1 00:00:01,166 --> 00:00:02,458 EARL WOODS: Please forgive me, 2 00:00:02,541 --> 00:00:04,958 but sometimes I get very emotional 3 00:00:05,750 --> 00:00:07,500 when I talk about my son. 4 00:00:07,583 --> 00:00:09,500 YOUNG TIGER WOODS: Daddy! Daddy! 5 00:00:09,583 --> 00:00:13,500 EARL: He will transcend this game and bring to the world 6 00:00:13,833 --> 00:00:18,458 a humanitarianism which has never been known before. 7 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,750 THOMAS BONK: You become the biggest name in golf, 8 00:00:21,999 --> 00:00:24,041 and your dad is the one who invented you? 9 00:00:24,875 --> 00:00:27,249 GARY SMITH: Tiger was gonna be this bridge between 10 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:30,291 all the different races and tribes of humanity. 11 00:00:31,208 --> 00:00:33,708 JIM RISWOLD: Using Tiger to expand the golf universe 12 00:00:33,792 --> 00:00:34,958 is a no brainer. 13 00:00:35,249 --> 00:00:36,208 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) 14 00:00:36,291 --> 00:00:37,875 How are you handling all the adulation? 15 00:00:37,958 --> 00:00:40,416 I honestly don't feel comfortable with it. 16 00:00:40,958 --> 00:00:43,458 BONK: Tiger did not want any shadows on his brand. 17 00:00:43,917 --> 00:00:45,625 He's not gonna like this shit at all. 18 00:00:46,208 --> 00:00:48,792 DINA GRAVELL: He called me, and he said, "My dad's out again." 19 00:00:48,958 --> 00:00:51,166 And it changed the relationship with him and his dad. 20 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:54,500 STEVE WILLIAMS: With Earl passing, he had to rely on himself. 21 00:00:55,458 --> 00:00:59,124 PETE MCDANIEL: Tiger had that ability to bury something very deep, 22 00:00:59,458 --> 00:01:03,166 but there's a reckoning and we all will face it someday. 23 00:01:05,625 --> 00:01:07,458 Okay. So, what do you want me to talk about? 24 00:01:08,792 --> 00:01:11,041 [dramatic music] 25 00:01:11,124 --> 00:01:12,708 male announcer: The following is a presentation 26 00:01:12,792 --> 00:01:14,625 of HBO Sports. 27 00:01:20,124 --> 00:01:23,124 [helicopter rotors thrumming] 28 00:01:24,166 --> 00:01:27,124 [dramatic orchestral music] 29 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:32,041 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:32,124 --> 00:01:36,750 - 25 days after Tiger Woods buried his father, Earl, 31 00:01:36,833 --> 00:01:39,083 he went to a military base 32 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:41,541 where SEALs practice mountain warfare. 33 00:01:41,625 --> 00:01:43,458 - Ready. all: Ready! 34 00:01:43,541 --> 00:01:44,625 - Target. 35 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:47,625 [gunfire] 36 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:50,958 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:51,041 --> 00:01:53,750 - A petty officer working with Tiger asked him, 38 00:01:53,833 --> 00:01:56,249 "Why is the greatest golfer running around 39 00:01:56,333 --> 00:01:58,416 playing G.I. Joe?" 40 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:01,083 And Tiger Woods looked at him and said, "My dad." 41 00:02:01,166 --> 00:02:03,458 [explosion] - Go, go, go, go! 42 00:02:03,541 --> 00:02:06,166 - Without his father, Tiger was left 43 00:02:06,249 --> 00:02:09,458 with an Earl Woods-sized hole in his life 44 00:02:09,541 --> 00:02:11,291 and would spend the next few years 45 00:02:11,375 --> 00:02:12,583 searching for something. 46 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:14,500 [gunfire] 47 00:02:16,416 --> 00:02:19,999 I don't think Tiger Woods even knows what he wanted to find. 48 00:02:24,833 --> 00:02:28,833 crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 49 00:02:28,917 --> 00:02:34,166 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 50 00:02:34,249 --> 00:02:36,291 - And from Windermere, Florida, 51 00:02:36,375 --> 00:02:41,999 the 1999, 2000, and 2006 PGA champion, 52 00:02:42,083 --> 00:02:43,875 Tiger Woods! 53 00:02:43,958 --> 00:02:46,041 [applause] 54 00:02:47,583 --> 00:02:48,625 - And he hammered it. 55 00:02:48,708 --> 00:02:51,500 He hammered it down the middle with a cut. 56 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:52,833 What a tee shot. 57 00:02:52,917 --> 00:02:56,166 - Just belt the living daylights out of it. 58 00:02:56,249 --> 00:02:58,500 [announcers chuckle] 59 00:02:58,583 --> 00:03:01,625 - A number of months after Earl's passing, 60 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:03,875 Tiger appeared to be 61 00:03:03,958 --> 00:03:06,667 in a very, very good frame of mind. 62 00:03:06,750 --> 00:03:08,999 He was at the pinnacle of the sport, 63 00:03:09,083 --> 00:03:12,208 and he had this aura of invincibility. 64 00:03:12,291 --> 00:03:15,333 - Tiger is just a shot away... 65 00:03:15,416 --> 00:03:18,291 - On his way to his own... 66 00:03:18,375 --> 00:03:20,458 - His own universe. - Exactly. 67 00:03:22,041 --> 00:03:25,667 [cheers and applause] 68 00:03:25,750 --> 00:03:28,625 - His 13th major. 69 00:03:29,958 --> 00:03:32,875 - It's like sometimes these golfing gods are just-- 70 00:03:32,958 --> 00:03:36,208 [chuckles] You know, they seem to be on his shoulders. 71 00:03:36,291 --> 00:03:39,792 [cheers and applause] 72 00:03:41,792 --> 00:03:45,541 But in reality, at that point in time, 73 00:03:45,625 --> 00:03:50,625 being Tiger Woods had taken its toll on Tiger Woods. 74 00:03:50,708 --> 00:03:52,375 - Tiger Woods, ladies and gentlemen. 75 00:03:52,458 --> 00:03:55,375 [cheers and applause] crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 76 00:03:55,458 --> 00:03:57,583 - He said to me one time, "Stevie, you know, 77 00:03:57,667 --> 00:04:00,333 "you become this global sporting icon, 78 00:04:00,416 --> 00:04:04,041 "and you're representing all these different brands. 79 00:04:04,124 --> 00:04:06,249 "Sometimes you feel you just can't be yourself 80 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:08,166 "'cause you've got so many people depending on you, 81 00:04:08,249 --> 00:04:09,583 "so many people watching you, 82 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:12,041 so many people are invested in you." 83 00:04:18,583 --> 00:04:20,416 - He is widely considered to be the greatest golfer 84 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:22,249 to ever play the game. 85 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:23,917 Please welcome Tiger Woods. 86 00:04:23,999 --> 00:04:26,999 [cheers and applause] 87 00:04:29,833 --> 00:04:31,458 - [chuckles] [cheers continue] 88 00:04:31,541 --> 00:04:33,792 - You ever get sick of it? You don't get sick of it. 89 00:04:33,875 --> 00:04:35,458 It's nice, wherever you go, people go crazy. 90 00:04:35,541 --> 00:04:37,541 - Well, it's nice--it's nice that they are like that... 91 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:38,999 - Yeah. - Because I'm certainly one 92 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:40,416 that's not really comfortable with it. 93 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:42,792 - Very rarely is there a photograph of you, 94 00:04:42,875 --> 00:04:44,124 you know, in your private life. 95 00:04:44,208 --> 00:04:45,917 I thought, "This guy must have a Batcave." 96 00:04:45,999 --> 00:04:48,750 You have an alter ego. You play-- 97 00:04:48,833 --> 00:04:51,999 - That's good. - It is good. It is good. 98 00:04:52,083 --> 00:04:54,750 - I think he just wanted at some point in time, 99 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:57,458 break all those ties, get away from that, 100 00:04:57,541 --> 00:04:59,458 go and do something completely different, 101 00:04:59,541 --> 00:05:01,750 and it was like hitting a reset button. 102 00:05:01,833 --> 00:05:04,500 [jet engine roaring] 103 00:05:04,583 --> 00:05:07,500 [uneasy music] 104 00:05:07,583 --> 00:05:14,416 ♪ ♪ 105 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:22,166 - The allure of Las Vegas is that feeling 106 00:05:22,249 --> 00:05:24,041 you can escape. 107 00:05:27,249 --> 00:05:29,917 People leave their morals at the airport 108 00:05:29,999 --> 00:05:32,416 and pick them up when they leave. 109 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,792 [indistinct chatter] 110 00:05:34,875 --> 00:05:37,041 And as soon as you hit that tarmac, 111 00:05:37,124 --> 00:05:39,124 everything is at your disposal. 112 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:41,500 - Tiger, this way, please. 113 00:05:41,583 --> 00:05:43,875 - We catered to Tiger. 114 00:05:43,958 --> 00:05:46,999 We spoiled him. 115 00:05:47,083 --> 00:05:50,792 We would say, "You're like a prince 116 00:05:50,875 --> 00:05:54,458 and basically free to do whatever you want." 117 00:05:54,541 --> 00:05:56,917 [funky music] 118 00:05:56,999 --> 00:05:58,833 - Tiger Woods, what's up, man? - Come on, man. 119 00:05:58,917 --> 00:06:00,792 What's going on, man? 120 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:03,333 - Tiger's two running buddies in Vegas, 121 00:06:03,416 --> 00:06:05,750 Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, 122 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:08,375 they both enjoyed the good life. 123 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:12,458 ♪ ♪ 124 00:06:12,541 --> 00:06:14,541 The nightclubs, the bottle service. 125 00:06:14,625 --> 00:06:17,249 I mean, women are literally 126 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:19,541 throwing themselves at them. 127 00:06:19,625 --> 00:06:21,875 - Michael! - Michael! Michael, Michael! 128 00:06:21,958 --> 00:06:25,249 - In that entourage, Tiger was a bit of a geek. 129 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:26,708 - Tiger, looking right over here. 130 00:06:26,792 --> 00:06:28,375 - Tiger, this way, please. - Got a good smile. 131 00:06:28,458 --> 00:06:30,375 - It wasn't like he was, like, mack daddy, 132 00:06:30,458 --> 00:06:32,708 like, Casanova. 133 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:36,083 You know, those guys really didn't have to be. 134 00:06:36,166 --> 00:06:39,208 Their hosts did all the work. 135 00:06:39,291 --> 00:06:43,124 We would pick out the pretty girls and say, 136 00:06:43,208 --> 00:06:45,041 "Hi, would you like to go up 137 00:06:45,124 --> 00:06:46,958 and party with Michael Jordan?" 138 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:53,249 - Tiger asked, "What do I say to these women?" 139 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:56,958 And Michael, to his ever-loving credit, goes, 140 00:06:57,041 --> 00:06:58,750 "You tell 'em you're Tiger Woods." 141 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:00,792 - Come on, Tiger Woods. 142 00:07:00,875 --> 00:07:03,750 Hey, I need a president, huh? - We'll go over here. 143 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:07,249 [dark music] 144 00:07:07,333 --> 00:07:11,917 - I heard rumors of sexual encounters, 145 00:07:11,999 --> 00:07:14,083 and I remember thinking, 146 00:07:14,166 --> 00:07:15,999 "Wow, he's a man full of secrets." 147 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:21,792 But we all--we all kept our mouths shut. 148 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:23,124 I know I did. 149 00:07:23,208 --> 00:07:27,083 ♪ ♪ 150 00:07:27,166 --> 00:07:30,917 We made him feel so safe, 151 00:07:30,999 --> 00:07:33,500 like nobody's going to tell. 152 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:38,083 - This was Tiger Woods 153 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:42,083 unchained from the history of his childhood, 154 00:07:42,166 --> 00:07:47,792 unchained from pronouncements about being the chosen one. 155 00:07:47,875 --> 00:07:51,458 It was Tiger Woods unchained from being 156 00:07:51,541 --> 00:07:55,124 a $100-million-a-year brand. 157 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:58,166 And so time and time and time again, 158 00:07:58,249 --> 00:08:00,667 he would return to Vegas, 159 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:04,750 and even after he got married to Elin, 160 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:06,833 Tiger didn't really slow down. 161 00:08:09,249 --> 00:08:14,083 His ability to live a double life, 162 00:08:14,166 --> 00:08:16,166 it started in Vegas. 163 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,667 - We caught up with Tiger outside Las Vegas 164 00:08:21,750 --> 00:08:24,792 on what was the coldest day there in more than five years. 