --> 00:27:42,762 That'll wake you up. - Oh, that will. 614 00:27:46,553 --> 00:27:48,637 - Of course, you've received all kinds of adulation. 615 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:49,762 You also get hate mail. 616 00:27:49,845 --> 00:27:50,845 I hear you insist upon reading it. 617 00:27:50,929 --> 00:27:51,845 Why? 618 00:27:51,929 --> 00:27:53,887 - Well, it reminds me 619 00:27:53,970 --> 00:27:55,970 of what I have to try and do. 620 00:27:56,053 --> 00:27:59,095 As people know, golf has been kind of an elitist sport, 621 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:01,178 and unfortunately, it's kind of close-- 622 00:28:01,261 --> 00:28:03,011 - Wasn't until six years ago the Augusta National 623 00:28:03,095 --> 00:28:04,345 even allowed... - Exactly. 624 00:28:04,428 --> 00:28:05,845 - People of color. - A Black member. 625 00:28:05,929 --> 00:28:08,512 Yeah, it's--and in the clubs, still practice that, 626 00:28:08,595 --> 00:28:10,720 and unfortunately, I've had to deal with that 627 00:28:10,804 --> 00:28:11,720 all growing up. 628 00:28:11,804 --> 00:28:12,804 I got kicked off of golf courses 629 00:28:12,887 --> 00:28:15,011 numerous times, been called 630 00:28:15,095 --> 00:28:17,220 some pretty tough words to my face, 631 00:28:17,303 --> 00:28:19,470 and it's tough. 632 00:28:19,553 --> 00:28:21,178 Golf needed to be shaken up. 633 00:28:21,261 --> 00:28:24,136 [applause] - What about that? 634 00:28:26,929 --> 00:28:29,178 Can we get this straight? What do you call yourself? 635 00:28:29,261 --> 00:28:30,595 Your father's half Black, 636 00:28:30,679 --> 00:28:32,136 quarter Chinese, quarter American Indian. 637 00:28:32,220 --> 00:28:33,679 Mother's half Thai, quarter Chinese, 638 00:28:33,762 --> 00:28:34,679 and quarter white. 639 00:28:34,762 --> 00:28:35,845 So... 640 00:28:35,929 --> 00:28:37,512 does it bother you to be called African American? 641 00:28:37,595 --> 00:28:38,679 - Yeah, it does. 642 00:28:38,762 --> 00:28:40,804 Growing up, I came up with this name. 643 00:28:40,887 --> 00:28:43,428 I'm a Cablinasian. - A cablinasian? 644 00:28:43,512 --> 00:28:45,345 - Ca--Caucasian. Bl--Black. 645 00:28:45,428 --> 00:28:46,929 In--Indian. Asian. 646 00:28:47,011 --> 00:28:49,428 Cablinasian. 647 00:28:49,512 --> 00:28:51,887 - I remember when Tiger Woods was Black. 648 00:28:51,970 --> 00:28:55,845 [laughter] 649 00:28:55,929 --> 00:28:57,720 'Cause I don't know what he is now. 650 00:28:57,804 --> 00:28:59,095 After he won the Masters, 651 00:28:59,178 --> 00:29:00,428 I'm flipping through the "Sports Illustrated," 652 00:29:00,512 --> 00:29:03,553 and I read, "Tiger Woods is a quarter Black." 653 00:29:03,637 --> 00:29:07,178 I'm like, "Damn, he's down to 25% now, man!" 654 00:29:07,261 --> 00:29:09,178 [melancholy music] 655 00:29:09,261 --> 00:29:11,345 But you know, as soon as he gets in trouble, 656 00:29:11,428 --> 00:29:13,178 what will we read? 657 00:29:13,261 --> 00:29:15,095 "Black golfer arrested." 658 00:29:15,178 --> 00:29:18,387 ♪ ♪ 659 00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:23,053 - People of color had so much invested in him. 660 00:29:23,136 --> 00:29:27,679 I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. 661 00:29:27,762 --> 00:29:30,929 You know, my grandkids are biracial, 662 00:29:31,011 --> 00:29:34,595 and...somebody asked me. 663 00:29:34,679 --> 00:29:39,428 They said, "Well, what do you tell them?" 664 00:29:39,512 --> 00:29:43,303 And I tell them they're Black, they're African American. 665 00:29:43,387 --> 00:29:44,762 And they said, "Why?" 666 00:29:44,845 --> 00:29:46,428 And I said, "Because that's how America's 667 00:29:46,512 --> 00:29:48,595 going to look at them." 668 00:29:48,679 --> 00:29:51,470 And that's the reality of Tiger. 669 00:29:51,553 --> 00:29:53,595 - To force Tiger to choose I think is ridiculous. 670 00:29:53,679 --> 00:29:55,428 Why choose? Why do you have to choose? 671 00:29:55,512 --> 00:29:56,762 - ...is very much true, 672 00:29:56,845 --> 00:29:57,970 but you go back, 673 00:29:58,053 --> 00:29:59,929 and Tiger Woods will sit there and tell you 674 00:30:00,011 --> 00:30:01,845 there were courses that he couldn't play 675 00:30:01,929 --> 00:30:03,553 as he was coming up as a youngster. 676 00:30:03,637 --> 00:30:05,970 It wasn't that he couldn't play because he was "Cablasian" 677 00:30:06,053 --> 00:30:07,303 or whatever else he wants to be. 678 00:30:07,387 --> 00:30:10,470 He couldn't play because he was a Black man. 679 00:30:10,553 --> 00:30:12,178 - I believe Tiger knew 680 00:30:12,261 --> 00:30:14,553 that there was racism, 681 00:30:14,637 --> 00:30:17,136 he knew that there was an unlevel playing field, 682 00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:19,428 but was he gonna be a messiah? 683 00:30:19,512 --> 00:30:20,428 No way. 684 00:30:20,512 --> 00:30:23,178 - Your dad thinks that you're going to be 685 00:30:23,261 --> 00:30:25,512 the most important man that ever lived, 686 00:30:25,595 --> 00:30:27,387 more so than Gandhi and Jesus. 687 00:30:27,470 --> 00:30:28,470 - You know, that's-- 688 00:30:28,553 --> 00:30:29,679 I think that's just a dad speaking. 689 00:30:29,762 --> 00:30:32,553 You know, a proud father. 690 00:30:32,637 --> 00:30:35,136 - Tiger never really saw himself 691 00:30:35,220 --> 00:30:39,970 as the unifying force that Earl saw him as. 692 00:30:40,053 --> 00:30:42,804 That was Earl's dream, 693 00:30:42,887 --> 00:30:45,637 and I don't think he realized the pressure 694 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,970 that he had placed on Tiger. 695 00:30:48,053 --> 00:30:52,095 ♪ ♪ 696 00:30:56,595 --> 00:30:58,887 - I hope you got some ripe ones. 697 00:30:58,970 --> 00:31:00,011 - Don't eat them all. 698 00:31:00,095 --> 00:31:01,970 - But don't eat them all up, Tiger! 699 00:31:08,303 --> 00:31:09,512 - Took the biggest one. 700 00:31:09,595 --> 00:31:11,762 - Yes, I want the biggest one. 701 00:31:15,178 --> 00:31:19,804 - There's no question that Earl loved, loved Tiger. 702 00:31:19,887 --> 00:31:22,345 - Sweet. 703 00:31:22,428 --> 00:31:26,387 - But I think there was always the grand plan for Tiger. 704 00:31:26,470 --> 00:31:28,720 - There's nothing better than stolen strawberries. 705 00:31:28,804 --> 00:31:30,929 [laughs] 706 00:31:31,011 --> 00:31:33,053 - I think in Earl's head that he really thought 707 00:31:33,136 --> 00:31:34,720 it was the best thing for Tiger, 708 00:31:34,804 --> 00:31:39,261 that he wasn't doing anything to hurt him, 709 00:31:39,345 --> 00:31:42,553 but it was a plan, 710 00:31:42,637 --> 00:31:45,053 and that was the stuff that would bother me. 711 00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:48,220 Why would you put that on your kid? 712 00:31:48,303 --> 00:31:50,261 [school bell rings] 713 00:31:50,345 --> 00:31:53,220 ♪ ♪ 714 00:31:53,303 --> 00:31:58,178 - Tiger and I met in my accounting class. 715 00:31:58,261 --> 00:32:01,220 Tiger was very shy. 716 00:32:01,303 --> 00:32:04,887 He didn't have friends. 717 00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:07,595 He had the highest grade in the class, 718 00:32:07,679 --> 00:32:09,970 so it kind of became this competition, 719 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:14,220 and I think I was teasing him a little bit about it, 720 00:32:14,303 --> 00:32:17,804 and that's kind of how it started, 721 00:32:17,887 --> 00:32:20,303 just as friends. 722 00:32:20,387 --> 00:32:22,136 ♪ ♪ 723 00:32:22,220 --> 00:32:25,970 You know, growing up, the boys were so typical. 724 00:32:26,053 --> 00:32:29,470 The football players were the cool kids, 725 00:32:29,553 --> 00:32:32,595 but Tiger said that he golfed. 726 00:32:32,679 --> 00:32:36,804 And I was like, "Oh, okay." 727 00:32:36,887 --> 00:32:41,345 I didn't even know we had a golfing team at the school. 728 00:32:41,428 --> 00:32:43,220 The first time that I understood 729 00:32:43,303 --> 00:32:46,595 the magnitude of who he was 730 00:32:46,679 --> 00:32:49,679 was when I went to his house 731 00:32:49,762 --> 00:32:54,303 and saw the shrine on the wall of him 732 00:32:54,387 --> 00:32:56,470 with all the trophies and pictures 733 00:32:56,553 --> 00:32:59,845 and magazine clippings. 734 00:32:59,929 --> 00:33:03,136 This was, like, a whole nother level of... 735 00:33:03,220 --> 00:33:05,261 "Hello, welcome to my home, 736 00:33:05,345 --> 00:33:06,595 and it's all about Tiger Woods." 737 00:33:06,679 --> 00:33:09,470 Like, it was just a lot. 738 00:33:09,553 --> 00:33:11,470 - On the tee, Tiger Woods! 739 00:33:11,553 --> 00:33:14,887 [cheers and applause] 740 00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:18,387 - He had invited me to go to a tournament. 741 00:33:18,470 --> 00:33:21,303 That was the first time I saw him play golf. 742 00:33:21,387 --> 00:33:24,136 ♪ ♪ 743 00:33:24,220 --> 00:33:26,804 He became, like, a completely different person 744 00:33:26,887 --> 00:33:28,637 when he got up there. 745 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,136 He was, like, in control 746 00:33:30,220 --> 00:33:31,845 and confident. - Come on. 747 00:33:31,929 --> 00:33:34,345 - Go, go! 748 00:33:34,428 --> 00:33:35,512 - And I loved that about him. 749 00:33:35,595 --> 00:33:37,512 It was a quality that I thought was very attractive. 750 00:33:37,595 --> 00:33:39,220 I loved it. 751 00:33:39,303 --> 00:33:42,553 ♪ ♪ 752 00:33:42,637 --> 00:33:44,512 I just remember the people 753 00:33:44,595 --> 00:33:46,345 surrounding him. 754 00:33:46,428 --> 00:33:47,428 - Right here. - On your shirt? 755 00:33:47,512 --> 00:33:48,845 - On my shirt. - People were asking 756 00:33:48,929 --> 00:33:50,720 for his autograph. 757 00:33:50,804 --> 00:33:52,720 I'm like, "Who would want your autograph? 758 00:33:52,804 --> 00:33:54,679 Like, what are you talking about?" 759 00:33:54,762 --> 00:33:56,345 - There you go. 760 00:33:56,428 --> 00:33:57,804 - Oh, how... - What do you say? 761 00:33:57,887 --> 00:33:59,136 - Shake his hand. 762 00:33:59,220 --> 00:34:00,470 - All right. - Thank you. 763 00:34:00,553 --> 00:34:03,679 - Thank you. 764 00:34:03,762 --> 00:34:06,679 - He knew that the fame was not normal. 765 00:34:06,762 --> 00:34:10,345 He always knew that. 766 00:34:10,428 --> 00:34:12,637 I think he definitely saw the bridge 767 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:15,470 to me being able to give him a normal life. 768 00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:17,220 - Oh, my God! [laughter] 769 00:34:17,303 --> 00:34:18,929 - [laughs] 770 00:34:19,011 --> 00:34:21,845 [upbeat music playing] 771 00:34:21,929 --> 00:34:24,178 ♪ ♪ 772 00:34:24,261 --> 00:34:25,720 - Tiger enjoyed going to my house 773 00:34:25,804 --> 00:34:27,261 because it was always loud, 774 00:34:27,345 --> 00:34:29,387 and I think the quietness of his house 775 00:34:29,470 --> 00:34:31,845 sometimes drove him crazy. 776 00:34:31,929 --> 00:34:36,011 ♪ ♪ 777 00:34:36,095 --> 00:34:37,428 - Get down! 778 00:34:37,512 --> 00:34:39,553 ♪ ♪ 779 00:34:39,637 --> 00:34:43,136 [laughter] 780 00:34:43,220 --> 00:34:45,220 - He knew that he could be himself 781 00:34:45,303 --> 00:34:48,387 and there was no judgment and no pressure 782 00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:51,428 to live up to all these expectations. 783 00:34:51,512 --> 00:34:55,720 ♪ ♪ 784 00:34:55,804 --> 00:34:58,387 - Dina, let's see some leg, baby, some leg. 785 00:34:58,470 --> 00:35:02,261 Whoo! Yeah, yeah, yeah. 786 00:35:02,345 --> 00:35:04,136 Okay, Tiger. Some leg. 787 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:06,887 Whoa! [laughs] Oh, yeah. 788 00:35:06,970 --> 00:35:09,887 ♪ ♪ 789 00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:13,970 - I loved taking him to do new things. 