165 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:26,667 Woods was on the set of his latest commercial 166 00:08:26,750 --> 00:08:28,958 for Nike Golf, and among other things, 167 00:08:29,041 --> 00:08:30,208 I asked him how married life 168 00:08:30,291 --> 00:08:32,333 with his new bride, Elin, was going. 169 00:08:32,416 --> 00:08:33,500 - It's been good. - Yeah? 170 00:08:33,583 --> 00:08:34,833 - It's the same as always, you know? 171 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:36,667 - Nothing's changed? - Nothing's changed. 172 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:38,333 That's it, I mean, it's still the same, 173 00:08:38,416 --> 00:08:39,708 same relationship. 174 00:08:39,792 --> 00:08:41,833 - How does she deal with all the attention? 175 00:08:41,917 --> 00:08:43,999 - It's one thing she had to get used to. 176 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:45,750 - Mm-hmm. - She didn't ask for it. 177 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:47,458 Back in 2002 when we started 178 00:08:47,541 --> 00:08:48,958 getting pretty serious about it, 179 00:08:49,041 --> 00:08:50,875 that's one of the things we had to talk about 180 00:08:50,958 --> 00:08:52,999 is that I'm sorry it has to be this way, 181 00:08:53,083 --> 00:08:55,208 but it's just-- it kind of comes along 182 00:08:55,291 --> 00:08:56,875 with, you know, what I do. 183 00:08:56,958 --> 00:08:58,999 [cheers and applause] 184 00:08:59,083 --> 00:09:02,041 [gentle music] 185 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:03,375 ♪ ♪ 186 00:09:03,458 --> 00:09:05,541 - Tiger would always talk about 187 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:07,875 having the white picket fence, 188 00:09:07,958 --> 00:09:10,541 the lovely wife, children, 189 00:09:10,625 --> 00:09:13,291 and some sort of normal life. 190 00:09:14,999 --> 00:09:17,792 It appeared to me that he was happy being married. 191 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:21,750 Elin is very sweet, 192 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:23,875 smart, nice girl, 193 00:09:23,958 --> 00:09:27,708 and I was really happy he had found that in his life, 194 00:09:27,792 --> 00:09:30,583 and I thought that was, you know, hopefully for him, 195 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:33,583 gonna be, you know, where he wanted to be. 196 00:09:37,625 --> 00:09:40,750 Tiger and Elin lived five doors down 197 00:09:40,833 --> 00:09:42,667 from my husband and I. 198 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,999 And we became very good friends. 199 00:09:49,999 --> 00:09:53,917 I remember Tiger told me that he was gonna be a father. 200 00:09:53,999 --> 00:09:56,917 And he was just elated to have children. 201 00:09:56,999 --> 00:09:59,708 He really wanted to be a hands-on dad. 202 00:09:59,792 --> 00:10:02,416 That was really important to him. 203 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:05,083 I think it really lit up his life. 204 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:06,917 - Elin and I are very excited. 205 00:10:06,999 --> 00:10:09,291 This is far more important than any game of golf. 206 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:12,917 This is an opportunity for us to-- 207 00:10:12,999 --> 00:10:14,416 to raise our first child, 208 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:15,667 and we're looking forward to it. 209 00:10:17,625 --> 00:10:19,750 - Three years into their marriage, 210 00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:23,750 Elin had Sam, their little girl. 211 00:10:23,833 --> 00:10:26,166 Elin always loved children 212 00:10:26,249 --> 00:10:28,458 and always knew she wanted to be a mom, 213 00:10:28,541 --> 00:10:31,249 always felt like she was going to be a mom. 214 00:10:33,208 --> 00:10:35,458 She told me that she envisioned 215 00:10:35,541 --> 00:10:40,124 they would build a happy home filled with children. 216 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:42,333 They could be, as she put it, normal. 217 00:10:42,416 --> 00:10:45,750 ♪ ♪ 218 00:10:45,833 --> 00:10:47,708 - I'm happier than I've ever been in my life. 219 00:10:47,792 --> 00:10:50,458 You know, I've got a wonderful balance between 220 00:10:50,541 --> 00:10:52,458 on the golf course and off the golf course. 221 00:10:52,541 --> 00:10:53,750 Couldn't ask for a better year. 222 00:10:53,833 --> 00:10:56,124 - What's harder, sinking a ten-foot par putt 223 00:10:56,208 --> 00:10:58,291 on 18 with a one-stroke lead 224 00:10:58,375 --> 00:10:59,625 or changing a poop diaper 225 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:01,750 and not getting anything on you? 226 00:11:01,833 --> 00:11:04,583 - Number two. Literally number two. 227 00:11:04,667 --> 00:11:05,667 [laughter] 228 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:07,541 - The professional athlete 229 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:10,208 is always concerned about image, 230 00:11:10,291 --> 00:11:14,458 and Tiger built himself up to be more than he was. 231 00:11:14,541 --> 00:11:18,500 We all have certain demons that we have to acknowledge, 232 00:11:18,583 --> 00:11:20,708 and I think, for years and years and years, 233 00:11:20,792 --> 00:11:22,667 Tiger ignored his, 234 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,875 and that made him susceptible. 235 00:11:24,958 --> 00:11:27,333 - There were so many articles written when you had a baby 236 00:11:27,416 --> 00:11:28,999 that you were gonna lose your edge. 237 00:11:29,083 --> 00:11:30,166 Does it bother you when you start 238 00:11:30,249 --> 00:11:31,333 to see these things written? 239 00:11:31,416 --> 00:11:34,999 It seems people are waiting for something to happen. 240 00:11:35,083 --> 00:11:38,041 - There is a fascination in America to see 241 00:11:38,124 --> 00:11:40,792 the top dog fall off the ladder. 242 00:11:40,875 --> 00:11:44,500 [indistinct shouting] 243 00:11:44,583 --> 00:11:46,458 - No. Yes! 244 00:11:46,541 --> 00:11:48,541 [cheers and applause] 245 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:51,541 - It's called the crab in the barrel mentality. 246 00:11:51,625 --> 00:11:52,875 We're all in a barrel, 247 00:11:52,958 --> 00:11:55,708 and we have crabs trying to get out of the barrel, 248 00:11:55,792 --> 00:11:57,875 and as soon as they get up to the top, 249 00:11:57,958 --> 00:12:01,333 one of the other crabs grabs its leg 250 00:12:01,416 --> 00:12:04,249 and pulls it back down into the barrel. 251 00:12:04,333 --> 00:12:06,208 So there was a group of people, 252 00:12:06,291 --> 00:12:10,375 especially in the media, pulling against him. 253 00:12:10,458 --> 00:12:14,083 These detractors were plotting, 254 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:17,124 hoping for his fall. 255 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:21,583 - I think the Tiger Woods story 256 00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:23,875 is a big cautionary tale. 257 00:12:23,958 --> 00:12:26,875 [uneasy music] 258 00:12:26,958 --> 00:12:31,583 Be careful about the image you create of yourself. 259 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:34,541 Be careful to live lies. 260 00:12:34,625 --> 00:12:36,583 Be very, very careful, 261 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:39,875 because it could all come tumbling down. 262 00:12:39,958 --> 00:12:46,625 ♪ ♪ 263 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:50,083 The "National Enquirer" had a history 264 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:53,375 of just smearing people. 265 00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:57,083 They knew that the American public 266 00:12:57,166 --> 00:13:01,792 loved to see the failings of their famous celebrities, 267 00:13:01,875 --> 00:13:05,291 and so they fed that appetite with a vengeance. 268 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:07,333 ♪ ♪ 269 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:13,124 One evening, I was at the office 270 00:13:13,208 --> 00:13:17,500 and I got a call to report to the editor in chief. 271 00:13:17,583 --> 00:13:18,792 There he was 272 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:22,291 with the biggest smile I'd ever seen on his face. 273 00:13:22,375 --> 00:13:25,999 He had the biggest scoop in years: 274 00:13:26,083 --> 00:13:28,958 Tiger Woods. 275 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:31,124 [indistinct chatter] 276 00:13:31,208 --> 00:13:34,458 Tiger had his trips to Vegas. 277 00:13:34,541 --> 00:13:37,375 He had a wild side. 278 00:13:37,458 --> 00:13:40,583 And he had an insatiable appetite for women. 279 00:13:40,667 --> 00:13:43,291 [crowd yelling] 280 00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:46,208 And he made a careless mistake. 281 00:13:50,083 --> 00:13:53,291 There was a restaurant where Tiger would go with his wife 282 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:55,500 not far from home, 283 00:13:55,583 --> 00:13:58,333 and at this restaurant was a hostess, 284 00:13:58,416 --> 00:14:00,625 Mindy Lawton. 285 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:04,999 And Tiger just couldn't take his eyes off of her. 286 00:14:05,083 --> 00:14:06,708 - I was shocked. I was in awe. 287 00:14:06,792 --> 00:14:07,958 [chuckles] 288 00:14:08,041 --> 00:14:08,999 I didn't think it was real. 289 00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:10,708 I didn't think it was happening to me. 290 00:14:10,792 --> 00:14:13,333 I played it cool. [chuckles] 291 00:14:13,416 --> 00:14:17,999 - And they had a furiously eruptive relationship. 292 00:14:18,083 --> 00:14:22,291 Sometimes before they could even get to the bedroom 293 00:14:22,375 --> 00:14:25,541 of Tiger Woods' home while his wife was out of town, 294 00:14:25,625 --> 00:14:28,166 they would make love in the garage 295 00:14:28,249 --> 00:14:29,792 against the golf cart, 296 00:14:29,875 --> 00:14:32,999 and for the squeakiest 297 00:14:33,083 --> 00:14:36,541 and cleanest celebrity probably on Earth, 298 00:14:36,625 --> 00:14:40,416 that spelled trouble. 299 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:44,750 ♪ ♪ 300 00:14:44,833 --> 00:14:47,208 The "National Enquirer" immediately sent reporters 301 00:14:47,291 --> 00:14:49,708 to track Tiger Woods. 302 00:14:49,792 --> 00:14:53,208 They followed him into a church parking lot, 303 00:14:53,291 --> 00:14:56,875 where they witnessed him having sex 304 00:14:56,958 --> 00:14:58,917 with Mindy Lawton. 305 00:15:01,291 --> 00:15:06,041 The reporter took photographs of them together 306 00:15:06,124 --> 00:15:08,708 and even picked up the tampon 307 00:15:08,792 --> 00:15:11,041 that Mindy had discarded 308 00:15:11,124 --> 00:15:13,833 and kept it in their vault as proof 309 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:15,833 that Mindy had been there. 310 00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:22,750 The "National Enquirer" called Tiger's team 311 00:15:22,833 --> 00:15:25,041 and asked the question, 312 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:29,083 "What is Tiger Woods' relationship 313 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:32,208 with Mindy Lawton?" 314 00:15:32,291 --> 00:15:34,750 and then hung up the phone. 315 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:39,583 Everyone in the Tiger camp went into damage control mode. 316 00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:43,541 It was all about, how can we kill the story? 317 00:15:43,625 --> 00:15:47,458 [ominous music] 318 00:15:47,541 --> 00:15:51,541 The "National Enquirer" knew that they had Tiger Woods, 319 00:15:51,625 --> 00:15:54,958 but the photographs were too blurry to run, 320 00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:58,249 so they decided they would do a catch and kill 321 00:15:58,333 --> 00:16:00,958 and make a deal. 322 00:16:01,041 --> 00:16:03,750 In exchange for silence, 323 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:07,124 Tiger would appear on the cover of "Men's Fitness," 324 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,625 which was owned by the company 325 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:11,583 that owned the "National Enquirer." 326 00:16:13,917 --> 00:16:16,625 The Tiger camp considered the deal 327 00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:19,291 and considered it favorably. 