790 00:35:14,053 --> 00:35:16,804 Going to see, you know, a movie, 791 00:35:16,887 --> 00:35:19,762 going bowling for the first time, 792 00:35:19,845 --> 00:35:21,470 seeing his face-- it's like seeing a kid 793 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:24,428 at Christmas. 794 00:35:24,512 --> 00:35:28,053 I don't know, it just was so natural with us. 795 00:35:30,345 --> 00:35:33,553 I was in love with him, 796 00:35:33,637 --> 00:35:34,929 and I would tell him all the time. 797 00:35:35,011 --> 00:35:36,762 I'm like, "Golf is great, and it's your passion, 798 00:35:36,845 --> 00:35:38,553 "but it's not everything. 799 00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:40,970 There's more to life." 800 00:35:41,053 --> 00:35:45,845 I wanted to protect that sweetness of him 801 00:35:45,929 --> 00:35:47,637 because I could tell he didn't know 802 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:49,845 what was coming, 803 00:35:49,929 --> 00:35:51,804 that fame. 804 00:35:51,887 --> 00:35:56,762 It scared me. 805 00:35:56,845 --> 00:35:58,637 [dramatic music] 806 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,470 [crowd roaring] 807 00:36:00,553 --> 00:36:02,136 - Listen to the crowd. 808 00:36:02,220 --> 00:36:04,595 - Tiger's got 152 yards. 809 00:36:04,679 --> 00:36:07,637 They're gonna go nuts when he hits this thing. 810 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,512 [crowd roars] 811 00:36:10,595 --> 00:36:13,095 ♪ ♪ 812 00:36:13,178 --> 00:36:15,178 - Oh! It went in! 813 00:36:15,261 --> 00:36:18,303 ♪ ♪ 814 00:36:18,387 --> 00:36:21,887 It looks like a ticker tape parade. 815 00:36:21,970 --> 00:36:23,720 ♪ ♪ 816 00:36:23,804 --> 00:36:25,845 - Every time he went to play, 817 00:36:25,929 --> 00:36:27,970 the gallery was a completely different scene 818 00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:30,345 compared to what I was used to. 819 00:36:30,428 --> 00:36:33,637 - Tiger! Tiger! 820 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:35,512 - His autograph became so wanted 821 00:36:35,595 --> 00:36:38,512 that people were desperate to get it. 822 00:36:38,595 --> 00:36:40,095 People were pushing and shoving, 823 00:36:40,178 --> 00:36:41,553 and he would come away many days 824 00:36:41,637 --> 00:36:42,679 with a golf shirt that had 825 00:36:42,762 --> 00:36:46,679 all the different Sharpie marks on it. 826 00:36:46,762 --> 00:36:48,220 When you get to know Tiger and you're-- 827 00:36:48,303 --> 00:36:49,512 you know, you're a little bit closer to him 828 00:36:49,595 --> 00:36:51,095 than most people, 829 00:36:51,178 --> 00:36:52,470 when you understand 830 00:36:52,553 --> 00:36:53,970 what it is to be Tiger Woods, 831 00:36:54,053 --> 00:36:55,220 what it is to be in his shoes, 832 00:36:55,303 --> 00:36:58,178 to go through what he does, 833 00:36:58,261 --> 00:37:00,053 I think you can't but admire the guy, 834 00:37:00,136 --> 00:37:02,178 and you feel like you want to protect the guy 835 00:37:02,261 --> 00:37:04,387 a little bit. 836 00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:07,261 So working for Tiger was certainly 837 00:37:07,345 --> 00:37:09,637 more than just being a caddie. 838 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,553 You've also got to be a bodyguard. 839 00:37:11,637 --> 00:37:13,887 Could you hold the camera, please? 840 00:37:13,970 --> 00:37:15,929 - A "New York Daily News" photographer 841 00:37:16,011 --> 00:37:17,553 said that Steve came over 842 00:37:17,637 --> 00:37:19,804 and kicked his camera 843 00:37:19,887 --> 00:37:21,679 after he was taking pictures 844 00:37:21,762 --> 00:37:25,261 during Tiger's practice swing. 845 00:37:25,345 --> 00:37:26,887 - Good, Tiger. 846 00:37:26,970 --> 00:37:29,095 [applause] 847 00:37:29,178 --> 00:37:30,720 - I mean, you know, obviously, 848 00:37:30,804 --> 00:37:32,387 throughout my time of caddying for Tiger, 849 00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:34,345 I did a couple of things I regret, 850 00:37:34,428 --> 00:37:36,887 but you just gotta try and make it 851 00:37:36,970 --> 00:37:38,553 as easy as it can be 852 00:37:38,637 --> 00:37:40,220 for Tiger to perform 853 00:37:40,303 --> 00:37:41,387 at the level he wants to 854 00:37:41,470 --> 00:37:44,136 without all the distractions. 855 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,261 - Life is always full of goals. 856 00:37:46,345 --> 00:37:47,929 - Mm. -What's yours? 857 00:37:48,011 --> 00:37:50,136 - Mine, ultimately? 858 00:37:50,220 --> 00:37:51,887 To be the best. 859 00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:53,387 - So you wanna be known as the best 860 00:37:53,470 --> 00:37:54,762 who ever played this game. 861 00:37:54,845 --> 00:37:56,470 - Yeah, exactly. 862 00:37:56,553 --> 00:37:57,929 - Tiger's main focus 863 00:37:58,011 --> 00:38:00,929 was to win major championships. 864 00:38:01,011 --> 00:38:03,053 He always believed he could get better 865 00:38:03,136 --> 00:38:06,762 and he could strive for perfection. 866 00:38:06,845 --> 00:38:08,720 [quiet beating music] 867 00:38:08,804 --> 00:38:11,804 I remember we were driving down this freeway, 868 00:38:11,887 --> 00:38:13,428 and he goes, 869 00:38:13,512 --> 00:38:15,470 "Stevie, stop the car. Stop the car." 870 00:38:15,553 --> 00:38:18,387 And he got the golf club out of the trunk, 871 00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:21,637 and he's swinging on the side of the road. 872 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:23,053 Now, here's Tiger Woods 873 00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:24,929 on the side of the freeway in Toronto, 874 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:27,136 swinging a golf club. 875 00:38:27,220 --> 00:38:29,136 He's got this thought in his head, 876 00:38:29,220 --> 00:38:31,470 "If I can just do this," 877 00:38:31,553 --> 00:38:33,178 and he couldn't wait 878 00:38:33,261 --> 00:38:34,303 till the next day 879 00:38:34,387 --> 00:38:35,887 or till he got back to the hotel 880 00:38:35,970 --> 00:38:36,845 or wherever it was. 881 00:38:36,929 --> 00:38:38,136 It had to be now. 882 00:38:38,220 --> 00:38:42,011 There is no one would do that, just nobody. 883 00:38:42,095 --> 00:38:45,136 - I remember I said to Tiger, 884 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:48,387 "How much better can your swing actually get? 885 00:38:48,470 --> 00:38:51,261 This is probably as good as anyone's ever played golf." 886 00:38:51,345 --> 00:38:54,303 And he looks at me, and he says, 887 00:38:54,387 --> 00:38:56,303 "You always ask me that question. 888 00:38:56,387 --> 00:38:59,679 I'm gonna be way better than I am now." 889 00:38:59,762 --> 00:39:03,679 - You took a lot of criticism for changing your golf swing. 890 00:39:03,762 --> 00:39:05,303 - Can always become better. 891 00:39:05,387 --> 00:39:07,470 - It's almost like it's an obsession. 892 00:39:07,553 --> 00:39:09,178 - It is. I'm addicted. 893 00:39:09,261 --> 00:39:11,679 I'm addicted to golf. 894 00:39:11,762 --> 00:39:14,387 - Tiger, back then at least, was obsessed. 895 00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:21,011 I mean, he was always practicing. 896 00:39:21,095 --> 00:39:22,762 - A lot of the changes-- 897 00:39:22,845 --> 00:39:24,345 he had to get stronger to make them, 898 00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:26,011 What are you, about 20 pounds heavier now 899 00:39:26,095 --> 00:39:27,178 than when you first came on the tour? 900 00:39:27,261 --> 00:39:28,512 - Yeah, I came on the tour at 158, 901 00:39:28,595 --> 00:39:29,970 and now I'm 180. 902 00:39:30,053 --> 00:39:33,470 - And then the gym took over. 903 00:39:33,553 --> 00:39:35,845 - And the key here is just to keep the right arm 904 00:39:35,929 --> 00:39:38,178 higher than the left. 905 00:39:38,261 --> 00:39:39,887 You can see the chin gets up, 906 00:39:39,970 --> 00:39:41,679 the back is much straighter, 907 00:39:41,762 --> 00:39:43,387 and it's taken him over a year 908 00:39:43,470 --> 00:39:44,720 to feel comfortable with that, 909 00:39:44,804 --> 00:39:46,136 hitting thousands of balls. 910 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:52,720 [thunder rolls] 911 00:39:52,804 --> 00:39:55,887 - The fascinating thing for me about Tiger Woods: 912 00:39:55,970 --> 00:39:58,637 he's never satisfied. 913 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,679 The hunger never goes away. 914 00:40:01,762 --> 00:40:03,929 It's this monk-like pursuit 915 00:40:04,011 --> 00:40:06,845 of the goal, 916 00:40:06,929 --> 00:40:08,762 the common goal: 917 00:40:08,845 --> 00:40:10,762 perfection. 918 00:40:10,845 --> 00:40:13,762 [drum music] 919 00:40:13,845 --> 00:40:18,095 ♪ ♪ 920 00:40:18,178 --> 00:40:20,720 - The U.S. Open, Pebble Beach. 921 00:40:20,804 --> 00:40:22,637 It has a very, very, very special ring to it, 922 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,053 and here we are to decide the championship. 923 00:40:25,136 --> 00:40:26,887 Well, it's a very interesting course 924 00:40:26,970 --> 00:40:28,553 in that it tests every skill you have. 925 00:40:28,637 --> 00:40:31,929 ♪ ♪ 926 00:40:32,011 --> 00:40:35,136 Now Colin Montgomerie. 927 00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:37,095 - He has hit it very high, 928 00:40:37,178 --> 00:40:39,929 but it needs to get up and a little left. 929 00:40:40,011 --> 00:40:42,053 Oh, that ball is down in the hazard. 930 00:40:42,136 --> 00:40:43,261 Uh-oh. - Tried to get 931 00:40:43,345 --> 00:40:45,261 a little too cute, I think, Mark. 932 00:40:45,345 --> 00:40:46,428 [plodding band music] 933 00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:48,637 - The U.S. Open likes to set its courses up 934 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:50,428 so it tortures the players. 935 00:40:50,512 --> 00:40:51,470 I'm convinced of that. 936 00:40:51,553 --> 00:40:52,929 It wants to see them, like, 937 00:40:53,011 --> 00:40:53,929 break down and cry. 938 00:40:54,011 --> 00:40:56,929 ♪ ♪ 939 00:40:57,011 --> 00:40:58,887 That means heavy rough. 940 00:40:58,970 --> 00:41:01,637 The grass is high on either side of the fairway. 941 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:02,720 ♪ ♪ 942 00:41:02,804 --> 00:41:03,887 [crowd murmurs] 943 00:41:03,970 --> 00:41:06,345 - Fore! - Out of bounds everywhere. 944 00:41:06,428 --> 00:41:07,637 - Uh-oh. Uh-oh. 945 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,303 That's a miss. That's left. 946 00:41:09,387 --> 00:41:11,095 [crowd exclaims] That's left. 947 00:41:11,178 --> 00:41:13,011 - Wow. Oops. 948 00:41:13,095 --> 00:41:15,762 On the cart path. Watch this thing go. 949 00:41:15,845 --> 00:41:18,428 - I mean, that was a really hard golf course. 950 00:41:18,512 --> 00:41:19,679 [dramatic music] 951 00:41:19,762 --> 00:41:21,011 - Tiger Woods well back, 952 00:41:21,095 --> 00:41:22,637 getting ready for his shot 953 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,512 at one of the more gut-wrenching shots 954 00:41:25,595 --> 00:41:27,804 in the world. 955 00:41:27,887 --> 00:41:29,512 - None of that bothered Tiger. 956 00:41:29,595 --> 00:41:31,804 ♪ ♪ 957 00:41:31,887 --> 00:41:33,345 - Let's get it right. Come on, baby. 958 00:41:33,428 --> 00:41:34,428 Come on. Be the right club. 959 00:41:34,512 --> 00:41:35,970 Come on! Come on, be it. 960 00:41:36,053 --> 00:41:37,095 - The ball started at the left side. 961 00:41:37,178 --> 00:41:38,804 It's cutting into the center of the green. 962 00:41:38,887 --> 00:41:40,303 This looks really good. 963 00:41:40,387 --> 00:41:41,845 [cheers and applause] 964 00:41:41,929 --> 00:41:43,929 ♪ ♪ 965 00:41:44,011 --> 00:41:47,178 [onlookers cheering] - Oh, my! 966 00:41:47,261 --> 00:41:49,095 ♪ ♪ 967 00:41:49,178 --> 00:41:51,679 Wow. Is this really happening? 968 00:41:51,762 --> 00:41:53,595 Double digits. 969 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,345 - 2000 at Pebble Beach 970 00:41:56,428 --> 00:41:57,679 was where it all came together, 971 00:41:57,762 --> 00:41:59,512 and Tiger Woods played quite simply 972 00:41:59,595 --> 00:42:01,387 the greatest golf of all time. 973 00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:03,387 You just couldn't take your eyes off of him, you know. 974 00:42:03,470 --> 00:42:04,470 There was this element 975 00:42:04,553 --> 00:42:05,804 that Tiger brought between the ropes 976 00:42:05,887 --> 00:42:07,512 that no golfer had. 977 00:42:07,595 --> 00:42:08,679 ♪ ♪ 978 00:42:08,762 --> 00:42:11,387 He was wearing a shirt the color of blood. 979 00:42:11,470 --> 00:42:13,512 He was so hypermasculine. 980 00:42:13,595 --> 00:42:17,178 You know, he strutted around like a toreador. 981 00:42:17,261 --> 00:42:19,011 It was riveting. 982 00:42:19,095 --> 00:42:21,970 - Look at that bicep on his left arm. 983 00:42:22,053 --> 00:42:24,011 I mean, this guy bench presses 984 00:42:24,095 --> 00:42:26,345 300-plus pounds. 985 00:42:26,428 --> 00:42:29,470 - Eh, well, I guess that means this one's really going far. 986 00:42:29,553 --> 00:42:33,470 ♪ ♪ 987 00:42:33,553 --> 00:42:36,387 Wow. That is really deep. 988 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,595 Just a driving machine. 989 00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:42,053 - As he was coming down to the last hole, 990 00:42:42,136 --> 00:42:44,887 he was leading by 15. 991 00:42:44,970 --> 00:42:46,679 I mean, it was absolutely incredible, 992 00:42:46,762 --> 00:42:48,178 and I remember sitting there, 993 00:42:48,261 --> 00:42:50,053 you know, thinking to myself, 994 00:42:50,136 --> 00:42:51,720 "One day, the golfing record book 995 00:42:51,804 --> 00:42:53,720 "will be two words. 996 00:42:53,804 --> 00:42:56,720 In every category, Tiger Woods." 997 00:42:56,804 --> 00:43:01,929 ♪ ♪ 998 00:43:03,303 --> 00:43:04,887 [cheers and applause] 999 00:43:04,970 --> 00:43:08,720 - And Tiger Woods is the 100th 1000 00:43:08,804 --> 00:43:10,553 U.S. Open champion 1001 00:43:10,637 --> 00:43:13,095 in history. 1002 00:43:23,095 --> 00:43:25,720 - You have long been a student of this game. 1003 00:43:25,804 --> 00:43:27,387 Your dad taught you the game of golf. 1004 00:43:27,470 --> 00:43:29,136 Today, of course, is Fathers' Day. 1005 00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:31,428 Your dad's not here, but I'm gonna make a wild guess 1006 00:43:31,512 --> 00:43:33,387 and say that I'll bet you he's watching. 1007 00:43:33,470 --> 00:43:35,595 Any thoughts you'd like to share with him today? 1008 00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:37,762 - Well, it's not too bad a Fathers' Day present, is it? 1009 00:43:37,845 --> 00:43:40,845 [cheers and applause] 1010 00:43:41,679 --> 00:43:44,595 [uneasy music] 1011 00:43:44,679 --> 00:43:46,136 ♪ ♪ 1012 00:43:46,220 --> 00:43:48,929 - Earl was a Green Beret, 1013 00:43:49,011 --> 00:43:51,804 did two tours in 'Nam. 1014 00:43:51,887 --> 00:43:55,053 ♪ ♪ 1015 00:43:55,136 --> 00:43:57,887 Earl was demolition, 1016 00:43:57,970 --> 00:43:59,970 so they would send him behind enemy lines 1017 00:44:00,053 --> 00:44:02,762 not with a gun, but with C4, 1018 00:44:02,845 --> 00:44:05,804 dynamite. 1019 00:44:05,887 --> 00:44:07,970 Like the most dangerous job he could possibly have 1020 00:44:08,053 --> 00:44:09,804 is to go behind enemy lines 1021 00:44:09,887 --> 00:44:13,345 and blow up a headquarters. 1022 00:44:13,428 --> 00:44:15,178 He had the mental fortitude that it took 1023 00:44:15,261 --> 00:44:17,470 to survive in Vietnam, 1024 00:44:17,553 --> 00:44:19,470 and that's how and why 1025 00:44:19,553 --> 00:44:22,053 he was able to create this little assassin 1026 00:44:22,136 --> 00:44:23,970 within the ropes. 1027 00:44:24,053 --> 00:44:25,804 ♪ ♪ 1028 00:44:25,887 --> 00:44:30,136 And he did it at the Navy golf course, 1029 00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:33,011 the Bethlehem of golf. 1030 00:44:33,095 --> 00:44:36,762 ♪ ♪ 1031 00:44:40,595 --> 00:44:44,053 The Navy golf course was only open and available 1032 00:44:44,136 --> 00:44:48,595 to active duty and retired military. 1033 00:44:48,679 --> 00:44:51,011 When I first started there, 1034 00:44:51,095 --> 00:44:53,136 I was the new young assistant pro. 1035 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:54,637 I was the new guy. 1036 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:57,345 No one was giving me the time of day. 1037 00:44:57,428 --> 00:44:59,178 Along comes Earl Woods, 1038 00:44:59,261 --> 00:45:01,011 introduces himself, shakes my hand, 1039 00:45:01,095 --> 00:45:02,845 nicest guy in the world. 1040 00:45:02,929 --> 00:45:05,303 I'm like, "Finally, somebody's being friendly to me 1041 00:45:05,387 --> 00:45:06,345 in this joint." 1042 00:45:06,428 --> 00:45:08,261 Well, we hit it off. 1043 00:45:09,929 --> 00:45:12,804 Earl invited me to play with him and Tiger. 1044 00:45:12,887 --> 00:45:14,679 Mind you, I still don't know who Tiger is. 1045 00:45:14,762 --> 00:45:15,804 I just think he's Earl's kid, 1046 00:45:15,887 --> 00:45:17,011 so I'm kind of checking him out 1047 00:45:17,095 --> 00:45:20,053 while we play. 1048 00:45:20,136 --> 00:45:21,679 Whenever Tiger would go to hit, 1049 00:45:21,762 --> 00:45:23,553 Earl would start jiggling his change 1050 00:45:23,637 --> 00:45:25,720 and talking to me like I'm talking right now, 1051 00:45:25,804 --> 00:45:29,428 loud, just being completely rude. 1052 00:45:29,512 --> 00:45:30,887 - That didn't work. 1053 00:45:30,970 --> 00:45:32,553 - Finally, like, on the sixth hole, 1054 00:45:32,637 --> 00:45:34,887 I shush Earl. I shush him. 1055 00:45:34,970 --> 00:45:37,387 And Earl's like, 1056 00:45:37,470 --> 00:45:40,261 "Joe, don't you know what I'm doing?" 1057 00:45:40,345 --> 00:45:44,595 He goes, "I'm preparing Tiger 1058 00:45:44,679 --> 00:45:48,136 to play through distraction when he gets to the tour." 1059 00:45:49,970 --> 00:45:52,428 [pensive music] 1060 00:45:52,512 --> 00:45:53,929 - Where's my fade? 1061 00:45:54,011 --> 00:45:56,261 ♪ ♪ 1062 00:45:56,345 --> 00:45:58,553 Sit down. Sit! 1063 00:45:58,637 --> 00:45:59,929 Stop. - It went over. 1064 00:46:00,011 --> 00:46:02,553 - Stop! 1065 00:46:02,637 --> 00:46:05,261 - I brought this out in him, 1066 00:46:05,345 --> 00:46:09,428 his toughness. 1067 00:46:09,512 --> 00:46:11,220 I would do all kinds of things 1068 00:46:11,303 --> 00:46:12,679 to mess him up, 1069 00:46:12,762 --> 00:46:14,804 usually on the golf course. 1070 00:46:14,887 --> 00:46:17,428 Man, did he get angry with me. 1071 00:46:17,512 --> 00:46:19,261 - Step over. That's it. 1072 00:46:19,345 --> 00:46:21,261 - I could say one word, 1073 00:46:21,345 --> 00:46:24,387 and that word was the release word 1074 00:46:24,470 --> 00:46:27,261 that the whole training was over. 1075 00:46:27,345 --> 00:46:29,387 I said, "Tiger, 1076 00:46:29,470 --> 00:46:31,762 "if you never utter that word, 1077 00:46:31,845 --> 00:46:34,804 "I promise you that you'll never meet 1078 00:46:34,887 --> 00:46:39,929 another person as mentally tough as you." 1079 00:46:40,011 --> 00:46:43,261 - He played mind games on me almost every shot I hit, 1080 00:46:43,345 --> 00:46:46,970 until I grew up and accepted it, 1081 00:46:47,053 --> 00:46:49,845 and then it was nothing. 1082 00:46:49,929 --> 00:46:51,095 ♪ ♪ 1083 00:46:51,178 --> 00:46:55,303 - Earl did everything he could to toughen his boy up. 1084 00:46:55,387 --> 00:46:57,970 One of the things that really made Tiger 1085 00:46:58,053 --> 00:46:59,303 incredibly strong 1086 00:46:59,387 --> 00:47:02,136 was this ability that he had taught to him 1087 00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:03,512 by his father's friend, 1088 00:47:03,595 --> 00:47:07,637 who was a naval psychological ops operative, 1089 00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:09,637 basically, a psychologist, 1090 00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:12,178 to hypnotize himself. 1091 00:47:12,261 --> 00:47:15,303 ♪ ♪ 1092 00:47:15,387 --> 00:47:18,345 People say, "Oh, Tiger's in the zone," 1093 00:47:18,428 --> 00:47:23,136 but he literally was in some sort of a trance, 1094 00:47:23,220 --> 00:47:24,929 which is an amazing thing that you would do 1095 00:47:25,011 --> 00:47:27,970 for a kid that was 13 or 14. 1096 00:47:28,053 --> 00:47:30,553 ♪ ♪ 1097 00:47:30,637 --> 00:47:33,178 - Good try, Dad. 1098 00:47:33,261 --> 00:47:35,679 - That military training that Earl passed along 1099 00:47:35,762 --> 00:47:39,679 to Tiger, it was something else. 1100 00:47:39,762 --> 00:47:42,011 But his mother, 1101 00:47:42,095 --> 00:47:45,679 she's the one who made him a complete competitor, 1102 00:47:45,762 --> 00:47:48,512 because her philosophy was, 1103 00:47:48,595 --> 00:47:52,178 "Put your foot on their throat, son. 1104 00:47:52,261 --> 00:47:56,303 You kill them." 1105 00:47:56,387 --> 00:47:59,887 - I am very tough with him, and he knows it. 1106 00:47:59,970 --> 00:48:02,011 Not with Dad. 1107 00:48:02,095 --> 00:48:05,053 Dad only used the voice and tone, 1108 00:48:05,136 --> 00:48:08,220 but I said to Tiger, "No matter how big you are, 1109 00:48:08,303 --> 00:48:11,970 I can beat you. I can spank you." 1110 00:48:12,053 --> 00:48:13,679 And he knows it, what I mean. 1111 00:48:13,762 --> 00:48:15,720 [laughs] 1112 00:48:15,804 --> 00:48:17,595 - She was very strict. 1113 00:48:17,679 --> 00:48:20,428 She said if I ever cross the boundaries that she set, 1114 00:48:20,512 --> 00:48:22,220 there was always consequences. 1115 00:48:22,303 --> 00:48:25,428 ♪ ♪ 1116 00:48:25,512 --> 00:48:27,553 - Earl and Tida, they had this image 1117 00:48:27,637 --> 00:48:30,220 of who he was supposed to be, 1118 00:48:30,303 --> 00:48:32,887 and I think that they were worried about me, 1119 00:48:32,970 --> 00:48:37,220 'cause I certainly didn't fit into that. 1120 00:48:37,303 --> 00:48:42,220 I felt like their plans were creating this robot. 1121 00:48:42,303 --> 00:48:46,553 There was all this preparation for golf, which is great. 1122 00:48:46,637 --> 00:48:47,887 You're gonna be a great golfer. 1123 00:48:47,970 --> 00:48:49,595 But he had no life skills. 1124 00:48:49,679 --> 00:48:51,345 He had not been prepared for life. 1125 00:48:51,428 --> 00:48:53,595 And I was probably the only person around him 1126 00:48:53,679 --> 00:48:55,762 that really kept him in check. 1127 00:48:55,845 --> 00:48:57,595 - Merry Christmas, Tiger. 1128 00:48:57,679 --> 00:49:00,595 all: Merry Christmas! 1129 00:49:00,679 --> 00:49:02,303 - And I would tell him, 1130 00:49:02,387 --> 00:49:04,303 "You know, you are gonna want to get married and have kids, 1131 00:49:04,387 --> 00:49:07,261 "and golf is not gonna be the most important thing. 1132 00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:10,261 I mean, you're gonna have to find that balance." 