328 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:20,833 [camera shutter clicks] 329 00:16:25,541 --> 00:16:29,500 As salacious as the Mindy Lawton story was, 330 00:16:29,583 --> 00:16:32,792 nothing was ever printed, 331 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,458 and in the eyes of the public, 332 00:16:34,541 --> 00:16:37,458 Tiger Woods remained Tiger Woods. 333 00:16:37,541 --> 00:16:39,583 [camera shutters clicking] 334 00:16:39,667 --> 00:16:42,625 [indistinct chatter] 335 00:16:42,708 --> 00:16:45,166 - My father's been instrumental in getting 336 00:16:45,249 --> 00:16:48,291 this foundation started from the get-go, 337 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:51,333 and I feel there's really no better way 338 00:16:51,416 --> 00:16:54,375 to honor what he's done 339 00:16:54,458 --> 00:16:56,166 than to create a statue like this, 340 00:16:56,249 --> 00:17:00,041 because this basically is my dad and I. 341 00:17:02,541 --> 00:17:04,875 - Mirror, mirror on the wall, 342 00:17:04,958 --> 00:17:08,375 will we grow up like our daddy after all? 343 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:14,667 Tiger became what he loathed most about his father: 344 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:16,750 a philanderer. 345 00:17:18,083 --> 00:17:21,166 - All right. [laughs] 346 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,083 - That boy loved his father with everything in him, 347 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:26,583 and that father loved that boy with everything in him. 348 00:17:27,958 --> 00:17:32,500 They were father-son, brothers, best friends, 349 00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:35,583 Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, 350 00:17:35,667 --> 00:17:37,416 and I've always really wondered 351 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:39,500 if some part of him feels like 352 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:41,917 his own journey to self-realization 353 00:17:41,999 --> 00:17:46,750 and going from being his father's son to his own man 354 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,917 required going fully down the rabbit hole 355 00:17:49,999 --> 00:17:52,375 of Earl Woods. 356 00:17:52,458 --> 00:17:55,416 [engine rumbling] 357 00:17:58,249 --> 00:18:00,375 - It's been a whirlwind tour for Tiger Woods 358 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:02,583 and his father, Earl Woods, here at Fort Bragg. 359 00:18:02,667 --> 00:18:05,667 The visit was about Earl Woods sharing with his son 360 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:08,458 the pride he had serving with Special Forces. 361 00:18:08,541 --> 00:18:11,249 Tiger says military training is not too different 362 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:13,249 from staying in shape to play golf. 363 00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:14,625 - It's just very similar, 364 00:18:14,708 --> 00:18:15,958 except for jumping out of a plane. 365 00:18:16,041 --> 00:18:17,249 I don't--[laughs] 366 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:19,625 I don't really do that to get ready for a tournament. 367 00:18:19,708 --> 00:18:20,958 - But he did do that this week 368 00:18:21,041 --> 00:18:22,583 with the army's Golden Knights, 369 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,416 not one but two tandem jumps from 13,000 feet, 370 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:27,124 and he's got pictures to prove it. 371 00:18:27,208 --> 00:18:29,667 [dramatic music] 372 00:18:29,750 --> 00:18:33,583 - I think he just loved that weekend with his father. 373 00:18:33,667 --> 00:18:36,458 Earl was a Green Beret, and Tiger decided, you know, 374 00:18:36,541 --> 00:18:40,124 "I want to find out a bit more for myself what that was like," 375 00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:43,750 and jumping out of airplanes was just the beginning. 376 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:45,750 I think he wanted to be able to say, 377 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:47,958 "Hey, Pops, you know, yeah, you're tough. 378 00:18:48,041 --> 00:18:49,083 "I'm tough too, 379 00:18:49,166 --> 00:18:51,041 maybe just one step tougher than you." 380 00:18:51,124 --> 00:18:54,083 [helicopter rotors thrumming] 381 00:18:55,875 --> 00:18:58,333 - On Tiger Woods' 31st birthday, 382 00:18:58,416 --> 00:19:03,124 he was with the Navy SEALs 383 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:04,999 as part of his training. 384 00:19:05,083 --> 00:19:07,500 The SEALs would take him through the kill house, 385 00:19:07,583 --> 00:19:09,792 which is how they practice clearing rooms. 386 00:19:09,875 --> 00:19:11,583 [indistinct shouting] 387 00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:14,124 And he would go there to do this 388 00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:15,583 over and over and over. 389 00:19:15,667 --> 00:19:17,333 [gunfire] 390 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,625 I mean, it all might have started 391 00:19:20,708 --> 00:19:22,875 as chasing Earl's past, 392 00:19:22,958 --> 00:19:26,667 but Tiger was finding a life that was his. 393 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:29,792 [cheers and applause] 394 00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:35,833 - I remember after this tournament one time, 395 00:19:35,917 --> 00:19:37,541 we were driving back to the house 396 00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:40,500 that we were staying, and he said to me, 397 00:19:40,583 --> 00:19:42,500 "You know, I think I'm gonna give up golf 398 00:19:42,583 --> 00:19:45,333 and I'm gonna go and get in the Navy SEALs." 399 00:19:45,416 --> 00:19:48,833 You know, that stunned me in my tracks, to be honest. 400 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:51,375 I actually couldn't believe it. 401 00:19:51,458 --> 00:19:54,166 But he seemed incredibly serious, 402 00:19:54,249 --> 00:19:56,208 and, you know, anyone that's normal 403 00:19:56,291 --> 00:19:57,458 wouldn't go and be a Navy SEAL, 404 00:19:57,541 --> 00:19:58,999 but this man's wired differently, 405 00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:01,375 and he's gonna do something that's gonna test you 406 00:20:01,458 --> 00:20:03,792 to the absolute limit. 407 00:20:03,875 --> 00:20:06,999 - Tiger would go do this crazy stuff. 408 00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:09,166 They put this hood over your head. 409 00:20:09,249 --> 00:20:11,875 The hood goes off, and you're presented with a scenario. 410 00:20:11,958 --> 00:20:14,291 And it could be three guys on top of you 411 00:20:14,375 --> 00:20:15,708 beating the shit out of you. 412 00:20:15,792 --> 00:20:16,875 [gunshots] 413 00:20:16,958 --> 00:20:18,833 You'd get shot up with Simunition, 414 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:21,124 get these huge bruises on you. 415 00:20:22,458 --> 00:20:24,333 The SEALs love to tell stories 416 00:20:24,416 --> 00:20:26,249 about just lighting him up, 417 00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:27,875 and the guys in charge were like, 418 00:20:27,958 --> 00:20:29,416 "You can shoot Tiger wherever you want. 419 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,249 Just don't shoot him in his hands." 420 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:33,249 Like, they were very well aware of, like, 421 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:36,124 "We don't want to be the guys that broke Tiger Woods." 422 00:20:38,124 --> 00:20:40,500 Tiger had all sorts of knee and back issues 423 00:20:40,583 --> 00:20:42,083 from playing golf, 424 00:20:42,166 --> 00:20:46,750 and the Navy SEAL stuff was devastating on his body. 425 00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:49,375 There was a SEAL who said, 426 00:20:49,458 --> 00:20:53,083 "Injuries are magnets for more injuries." 427 00:20:53,166 --> 00:20:54,875 And Tiger always seemed 428 00:20:54,958 --> 00:20:56,958 to get kicked in his left knee. 429 00:20:57,041 --> 00:20:58,416 ♪ ♪ 430 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,625 [device whirring] 431 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:11,958 - Tiger was in immense pain with his knee, 432 00:21:12,041 --> 00:21:14,708 and when they scope his knee out, 433 00:21:14,792 --> 00:21:17,083 they discover that he's got no ACL. 434 00:21:17,166 --> 00:21:20,583 [dark music] 435 00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:22,750 You know, the doctors say to him, 436 00:21:22,833 --> 00:21:26,208 "You're gonna need major reconstruction there." 437 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:28,917 But it's Tiger, you know? 438 00:21:28,999 --> 00:21:31,583 "Fuck that, I'm gonna deal with that later," 439 00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:34,792 and he kept training. 440 00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:37,750 And of course, he gets himself 441 00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:39,833 two fractures in his leg. 442 00:21:39,917 --> 00:21:42,416 [soft snapping] 443 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:44,583 I remember thinking, 444 00:21:44,667 --> 00:21:47,333 "You brought it upon yourself, so... 445 00:21:47,416 --> 00:21:49,333 self-inflicted." 446 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:53,375 [jet engine roaring] 447 00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:56,667 The doctors say to him, you know, 448 00:21:56,750 --> 00:21:59,583 "You're gonna be out of the game for a while." 449 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:02,792 But he's got the 2008 U.S. Open looming. 450 00:22:02,875 --> 00:22:05,124 Can he win another major 451 00:22:05,208 --> 00:22:06,999 and be one step closer 452 00:22:07,083 --> 00:22:09,875 to breaking Jack Nicklaus' record? 453 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:13,333 Jack's sitting on 18 majors. 454 00:22:13,416 --> 00:22:16,833 Tiger needed to eclipse that mark to prove 455 00:22:16,917 --> 00:22:19,500 that he is the greatest player of all time. 456 00:22:19,583 --> 00:22:21,875 - You can finish your career with 19 majors, 457 00:22:21,958 --> 00:22:24,958 one more than Jack, or 100 wins. 458 00:22:25,041 --> 00:22:26,708 - 19. 459 00:22:26,792 --> 00:22:28,833 - You can finish your career with 17 majors, 460 00:22:28,917 --> 00:22:31,667 one fewer than Jack, or 100 wins. 461 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:34,166 - 19. 462 00:22:34,249 --> 00:22:37,166 - There wasn't anything gonna stop him. 463 00:22:37,249 --> 00:22:40,083 You know, two fractures in his leg and no ACL-- 464 00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:42,416 nothing was gonna stop him. 465 00:22:46,124 --> 00:22:48,999 - Welcome to the 108th U.S. Open Championship, 466 00:22:49,083 --> 00:22:51,166 beautiful Torrey Pines. 467 00:22:51,249 --> 00:22:53,333 For competitive golfer Tiger Woods, 468 00:22:53,416 --> 00:22:55,166 since his knee surgery, 469 00:22:55,249 --> 00:22:57,500 what do you expect to see over the four days? 470 00:22:57,583 --> 00:22:59,999 - I think the big issue is fatigue. 471 00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:03,041 In practice, he was only playing nine holes per day. 472 00:23:03,124 --> 00:23:06,583 First time out to go 18, so we'll see how it holds up. 473 00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:11,249 [crowd shouting and cheering] 474 00:23:11,333 --> 00:23:13,708 [ominous music] 475 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:15,833 - That headed left. 476 00:23:15,917 --> 00:23:17,249 - Oh! 477 00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:19,041 - He grimaced on that one. 478 00:23:19,124 --> 00:23:20,875 Yeah, look at his knee. 479 00:23:20,958 --> 00:23:23,249 You can see him favoring that knee. 480 00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:25,041 - I could see just the look on his face, 481 00:23:25,124 --> 00:23:27,500 the agony that he was going through. 482 00:23:27,583 --> 00:23:29,667 And we all looked at each other and thought, 483 00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:32,375 "He's got no right playing in the U.S. Open." 484 00:23:32,458 --> 00:23:35,333 - Now Woods tied for 27th place. 485 00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:38,875 - Headed way, way right. 