1133 00:49:10,345 --> 00:49:11,887 He would say, "I'm in love with you. 1134 00:49:11,970 --> 00:49:13,595 "I want that. 1135 00:49:13,679 --> 00:49:15,887 I just wanna have a life with you." 1136 00:49:15,970 --> 00:49:22,428 ♪ ♪ 1137 00:49:22,512 --> 00:49:26,595 - Earl and Tida, they were very nervous about that. 1138 00:49:26,679 --> 00:49:29,387 One time, Tiger lied to them 1139 00:49:29,470 --> 00:49:31,970 in saying that he was coming home 1140 00:49:32,053 --> 00:49:33,595 from college the next day, 1141 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,470 when he'd actually arrived the day before 1142 00:49:35,553 --> 00:49:38,679 and stayed at his girlfriend's house. 1143 00:49:38,762 --> 00:49:40,637 Tida and Earl, 1144 00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:44,845 they were furious. 1145 00:49:44,929 --> 00:49:47,845 Tiger called me. He was so upset, he called me. 1146 00:49:47,929 --> 00:49:49,970 "Joe, I'm a lot of trouble, you know?" 1147 00:49:50,053 --> 00:49:51,178 And he told me what had happened. 1148 00:49:51,261 --> 00:49:52,345 I said, "Well, I'll go over there." 1149 00:49:52,428 --> 00:49:53,637 You know, "I'll help you out, champ. 1150 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:54,845 I got your back on this," 1151 00:49:54,929 --> 00:49:57,470 'cause I was very close to Earl and Tida at the time. 1152 00:49:57,553 --> 00:50:00,637 I go over there, and I was shocked. 1153 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:03,470 Tida was goddamn-ing a lot, 1154 00:50:03,553 --> 00:50:07,679 very loud tone of voice. "God damn it!" 1155 00:50:07,762 --> 00:50:10,804 And Earl was just incensed, 1156 00:50:10,887 --> 00:50:12,887 and you could just hear it in his voice. 1157 00:50:12,970 --> 00:50:14,136 "We don't need this. 1158 00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:15,929 "You gotta push-- she's gonna get pregnant. 1159 00:50:16,011 --> 00:50:17,512 "You're gonna blow-- he's gonna blow 1160 00:50:17,595 --> 00:50:19,345 the whole goddamn thing." 1161 00:50:19,428 --> 00:50:23,053 And they're ready to just kick him out of the house. 1162 00:50:23,136 --> 00:50:24,762 They were so mad. 1163 00:50:24,845 --> 00:50:28,178 And Tiger, you know, he was spooked. 1164 00:50:28,261 --> 00:50:29,929 He was spooked. 1165 00:50:35,637 --> 00:50:38,553 - "Dina, the reason for writing this letter 1166 00:50:38,637 --> 00:50:41,804 "is to inform you my parents and myself 1167 00:50:41,887 --> 00:50:45,679 "never want to talk or hear from you again. 1168 00:50:45,762 --> 00:50:47,804 "Reflecting back over this relationship, 1169 00:50:47,887 --> 00:50:51,512 "I feel used and manipulated by you and your family. 1170 00:50:51,595 --> 00:50:54,845 "I hope the rest of your life runs well for you. 1171 00:50:54,929 --> 00:50:57,220 "I know this is sudden and a surprise, 1172 00:50:57,303 --> 00:51:00,428 "but it is, in my opinion, much warranted. 1173 00:51:00,512 --> 00:51:01,762 Sincerely, Tiger." 1174 00:51:01,845 --> 00:51:06,428 ♪ ♪ 1175 00:51:06,512 --> 00:51:09,428 Yeah, it was awful. 1176 00:51:09,512 --> 00:51:12,512 I mean, we've been in this three-year relationship, 1177 00:51:12,595 --> 00:51:15,303 and you know, I thought about, "Should I drive over there?" 1178 00:51:15,387 --> 00:51:16,679 I just wanted to confront him. 1179 00:51:16,762 --> 00:51:20,845 I just wanted him to look me in the face and tell me this. 1180 00:51:20,929 --> 00:51:23,011 If it's the truth, then we're good. 1181 00:51:23,095 --> 00:51:25,387 Then our relationship was a whole lie. 1182 00:51:25,470 --> 00:51:27,720 That's fine, but I wanna hear it from you. 1183 00:51:27,804 --> 00:51:29,887 It's just--I replay that day in my head 1184 00:51:29,970 --> 00:51:31,261 over and over again. 1185 00:51:31,345 --> 00:51:32,762 What happened? 1186 00:51:32,845 --> 00:51:35,887 What really triggered all this? 1187 00:51:35,970 --> 00:51:38,136 But you know, I have to-- 1188 00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:41,387 it has to be that it was just the plan. 1189 00:51:41,470 --> 00:51:44,387 [disquieting music] 1190 00:51:44,470 --> 00:51:46,804 ♪ ♪ 1191 00:51:46,887 --> 00:51:49,637 It was like a death, and I had to treat it like a death, 1192 00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:51,762 because I had to just let it go 1193 00:51:51,845 --> 00:51:53,595 and pretend like he was gone, 1194 00:51:53,679 --> 00:51:57,095 because honestly, the person that I fell in love with, 1195 00:51:57,178 --> 00:51:59,595 the Tiger that I had known, 1196 00:51:59,679 --> 00:52:00,637 had died. 1197 00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:03,970 ♪ ♪ 1198 00:52:04,053 --> 00:52:06,428 That part of him, the part of his soul, 1199 00:52:06,512 --> 00:52:10,929 that I knew would never treat me that way. 1200 00:52:11,011 --> 00:52:14,303 His sweetness was stolen from him. 1201 00:52:14,387 --> 00:52:17,553 The new Tiger was here, 1202 00:52:17,637 --> 00:52:20,929 and he was all about golf. 1203 00:52:21,011 --> 00:52:23,261 [dramatic music] 1204 00:52:23,345 --> 00:52:24,595 ♪ ♪ 1205 00:52:24,679 --> 00:52:27,136 - In almost complete darkness... 1206 00:52:27,220 --> 00:52:29,303 - And it is very hard to even see 1207 00:52:29,387 --> 00:52:32,303 the flight of any ball onto the 18th green. 1208 00:52:32,387 --> 00:52:35,428 Now Tiger. 1209 00:52:35,512 --> 00:52:38,637 - This one appears to be online, I think. 1210 00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:42,136 - Oh, no. You can't do that! 1211 00:52:42,220 --> 00:52:44,929 I don't believe it. [laughs] 1212 00:52:45,011 --> 00:52:46,512 I don't believe it. 1213 00:52:46,595 --> 00:52:48,512 ♪ ♪ 1214 00:52:48,595 --> 00:52:51,804 - What Tiger does with a golf club is... 1215 00:52:51,887 --> 00:52:53,804 it's stunning. 1216 00:52:53,887 --> 00:52:55,929 It's frightening how good he is. 1217 00:52:56,011 --> 00:52:58,970 - Johnny, I have seen a number of players putt 1218 00:52:59,053 --> 00:53:00,428 from the back part of this green, 1219 00:53:00,512 --> 00:53:02,220 and the results have not been good. 1220 00:53:02,303 --> 00:53:04,178 ♪ ♪ 1221 00:53:04,261 --> 00:53:07,220 [crowd yelling] 1222 00:53:07,303 --> 00:53:11,637 That's...better than most. 1223 00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:14,595 - How about in? - It is better than most. 1224 00:53:14,679 --> 00:53:17,595 Better than most! 1225 00:53:17,679 --> 00:53:19,845 - I don't think that people 1226 00:53:19,929 --> 00:53:22,345 had ever seen anybody like Tiger before. 1227 00:53:22,428 --> 00:53:25,720 - Tiger's about to give this quite a big lash. 1228 00:53:27,095 --> 00:53:28,345 [laughs] 1229 00:53:28,428 --> 00:53:30,512 - His swing was so violent, 1230 00:53:30,595 --> 00:53:32,553 and he had such a torque in his back, 1231 00:53:32,637 --> 00:53:35,345 I thought it just was gonna snap like a twig. 1232 00:53:35,428 --> 00:53:36,887 - Heaves it on. 1233 00:53:36,970 --> 00:53:38,845 - That was not just technique. 1234 00:53:38,929 --> 00:53:40,845 That's all about strength. 1235 00:53:40,929 --> 00:53:43,011 - I've never seen anybody who had so much fun 1236 00:53:43,095 --> 00:53:44,470 crushing a golf ball 1237 00:53:44,553 --> 00:53:47,011 and just obliterating his opponents. 1238 00:53:47,095 --> 00:53:49,553 - Ti got in trouble at the 17th. 1239 00:53:49,637 --> 00:53:52,428 - When Tiger played golf, 1240 00:53:52,512 --> 00:53:55,887 there was a hunger to see him do something 1241 00:53:55,970 --> 00:53:58,553 that you've never seen before. 1242 00:53:58,637 --> 00:53:59,762 - Would you believe it? 1243 00:53:59,845 --> 00:54:03,720 [cheers and applause] 1244 00:54:03,804 --> 00:54:10,053 - People invested themselves in him as a figure, 1245 00:54:10,136 --> 00:54:13,053 as something representing 1246 00:54:13,136 --> 00:54:14,762 what they wanted to believe 1247 00:54:14,845 --> 00:54:16,762 was good in themselves. 1248 00:54:18,136 --> 00:54:20,720 It became this hold he had 1249 00:54:20,804 --> 00:54:23,095 on people's sacred imagination. 1250 00:54:23,178 --> 00:54:28,679 ♪ ♪ 1251 00:54:31,136 --> 00:54:33,053 Earl Woods was 1252 00:54:33,136 --> 00:54:36,762 the original evangelist of the Gospel of Tiger Woods. 1253 00:54:36,845 --> 00:54:39,220 He put it out into the world 1254 00:54:39,303 --> 00:54:42,053 and found all these other evangelists 1255 00:54:42,136 --> 00:54:44,387 who were willing to spread it. 1256 00:54:44,470 --> 00:54:46,970 - You're the man, Tiger! 1257 00:54:47,053 --> 00:54:49,679 - Among the fans, I mean, there was just 1258 00:54:49,762 --> 00:54:53,595 an overwhelming urge to come see this guy. 1259 00:54:53,679 --> 00:54:56,220 People's enthusiasm grew 1260 00:54:56,303 --> 00:55:01,095 until it became this monster, 1261 00:55:01,178 --> 00:55:03,428 and Tiger knew he couldn't stop it. 1262 00:55:03,512 --> 00:55:05,929 [somber music] 1263 00:55:06,011 --> 00:55:08,637 - Tiger, please! - Step back, step back! 1264 00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:11,470 Stay back. Stay back. 1265 00:55:11,553 --> 00:55:14,136 - I think there's fame, and then there's mania. 1266 00:55:14,220 --> 00:55:16,845 [fans clamoring] 1267 00:55:16,929 --> 00:55:19,428 ♪ ♪ 1268 00:55:19,512 --> 00:55:21,804 Being out in public with Tiger 1269 00:55:21,887 --> 00:55:25,136 was absolutely insane. 1270 00:55:25,220 --> 00:55:27,595 [fans clamoring] 1271 00:55:27,679 --> 00:55:30,845 It was just the most intense, 1272 00:55:30,929 --> 00:55:32,470 screaming, crying, 1273 00:55:32,553 --> 00:55:33,929 jumping up and down, 1274 00:55:34,011 --> 00:55:36,470 almost hyperventilating reaction to him. 1275 00:55:36,553 --> 00:55:39,303 - Take it easy. Take it easy. 1276 00:55:39,387 --> 00:55:41,512 - My uncle was also a professional golfer, 1277 00:55:41,595 --> 00:55:43,136 so I knew that world, 1278 00:55:43,220 --> 00:55:45,970 but this was different. 1279 00:55:46,053 --> 00:55:48,595 This was next level. 1280 00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:50,011 ♪ ♪ 1281 00:55:50,095 --> 00:55:52,804 As a friend, I know that he wanted 1282 00:55:52,887 --> 00:55:54,804 to be a normal kid in many ways 1283 00:55:54,887 --> 00:55:56,887 and that inside, there's a person 1284 00:55:56,970 --> 00:56:01,011 who is a little confused 1285 00:56:01,095 --> 00:56:04,220 by this crazy world he's been thrust into. 1286 00:56:04,303 --> 00:56:09,804 ♪ ♪ 1287 00:56:11,136 --> 00:56:13,637 - I guess there's one thing that I really do miss 1288 00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:17,136 is a sense of privacy. 1289 00:56:17,220 --> 00:56:20,303 People are usually trying to invade my privacy, 1290 00:56:20,387 --> 00:56:23,136 and you know, sometimes that's tough. 1291 00:56:23,220 --> 00:56:25,637 [pensive music] 1292 00:56:25,720 --> 00:56:29,679 - The machine of fame starts to just wallop Tiger. 1293 00:56:29,762 --> 00:56:31,512 ♪ ♪ 1294 00:56:31,595 --> 00:56:33,595 Earl sees this piling up on his son 1295 00:56:33,679 --> 00:56:37,553 and tries to break the tension, and Tiger says, 1296 00:56:37,637 --> 00:56:40,387 "You don't know what this is like." 1297 00:56:40,470 --> 00:56:43,887 And Earl, you know, tries to sympathize with him, 1298 00:56:43,970 --> 00:56:46,720 like, saying, "You're right. I--must be terrible," 1299 00:56:46,804 --> 00:56:50,220 and Tiger just, you know, bites his head off. 1300 00:56:50,303 --> 00:56:52,512 [camera shutters snapping] 1301 00:56:52,595 --> 00:56:55,053 We're really getting a sense of the pressures 1302 00:56:55,136 --> 00:56:57,428 that were gonna start coming on Tiger and Earl, 1303 00:56:57,512 --> 00:57:01,053 the father-son relationship that had been so tight. 