486 00:23:38,958 --> 00:23:41,083 - Wow. 487 00:23:41,166 --> 00:23:44,583 He's making friends with all the gallery here, isn't he? 488 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:46,124 - What's the feeling like out here, Roger? 489 00:23:46,208 --> 00:23:47,750 - It's absolute shock, Johnny. 490 00:23:47,833 --> 00:23:49,083 I don't think anybody can believe 491 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:51,166 what they're watching here; I really don't. 492 00:23:52,625 --> 00:23:55,917 - He hits his tee shot onto the cart path. 493 00:23:55,999 --> 00:23:58,249 He's got cleats on, spikes, 494 00:23:58,333 --> 00:23:59,958 and as he went to hit the ball, 495 00:24:00,041 --> 00:24:01,958 his foot slipped out. 496 00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:03,541 [soft cracking] 497 00:24:03,625 --> 00:24:06,249 And I heard the crack in his knee. 498 00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:09,541 I just saw the look in his eyes. 499 00:24:09,625 --> 00:24:12,458 It was like he'd just been shot. 500 00:24:12,541 --> 00:24:16,124 ♪ ♪ 501 00:24:16,208 --> 00:24:18,375 I said to him, "Hey, Tiger, 502 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:21,792 "you might be jeopardizing your career here. 503 00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,999 Maybe this is a time to quit." 504 00:24:25,083 --> 00:24:27,166 And I'll never forget, 505 00:24:27,249 --> 00:24:30,124 he looks at me and he goes, 506 00:24:30,208 --> 00:24:32,625 "Stevie, fuck you. I'm winning this tournament." 507 00:24:32,708 --> 00:24:33,958 [dramatic music] 508 00:24:34,041 --> 00:24:36,249 [crowd shouting] 509 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,124 [cheers and applause] 510 00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:41,124 - How 'bout that birdie? - Tiger! 511 00:24:41,208 --> 00:24:42,750 - Well, I wasn't gonna bag it. 512 00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:45,375 It's just not my nature. I don't know how to do that. 513 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:48,958 - I think that one might have hurt. 514 00:24:49,041 --> 00:24:50,458 - There's never any excuses. 515 00:24:50,541 --> 00:24:52,458 If the pain hits, the pain hits. 516 00:24:52,541 --> 00:24:55,041 So be it. It's just pain. 517 00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,750 - Tiger's on this quest 518 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:02,541 to be the undeniable, absolute GOAT, 519 00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:04,917 greatest of all time, 520 00:25:04,999 --> 00:25:08,166 and within the context of Tiger's astounding career, 521 00:25:08,249 --> 00:25:11,667 the 2008 U.S. Open stands out 522 00:25:11,750 --> 00:25:13,667 among all the others. 523 00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:15,833 [crowd shouting] 524 00:25:15,917 --> 00:25:18,792 ♪ ♪ 525 00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:21,500 - Oh, that's gonna catch the bank. 526 00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:23,583 - The mental strength, the physical strength, 527 00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:25,208 everything that he brought... 528 00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:27,124 - Very awkward stance, 529 00:25:27,208 --> 00:25:29,708 and this can't help the left knee, I wouldn't think. 530 00:25:29,792 --> 00:25:32,999 - There was something magical going on. 531 00:25:33,083 --> 00:25:35,500 - One time! 532 00:25:35,583 --> 00:25:36,541 [cheers and applause] - Oh! 533 00:25:36,625 --> 00:25:39,333 - You got to be kidding! - Oh-oh-oh! 534 00:25:39,416 --> 00:25:41,166 - He knows it too. 535 00:25:41,249 --> 00:25:43,416 - It's the same thing that would allow 536 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,416 Lennon and McCartney to write "Eleanor Rigby." 537 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:46,708 You know, whatever it is, 538 00:25:46,792 --> 00:25:49,041 there's some kind of magic in the air. 539 00:25:49,124 --> 00:25:51,208 [crowd shouting] 540 00:25:51,291 --> 00:25:54,124 What else could possibly explain a guy 541 00:25:54,208 --> 00:25:56,416 whose body is falling apart, 542 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,917 and he does contend? 543 00:25:58,999 --> 00:26:00,041 - Nice! 544 00:26:00,124 --> 00:26:04,333 - Absolutely electric at Torrey Pines. 545 00:26:05,333 --> 00:26:07,541 And a stunner of a day for Tiger Woods. 546 00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:10,458 Two better at the moment than Rocco Mediate. 547 00:26:10,541 --> 00:26:12,208 - All right, Rocco, describe what the last 548 00:26:12,291 --> 00:26:13,708 4 1/2 hours of your life have been like. 549 00:26:13,792 --> 00:26:14,875 - Oh, my God, it was unbelievable, 550 00:26:14,958 --> 00:26:15,958 and it was so much fun. 551 00:26:16,041 --> 00:26:17,208 I can't wait till tomorrow to see what happens. 552 00:26:17,291 --> 00:26:19,041 - Can you beat him tomorrow? - Who knows? 553 00:26:19,124 --> 00:26:20,208 Who knows what can happen? 554 00:26:20,291 --> 00:26:21,917 But the way I'm striking it, you never know. 555 00:26:21,999 --> 00:26:23,208 I just got to make a few more putts. 556 00:26:23,291 --> 00:26:24,750 - Congratulations on a fabulous day. 557 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:26,833 - Thanks, thanks. It was a blast. 558 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:32,416 That night, I'm thinking, 559 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:34,625 "I can't beat him. 560 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:37,083 I got to have backup." 561 00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:39,249 So I called the devil. 562 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:42,291 I said, "Devil, listen, 563 00:26:42,375 --> 00:26:43,958 "Think I need some help tomorrow. 564 00:26:44,041 --> 00:26:46,124 "You know, I got to play this guy, 565 00:26:46,208 --> 00:26:48,750 and, you know, he's just the best." 566 00:26:48,833 --> 00:26:50,291 He goes, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, 567 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:51,541 you're playing Tiger tomorrow." 568 00:26:51,625 --> 00:26:52,917 I went, "Yeah." 569 00:26:52,999 --> 00:26:55,750 He goes, "He's already with me. 570 00:26:55,833 --> 00:26:57,208 Had him since he was a kid." 571 00:26:57,291 --> 00:26:59,583 I went, "Son of a bitch. All right, thanks." 572 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,333 Hung the phone up. 573 00:27:02,625 --> 00:27:05,750 - What kind of day is it gonna be for Tiger Woods? 574 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:07,792 Should be another interesting quest 575 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:10,625 for a major championship. 576 00:27:10,708 --> 00:27:13,708 [crowd shouting and cheering] 577 00:27:15,458 --> 00:27:17,291 - Tiger was still hurt, obviously, 578 00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:19,750 but it didn't affect the way he played. 579 00:27:19,833 --> 00:27:21,291 - That one bothered him too. 580 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:23,625 - Yeah, but it's in the fairway. 581 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:25,500 - He still played like he plays, 582 00:27:25,583 --> 00:27:27,792 intense and really good. 583 00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:29,958 - Oh! Aah! [crowd shouting] 584 00:27:30,041 --> 00:27:32,124 - That one was audible. 585 00:27:32,208 --> 00:27:34,750 - He didn't hold back at all. 586 00:27:34,833 --> 00:27:36,249 I kept looking at him, going, 587 00:27:36,333 --> 00:27:38,291 "What in the hell are you doing?" 588 00:27:38,375 --> 00:27:41,041 But I think he thought he was immortal. 589 00:27:42,083 --> 00:27:43,166 [crowd shouting] 590 00:27:43,249 --> 00:27:44,792 [cheers and applause] 591 00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:47,208 - Another stroke of genius by Tiger. 592 00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:51,124 - You watch the stuff he did, and then you go, 593 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:52,833 "Well, of course he's immortal, 594 00:27:52,917 --> 00:27:54,124 broken leg or not." 595 00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:55,208 [chuckles] 596 00:27:55,291 --> 00:27:58,875 [indistinct shouting] 597 00:27:58,958 --> 00:28:00,291 When you stand around him, 598 00:28:00,375 --> 00:28:01,833 there's something going on 599 00:28:01,917 --> 00:28:04,999 that you're not used to feeling, 600 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,833 that feeling of, you can't hide 601 00:28:06,917 --> 00:28:09,667 and you're playing with the best player in the world. 602 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:12,708 [soft dramatic music] 603 00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:19,750 ♪ ♪ 604 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,999 [wild cheers] 605 00:28:33,083 --> 00:28:35,500 - Expect anything different? 606 00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:41,208 - Unbelievable. 607 00:28:41,291 --> 00:28:43,249 I knew he'd make it. 608 00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:45,458 The stuff he pulled that week, 609 00:28:45,541 --> 00:28:47,875 it was remarkable. 610 00:28:47,958 --> 00:28:51,083 But nothing surprised me, not one thing. 611 00:28:51,166 --> 00:28:52,249 At all. 612 00:28:52,333 --> 00:28:55,875 - And in one of the most remarkable performances, 613 00:28:55,958 --> 00:28:58,416 Tiger Woods perseveres 614 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:01,917 and wins a third U.S. Open Championship. 615 00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,833 - If you wish for something 616 00:29:07,917 --> 00:29:11,541 so, so fervently and it happens, 617 00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,083 that sounds like a happy ending, 618 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:16,917 but it's not always. 619 00:29:16,999 --> 00:29:19,166 At his core, 620 00:29:19,249 --> 00:29:21,667 Tiger has this view of the world 621 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:25,416 that only sort of a young boy has, 622 00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:28,249 of conquering. 623 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:31,375 He conquered the world. 624 00:29:31,458 --> 00:29:33,124 The problem with conquering the world 625 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:37,249 is that the world is gonna want its revenge. 626 00:29:37,333 --> 00:29:40,291 [driving rock music] 627 00:29:40,375 --> 00:29:45,041 ♪ ♪ 628 00:29:45,124 --> 00:29:47,416 - For the last ten years, 629 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:50,583 I have stayed quiet about this story, 630 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:55,041 but at this point, I have nothing left to lose. 631 00:29:56,375 --> 00:29:59,375 My name hasn't lost the stigma at all. 632 00:29:59,458 --> 00:30:02,917 It's always been Rachel Uchitel, comma, 633 00:30:02,999 --> 00:30:04,333 Tiger Woods' mistress. 634 00:30:04,416 --> 00:30:10,583 ♪ ♪ 635 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:13,541 I was running one of the clubs in New York City. 636 00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:18,792 I probably hosted every famous athlete 637 00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:20,750 or celebrity you can think of. 638 00:30:20,833 --> 00:30:22,083 - What's good, Drake? 639 00:30:22,166 --> 00:30:26,249 - They come for the best night of their lives, 640 00:30:26,333 --> 00:30:28,792 and I'm the person that is going 641 00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:30,833 to facilitate that for them. 642 00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:33,667 This is how I met Tiger Woods. 643 00:30:36,792 --> 00:30:39,500 One night, I was working at the club, 644 00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:42,625 and I saw Tiger sipping his drink, 645 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:44,958 sitting by himself, talking to nobody. 646 00:30:46,416 --> 00:30:48,500 I was surprised it was him, to be honest with you. 647 00:30:48,583 --> 00:30:52,583 I was just surprised that that was Tiger Woods. 648 00:30:53,792 --> 00:30:57,041 I went over to him to make sure that he was okay, 649 00:30:57,124 --> 00:30:59,500 see if he needed anything. 650 00:30:59,583 --> 00:31:01,792 He grabbed me and asked me a few more questions, 651 00:31:01,875 --> 00:31:03,708 and then as they went to leave, 652 00:31:03,792 --> 00:31:06,667 he took my phone number. 