1304 00:57:01,136 --> 00:57:04,303 - Okay. We're rolling, fellas. 1305 00:57:06,470 --> 00:57:08,553 - Even though Earl taught him 1306 00:57:08,637 --> 00:57:12,762 the mental toughness to tackle the game of golf, 1307 00:57:12,845 --> 00:57:16,261 I'm not sure that Tiger was mentally tough enough 1308 00:57:16,345 --> 00:57:19,220 to handle the pressures of fame, 1309 00:57:19,303 --> 00:57:25,804 and he started looking for ways to sort of escape. 1310 00:57:25,887 --> 00:57:28,804 [tranquil music] 1311 00:57:28,887 --> 00:57:30,303 ♪ ♪ 1312 00:57:30,387 --> 00:57:33,261 I remember when he started really taking 1313 00:57:33,345 --> 00:57:37,637 an intense liking to scuba diving. 1314 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:43,095 That, to me, just kind of was odd. 1315 00:57:43,178 --> 00:57:45,553 But then, when I started kind of asking him 1316 00:57:45,637 --> 00:57:46,929 more about scuba diving, 1317 00:57:47,011 --> 00:57:49,011 I think he said to me, you know, 1318 00:57:49,095 --> 00:57:51,136 "The fishies don't know who I am down there." 1319 00:57:51,220 --> 00:57:56,303 ♪ ♪ 1320 00:57:56,387 --> 00:57:57,970 I thought that there was so much truth 1321 00:57:58,053 --> 00:57:59,804 in that statement, 1322 00:57:59,887 --> 00:58:04,136 so much sadness in that statement. 1323 00:58:04,220 --> 00:58:07,303 He loved the silence and the peace 1324 00:58:07,387 --> 00:58:10,136 that he could find at the bottom of the ocean. 1325 00:58:10,220 --> 00:58:13,220 ♪ ♪ 1326 00:58:13,303 --> 00:58:16,679 He could just be. 1327 00:58:16,762 --> 00:58:20,470 ♪ ♪ 1328 00:58:20,553 --> 00:58:22,136 [crowd chanting "Tiger"] 1329 00:58:22,220 --> 00:58:25,178 [dramatic music] 1330 00:58:25,261 --> 00:58:32,220 ♪ ♪ 1331 00:58:36,762 --> 00:58:43,762 ♪ ♪ 1332 00:58:53,970 --> 00:58:56,053 - Quite extraordinary atmosphere, 1333 00:58:56,136 --> 00:58:58,595 knowing that he's going to win. 1334 00:58:58,679 --> 00:58:59,845 - It's as if they're just waiting 1335 00:58:59,929 --> 00:59:03,595 for the king to be crowned. 1336 00:59:05,261 --> 00:59:08,470 [desolate music] 1337 00:59:09,011 --> 00:59:12,220 - With Tiger Woods, surely nothing can go wrong now. 1338 00:59:12,303 --> 00:59:19,303 ♪ ♪ 1339 00:59:21,804 --> 00:59:23,887 Oh, please go in. 1340 00:59:23,970 --> 00:59:27,053 We don't want any anticlimax. 1341 00:59:27,136 --> 00:59:29,553 ♪ ♪ 1342 00:59:29,637 --> 00:59:33,720 Oh, well done. 1343 00:59:33,804 --> 00:59:38,929 - Tiger's form was unmatched to me at that time. 1344 00:59:39,011 --> 00:59:40,553 His win at the U.S. Open 1345 00:59:40,637 --> 00:59:42,929 was still just in the mirror behind us, 1346 00:59:43,011 --> 00:59:44,220 and then he went on and backed it up 1347 00:59:44,303 --> 00:59:46,053 at the British Open, 1348 00:59:46,136 --> 00:59:49,845 remarkable back-to-back wins in major championships. 1349 00:59:49,929 --> 00:59:53,720 - The champion golfer for the year, Tiger Woods. 1350 00:59:53,804 --> 00:59:56,887 [cheers and applause] 1351 00:59:56,970 --> 00:59:58,595 - One of the most unusual things 1352 00:59:58,679 --> 01:00:00,804 about working for Tiger: 1353 01:00:00,887 --> 01:00:04,553 there was never really any big celebrations. 1354 01:00:04,637 --> 01:00:06,595 Soon as that tournament was over, 1355 01:00:06,679 --> 01:00:09,804 the thought was to the next major championship. 1356 01:00:09,887 --> 01:00:13,929 ♪ ♪ 1357 01:00:14,011 --> 01:00:15,720 - This to win now from Tiger. 1358 01:00:15,804 --> 01:00:17,053 - Get in the hole! Get in the hole! 1359 01:00:17,136 --> 01:00:18,261 - Tiger! 1360 01:00:18,345 --> 01:00:20,929 [onlookers shouting] 1361 01:00:21,011 --> 01:00:23,303 [cheers and applause] 1362 01:00:23,387 --> 01:00:26,970 ♪ ♪ 1363 01:00:27,053 --> 01:00:29,136 - When Tiger went to the PGA Championship, 1364 01:00:29,220 --> 01:00:30,762 that's three in a row. 1365 01:00:30,845 --> 01:00:32,553 Everybody starts asking, 1366 01:00:32,637 --> 01:00:35,553 "Can Tiger Woods win the Masters next year 1367 01:00:35,637 --> 01:00:37,679 and hold all four trophies?" 1368 01:00:37,762 --> 01:00:39,929 - Will he be the first ever 1369 01:00:40,011 --> 01:00:42,387 to win four consecutive major championships? 1370 01:00:42,470 --> 01:00:44,428 - Tiger's going for his fourth straight Major. 1371 01:00:44,512 --> 01:00:45,929 - Even the unbreakable records 1372 01:00:46,011 --> 01:00:47,637 seem within Tiger's reach. 1373 01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,470 - I mean, I got to the point where I got sick of hearing it, 1374 01:00:49,553 --> 01:00:50,637 sick of reading about it. 1375 01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,512 It just dominated golf 1376 01:00:52,595 --> 01:00:57,095 for that period of time, and...yeah. 1377 01:00:58,178 --> 01:01:03,470 - If Tiger Woods wins this tournament, 1378 01:01:03,553 --> 01:01:06,387 it'll be the greatest achievement 1379 01:01:06,470 --> 01:01:09,387 in modern-day golf. 1380 01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:15,428 - The first couple of rounds, Tiger played remarkable, 1381 01:01:15,512 --> 01:01:17,470 and when he arrived for the final round, 1382 01:01:17,553 --> 01:01:18,970 it all came down to him 1383 01:01:19,053 --> 01:01:20,845 and one other player, 1384 01:01:20,929 --> 01:01:23,679 the guy that he wants to beat the most, 1385 01:01:23,762 --> 01:01:25,553 and the guy that he would least like 1386 01:01:25,637 --> 01:01:27,679 to see win the tournament: 1387 01:01:27,762 --> 01:01:29,178 his good mate Phil. 1388 01:01:29,261 --> 01:01:32,220 [disquieting music] 1389 01:01:32,303 --> 01:01:33,720 ♪ ♪ 1390 01:01:33,804 --> 01:01:35,345 - Tiger had grown up in Phil's shadow 1391 01:01:35,428 --> 01:01:37,970 in southern California. 1392 01:01:38,053 --> 01:01:40,345 Mickelson was about 6 1/2 years older, 1393 01:01:40,428 --> 01:01:42,804 and he had all the southern California records. 1394 01:01:42,887 --> 01:01:44,220 - Good afternoon to you. 1395 01:01:44,303 --> 01:01:46,178 Phil's gone, and same rules. 1396 01:01:46,261 --> 01:01:47,178 Good luck to you. 1397 01:01:47,261 --> 01:01:48,220 - Play good, man. - Good luck. 1398 01:01:48,303 --> 01:01:49,220 - Thanks. I got... 1399 01:01:49,303 --> 01:01:50,845 - Tiger knew that Phil was 1400 01:01:50,929 --> 01:01:52,220 the most naturally gifted player 1401 01:01:52,303 --> 01:01:53,970 ever to hold a golf club. 1402 01:01:54,053 --> 01:01:56,470 - Yeah. Get it, Phil! 1403 01:01:56,553 --> 01:01:58,178 - But Tiger looked at him with disdain 1404 01:01:58,261 --> 01:02:01,387 because he couldn't fathom having that much ability 1405 01:02:01,470 --> 01:02:04,512 and not putting in the time to be great. 1406 01:02:04,595 --> 01:02:06,220 Phil had about 20 extra pounds, 1407 01:02:06,303 --> 01:02:08,053 and Tiger was looking more and more 1408 01:02:08,136 --> 01:02:10,929 like Mr. Universe, 1409 01:02:11,011 --> 01:02:15,220 and with Tida Woods, it was personal. 1410 01:02:15,303 --> 01:02:18,679 Tida loved to make fun of Mickelson's body. 1411 01:02:18,762 --> 01:02:21,470 - Phil's nickname is "Lefty," 1412 01:02:21,553 --> 01:02:23,929 but Tida called him "Hefty." 1413 01:02:24,011 --> 01:02:26,845 ♪ ♪ 1414 01:02:26,929 --> 01:02:29,553 So Tiger is in the situation 1415 01:02:29,637 --> 01:02:33,053 where to prove his alpha dog superiority, 1416 01:02:33,136 --> 01:02:35,345 he's gotta beat this guy. 1417 01:02:35,428 --> 01:02:38,053 But it's not enough to just beat Phil. 1418 01:02:38,136 --> 01:02:40,720 - Beautiful. 1419 01:02:40,804 --> 01:02:42,303 - You gotta try to humiliate him 1420 01:02:42,387 --> 01:02:44,887 at the same time. 1421 01:02:44,970 --> 01:02:46,887 - Oh, on the tee, 1422 01:02:46,970 --> 01:02:49,887 Phil Mickelson. 1423 01:02:51,887 --> 01:02:54,053 Did he cut it enough? 1424 01:02:54,136 --> 01:02:55,345 Oh, yes, he did. 1425 01:02:55,428 --> 01:02:58,095 He has been very good at his tee shots here with 13 1426 01:02:58,178 --> 01:02:59,637 all week. 1427 01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:01,220 - On the 13th hole, 1428 01:03:01,303 --> 01:03:02,970 Tiger and Phil are dueling, 1429 01:03:03,053 --> 01:03:04,804 and Phil got up and hit this great drive 1430 01:03:04,887 --> 01:03:06,720 right down the middle. 1431 01:03:06,804 --> 01:03:09,095 - Now Tiger Woods. 1432 01:03:09,178 --> 01:03:10,428 - Tiger decided 1433 01:03:10,512 --> 01:03:12,261 that was gonna be the perfect time 1434 01:03:12,345 --> 01:03:15,387 to play a little bit of a mind game on Phil. 1435 01:03:15,470 --> 01:03:19,887 He gets his three wood, which is a smaller club... 1436 01:03:19,970 --> 01:03:22,220 [cheers and applause] 1437 01:03:22,303 --> 01:03:24,345 - That's huge. 1438 01:03:24,428 --> 01:03:27,095 That's really big. 1439 01:03:27,178 --> 01:03:28,512 You thought Mickelson was big? 1440 01:03:28,595 --> 01:03:30,679 Put it right by it. 1441 01:03:30,762 --> 01:03:32,261 - You know, I could sort of sense 1442 01:03:32,345 --> 01:03:35,303 that Mickelson was feeling a bit dejected. 1443 01:03:35,387 --> 01:03:37,595 He's just hit the best drive he could, 1444 01:03:37,679 --> 01:03:38,970 and then Tiger's hit a three wood 1445 01:03:39,053 --> 01:03:40,970 and whipped it by him, 1446 01:03:41,053 --> 01:03:43,929 and Phil says to Tiger, 1447 01:03:44,011 --> 01:03:46,053 you know, "Do you always hit your three wood that long?" 1448 01:03:46,136 --> 01:03:47,595 and Tiger said, "No, further. 1449 01:03:47,679 --> 01:03:50,595 Normally further than that." [laughs] 1450 01:03:50,679 --> 01:03:53,970 It's amazing, the little games within a game 1451 01:03:54,053 --> 01:03:56,637 Tiger would play. 1452 01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:59,595 That shot just deflated Phil's ego, 1453 01:03:59,679 --> 01:04:02,845 and he couldn't bounce back. 1454 01:04:02,929 --> 01:04:05,679 - He's looking dangerously down the left side. 1455 01:04:05,762 --> 01:04:07,428 [disquieting waltz music] 1456 01:04:07,512 --> 01:04:10,178 And that catches the trees. 1457 01:04:10,261 --> 01:04:12,011 - If there ever was a must putt, 1458 01:04:12,095 --> 01:04:13,804 you're looking at it right now. 1459 01:04:13,887 --> 01:04:15,679 ♪ ♪ 1460 01:04:15,762 --> 01:04:17,220 [audience exclaims] 1461 01:04:17,303 --> 01:04:19,178 - Wow. 1462 01:04:19,261 --> 01:04:22,470 - And now Tiger Woods... 1463 01:04:22,553 --> 01:04:25,970 can make his move now on this closing stretch. 1464 01:04:26,053 --> 01:04:27,887 Oh. And he's pulled it 1465 01:04:27,970 --> 01:04:29,679 right at the hole. Look out! 1466 01:04:29,762 --> 01:04:30,929 [crowd roars] 1467 01:04:31,011 --> 01:04:34,220 Was that any good? - Unbelievable. 1468 01:04:34,303 --> 01:04:37,178 ♪ ♪ 1469 01:04:37,261 --> 01:04:39,178 - Well, that should be enough to do it. 1470 01:04:39,261 --> 01:04:41,053 Here comes the salute 1471 01:04:41,136 --> 01:04:44,845 to an achievement that's about to be completed 1472 01:04:44,929 --> 01:04:48,178 unlike anything this sport has ever seen. 1473 01:04:48,261 --> 01:04:51,011 ♪ ♪ 1474 01:04:52,470 --> 01:04:54,762 - A streak that started at Pebble Beach. 1475 01:04:54,845 --> 01:04:56,595 - St. Andrews. - Valhalla. 1476 01:04:56,679 --> 01:04:58,512 - Augusta. 