653 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:09,625 And the car probably hadn't even got 654 00:31:09,708 --> 00:31:14,208 to the light at the corner; he started texting me. 655 00:31:14,291 --> 00:31:19,124 He said something like, "When can I see you again?" 656 00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:24,291 It was intimidating. I mean, this was Tiger Woods. 657 00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:27,041 I knew he was married. 658 00:31:27,124 --> 00:31:29,999 I knew that he had responsibilities. 659 00:31:30,083 --> 00:31:34,166 But he said, "I want you to fly to Orlando, 660 00:31:34,249 --> 00:31:36,249 and then I will come see you there." 661 00:31:38,625 --> 00:31:41,416 That was the first night I had sex with him. 662 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,708 [sighs] 663 00:31:42,792 --> 00:31:47,041 And I remember thinking with him, 664 00:31:47,124 --> 00:31:50,999 "How am I ever gonna be 665 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:53,041 with a mere mortal ever again?" 666 00:31:53,124 --> 00:31:54,500 [chuckles] 667 00:31:54,583 --> 00:31:55,999 Because, you know, 668 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:58,583 so many people put him on such a pedestal, 669 00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:01,458 and here he was in my bed, 670 00:32:01,541 --> 00:32:04,124 and he was... 671 00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:06,500 my Tiger. 672 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:11,708 [gentle music] 673 00:32:11,792 --> 00:32:14,333 We really enjoyed being with each other. 674 00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:18,917 He would refer to it as "plugging in." 675 00:32:18,999 --> 00:32:22,083 He would tell me that when he saw me, 676 00:32:22,166 --> 00:32:24,958 he felt like he could plug in and get recharged. 677 00:32:25,041 --> 00:32:26,750 ♪ ♪ 678 00:32:26,833 --> 00:32:29,249 Tiger had issues sleeping, 679 00:32:29,333 --> 00:32:31,667 and he would have to take Ambien. 680 00:32:33,249 --> 00:32:35,625 I would sometimes just sit next to him for hours 681 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:38,541 while he would fall asleep next to me. 682 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,416 And when he got up, 683 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:45,416 I think that he allowed himself to be a little kid. 684 00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:49,792 I mean, it sounds kind of odd. 685 00:32:49,875 --> 00:32:54,750 He would eat cereal, 686 00:32:54,833 --> 00:32:56,875 and he would watch his cartoons. 687 00:32:58,875 --> 00:33:00,625 And he was like a fountain. 688 00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:02,667 He just wanted to talk and talk and talk. 689 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:05,583 ♪ ♪ 690 00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:09,958 He told me a lot about his childhood, his dad, 691 00:33:10,041 --> 00:33:13,875 and that he was sick of trying to hide who he was. 692 00:33:15,541 --> 00:33:19,958 But he was so scared of the real Tiger 693 00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:22,166 not living up to the Tiger 694 00:33:22,249 --> 00:33:25,375 that everybody else thinks he is. 695 00:33:27,958 --> 00:33:30,124 One day, I did ask him 696 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:33,416 why he didn't check in at home with Elin. 697 00:33:34,583 --> 00:33:37,166 He said, "She doesn't ask questions like you. 698 00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:38,500 She's not like you." 699 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:42,208 And it occurred to me that he wanted to have someone 700 00:33:42,291 --> 00:33:44,958 to check in with. 701 00:33:45,041 --> 00:33:47,375 I asked him a million questions, 702 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:49,792 and he wanted to give every single detail 703 00:33:49,875 --> 00:33:54,208 that he hadn't been able to say 704 00:33:54,291 --> 00:33:55,708 in years or ever. 705 00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:58,833 ♪ ♪ 706 00:33:58,917 --> 00:34:01,792 One day when he was dropping me off at the airport, 707 00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:04,208 I said, "I'm gonna miss you. 708 00:34:04,291 --> 00:34:05,750 "It's really hard for me 709 00:34:05,833 --> 00:34:09,041 to just get back on a plane and go home." 710 00:34:09,124 --> 00:34:12,583 And he told me, 711 00:34:12,667 --> 00:34:15,208 "You need to learn 712 00:34:15,291 --> 00:34:18,583 "how to compartmentalize your feelings. 713 00:34:18,667 --> 00:34:20,999 "Push them off to the side 714 00:34:21,083 --> 00:34:24,208 and think about something else." 715 00:34:24,291 --> 00:34:27,249 [dramatic music] 716 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:31,249 ♪ ♪ 717 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:34,333 [cheers and applause] 718 00:34:37,333 --> 00:34:40,041 - You know, I mean, anytime you're off that long, 719 00:34:40,124 --> 00:34:42,041 there's always some wonder if you can continue 720 00:34:42,124 --> 00:34:44,541 this incredible magic, the incredible pace 721 00:34:44,625 --> 00:34:47,291 when he won that U.S. Open last year. 722 00:34:47,375 --> 00:34:49,249 Well, this will be another great example 723 00:34:49,333 --> 00:34:52,083 of why Tiger is Tiger. 724 00:34:52,166 --> 00:34:54,416 - When he comes back in 2009 725 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:56,458 after his knee surgery, 726 00:34:56,541 --> 00:34:58,583 he was a winning machine. 727 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:02,708 [crowd shouting] 728 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:04,124 - Again! 729 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:06,166 A big hole. 730 00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:09,541 - It feels good to be back in contention again, 731 00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:12,083 to feel the rush, and it's been a while, 732 00:35:12,166 --> 00:35:14,875 but it kind of felt good. 733 00:35:14,958 --> 00:35:16,833 - If you made a map of the world 734 00:35:16,917 --> 00:35:18,083 and especially the United States 735 00:35:18,166 --> 00:35:21,083 and just put pins for where Tiger was winning, 736 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:22,416 this guy's everywhere. 737 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,958 - Tiger on his way to winning 738 00:35:25,041 --> 00:35:27,458 for the fourth time this year. 739 00:35:27,541 --> 00:35:28,999 - Really a good, positive stroke. 740 00:35:29,083 --> 00:35:31,166 Get in there. Yes! 741 00:35:31,249 --> 00:35:32,958 - Pretty close to paranormal, isn't it? 742 00:35:33,041 --> 00:35:34,750 Is that a good word for him? 743 00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:38,500 - That is in the ionosphere and just left of the hole. 744 00:35:38,583 --> 00:35:40,500 - Oh, look at this shot. - Oh, what a shot. 745 00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:42,166 - [laughs] 746 00:35:42,249 --> 00:35:45,166 - That's certainly a strong way to finish. 747 00:35:45,249 --> 00:35:48,249 - 70 wins, and he's 33? 748 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:49,999 That's frightening. 749 00:35:52,333 --> 00:35:54,291 - It's an unbelievable year 750 00:35:54,375 --> 00:35:56,500 not only 'cause he wins so much 751 00:35:56,583 --> 00:35:59,291 but because he's doing it in the middle 752 00:35:59,375 --> 00:36:02,958 of this extreme balancing act in his private life. 753 00:36:03,041 --> 00:36:04,792 - Congratulations going out this morning 754 00:36:04,875 --> 00:36:06,667 to Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin. 755 00:36:06,750 --> 00:36:09,333 Woods' website confirming the birth of their son, 756 00:36:09,416 --> 00:36:11,708 Charlie Axel Woods. 757 00:36:11,792 --> 00:36:14,833 - Can you see yourself giving the kind of time 758 00:36:14,917 --> 00:36:17,208 to your kids that your parents gave to you? 759 00:36:17,291 --> 00:36:18,667 - As best I can. 760 00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:21,500 I want my kids to know their father. 761 00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:25,041 - How do you think that would affect your...day job? 762 00:36:25,124 --> 00:36:26,541 - Family always comes first. 763 00:36:26,625 --> 00:36:28,166 Always has been in my life and always will. 764 00:36:28,249 --> 00:36:29,792 Elin and I, you know, 765 00:36:29,875 --> 00:36:32,833 we have to work on that as a team. 766 00:36:32,917 --> 00:36:35,416 - If you talk about Tiger Woods' greatest gifts, 767 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:37,750 certainly one of them is the ability 768 00:36:37,833 --> 00:36:39,583 to compartmentalize. 769 00:36:41,291 --> 00:36:43,750 [crowd shouting] 770 00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:45,208 - Well, look out. 771 00:36:45,291 --> 00:36:46,333 - Oh! 772 00:36:46,416 --> 00:36:47,958 - Well, that's why he's world's number one. 773 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:55,249 - I mean, to move from dominating a golf tournament 774 00:36:55,333 --> 00:36:59,333 to being married and having children 775 00:36:59,416 --> 00:37:03,708 and then moving from woman to woman to woman to woman-- 776 00:37:03,792 --> 00:37:06,667 in many ways, Tiger was living 777 00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:10,708 four, five, six, seven different lives at a time. 778 00:37:10,792 --> 00:37:13,208 - Come on, Tiger Woods. 779 00:37:13,291 --> 00:37:15,375 - It becomes like a drug, 780 00:37:15,458 --> 00:37:17,917 and you're looking for that next hit. 781 00:37:17,999 --> 00:37:21,583 Tiger kept having another hit and another hit. 782 00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:24,999 In the beginning, he was bright-eyed, 783 00:37:25,083 --> 00:37:26,833 "Ooh," and big smile. 784 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,583 But I saw a change in him through time. 785 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:33,999 And towards the end, 786 00:37:34,083 --> 00:37:36,041 there was a sadness about him. 787 00:37:36,124 --> 00:37:39,792 Maybe that adrenaline rush had left him 788 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:42,124 and he needed to go to that next level. 789 00:37:43,458 --> 00:37:46,458 I do know that he called a madam. 790 00:37:48,041 --> 00:37:49,291 - Every couple of months, 791 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:51,083 he requested to have multiple girls. 792 00:37:51,166 --> 00:37:54,083 Could be up to, you know, ten girls at a time. 793 00:37:54,166 --> 00:37:55,917 He had a particular type that he liked: 794 00:37:55,999 --> 00:37:58,500 young, college cutie, girl-next-door type, 795 00:37:58,583 --> 00:38:00,583 preferably blonde. 796 00:38:00,667 --> 00:38:02,917 - Vegas is providing every opportunity he wants 797 00:38:02,999 --> 00:38:06,083 to sample everything and anything he wants, 798 00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:09,750 including the highest of high-end escorts. 799 00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:13,083 We're talking five- and six-figure weekends 800 00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:14,875 with these girls. 801 00:38:14,958 --> 00:38:17,124 - He was into role-playing. 802 00:38:17,208 --> 00:38:19,792 We would go and get tons of girls, 803 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:23,124 and he would dress up into a suit. 804 00:38:23,208 --> 00:38:25,541 We were like little puppets. 805 00:38:26,708 --> 00:38:28,416 - I think there's a real danger 806 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:31,667 in trying to equate Tiger's behavior 807 00:38:31,750 --> 00:38:35,166 with seeking a thrill. 808 00:38:35,249 --> 00:38:38,583 This is one troubled man. 809 00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:41,124 And much like alcohol, much like drugs, 810 00:38:41,208 --> 00:38:43,708 much like gambling, 811 00:38:43,792 --> 00:38:47,166 sex is a form of pain relief, 812 00:38:47,249 --> 00:38:50,291 more than he got from winning a major 813 00:38:50,375 --> 00:38:54,416 or from going in a kill house with the SEALs. 814 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:59,208 Sex stops the pain for a period of time. 815 00:38:59,291 --> 00:39:02,416 [intense swirling voices] 816 00:39:13,249 --> 00:39:15,708 - Tiger Woods, 817 00:39:15,792 --> 00:39:19,124 like so many powerful, wealthy celebrities, 818 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:21,792 felt that he could get away with anything. 819 00:39:23,249 --> 00:39:25,750 And unfortunately, that wasn't the case. 820 00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:26,875 - Tiger. [indistinct chatter] 821 00:39:26,958 --> 00:39:30,041 - Come on, Tiger Woods. - You're good, brother. 822 00:39:30,124 --> 00:39:33,333 - The "National Enquirer" had been tracking Tiger Woods 823 00:39:33,416 --> 00:39:35,750 ever since the Mindy Lawton story. 824 00:39:38,124 --> 00:39:42,375 They knew about his trips to Vegas, 825 00:39:42,458 --> 00:39:46,041 his nightclubs near his home, 826 00:39:46,124 --> 00:39:47,917 and when the "National Enquirer" 827 00:39:47,999 --> 00:39:51,416 found out about Rachel Uchitel, 828 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:53,291 they were watching, 829 00:39:53,375 --> 00:39:55,583 waiting for that one moment 830 00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:58,166 to catch them in the act. 831 00:39:59,458 --> 00:40:02,375 [dramatic music] 832 00:40:02,458 --> 00:40:04,875 ♪ ♪ 833 00:40:04,958 --> 00:40:06,708 - Open it up. - Come on, guys, relax. 834 00:40:06,792 --> 00:40:08,541 - Open it up. - Tiger! 835 00:40:08,625 --> 00:40:11,541 - And welcome Tiger Woods to the Australian Masters. 836 00:40:11,625 --> 00:40:14,249 We're delighted that he's such a fan of Melbourne, 837 00:40:14,333 --> 00:40:16,667 and, Tiger, we wish you the best for this week. 838 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:18,541 - Thank you. 839 00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:21,208 - I got a call from Tiger in November, 840 00:40:21,291 --> 00:40:24,291 saying that he could not play the Australian Masters 841 00:40:24,375 --> 00:40:26,750 unless I came there. 842 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:28,458 He says, "I can't sleep. 843 00:40:28,541 --> 00:40:31,083 "I can't win if you're not here. 844 00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:32,333 So will you come?" 845 00:40:33,708 --> 00:40:36,375 This man that everybody wanted a piece of 846 00:40:36,458 --> 00:40:38,917 only wanted me. 847 00:40:38,999 --> 00:40:41,124 That's the biggest "I love you" you could hear. 848 00:40:41,208 --> 00:40:47,500 ♪ ♪ 849 00:40:48,875 --> 00:40:51,583 Tiger's team had booked me a separate room 850 00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:53,583 on a different floor, 851 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:58,249 but I wanted to go straight to Tiger's suite. 852 00:40:58,333 --> 00:41:00,583 I never knew that anybody had any inkling 853 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:03,083 about my comings or goings. 854 00:41:03,166 --> 00:41:06,583 I never thought to look over my shoulder. 855 00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:09,333 We were really brazen with what we thought 856 00:41:09,416 --> 00:41:10,833 that we could get away with. 857 00:41:10,917 --> 00:41:15,166 ♪ ♪ 858 00:41:15,249 --> 00:41:16,792 - The "National Enquirer" 859 00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:19,249 had sent a reporter 860 00:41:19,333 --> 00:41:21,958 to the Crown Casino in Melbourne, 861 00:41:22,041 --> 00:41:25,416 and the reporter got into an elevator 862 00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:27,958 with Rachel Uchitel, 863 00:41:28,041 --> 00:41:30,458 followed her to the top floor, 864 00:41:30,541 --> 00:41:33,958 watched as she walked to Tiger's suite, 865 00:41:34,041 --> 00:41:36,958 and that's when the "National Enquirer" 866 00:41:37,041 --> 00:41:40,833 called and said, "You were going to see Tiger Woods." 867 00:41:45,041 --> 00:41:48,208 - We did everything to try and stop that story. 868 00:41:48,291 --> 00:41:49,667 We made every threat, 869 00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:53,291 we made every denial, 870 00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:56,500 and at the end of the day, the story was gonna run. 871 00:41:56,583 --> 00:41:59,541 [uneasy music] 872 00:41:59,625 --> 00:42:00,833 ♪ ♪ 873 00:42:00,917 --> 00:42:03,541 - When Tiger got back to Florida, 874 00:42:03,625 --> 00:42:06,541 he sits down with Elin, his wife, and he says, 875 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:10,333 "Look, there's a story coming from the 'National Enquirer.' 876 00:42:10,416 --> 00:42:13,999 It's all garbage, and I can prove it." 877 00:42:14,083 --> 00:42:17,458 So he gives her his phone, and it's Rachel Uchitel. 878 00:42:18,249 --> 00:42:21,667 - We had an extensive 30-minute conversation, 879 00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:24,750 Elin and I, convincing her that I was not having 880 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:26,750 a sexual relationship with Tiger. 881 00:42:27,958 --> 00:42:30,208 We talked about how I knew Tiger, 882 00:42:30,291 --> 00:42:32,208 how I knew his friends, 883 00:42:32,291 --> 00:42:35,208 how and why I was in Australia. 884 00:42:35,291 --> 00:42:38,792 - Elin was already inclined to believe 885 00:42:38,875 --> 00:42:41,875 that the tabloid media, you know, was hurtful, 886 00:42:41,958 --> 00:42:44,166 not to believe them, that they were bad. 887 00:42:44,249 --> 00:42:47,333 So she sort of was inclined to go along with all of that. 888 00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:53,249 - The story came out, and nobody looked at it. 889 00:42:53,333 --> 00:42:57,208 Between this stupid story and the phone call with Elin, 890 00:42:57,291 --> 00:42:59,416 I remember thinking, "Oh, my God, 891 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:01,875 we're gonna slide right over this." 892 00:43:01,958 --> 00:43:05,083 ♪ ♪ 893 00:43:05,166 --> 00:43:08,708 Two days later, it was Thanksgiving. 894 00:43:08,792 --> 00:43:11,583 Tiger and I texted throughout the day, 895 00:43:11,667 --> 00:43:14,375 saying that we have a lot to be grateful for. 896 00:43:14,458 --> 00:43:16,541 We'd gotten away unscathed 897 00:43:16,625 --> 00:43:20,083 in what could have been a complete nightmare. 898 00:43:20,166 --> 00:43:24,999 And then I get this text message from Tiger saying, 899 00:43:25,083 --> 00:43:29,625 "You were the only one I ever loved." 900 00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:32,917 I remember just feeling 901 00:43:32,999 --> 00:43:35,833 that things had never been better between us. 902 00:43:37,249 --> 00:43:39,708 And then he told me he was taking an Ambien 903 00:43:39,792 --> 00:43:41,333 and going to sleep. 904 00:43:42,833 --> 00:43:45,583 When I got another text from him, 905 00:43:45,667 --> 00:43:48,166 I was kind of surprised. 906 00:43:48,249 --> 00:43:49,667 What came through was something like, 907 00:43:49,750 --> 00:43:52,124 "When am I gonna see you again?" 908 00:43:52,208 --> 00:43:54,667 And then the phone rang. 909 00:43:54,750 --> 00:43:58,333 I answered, saying something like, 910 00:43:58,416 --> 00:44:00,750 "Hey, babe, I thought you went to sleep." 911 00:44:00,833 --> 00:44:04,999 And instead of Tiger's voice, it was Elin. 912 00:44:05,083 --> 00:44:09,583 And she said, "I knew it was you." 913 00:44:09,667 --> 00:44:11,792 [tense music] 914 00:44:11,875 --> 00:44:13,124 [line beeping] 915 00:44:13,208 --> 00:44:14,208 [touch-tones beeping] 916 00:44:39,416 --> 00:44:40,541 - All right, okay. 917 00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:50,750 [birds chirping] 918 00:44:57,750 --> 00:45:00,750 [helicopter rotors thrumming] 919 00:45:01,958 --> 00:45:04,166 - We interrupt regular programming right now 920 00:45:04,249 --> 00:45:06,833 for breaking news that will rock the world of sports. 921 00:45:06,917 --> 00:45:08,833 Tiger Woods, the world's greatest golfer, 922 00:45:08,917 --> 00:45:10,375 has been injured in a crash. 923 00:45:10,458 --> 00:45:14,249 - His SUV ran afoul of a fire hydrant and a tree 924 00:45:14,333 --> 00:45:16,375 in the wee, small hours of the morning 925 00:45:16,458 --> 00:45:18,041 right outside his house. 926 00:45:18,124 --> 00:45:19,708 - A local police chief now says Woods' wife 927 00:45:19,792 --> 00:45:22,375 had to smash a window of the car to get him out 928 00:45:22,458 --> 00:45:24,541 and that Woods was in and out of consciousness, 929 00:45:24,625 --> 00:45:28,208 lying in the street when police arrived. 930 00:45:28,291 --> 00:45:31,249 - I just remember I was sitting at work, 931 00:45:31,333 --> 00:45:33,750 and this big story breaks. 932 00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:36,041 Tiger Woods was in a car accident. 933 00:45:36,124 --> 00:45:37,750 - This is basically how it all went down here. 934 00:45:37,833 --> 00:45:39,875 This is Tiger's house right here. 935 00:45:39,958 --> 00:45:42,208 - I was very confused. 936 00:45:42,291 --> 00:45:45,249 Why would he have a car crash in Isleworth, 937 00:45:45,333 --> 00:45:47,208 a neighborhood where I think the speed limit 938 00:45:47,291 --> 00:45:50,041 doesn't go past 25 miles an hour? 939 00:45:50,124 --> 00:45:52,541 And then that sort of set in as panic 940 00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:56,208 because I called his cell phone 941 00:45:56,291 --> 00:45:58,625 and it did not have a voice mail. 942 00:45:58,708 --> 00:46:00,583 It had been shut off, 943 00:46:00,667 --> 00:46:03,792 and that's when I realized something was really wrong. 944 00:46:03,875 --> 00:46:05,416 - Tiger Woods, who was hospitalized 945 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:08,041 after smashing his SUV into a tree, 946 00:46:08,124 --> 00:46:09,792 declined to meet with investigators 947 00:46:09,875 --> 00:46:11,416 for a second time today. 948 00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:14,041 - Woods admitted to taking Vicodin and Ambien 949 00:46:14,124 --> 00:46:16,458 for injuries and to sleep but refused to say 950 00:46:16,541 --> 00:46:19,083 whether they were involved in his crash. 951 00:46:19,166 --> 00:46:21,083 - Further silence from Tiger Woods. 952 00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:23,458 People are asking, "Is he hiding something?" 953 00:46:23,541 --> 00:46:25,124 - In the days before the car accident, 954 00:46:25,208 --> 00:46:28,083 these two tabloids came out with cover-page stories 955 00:46:28,166 --> 00:46:30,083 alleging Tiger Woods has been having 956 00:46:30,166 --> 00:46:31,750 an extramarital affair 957 00:46:31,833 --> 00:46:35,958 with a New York party hostess named Rachel Uchitel. 958 00:46:36,041 --> 00:46:40,083 - I didn't want to believe that Tiger had done that. 959 00:46:40,166 --> 00:46:42,958 I didn't want to believe that he had succumbed 960 00:46:43,041 --> 00:46:45,792 to his primal nature. 961 00:46:45,875 --> 00:46:48,291 So we just had to wait 962 00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:50,291 for all the details to come out. 963 00:46:50,375 --> 00:46:52,667 - Websites are quoting friends 964 00:46:52,750 --> 00:46:54,667 as saying that what really happened 965 00:46:54,750 --> 00:46:56,333 is, they got in a little da-da-da-da-da 966 00:46:56,416 --> 00:46:58,792 in the house over this report that he was having an affair, 967 00:46:58,875 --> 00:47:00,792 and then all of a sudden, out comes the wife 968 00:47:00,875 --> 00:47:02,667 with a golf club. 969 00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:05,458 - Even though the reporting was sketchy, 970 00:47:05,541 --> 00:47:08,333 you had a lot of people who just couldn't get enough. 971 00:47:11,041 --> 00:47:14,999 - One of the things spoken in Black households often 972 00:47:15,083 --> 00:47:17,541 was, when something would happen, 973 00:47:17,625 --> 00:47:19,833 somebody older than you would say, 974 00:47:19,917 --> 00:47:22,458 "Hope he's not Black. 975 00:47:22,541 --> 00:47:24,208 Hope he's not Black." 976 00:47:26,291 --> 00:47:29,333 Because you knew it would give fuel and fodder 977 00:47:29,416 --> 00:47:32,249 to those people who wanted to see you as something 978 00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:34,541 much less than them. 979 00:47:34,625 --> 00:47:36,833 It was gonna be used against you. 980 00:47:36,917 --> 00:47:39,625 All those people who really didn't like him 981 00:47:39,708 --> 00:47:42,333 and were trying to find reasons to bring him down 982 00:47:42,416 --> 00:47:46,625 and reasons to say he wasn't this and wasn't that, 983 00:47:46,708 --> 00:47:48,667 now they're gonna have their moment. 