1477 01:04:58,595 --> 01:04:59,929 - And here it is. 1478 01:05:00,011 --> 01:05:03,553 This putt for the Tiger slam. 1479 01:05:03,637 --> 01:05:06,553 [crowd cheering] 1480 01:05:06,637 --> 01:05:10,053 - There it is, as planned as it gets! 1481 01:05:10,136 --> 01:05:13,387 And Tiger has his slam. 1482 01:05:13,470 --> 01:05:15,387 - He's won all of golf's majors 1483 01:05:15,470 --> 01:05:17,428 faster than any other player in history, 1484 01:05:17,512 --> 01:05:20,011 and he just made history again, 1485 01:05:20,095 --> 01:05:24,011 signing a new five-year, $100 million endorsement deal 1486 01:05:24,095 --> 01:05:25,553 with Nike. - And he's locked in 1487 01:05:25,637 --> 01:05:28,512 with American Express, with Titleist, 1488 01:05:28,595 --> 01:05:30,011 for millions and millions of dollars. 1489 01:05:30,095 --> 01:05:32,053 Buick, he just signed a huge contract with them. 1490 01:05:32,136 --> 01:05:34,428 - He's making a lot of jack, as they say. 1491 01:05:34,512 --> 01:05:35,762 - Much more than Michael Jordan, 1492 01:05:35,845 --> 01:05:36,929 and he was the king. 1493 01:05:37,011 --> 01:05:38,804 - He can sell just about anything: 1494 01:05:38,887 --> 01:05:40,845 cereal, cars, golf clubs. 1495 01:05:40,929 --> 01:05:44,095 - Now, Tiger's conquering another kind of golf game: 1496 01:05:44,178 --> 01:05:45,470 video golf. 1497 01:05:45,553 --> 01:05:47,136 - Pick up your controller, Mr. Woods. 1498 01:05:47,220 --> 01:05:48,220 Okay? - Yes, sir. 1499 01:05:48,303 --> 01:05:49,470 - When you see the swing here 1500 01:05:49,553 --> 01:05:51,387 versus when you look at video of your swing, 1501 01:05:51,470 --> 01:05:52,762 how realistic is this? 1502 01:05:52,845 --> 01:05:54,887 - It's almost identical, yeah. - Really? 1503 01:05:54,970 --> 01:05:56,512 - I just wish I was that big. 1504 01:05:56,595 --> 01:05:59,136 [laughter] 1505 01:06:07,762 --> 01:06:11,428 - As Tiger's bank account swelled, 1506 01:06:11,512 --> 01:06:14,011 as he collected jets and yachts 1507 01:06:14,095 --> 01:06:18,261 and all the trappings that this world has to offer, 1508 01:06:18,345 --> 01:06:20,970 I think he pushed back from Earl quite a bit. 1509 01:06:21,053 --> 01:06:23,470 [melancholy music] 1510 01:06:23,553 --> 01:06:25,804 - What is the relationship with your father these days? 1511 01:06:25,887 --> 01:06:27,970 - You know, we're still great friends, 1512 01:06:28,053 --> 01:06:30,261 still, you know, a father, son, 1513 01:06:30,345 --> 01:06:32,136 but we don't get a chance to spend much time 1514 01:06:32,220 --> 01:06:34,970 with each other 'cause I'm so busy. 1515 01:06:35,053 --> 01:06:40,261 - Tiger became a corporation, trying to make money, 1516 01:06:40,345 --> 01:06:44,512 and it needs a steady, consistent rock 1517 01:06:44,595 --> 01:06:46,136 at its head, 1518 01:06:46,220 --> 01:06:49,303 and that wasn't Earl anymore. 1519 01:06:49,387 --> 01:06:53,804 So there became some issues that arose 1520 01:06:53,887 --> 01:06:58,512 that necessitated Tiger kind of moving away from Earl. 1521 01:06:58,595 --> 01:07:00,845 ♪ ♪ 1522 01:07:00,929 --> 01:07:05,470 - Tiger and I had a very big fight, 1523 01:07:05,553 --> 01:07:09,220 and he said, "Well, 1524 01:07:09,303 --> 01:07:11,762 "I have this problem, 1525 01:07:11,845 --> 01:07:13,011 "and the problem is, 1526 01:07:13,095 --> 01:07:15,762 "I don't know whether you can handle 1527 01:07:15,845 --> 01:07:18,303 "being a businessman 1528 01:07:18,387 --> 01:07:21,720 and a father at the same time." 1529 01:07:23,804 --> 01:07:25,512 - Tiger was growing up, 1530 01:07:25,595 --> 01:07:28,887 and I think that caused disagreements. 1531 01:07:28,970 --> 01:07:30,512 ♪ ♪ 1532 01:07:30,595 --> 01:07:33,845 Heated. 1533 01:07:33,929 --> 01:07:36,136 Obviously, there's far more that I could tell you 1534 01:07:36,220 --> 01:07:39,178 about the disagreements, but I can't. 1535 01:07:39,261 --> 01:07:43,011 I can't talk about that. 1536 01:07:43,095 --> 01:07:45,595 That's one place I know not to go to. 1537 01:07:45,679 --> 01:07:47,804 ♪ ♪ 1538 01:07:50,970 --> 01:07:51,887 - How would you describe 1539 01:07:51,970 --> 01:07:53,595 your relationship with your father? 1540 01:07:53,679 --> 01:07:55,387 - He is my best friend... - And yet this-- 1541 01:07:55,470 --> 01:07:57,220 - No ifs, ands, or buts about it. 1542 01:07:57,303 --> 01:07:58,261 He is my best friend. 1543 01:07:58,345 --> 01:08:00,637 - But he's much older than you. 1544 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:01,762 - That's all right. 1545 01:08:01,845 --> 01:08:04,595 You can still have a best friend who's 61. 1546 01:08:04,679 --> 01:08:06,220 - Tiger absolutely idolized his dad. 1547 01:08:06,303 --> 01:08:07,845 He loved his dad. 1548 01:08:07,929 --> 01:08:09,220 Golf was their connection, 1549 01:08:09,303 --> 01:08:10,887 and they had spent a lot of time 1550 01:08:10,970 --> 01:08:13,720 doing that together. 1551 01:08:13,804 --> 01:08:17,428 - There it is. There it is. 1552 01:08:17,512 --> 01:08:19,720 Perfect. Good boy. 1553 01:08:19,804 --> 01:08:21,929 He's my best friend. 1554 01:08:22,011 --> 01:08:23,470 - But he's your son. 1555 01:08:23,553 --> 01:08:25,261 - But he's my best friend. 1556 01:08:25,345 --> 01:08:27,095 - They were buddies, 1557 01:08:27,178 --> 01:08:28,595 but he needed his dad. 1558 01:08:28,679 --> 01:08:31,053 He didn't need another friend. 1559 01:08:31,136 --> 01:08:33,261 That was forgotten in that relationship, 1560 01:08:33,345 --> 01:08:35,428 and Earl crossed boundaries 1561 01:08:35,512 --> 01:08:37,261 that he shouldn't have crossed. 1562 01:08:37,345 --> 01:08:41,679 ♪ ♪ 1563 01:08:42,553 --> 01:08:44,970 - [sighs] Gosh. 1564 01:08:45,053 --> 01:08:46,470 You know, I love this guy. 1565 01:08:46,553 --> 01:08:50,679 Earl was a great, great dad, but... 1566 01:08:54,679 --> 01:08:56,595 I don't know how to smooth this one over. 1567 01:08:56,679 --> 01:08:59,261 I assure you that we were not the best role models 1568 01:08:59,345 --> 01:09:01,970 when it came to honoring your marriage. 1569 01:09:02,053 --> 01:09:04,011 I assure you. 1570 01:09:04,095 --> 01:09:06,553 Ooh, this is a tough one. 1571 01:09:06,637 --> 01:09:09,428 Yeah, w... 1572 01:09:09,512 --> 01:09:11,178 Hang on. Give me two seconds. 1573 01:09:11,261 --> 01:09:13,595 I gotta collect my thoughts. 1574 01:09:13,679 --> 01:09:18,095 ♪ ♪ 1575 01:09:18,178 --> 01:09:19,595 Shit. 1576 01:09:19,679 --> 01:09:21,762 He's not gonna like this shit at all. 1577 01:09:21,845 --> 01:09:26,345 ♪ ♪ 1578 01:09:26,428 --> 01:09:29,512 Earl had this little Winnebago, 1579 01:09:29,595 --> 01:09:33,136 and we'd let him teach on the range, 1580 01:09:33,220 --> 01:09:35,303 and he somehow would... 1581 01:09:35,387 --> 01:09:38,845 teach very attractive blonde women. 1582 01:09:38,929 --> 01:09:43,512 I never figured out where he met these women. 1583 01:09:43,595 --> 01:09:48,345 And often, you know, after the lesson, 1584 01:09:48,428 --> 01:09:51,136 they'd go into the Winnebago for cocktails. 1585 01:09:51,220 --> 01:09:54,845 ♪ ♪ 1586 01:09:54,929 --> 01:09:57,804 And you know, Tiger was at the course. 1587 01:09:57,887 --> 01:10:00,637 ♪ ♪ 1588 01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:04,387 You know, and I was just every bit as bad. 1589 01:10:04,470 --> 01:10:06,679 I mean, for a long time, me and Earl were 1590 01:10:06,762 --> 01:10:08,720 the two biggest male figures in his life, 1591 01:10:08,804 --> 01:10:11,178 the two closest to him, and you know, 1592 01:10:11,261 --> 01:10:14,303 and here I am... [sighs] 1593 01:10:14,387 --> 01:10:15,970 Chasing skirts and bringing them to the course, 1594 01:10:16,053 --> 01:10:18,345 and he's seeing this. 1595 01:10:18,428 --> 01:10:21,387 Yeah, yeah, and I was married, too, at the time, 1596 01:10:21,470 --> 01:10:22,637 and he's seeing this. 1597 01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:24,220 ♪ ♪ 1598 01:10:24,303 --> 01:10:25,720 Yeah. 1599 01:10:25,804 --> 01:10:27,178 You know, to have that kind of access 1600 01:10:27,261 --> 01:10:28,679 to this child's development 1601 01:10:28,762 --> 01:10:30,762 and expose him to that is just... 1602 01:10:30,845 --> 01:10:32,720 Yeah. 1603 01:10:32,804 --> 01:10:35,095 I mean...yeah. 1604 01:10:35,178 --> 01:10:37,220 ♪ ♪ 1605 01:10:37,303 --> 01:10:39,220 Yeah. 1606 01:10:39,303 --> 01:10:41,053 Sorry, champ. 1607 01:10:41,136 --> 01:10:43,512 Sorry. 1608 01:10:43,595 --> 01:10:50,804 ♪ ♪ 1609 01:10:51,470 --> 01:10:54,679 - I mean, any child having to witness that 1610 01:10:54,762 --> 01:10:57,261 and know what's happening-- 1611 01:10:57,345 --> 01:10:58,512 it's not right. 1612 01:10:58,595 --> 01:10:59,720 It's just not right, 1613 01:10:59,804 --> 01:11:01,887 and you know, that made 1614 01:11:01,970 --> 01:11:04,220 a huge impact on his life. 1615 01:11:04,303 --> 01:11:06,762 [uneasy music] 1616 01:11:06,845 --> 01:11:09,470 When Tiger and I were still together, 1617 01:11:09,553 --> 01:11:13,470 he would travel in the summer for tournaments with his dad, 1618 01:11:13,553 --> 01:11:15,303 and he called me one time, 1619 01:11:15,387 --> 01:11:18,470 and I will never forget. 1620 01:11:18,553 --> 01:11:21,595 He was sobbing on the phone uncontrollably. 1621 01:11:21,679 --> 01:11:23,053 I couldn't even understand 1622 01:11:23,136 --> 01:11:25,095 what he was saying, he was so upset. 1623 01:11:25,178 --> 01:11:27,595 He, you know, finally caught his breath, 1624 01:11:27,679 --> 01:11:30,261 and you know, said, "My dad's out again. 1625 01:11:30,345 --> 01:11:34,095 He...met this girl, and they're going out." 1626 01:11:34,178 --> 01:11:37,261 ♪ ♪ 1627 01:11:37,345 --> 01:11:39,804 The sound of Tiger's voice 1628 01:11:39,887 --> 01:11:41,220 was so upsetting, 1629 01:11:41,303 --> 01:11:42,887 I wanted to crawl through the phone 1630 01:11:42,970 --> 01:11:44,970 and just take care of him. 1631 01:11:45,053 --> 01:11:48,970 I've never heard somebody in my life so upset. 1632 01:11:49,053 --> 01:11:51,220 And his dad, I don't think, 1633 01:11:51,303 --> 01:11:53,929 really cared that he knew it. 1634 01:11:54,011 --> 01:11:55,637 I think that also bothered him. 1635 01:11:55,720 --> 01:11:58,136 Like, why would you not try to hide this from me? 1636 01:11:58,220 --> 01:12:00,637 Like, why would you just, 1637 01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:02,845 you know, let me see this? 1638 01:12:02,929 --> 01:12:04,637 ♪ ♪ 1639 01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:07,762 Tiger's mom was a loyal, good mother, 1640 01:12:07,845 --> 01:12:11,553 and he absolutely loved her, 1641 01:12:11,637 --> 01:12:14,804 so there was an anger there with his dad, 1642 01:12:14,887 --> 01:12:16,303 but he could never show it. 1643 01:12:16,387 --> 01:12:17,637 He could never express it. 1644 01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:20,011 He had to keep that in. 1645 01:12:20,095 --> 01:12:21,303 And it changed the relationship 1646 01:12:21,387 --> 01:12:23,011 with him and his dad. 1647 01:12:23,095 --> 01:12:24,970 Did he still idolize him and love him? 1648 01:12:25,053 --> 01:12:26,470 Absolutely. 1649 01:12:26,553 --> 01:12:29,845 But it changed. It changed. 1650 01:12:29,970 --> 01:12:35,679 ♪ ♪ 1651 01:12:35,762 --> 01:12:37,512 - Now, you used to appear more at tournaments 1652 01:12:37,595 --> 01:12:38,845 than you used to. 1653 01:12:38,929 --> 01:12:41,011 Is it strictly a health thing? You've had eight bypasses. 1654 01:12:41,095 --> 01:12:42,553 You've battled prostate cancer. - No. 1655 01:12:42,637 --> 01:12:44,720 No, it isn't health. 1656 01:12:44,804 --> 01:12:47,845 If you noticed, 1657 01:12:47,929 --> 01:12:49,720 Tiger's grown up. 1658 01:12:49,804 --> 01:12:53,345 Tiger is handling his life 1659 01:12:53,428 --> 01:12:55,136 by himself, 1660 01:12:55,220 --> 01:12:57,845 and that was the original game plan. 1661 01:12:57,929 --> 01:13:00,387 ♪ ♪ 1662 01:13:00,470 --> 01:13:01,720 - Earl was a human being, 1663 01:13:01,804 --> 01:13:05,345 with all of the foibles and faults. 