984 00:47:48,750 --> 00:47:50,291 [electricity crackling, whooshing] 985 00:47:50,375 --> 00:47:52,375 - Is there another woman in the Tiger den? 986 00:47:52,458 --> 00:47:54,124 - A new day brings a new name 987 00:47:54,208 --> 00:47:57,375 and a whole new slew of problems for Tiger. 988 00:47:57,458 --> 00:47:59,875 - Once one woman was discovered, 989 00:47:59,958 --> 00:48:01,458 many more followed. 990 00:48:01,541 --> 00:48:04,416 [dramatic orchestral music] 991 00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:10,917 ♪ ♪ 992 00:48:10,999 --> 00:48:13,375 - There were more "New York Post" covers 993 00:48:13,458 --> 00:48:16,750 dedicated to the Tiger scandal than 9/11. 994 00:48:16,833 --> 00:48:18,541 ♪ ♪ 995 00:48:18,625 --> 00:48:20,249 It was a feeding frenzy. 996 00:48:20,333 --> 00:48:23,041 - A waitress calling him a tiger in bed. 997 00:48:23,124 --> 00:48:24,541 A Hooters girl. 998 00:48:24,625 --> 00:48:26,041 A porn star. 999 00:48:26,124 --> 00:48:27,541 Will it ever end? 1000 00:48:27,625 --> 00:48:28,708 - It's time to find out how many women 1001 00:48:28,792 --> 00:48:30,750 have now been linked to Tiger Woods. 1002 00:48:30,833 --> 00:48:33,166 Let's go the Tiger Woods tote board. 1003 00:48:33,249 --> 00:48:34,500 - The total number of women 1004 00:48:34,583 --> 00:48:37,208 rumored to have hooked up with Tiger Woods 1005 00:48:37,291 --> 00:48:39,166 is up to 11. 1006 00:48:39,249 --> 00:48:41,083 - 11! [cheers and applause] 1007 00:48:41,166 --> 00:48:42,750 - My first thought was, 1008 00:48:42,833 --> 00:48:45,750 look at how the country 1009 00:48:45,833 --> 00:48:49,249 is taking delight in his failure. 1010 00:48:49,333 --> 00:48:51,124 - Like, America couldn't have loved Tiger Woods 1011 00:48:51,208 --> 00:48:53,041 more than they did five years ago. 1012 00:48:54,583 --> 00:48:56,124 Found out the man liked pussy, 1013 00:48:56,208 --> 00:48:58,249 everybody lost their goddamn mind. 1014 00:48:58,333 --> 00:49:00,124 [laughter and applause] 1015 00:49:00,208 --> 00:49:02,249 Tiger had sex with 15 women, and they were all white, 1016 00:49:02,333 --> 00:49:03,917 so Tiger don't need marriage counseling. 1017 00:49:03,999 --> 00:49:06,458 He need diversity training, huh? 1018 00:49:06,541 --> 00:49:08,792 - It was great American entertainment. 1019 00:49:08,875 --> 00:49:11,249 Doesn't get any better than that. 1020 00:49:11,333 --> 00:49:13,416 [chuckles] 1021 00:49:13,500 --> 00:49:16,500 [sirens wailing] 1022 00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:21,083 - Jamie Jungers is the first 1023 00:49:21,166 --> 00:49:22,792 of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses 1024 00:49:22,875 --> 00:49:24,583 to speak out in a live interview. 1025 00:49:24,667 --> 00:49:26,291 You came here today, you said, 1026 00:49:26,375 --> 00:49:28,166 because you wanted to clear up some of the information 1027 00:49:28,249 --> 00:49:30,458 that's been out there about you, like this headline, 1028 00:49:30,541 --> 00:49:31,750 "Tiger paid me." 1029 00:49:31,833 --> 00:49:33,291 Never paid you for anything, you said. 1030 00:49:33,375 --> 00:49:35,083 - Nothing, I didn't even get a birthday card. 1031 00:49:35,166 --> 00:49:36,958 I got nothing out of this relationship 1032 00:49:37,041 --> 00:49:38,999 but a broken heart. 1033 00:49:39,083 --> 00:49:41,083 - You loved him? - I did. 1034 00:49:42,667 --> 00:49:45,958 - When this hit the tabloids and everything came out, 1035 00:49:46,041 --> 00:49:49,792 it seemed like everybody was focused on the sex part. 1036 00:49:49,875 --> 00:49:52,333 But that's not what busted him. 1037 00:49:52,416 --> 00:49:56,833 Ultimately, what took Tiger down was emotions. 1038 00:49:56,917 --> 00:49:59,291 These weren't girls that he was just hooking up with once 1039 00:49:59,375 --> 00:50:00,917 and then tossing away. 1040 00:50:00,999 --> 00:50:03,667 He had relationships with these girls. 1041 00:50:03,750 --> 00:50:06,166 - You know, we would cuddle, hug, whatever it may be, 1042 00:50:06,249 --> 00:50:09,291 and he always, you know, had his hand intertwined with mine, 1043 00:50:09,375 --> 00:50:12,667 saying, you know, "We will always be together." 1044 00:50:12,750 --> 00:50:15,333 - So many girls came out 1045 00:50:15,416 --> 00:50:19,041 because Tiger obviously hit the heart 1046 00:50:19,124 --> 00:50:20,999 and played with girls' emotions. 1047 00:50:21,083 --> 00:50:23,667 - Are you still in love with him? 1048 00:50:23,750 --> 00:50:26,208 - Yes. [camera shutters clicking] 1049 00:50:26,291 --> 00:50:28,166 I always will be. 1050 00:50:28,249 --> 00:50:29,583 - He must have done something 1051 00:50:29,667 --> 00:50:31,500 to make them feel very special, 1052 00:50:31,583 --> 00:50:34,208 and they were jealous; they were hurt. 1053 00:50:34,291 --> 00:50:36,833 They wanted to be "the one," 1054 00:50:36,917 --> 00:50:39,625 and they found out there was more than one. 1055 00:50:39,708 --> 00:50:41,708 ♪ ♪ 1056 00:50:41,792 --> 00:50:44,792 - Hey, Rachel. Ooh. 1057 00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:45,999 - Damn. 1058 00:50:46,083 --> 00:50:48,333 - So this is why Tiger want to leave the wife? 1059 00:50:48,416 --> 00:50:49,416 - Did you love Tiger? 1060 00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:50,583 - Think about all the other girls. 1061 00:50:50,667 --> 00:50:51,792 - Excuse me, guys. 1062 00:50:51,875 --> 00:50:53,124 No, I can't make any comment, you guys. 1063 00:50:53,208 --> 00:50:56,458 - Are you a fan of the song "Ooh, Baby, I Like It Raw"? 1064 00:50:57,875 --> 00:50:59,541 I think you should get a test. 1065 00:50:59,625 --> 00:51:02,166 STDs are a problem out there. 1066 00:51:02,249 --> 00:51:05,375 - This story was so huge. 1067 00:51:05,458 --> 00:51:08,375 That was the end of my life as I knew it. 1068 00:51:08,458 --> 00:51:10,041 [somber music] 1069 00:51:10,124 --> 00:51:13,875 There now were probably 45 to 50 paparazzi 1070 00:51:13,958 --> 00:51:16,249 outside of my apartment, 1071 00:51:16,333 --> 00:51:18,999 telling me that I was a home-wrecker, 1072 00:51:19,083 --> 00:51:20,999 that I was a whore, 1073 00:51:21,083 --> 00:51:23,249 saying, "I hope you get AIDS and die." 1074 00:51:23,333 --> 00:51:26,416 - Do you feel sorry for Tiger's wife, Rachel? 1075 00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:28,541 - Anything you want to say to her? 1076 00:51:28,625 --> 00:51:30,291 - I regret that he was married 1077 00:51:30,375 --> 00:51:32,625 and I regret the mistakes that I made. 1078 00:51:32,708 --> 00:51:35,124 - Rachel, do you guys respect that Tiger was married? 1079 00:51:35,208 --> 00:51:37,625 Why do women cheat with married men? 1080 00:51:37,708 --> 00:51:41,124 - But people came at me like they wanted to blame me 1081 00:51:41,208 --> 00:51:44,083 for the fact that a married man 1082 00:51:44,166 --> 00:51:46,541 cheated on his wife. 1083 00:51:46,625 --> 00:51:48,750 And it was like I was the only one 1084 00:51:48,833 --> 00:51:53,625 that was responsible for Tiger's actions. 1085 00:51:53,708 --> 00:51:55,541 - Rachel--how do you say it? 1086 00:51:55,625 --> 00:51:57,208 - "You-ka-tell." - "You-ka-tell." 1087 00:51:57,291 --> 00:51:59,583 - "You could tell" she's a hooker. 1088 00:51:59,667 --> 00:52:01,416 - "You could tell" she's-- is that a putan? 1089 00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:03,541 - "You could tell" she's a putan, yeah. 1090 00:52:03,625 --> 00:52:05,249 [laughter] 1091 00:52:05,333 --> 00:52:09,625 - My name was getting dragged through the mud. 1092 00:52:09,708 --> 00:52:12,792 - Hey, so, Rachel, did Tiger live up to his name, Tiger? 1093 00:52:12,875 --> 00:52:14,625 - What's the nature of your relationship with Tiger Woods? 1094 00:52:14,708 --> 00:52:16,124 - Smile for me, Rachel. 1095 00:52:16,208 --> 00:52:18,792 - Please let me get through here. 1096 00:52:18,875 --> 00:52:20,458 In the meantime, 1097 00:52:20,541 --> 00:52:23,041 none of the people around Tiger 1098 00:52:23,124 --> 00:52:24,875 would answer my phone calls. 1099 00:52:26,166 --> 00:52:27,917 It made me really start to question 1100 00:52:27,999 --> 00:52:31,416 every single thing that Tiger and I had. 1101 00:52:33,708 --> 00:52:35,333 Finally I said, "You know what? 1102 00:52:35,416 --> 00:52:37,124 "I want out of this. 1103 00:52:37,208 --> 00:52:40,333 I need to say what happened." 1104 00:52:42,375 --> 00:52:45,458 But before I could tell my story to the media, 1105 00:52:45,541 --> 00:52:47,083 Tiger called me. 1106 00:52:48,792 --> 00:52:51,041 It was the first time that I spoke to him 1107 00:52:51,124 --> 00:52:52,541 since the accident. 1108 00:52:54,792 --> 00:52:58,958 He told me that his lawyers were going to call 1109 00:52:59,041 --> 00:53:02,083 about a settlement of confidentiality. 1110 00:53:04,083 --> 00:53:08,833 He said to me, 1111 00:53:08,917 --> 00:53:10,750 "Get as much as you can." 1112 00:53:10,833 --> 00:53:13,458 And I think, to him, 1113 00:53:13,541 --> 00:53:17,833 that was his only way to... 1114 00:53:17,917 --> 00:53:20,999 to love me at the time, yeah. 1115 00:53:21,083 --> 00:53:28,083 ♪ ♪ 1116 00:53:53,958 --> 00:53:57,291 - Good morning, and thank you for joining me. 1117 00:53:59,083 --> 00:54:03,999 Many of you in this room are my friends. 1118 00:54:04,083 --> 00:54:06,917 Many of you have cheered for me 1119 00:54:06,999 --> 00:54:09,124 or you worked with me. 1120 00:54:09,208 --> 00:54:11,416 Now every one of you 1121 00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:15,667 has good reason to be critical of me. 1122 00:54:15,750 --> 00:54:18,416 I have let you down personally 1123 00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:19,833 and professionally. 1124 00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:24,875 My behavior has caused considerable worry 1125 00:54:24,958 --> 00:54:26,792 to my business partners. 1126 00:54:26,875 --> 00:54:28,958 I hurt my wife, 1127 00:54:29,041 --> 00:54:31,249 my kids, 1128 00:54:31,333 --> 00:54:33,041 my mother, 1129 00:54:33,124 --> 00:54:36,999 and kids all around the world who admired me. 1130 00:54:37,083 --> 00:54:41,416 I know I have bitterly disappointed 1131 00:54:41,500 --> 00:54:43,917 all of you. 1132 00:54:43,999 --> 00:54:47,083 I have made you question who I am 1133 00:54:47,166 --> 00:54:51,166 and how I could have done the things I did. 1134 00:54:51,958 --> 00:54:55,667 I'm embarrassed that I have put you in this position. 1135 00:54:57,750 --> 00:54:59,708 For all that I have done... 1136 00:55:02,708 --> 00:55:04,375 I am so sorry. 1137 00:55:06,333 --> 00:55:10,124 [somber music] 1138 00:55:10,208 --> 00:55:13,124 - When he came out and he apologized, 1139 00:55:13,208 --> 00:55:17,166 I think that was a bad move on his agent's part. 1140 00:55:17,249 --> 00:55:20,249 I think I would have had him read a statement: 1141 00:55:20,333 --> 00:55:22,792 "Whatever's going on between my wife and I, 1142 00:55:22,875 --> 00:55:24,958 "that's my business. 1143 00:55:25,041 --> 00:55:27,625 "It's not yours. 1144 00:55:27,708 --> 00:55:30,625 "And if I lost some fans or endorsements, 1145 00:55:30,708 --> 00:55:32,416 so be it." 1146 00:55:32,500 --> 00:55:36,458 ♪ ♪ 1147 00:55:36,541 --> 00:55:39,667 I felt real sadness. 1148 00:55:39,750 --> 00:55:41,999 I felt sadness for Tida. 1149 00:55:42,083 --> 00:55:43,999 As much pride as she took in her son, 1150 00:55:44,083 --> 00:55:46,166 how she loves Tiger, 1151 00:55:46,249 --> 00:55:48,750 I knew it was very hard for her. 1152 00:55:50,333 --> 00:55:53,999 And then I felt for his children. 1153 00:55:54,083 --> 00:55:57,333 They were too young really to know what was going on, 1154 00:55:57,416 --> 00:55:59,833 but eventually they were gonna find out 1155 00:55:59,917 --> 00:56:02,166 some negative stuff 1156 00:56:02,249 --> 00:56:06,041 that no child should ever have to read or hear about. 1157 00:56:07,875 --> 00:56:12,124 But the main person I felt sad for was Elin, 1158 00:56:12,208 --> 00:56:15,333 because he had hurt her mightily. 1159 00:56:15,416 --> 00:56:17,500 - Elin, how are you? 1160 00:56:17,583 --> 00:56:19,458 Do you still love Tiger, Elin? 1161 00:56:20,958 --> 00:56:23,917 What do you think of his 14 mistresses? 1162 00:56:23,999 --> 00:56:26,416 Will you ever forgive him? 1163 00:56:28,291 --> 00:56:30,875 - Elin felt downright hunted 1164 00:56:30,958 --> 00:56:32,875 by the paparazzi. 