1664 01:13:05,428 --> 01:13:08,512 He had girlfriends, 1665 01:13:08,595 --> 01:13:12,679 and they became messy. 1666 01:13:12,762 --> 01:13:14,887 It was gonna become public, and Tiger went out of his way 1667 01:13:14,970 --> 01:13:16,845 to make sure that nobody knew 1668 01:13:16,929 --> 01:13:22,178 what was going on with Earl: the womanizing, the drinking. 1669 01:13:22,261 --> 01:13:25,428 Tiger did not want any shadows on his brand. 1670 01:13:25,512 --> 01:13:29,095 He did not want any shadows on his foundation. 1671 01:13:29,178 --> 01:13:34,053 It drove Earl and Tiger apart at the very time 1672 01:13:34,136 --> 01:13:35,720 that they probably should've been together, 1673 01:13:35,804 --> 01:13:38,220 because Earl was finally starting to show his age 1674 01:13:38,303 --> 01:13:39,762 and fragility. 1675 01:13:39,845 --> 01:13:41,011 - What's the most important thing 1676 01:13:41,095 --> 01:13:42,637 that he taught you? 1677 01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:46,220 - Patience and understanding. 1678 01:13:46,303 --> 01:13:48,595 - What's the most important thing in raising children? 1679 01:13:48,679 --> 01:13:50,553 What's the one bit of advice that you can give 1680 01:13:50,637 --> 01:13:54,095 the fathers and the mothers out there? 1681 01:13:54,178 --> 01:13:58,261 - You have to earn their trust and their respect. 1682 01:13:58,345 --> 01:14:02,512 I have a phrase that love is a given, 1683 01:14:02,595 --> 01:14:06,053 trust and respect are earned. 1684 01:14:06,136 --> 01:14:08,136 You have to earn it. 1685 01:14:08,220 --> 01:14:11,095 ♪ ♪ 1686 01:14:11,178 --> 01:14:12,595 - During that period, 1687 01:14:12,679 --> 01:14:14,595 I don't think they were able 1688 01:14:14,679 --> 01:14:18,470 to spend as much time as they had before. 1689 01:14:18,553 --> 01:14:21,595 Tiger had his own life to try to live, 1690 01:14:21,679 --> 01:14:25,303 and he moved on. 1691 01:14:25,387 --> 01:14:27,345 - He is one of my all-time favorite guys 1692 01:14:27,428 --> 01:14:29,762 in the world. I just adore him. 1693 01:14:29,845 --> 01:14:34,053 He has a God-given talent that makes grown men weep. 1694 01:14:34,136 --> 01:14:35,303 [laughter] 1695 01:14:35,387 --> 01:14:37,261 - Please welcome Tiger Woods! 1696 01:14:37,345 --> 01:14:40,261 [jaunty music] 1697 01:14:40,345 --> 01:14:42,261 ♪ ♪ 1698 01:14:42,345 --> 01:14:45,804 Whoo. 1699 01:14:45,887 --> 01:14:49,512 Here we go again. 1700 01:14:49,595 --> 01:14:51,929 So how are you handling all the adulation? 1701 01:14:52,011 --> 01:14:54,887 As you came in, the guys were, you know, bowing and-- 1702 01:14:54,970 --> 01:14:56,470 - I haven't gotten used to it. 1703 01:14:56,553 --> 01:14:59,303 I honestly don't feel comfortable with it. 1704 01:14:59,387 --> 01:15:00,887 - You don't? - No. 1705 01:15:00,970 --> 01:15:02,470 - Tiger has a really close-knit group 1706 01:15:02,553 --> 01:15:04,095 of superstar athlete friends, 1707 01:15:04,178 --> 01:15:05,845 one of them Charles Barkley. 1708 01:15:05,929 --> 01:15:07,637 He has advised you 1709 01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:09,428 not to get married until you're 30. 1710 01:15:09,512 --> 01:15:11,136 - Mm. 1711 01:15:11,220 --> 01:15:13,053 - Everybody wants to know. Who you dating? 1712 01:15:13,136 --> 01:15:14,095 [laughter] 1713 01:15:14,178 --> 01:15:15,637 - Who? - Anybody 1714 01:15:15,720 --> 01:15:17,387 you wanna tell me about? - I am, yes. 1715 01:15:17,470 --> 01:15:18,970 - Okay. 1716 01:15:19,053 --> 01:15:23,136 [laughter] 1717 01:15:23,220 --> 01:15:24,845 - When you find the right person, 1718 01:15:24,929 --> 01:15:26,470 you know it's the right person. 1719 01:15:26,553 --> 01:15:28,679 [lilting music] 1720 01:15:28,762 --> 01:15:32,345 Elin, she was a nanny 1721 01:15:32,428 --> 01:15:36,220 for one of the other players. 1722 01:15:36,303 --> 01:15:37,887 I remember, straight away, 1723 01:15:37,970 --> 01:15:40,136 he was very, very fond of this girl... 1724 01:15:40,220 --> 01:15:42,553 ♪ ♪ 1725 01:15:42,637 --> 01:15:44,387 To the point where 1726 01:15:44,470 --> 01:15:47,470 I had to learn how to pronounce her name properly, 1727 01:15:47,553 --> 01:15:49,720 'cause how you say it in Swedish... 1728 01:15:50,595 --> 01:15:53,303 He was adamant that when I say her name-- 1729 01:15:53,387 --> 01:15:54,845 "No, Steve, this is how you say it." 1730 01:15:54,929 --> 01:15:57,011 So I knew straight away 1731 01:15:57,095 --> 01:15:58,929 that hey, this girl was a little bit different 1732 01:15:59,011 --> 01:16:01,178 to probably some of the other girls 1733 01:16:01,261 --> 01:16:03,387 that he had been with. 1734 01:16:03,470 --> 01:16:04,887 - Elin told me that he didn't make 1735 01:16:04,970 --> 01:16:07,095 a great impression on her at first. 1736 01:16:07,178 --> 01:16:09,720 She had her opinions about celebrities, 1737 01:16:09,804 --> 01:16:11,053 and they were not high, 1738 01:16:11,136 --> 01:16:12,720 and she's very shy, 1739 01:16:12,804 --> 01:16:17,887 so the idea of kind of joining that world 1740 01:16:17,970 --> 01:16:20,887 was not appealing to her. 1741 01:16:20,970 --> 01:16:23,679 And when he asked her out, 1742 01:16:23,762 --> 01:16:27,387 I think she turned him down at first, 1743 01:16:27,470 --> 01:16:29,553 and then she gradually was convinced 1744 01:16:29,637 --> 01:16:31,720 that she should give him a chance, 1745 01:16:31,804 --> 01:16:32,762 and so they did go out. 1746 01:16:32,845 --> 01:16:34,845 - Do you love Tiger, Elin? 1747 01:16:34,929 --> 01:16:36,428 - She said the hardest part about that 1748 01:16:36,512 --> 01:16:40,512 was adjusting to the spotlight that followed him. 1749 01:16:41,845 --> 01:16:44,220 But Tiger was very sweetly protective 1750 01:16:44,303 --> 01:16:46,387 of Elin. 1751 01:16:46,470 --> 01:16:50,095 She said it felt special. 1752 01:16:50,178 --> 01:16:54,303 Ironically, the spotlight that first repelled her 1753 01:16:54,387 --> 01:16:56,929 suddenly bonded them, 1754 01:16:57,011 --> 01:17:00,845 sort of "us against the world." 1755 01:17:00,929 --> 01:17:02,595 It was just the two of them, 1756 01:17:02,679 --> 01:17:08,136 and she believed it was everything. 1757 01:17:08,220 --> 01:17:13,595 - I have found a life partner, a best friend. 1758 01:17:13,679 --> 01:17:16,261 You know, Elin's been incredible for me. 1759 01:17:16,345 --> 01:17:20,261 She's brought joy and balance in my life, 1760 01:17:20,345 --> 01:17:23,804 and I'm very lucky. 1761 01:17:23,887 --> 01:17:26,595 - Tiger and Elin were married October 5th 1762 01:17:26,679 --> 01:17:28,595 on the island of Barbados, 1763 01:17:28,679 --> 01:17:30,637 a lavish yet intimate affair 1764 01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:33,637 they tried desperately to keep private. 1765 01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:35,679 - Yeah, make sure you get the shot. 1766 01:17:35,762 --> 01:17:37,428 That's Jordan behind. 1767 01:17:37,512 --> 01:17:38,970 - This is supposed to be an intimate moment 1768 01:17:39,053 --> 01:17:40,178 between our family and friends... 1769 01:17:40,261 --> 01:17:42,303 - Right. - Not with the whole world. 1770 01:17:42,387 --> 01:17:43,929 So... [clears throat] 1771 01:17:44,011 --> 01:17:46,136 That part of it I don't quite understand why, 1772 01:17:46,220 --> 01:17:49,178 but the world's changed so much. 1773 01:17:49,261 --> 01:17:50,929 Gossip sells now. 1774 01:17:51,011 --> 01:17:53,929 [dramatic music] 1775 01:17:54,011 --> 01:17:55,970 ♪ ♪ 1776 01:17:56,053 --> 01:17:58,595 - Elin was fantastic. 1777 01:17:58,679 --> 01:18:04,178 Beautiful model, squeaky clean image. 1778 01:18:04,261 --> 01:18:06,887 She made Tiger bulletproof. 1779 01:18:06,970 --> 01:18:09,011 You could've sent somebody from central casting, 1780 01:18:09,095 --> 01:18:10,804 and that's her; she's the wife. 1781 01:18:10,887 --> 01:18:12,512 - Action. 1782 01:18:12,595 --> 01:18:14,220 - Tiger certainly has a good understanding 1783 01:18:14,303 --> 01:18:16,845 of what sells these days. 1784 01:18:16,929 --> 01:18:21,845 Tiger earns an estimated $80 million a year. 1785 01:18:21,929 --> 01:18:26,136 - Her image, you know, it promotes his brand. 1786 01:18:26,220 --> 01:18:29,053 It's exactly the side of him that he wants you to see. 1787 01:18:29,136 --> 01:18:30,220 ♪ ♪ 1788 01:18:30,303 --> 01:18:33,845 But there was a lot of speculation 1789 01:18:33,929 --> 01:18:37,387 that she was gonna affect his golf. 1790 01:18:37,470 --> 01:18:40,345 - People were always trying to create a way 1791 01:18:40,428 --> 01:18:43,679 that's gonna somehow knock him down off the tree. 1792 01:18:43,762 --> 01:18:44,970 He gets married. 1793 01:18:45,053 --> 01:18:47,637 Is that gonna show a slump in form? 1794 01:18:56,428 --> 01:18:58,553 - I mean, this guy-- he's way different 1795 01:18:58,637 --> 01:19:00,762 to anybody else. Come on. 1796 01:19:00,845 --> 01:19:02,470 ♪ ♪ 1797 01:19:02,553 --> 01:19:04,887 - This is the ball of Tiger Woods. 1798 01:19:04,970 --> 01:19:06,387 Lenny, what about this? 1799 01:19:06,470 --> 01:19:07,887 - This is extremely difficult. 1800 01:19:07,970 --> 01:19:09,178 This is one of the toughest pitches 1801 01:19:09,261 --> 01:19:11,303 on the entire place here. 1802 01:19:11,387 --> 01:19:12,887 There's a good chance he doesn't get this 1803 01:19:12,970 --> 01:19:14,345 inside the mark to his ball. 1804 01:19:14,428 --> 01:19:17,887 ♪ ♪ 1805 01:19:17,970 --> 01:19:20,220 - Oh, there it comes. 1806 01:19:20,303 --> 01:19:23,261 [crowd cheering] 1807 01:19:23,845 --> 01:19:25,762 Oh, my goodness. 1808 01:19:25,845 --> 01:19:28,804 [suspenseful music] 1809 01:19:28,887 --> 01:19:31,470 ♪ ♪ 1810 01:19:31,553 --> 01:19:33,887 Oh, wow! 1811 01:19:33,970 --> 01:19:37,470 In your life, have you seen anything like that? 1812 01:19:37,553 --> 01:19:40,303 [dramatic music] 1813 01:19:40,387 --> 01:19:44,553 ♪ ♪ 1814 01:19:54,011 --> 01:19:55,887 - Thank you. 1815 01:19:58,178 --> 01:20:01,095 I want to thank my mom, my wife, Elin, 1816 01:20:01,178 --> 01:20:03,553 for always being there with me and for me 1817 01:20:03,637 --> 01:20:05,428 and just helping me out. 1818 01:20:05,512 --> 01:20:07,720 You guys are the best. Thank you so much. 1819 01:20:07,804 --> 01:20:09,637 [applause] 1820 01:20:09,720 --> 01:20:12,178 But also, I gotta say one last thing 1821 01:20:12,261 --> 01:20:14,720 before I go. 1822 01:20:14,804 --> 01:20:18,053 My dad hasn't been feeling very well this year. 1823 01:20:18,136 --> 01:20:22,970 He's just hanging in there, so I... 1824 01:20:23,053 --> 01:20:26,345 [exhales forcefully] 1825 01:20:26,428 --> 01:20:30,095 Every year that I've been lucky enough 1826 01:20:30,178 --> 01:20:31,512 to have won this tournament, my dad's been there 1827 01:20:31,595 --> 01:20:35,220 to give me a hug, and he wasn't there today. 1828 01:20:35,303 --> 01:20:37,095 I can't wait to go home and see him, 1829 01:20:37,178 --> 01:20:39,136 to give him a big bear hug. 1830 01:20:39,220 --> 01:20:41,095 Thank you. 1831 01:20:41,178 --> 01:20:47,679 ♪ ♪ 1832 01:20:50,095 --> 01:20:52,637 - Earl Woods lost his battle with cancer today 1833 01:20:52,720 --> 01:20:54,679 at the age of 74. 1834 01:20:54,762 --> 01:20:57,053 There was no understating the impact 1835 01:20:57,136 --> 01:20:58,679 this one man had 1836 01:20:58,762 --> 01:21:01,011 on his very famous son. 1837 01:21:01,095 --> 01:21:04,053 [somber music] 1838 01:21:04,136 --> 01:21:05,345 ♪ ♪ 1839 01:21:05,428 --> 01:21:08,887 - When I heard that Earl had passed, 1840 01:21:08,970 --> 01:21:11,553 I worried about Tiger more than anybody. 1841 01:21:11,637 --> 01:21:14,345 ♪ ♪ 1842 01:21:14,428 --> 01:21:16,512 In Earl's latter years, 1843 01:21:16,595 --> 01:21:19,845 I don't know how much they saw each other. 1844 01:21:19,929 --> 01:21:24,220 When you don't see a parent as often as you would like, 1845 01:21:24,303 --> 01:21:25,553 there's a sense of guilt 1846 01:21:25,637 --> 01:21:27,053 when something happens to them. 1847 01:21:27,136 --> 01:21:29,387 ♪ ♪ 1848 01:21:29,470 --> 01:21:30,845 And so Tiger had 1849 01:21:30,929 --> 01:21:34,679 a very, very heavy burden on him. 1850 01:21:34,762 --> 01:21:37,845 You could see it in his face. 1851 01:21:37,929 --> 01:21:40,220 - Daddy! 1852 01:21:40,303 --> 01:21:42,345 Daddy! 1853 01:21:42,428 --> 01:21:49,428 ♪ ♪ 1854 01:21:54,095 --> 01:21:57,220 - Whoo! Good job. 1855 01:21:57,303 --> 01:22:00,220 - Dad, I'm out three out there. 1856 01:22:00,303 --> 01:22:02,929 - Yeah, you're doing very good. 1857 01:22:03,011 --> 01:22:06,929 ♪ ♪ 1858 01:22:07,011 --> 01:22:10,553 - Tiger kept Earl at a distance at the end, 1859 01:22:10,637 --> 01:22:12,011 but that's looking at the story-- 1860 01:22:12,095 --> 01:22:13,762 only this part of it. 1861 01:22:13,845 --> 01:22:16,470 You gotta look at the whole thing. 1862 01:22:16,553 --> 01:22:19,512 I mean, he was pops. 1863 01:22:19,595 --> 01:22:22,595 Look at what Earl accomplished with Tiger. 1864 01:22:22,679 --> 01:22:25,220 A little kid with buck teeth 1865 01:22:25,303 --> 01:22:29,261 banging on a club in a garage? 1866 01:22:29,345 --> 01:22:31,428 I mean, when you start with something like that, 1867 01:22:31,512 --> 01:22:34,887 and then you become the biggest name in golf, 1868 01:22:34,970 --> 01:22:37,637 and your dad is the one who invented you, 1869 01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:40,053 that's pretty heavy stuff. 1870 01:22:40,136 --> 01:22:45,762 I mean, his pops meant everything to Tiger. 1871 01:22:45,845 --> 01:22:48,595 - In the days following Earl's death, 1872 01:22:48,679 --> 01:22:52,303 there were a lot of later-night calls. 1873 01:22:52,387 --> 01:22:54,512 Hearing Tiger cry and just-- 1874 01:22:54,595 --> 01:22:57,679 he just was having a very hard time processing. 1875 01:22:57,762 --> 01:23:00,470 ♪ ♪ 1876 01:23:00,553 --> 01:23:04,428 There was no replacing Earl. 1877 01:23:04,512 --> 01:23:06,637 This person who had always been 1878 01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:07,970 by his side was gone, 1879 01:23:08,053 --> 01:23:12,178 and he couldn't compartmentalize that. 1880 01:23:12,261 --> 01:23:14,011 ♪ ♪ 1881 01:23:14,095 --> 01:23:16,804 That was sadness on a level 1882 01:23:16,887 --> 01:23:18,970 that he had never felt before. 1883 01:23:19,053 --> 01:23:21,595 That was grief, 1884 01:23:21,679 --> 01:23:25,136 and I'm not sure that he knew how to grieve. 1885 01:23:25,220 --> 01:23:31,303 ♪ ♪ 1886 01:23:31,387 --> 01:23:33,136 - After the death of his father, 1887 01:23:33,220 --> 01:23:37,220 it's been an emotional roller coaster, 1888 01:23:37,303 --> 01:23:40,720 but Tiger's pretty good at shutting everything out. 1889 01:23:40,804 --> 01:23:43,345 - On the tee from USA, Tiger Woods! 1890 01:23:43,428 --> 01:23:44,970 [cheers and applause] 1891 01:23:45,053 --> 01:23:46,720 - Let's hear it for Tiger Woods. 1892 01:23:46,804 --> 01:23:50,679 He's in the same grouping at Nick Faldo. 1893 01:23:50,762 --> 01:23:53,512 - When you go through a loss like Tiger's, 1894 01:23:53,595 --> 01:23:55,136 I think any athlete would say 1895 01:23:55,220 --> 01:23:57,720 that, well, "Just get me on my field, 1896 01:23:57,804 --> 01:23:59,345 my course," 1897 01:23:59,428 --> 01:24:02,011 because all that thinking, all that emotion, 1898 01:24:02,095 --> 01:24:04,512 is just not what we're used to. 1899 01:24:04,595 --> 01:24:07,220 The golf course is a sanctum. 1900 01:24:07,303 --> 01:24:09,512 [pensive music] 1901 01:24:09,595 --> 01:24:12,220 [cheers and applause] 1902 01:24:12,303 --> 01:24:15,470 ♪ ♪ 1903 01:24:15,553 --> 01:24:18,345 - Good luck, guys. - Thanks. 1904 01:24:18,428 --> 01:24:21,178 - I played with him for those first two days, 1905 01:24:21,261 --> 01:24:26,387 and I remember describing him as being in golfing Zen. 1906 01:24:26,470 --> 01:24:28,970 ♪ ♪ 1907 01:24:29,053 --> 01:24:31,553 - Having to bury my father, 1908 01:24:31,637 --> 01:24:33,762 it hurt a lot, 1909 01:24:33,845 --> 01:24:36,887 but I still hadn't really grieved yet, 1910 01:24:36,970 --> 01:24:39,387 and for some reason, it was the most interesting thing, 1911 01:24:39,470 --> 01:24:41,261 going out there and playing. 1912 01:24:41,345 --> 01:24:44,720 I had this overwhelming sense of calm. 1913 01:24:44,804 --> 01:24:48,804 It was like a-- my pop was there. 1914 01:24:54,136 --> 01:24:57,261 - Oh, soaring into the blue sky. 1915 01:24:57,345 --> 01:24:59,053 ♪ ♪ 1916 01:24:59,136 --> 01:25:00,387 [crowd exclaims] 1917 01:25:00,470 --> 01:25:03,595 Oh, oh, it's in. It's in. 1918 01:25:03,679 --> 01:25:05,845 He doesn't know yet. Yeah, he knows now. 1919 01:25:05,929 --> 01:25:09,637 - Oh, that is just extraordinary. 1920 01:25:09,720 --> 01:25:13,637 It was just a fantastic shot. 1921 01:25:13,720 --> 01:25:16,428 - It all provided a lot of self-confidence 1922 01:25:16,512 --> 01:25:18,762 for Tiger, 1923 01:25:18,845 --> 01:25:21,470 but with Earl passing, 1924 01:25:21,553 --> 01:25:23,303 you know, now he had to rely on himself. 1925 01:25:23,387 --> 01:25:25,553 ♪ ♪ 1926 01:25:25,637 --> 01:25:27,553 The whole thing was just a great way 1927 01:25:27,637 --> 01:25:30,261 to actually get it out, get it in the open, 1928 01:25:30,345 --> 01:25:33,762 and move forward. 1929 01:25:33,845 --> 01:25:38,428 He seemed to be, you know, the same Tiger Woods as old. 1930 01:25:38,512 --> 01:25:40,804 [cheers and applause] 1931 01:25:40,887 --> 01:25:42,679 ♪ ♪ 1932 01:25:42,762 --> 01:25:46,303 - The crowd love him. 1933 01:25:46,387 --> 01:25:50,303 The crowd appreciates the skill of this man, 1934 01:25:50,387 --> 01:25:54,345 and there's his wife. 1935 01:25:54,428 --> 01:25:57,804 The man is gonna win his 11th major 1936 01:25:57,887 --> 01:26:01,303 here at Islay. 1937 01:26:01,387 --> 01:26:05,136 Tiger Woods is the 135th Open champion. 1938 01:26:05,220 --> 01:26:09,512 He is the champion golfer of the year. 1939 01:26:09,595 --> 01:26:12,595 [cheers and applause] 1940 01:26:14,887 --> 01:26:18,303 And there's emotion there because, I am sure, 1941 01:26:18,387 --> 01:26:20,011 he's thinking of his father 1942 01:26:20,095 --> 01:26:21,929 and how much his father would have loved 1943 01:26:22,011 --> 01:26:24,053 to have been here. 1944 01:26:27,261 --> 01:26:30,345 - He released all of the emotions that he had, 1945 01:26:30,428 --> 01:26:32,345 but still, it wasn't over. 1946 01:26:32,428 --> 01:26:33,929 [John Cooper Clarke's "Evidently Chickentown"] 1947 01:26:34,011 --> 01:26:37,804 He suffered from a lot of scars, 1948 01:26:37,887 --> 01:26:40,970 and Tiger had that ability 1949 01:26:41,053 --> 01:26:43,011 to bury something very deep 1950 01:26:43,095 --> 01:26:46,345 and never think about it again. 1951 01:26:46,428 --> 01:26:48,679 - The human side of Tiger Woods. 1952 01:26:48,762 --> 01:26:50,470 [cheers and applause] 1953 01:26:50,553 --> 01:26:53,970 You admire him even more. 1954 01:26:54,053 --> 01:26:57,345 - But I believe there's a reckoning. 1955 01:26:57,428 --> 01:26:59,470 We all will face it someday. 1956 01:26:59,553 --> 01:27:01,178 ♪ ♪ 1957 01:27:01,261 --> 01:27:03,345 That's the way it always happens. 1958 01:27:03,428 --> 01:27:05,011 - ♪ The bloody cops are bloody keen ♪ 1959 01:27:05,095 --> 01:27:06,220 ♪ To bloody keep it bloody clean ♪ 1960 01:27:06,303 --> 01:27:07,679 ♪ The bloody chief's a bloody swine ♪ 1961 01:27:07,762 --> 01:27:08,720 ♪ Who bloody draws a bloody line ♪ 1962 01:27:08,804 --> 01:27:09,845 ♪ At bloody fun and bloody games ♪ 1963 01:27:09,929 --> 01:27:11,053 ♪ The bloody kids he bloody blames ♪ 1964 01:27:11,136 --> 01:27:12,220 ♪ Are nowhere to be bloody found ♪ 1965 01:27:12,303 --> 01:27:13,762 ♪ Anywhere in Chickentown ♪ 1966 01:27:13,845 --> 01:27:15,553 ♪ ♪ 1967 01:27:15,637 --> 01:27:17,220 ♪ The bloody scene is bloody sad ♪ 1968 01:27:17,303 --> 01:27:18,387 ♪ The bloody news is bloody bad ♪ 1969 01:27:18,470 --> 01:27:19,553 ♪ The bloody weed is bloody turf ♪ 1970 01:27:19,637 --> 01:27:20,762 ♪ The bloody speed is bloody surf ♪ 1971 01:27:20,845 --> 01:27:22,095 ♪ The bloody folks are bloody daft ♪ 1972 01:27:22,178 --> 01:27:23,261 ♪ Don't make me bloody laugh ♪ 1973 01:27:23,345 --> 01:27:24,553 ♪ It bloody hurts to look around ♪ 1974 01:27:24,637 --> 01:27:25,720 ♪ Everywhere in Chickentown ♪ 1975 01:27:25,804 --> 01:27:26,845 ♪ The bloody train is bloody late ♪ 1976 01:27:26,929 --> 01:27:28,053 ♪ You bloody wait, you bloody wait ♪ 1977 01:27:28,136 --> 01:27:29,261 ♪ You're bloody lost and bloody found ♪ 1978 01:27:29,345 --> 01:27:30,929 ♪ Stuck in fucking Chickentown ♪ 1979 01:27:31,011 --> 01:27:38,011 ♪ ♪ 1980 01:27:53,553 --> 01:27:54,929 - Okay, so what do you want me to talk about? 1981 01:27:55,011 --> 01:27:56,929 - ♪ The bloody view is bloody vile ♪ 1982 01:27:57,011 --> 01:27:58,303 ♪ For bloody miles and bloody miles ♪ 1983 01:27:58,387 --> 01:27:59,470 ♪ The bloody babies bloody cry ♪ 1984 01:27:59,553 --> 01:28:00,762 ♪ The bloody flowers bloody die ♪ 1985 01:28:00,845 --> 01:28:01,804 ♪ The bloody food is bloody muck ♪ 1986 01:28:01,887 --> 01:28:03,220 ♪ The bloody drains are bloody fucked ♪ 1987 01:28:03,303 --> 01:28:04,428 ♪ The color scheme is bloody brown ♪ 1988 01:28:04,512 --> 01:28:05,595 ♪ Evidently Chickentown ♪ 1989 01:28:05,679 --> 01:28:07,428 ♪ ♪ 1990 01:28:07,512 --> 01:28:09,053 ♪ The bloody pubs are bloody dull ♪ 1991 01:28:09,136 --> 01:28:10,428 ♪ The bloody clubs are bloody full ♪ 1992 01:28:10,512 --> 01:28:11,595 ♪ Of bloody girls and bloody guys ♪ 1993 01:28:11,679 --> 01:28:12,762 ♪ With bloody murder in their eyes ♪ 1994 01:28:12,845 --> 01:28:14,095 ♪ A bloody bloke got bloody stabbed ♪ 1995 01:28:14,178 --> 01:28:15,261 ♪ Waiting for a bloody cab ♪ 1996 01:28:15,345 --> 01:28:16,428 ♪ You bloody stay at bloody home ♪ 1997 01:28:16,512 --> 01:28:17,720 ♪ The bloody neighbor bloody moans ♪ 1998 01:28:17,804 --> 01:28:18,970 ♪ Keep the bloody racket down ♪ 1999 01:28:19,053 --> 01:28:20,303 ♪ This is bloody Chickentown ♪ 2000 01:28:20,387 --> 01:28:24,762 ♪ ♪ 2001 01:28:24,845 --> 01:28:26,136 ♪ The bloody pies are bloody old ♪ 2002 01:28:26,220 --> 01:28:27,303 ♪ The bloody chips are bloody cold ♪ 2003 01:28:27,387 --> 01:28:28,553 ♪ The bloody beer is bloody flat ♪ 2004 01:28:28,637 --> 01:28:29,845 ♪ The bloody flats have bloody rats ♪ 2005 01:28:29,929 --> 01:28:30,970 ♪ The bloody clocks are bloody wrong ♪ 2006 01:28:31,053 --> 01:28:32,136 ♪ The bloody days are bloody long ♪ 2007 01:28:32,220 --> 01:28:33,303 ♪ It bloody gets you bloody down ♪ 2008 01:28:33,387 --> 01:28:34,679 ♪ Evidently Chickentown ♪ 2009 01:28:34,762 --> 01:28:35,679 ♪ The bloody train is bloody late ♪ 2010 01:28:35,762 --> 01:28:37,053 ♪ You bloody wait and bloody wait ♪ 2011 01:28:37,136 --> 01:28:38,261 ♪ You're bloody lost and bloody found ♪ 2012 01:28:38,345 --> 01:28:39,637 ♪ Stuck in fucking Chickentown ♪ 2013 01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:46,720 ♪ ♪ 2014 01:29:31,095 --> 01:29:32,512 announcer: This has been a presentation 2015 01:29:32,595 --> 01:29:34,053 of HBO Sports.