1165 00:56:32,958 --> 00:56:36,875 Worse, she felt like her children were hunted. 1166 00:56:36,958 --> 00:56:38,458 - How are the kids, Elin? 1167 00:56:38,541 --> 00:56:41,208 Has Tiger seen the kids, Elin? 1168 00:56:41,291 --> 00:56:43,291 - You know, to think of how she told me 1169 00:56:43,375 --> 00:56:45,708 at the beginning she felt like 1170 00:56:45,792 --> 00:56:49,375 it was her and Tiger cocooned 1171 00:56:49,458 --> 00:56:53,375 and joined, "us against the world"... 1172 00:56:53,458 --> 00:56:55,375 [indistinct chatter] 1173 00:56:55,458 --> 00:56:58,875 - Elin, the whole world wants to know how you're holding up. 1174 00:56:58,958 --> 00:57:01,249 - To then all of a sudden have it be 1175 00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:04,541 the world all closing in on her 1176 00:57:04,625 --> 00:57:07,041 for a scandal not her making. 1177 00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:09,166 - Man, it was freezing today in New York. 1178 00:57:09,249 --> 00:57:10,875 It's like a phone call between Tiger Woods 1179 00:57:10,958 --> 00:57:13,249 and his wife out there. [laughter] 1180 00:57:13,333 --> 00:57:16,083 She was like, "Look, Tiger, it's either me or her... 1181 00:57:16,166 --> 00:57:18,124 "or her or her or her or her, 1182 00:57:18,208 --> 00:57:20,249 "not the Perkins waitress, but the other one, 1183 00:57:20,333 --> 00:57:22,500 or her or her." 1184 00:57:22,583 --> 00:57:25,458 - As the scandal was still kind of unspooling, 1185 00:57:25,541 --> 00:57:29,083 Elin moved with the children to a rental house 1186 00:57:29,166 --> 00:57:32,041 not far from their home so she could just kind of 1187 00:57:32,124 --> 00:57:35,958 get out of Tiger's space and think. 1188 00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:38,917 But it all kind of just became too much, 1189 00:57:38,999 --> 00:57:42,291 and she just sat down amid the kind of moving boxes 1190 00:57:42,375 --> 00:57:44,792 with their stuff. 1191 00:57:44,875 --> 00:57:47,917 It was just sitting there, and Sam came over 1192 00:57:47,999 --> 00:57:51,625 and said, you know, "What's wrong, Mommy?" 1193 00:57:51,708 --> 00:57:54,958 And Elin told her, you know, "Mommy's got a boo-boo." 1194 00:57:55,041 --> 00:57:57,917 And Sam said, you know, "Well, where? 1195 00:57:57,999 --> 00:58:00,083 I'll kiss it and make it feel better." 1196 00:58:00,166 --> 00:58:02,166 And... [chuckles] 1197 00:58:02,249 --> 00:58:05,249 Elin said, "It's in Mommy's heart." 1198 00:58:05,333 --> 00:58:10,249 ♪ ♪ 1199 00:58:10,333 --> 00:58:12,291 What she went through 1200 00:58:12,375 --> 00:58:16,291 and how she tried to shelter her kids from that, 1201 00:58:16,375 --> 00:58:18,583 it was--it was real. 1202 00:58:20,833 --> 00:58:25,833 She was so blindsided by her whole life 1203 00:58:25,917 --> 00:58:30,333 being suddenly exposed as a lie, 1204 00:58:30,416 --> 00:58:32,249 and that was shattering. 1205 00:58:33,750 --> 00:58:35,999 - Tiger Woods reportedly is working out 1206 00:58:36,083 --> 00:58:39,124 a big-money settlement, ending his five-year marriage. 1207 00:58:39,208 --> 00:58:41,875 - The details of the divorce may never be known, 1208 00:58:41,958 --> 00:58:44,625 though some estimate Elin may receive upwards 1209 00:58:44,708 --> 00:58:46,541 of $100 million. 1210 00:58:46,625 --> 00:58:49,541 - Can anybody explain these divorce settlements? 1211 00:58:49,625 --> 00:58:51,625 Can anybody make sense of these fucking things? 1212 00:58:51,708 --> 00:58:54,500 Tiger Woods' wife, $250 million. 1213 00:58:54,583 --> 00:58:57,166 Dude, there is an epidemic of gold-digging whores 1214 00:58:57,249 --> 00:58:58,833 in this country. 1215 00:58:58,917 --> 00:59:00,875 [laughter] 1216 00:59:00,958 --> 00:59:04,541 - Elin's story too often got warped 1217 00:59:04,625 --> 00:59:08,708 into "gold-digging, scorned woman." 1218 00:59:08,792 --> 00:59:09,792 [camera shutter clicking] 1219 00:59:09,875 --> 00:59:12,249 - Ms. Nordegren, are you happy with the divorce? 1220 00:59:13,750 --> 00:59:16,541 - But she would say something really telling, 1221 00:59:16,625 --> 00:59:20,833 that "money can't put my family back together." 1222 00:59:20,917 --> 00:59:25,750 ♪ ♪ 1223 00:59:31,667 --> 00:59:33,208 - After six weeks of rehab 1224 00:59:33,291 --> 00:59:35,375 at Pine Grove treatment center in Mississippi, 1225 00:59:35,458 --> 00:59:37,500 known for treating sexual addiction, 1226 00:59:37,583 --> 00:59:40,458 Tiger is out of rehab, back at home in Florida. 1227 00:59:43,458 --> 00:59:45,375 - When Tiger returned, 1228 00:59:45,458 --> 00:59:48,249 I knew that he was in a poor mental frame, 1229 00:59:48,333 --> 00:59:50,875 and I went down to see him. 1230 00:59:53,625 --> 00:59:56,416 Obviously, paparazzi trying to get photos. 1231 00:59:56,500 --> 00:59:59,792 So he had his house all boarded up. 1232 00:59:59,875 --> 01:00:02,166 Just as private as he could be. 1233 01:00:04,792 --> 01:00:07,083 Tiger was quite aloof that day, 1234 01:00:07,166 --> 01:00:09,083 and it didn't bother me 1235 01:00:09,166 --> 01:00:12,083 because I understood what he was going through. 1236 01:00:12,166 --> 01:00:13,583 He's been out of the game. 1237 01:00:13,667 --> 01:00:15,917 He's been crucified in the media. 1238 01:00:15,999 --> 01:00:17,416 You know, what's he gonna do next? 1239 01:00:17,500 --> 01:00:19,208 Is he gonna walk away from the game? 1240 01:00:19,291 --> 01:00:21,750 There's a lot of uncertainty. 1241 01:00:21,833 --> 01:00:23,917 So I laid it all out on the table for him 1242 01:00:23,999 --> 01:00:26,166 and asked what he wanted to do. 1243 01:00:27,333 --> 01:00:28,583 And he said to me, 1244 01:00:28,667 --> 01:00:31,667 "I'm going to play in the 2010 Masters." 1245 01:00:33,583 --> 01:00:36,541 [thunder rumbling, rain pattering] 1246 01:00:40,958 --> 01:00:43,958 - How will you explain this to your children 1247 01:00:44,041 --> 01:00:45,792 when they're old enough to understand? 1248 01:00:45,875 --> 01:00:47,291 - I will have that sit-down talk. 1249 01:00:47,375 --> 01:00:49,458 I take full ownership of it. I did it. 1250 01:00:49,541 --> 01:00:51,249 No one else did it. It was just me. 1251 01:00:51,333 --> 01:00:54,500 And that's the responsibility that I will have. 1252 01:00:54,583 --> 01:00:56,124 I will talk to my kids 1253 01:00:56,208 --> 01:00:58,416 for however long they want to talk about it. 1254 01:00:58,500 --> 01:01:01,500 That is a conversation that will need to be had. 1255 01:01:01,583 --> 01:01:04,416 - Tiger, you've been a master of control your entire life. 1256 01:01:04,500 --> 01:01:07,166 How did things get so out of control? 1257 01:01:07,249 --> 01:01:08,917 - Going against your core values, 1258 01:01:08,999 --> 01:01:10,792 losing sight of them. 1259 01:01:10,875 --> 01:01:13,958 I felt entitled, and that is not how I was raised. 1260 01:01:14,041 --> 01:01:16,333 - The Masters is a demanding stage on its own, 1261 01:01:16,416 --> 01:01:18,583 let alone for a return of this magnitude. 1262 01:01:18,667 --> 01:01:20,833 How do you know you're mentally prepared for this? 1263 01:01:20,917 --> 01:01:22,999 - Well, I'm excited to get back and play. 1264 01:01:23,083 --> 01:01:24,625 [tense music] 1265 01:01:24,708 --> 01:01:26,333 I miss the game, 1266 01:01:26,416 --> 01:01:28,999 but still, playing is one thing, 1267 01:01:29,083 --> 01:01:32,249 but the public, I am a little nervous about them. 1268 01:01:32,333 --> 01:01:35,541 It would be nice to hear a couple claps here or there. 1269 01:01:35,625 --> 01:01:39,333 ♪ ♪ 1270 01:01:39,416 --> 01:01:41,833 - We are not unaware 1271 01:01:41,917 --> 01:01:43,249 of the significance of this week 1272 01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:45,416 to a very special player, Tiger Woods. 1273 01:01:47,041 --> 01:01:49,124 It is not simply the degree of his conduct 1274 01:01:49,208 --> 01:01:51,041 that is so egregious here. 1275 01:01:51,124 --> 01:01:54,208 It is the fact that he disappointed all of us 1276 01:01:54,291 --> 01:01:58,041 and, more importantly, our kids and our grandkids. 1277 01:01:58,124 --> 01:02:01,917 Our hero did not live up to the expectations 1278 01:02:01,999 --> 01:02:05,375 of the role model we sought for our children. 1279 01:02:05,458 --> 01:02:08,917 Is there a way forward? 1280 01:02:08,999 --> 01:02:11,541 We at Augusta hope and pray 1281 01:02:11,625 --> 01:02:13,249 that our great champion 1282 01:02:13,333 --> 01:02:15,875 will begin his new life here tomorrow 1283 01:02:15,958 --> 01:02:19,999 in a positive, hopeful, and constructive manner. 1284 01:02:20,083 --> 01:02:22,958 But certainly, his future will never again be measured 1285 01:02:23,041 --> 01:02:26,208 only by his performance against par 1286 01:02:26,291 --> 01:02:29,041 but measured by the sincerity 1287 01:02:29,124 --> 01:02:30,917 of his efforts to change. 1288 01:02:32,708 --> 01:02:35,833 - One of the things that I never got over in Augusta 1289 01:02:35,917 --> 01:02:37,958 is the feeling that there's this thin 1290 01:02:38,041 --> 01:02:40,833 undercurrent of racism right below the surface. 1291 01:02:43,792 --> 01:02:45,875 It was not the place of the tournament 1292 01:02:45,958 --> 01:02:47,708 to chastise a former champion, 1293 01:02:47,792 --> 01:02:50,333 especially a champion of color. 1294 01:02:50,416 --> 01:02:51,875 Do you think that they would have done that 1295 01:02:51,958 --> 01:02:54,375 to Fred Couples? 1296 01:02:54,458 --> 01:02:58,249 Do you think they would have done that to Nick Faldo? 1297 01:02:58,333 --> 01:03:00,917 I felt like it was a public whipping. 1298 01:03:00,999 --> 01:03:02,208 [applause] 1299 01:03:02,291 --> 01:03:04,750 - Ladies and gentlemen, the 2010 Masters 1300 01:03:04,833 --> 01:03:06,917 has now officially begun. 1301 01:03:06,999 --> 01:03:08,333 Have fun. 1302 01:03:08,416 --> 01:03:09,541 - Yeah, basically. 1303 01:03:09,625 --> 01:03:13,083 Basically, it was a public whipping. 1304 01:03:13,166 --> 01:03:15,583 What Billy Payne did at Augusta, 1305 01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,458 to sit there and scold Tiger, 1306 01:03:18,541 --> 01:03:20,667 it was disgusting. 1307 01:03:22,208 --> 01:03:25,625 Tiger's family, his wife, 1308 01:03:25,708 --> 01:03:27,458 they had a right 1309 01:03:27,541 --> 01:03:30,458 to be angry, disappointed, upset, 1310 01:03:30,541 --> 01:03:33,458 not the chairman of some damn golf club. 1311 01:03:33,541 --> 01:03:35,166 Who the hell are you? 1312 01:03:35,249 --> 01:03:37,750 [dramatic music] 1313 01:03:37,833 --> 01:03:40,625 - Now to the long-anticipated return of Tiger Woods, 1314 01:03:40,708 --> 01:03:44,083 his first pro tournament since he left the game in scandal. 1315 01:03:44,166 --> 01:03:47,124 ♪ ♪ 1316 01:03:47,208 --> 01:03:50,541 - I was on the first tee when he came out that morning. 1317 01:03:52,583 --> 01:03:54,458 There was embarrassment and humiliation 1318 01:03:54,541 --> 01:03:56,083 off the charts. 1319 01:03:58,083 --> 01:04:01,291 I cannot imagine all of that emotion 1320 01:04:01,375 --> 01:04:03,875 being bottled up inside you. 1321 01:04:03,958 --> 01:04:05,708 The players are looking at him. 1322 01:04:05,792 --> 01:04:06,958 The fans are looking at him. 1323 01:04:07,041 --> 01:04:08,708 The television's looking at him, 1324 01:04:08,792 --> 01:04:12,124 which means the world is looking at him. 1325 01:04:20,416 --> 01:04:22,166 [indistinct shouting] 1326 01:04:22,249 --> 01:04:25,833 [applause] 1327 01:04:25,917 --> 01:04:27,416 - Good tee shot on the first hole, 1328 01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,667 and I don't care who you are, Tiger Woods or whoever. 1329 01:04:29,750 --> 01:04:32,124 The first tee shot is nerve-racking. 1330 01:04:32,208 --> 01:04:34,249 But so far, it looks like business as usual. 1331 01:04:35,958 --> 01:04:37,833 - Oh, look at that thing turn. 1332 01:04:37,917 --> 01:04:39,875 - I sense he loves that. 1333 01:04:39,958 --> 01:04:41,875 Oh, that's an incredible golf shot. 1334 01:04:41,958 --> 01:04:44,667 - Oh, my goodness. 1335 01:04:44,750 --> 01:04:48,375 - I think Tiger loves and craves and needs 1336 01:04:48,458 --> 01:04:52,875 that competitiveness that comes with the game. 1337 01:04:52,958 --> 01:04:57,583 But I'm not sure it was the best way 1338 01:04:57,667 --> 01:05:00,708 for him to cope with everything. 1339 01:05:00,792 --> 01:05:04,416 - A lot has happened in my life 1340 01:05:04,500 --> 01:05:06,583 over the past five months, 1341 01:05:06,667 --> 01:05:09,375 and... 1342 01:05:09,458 --> 01:05:12,416 I'm here at the Masters to play and compete. 1343 01:05:12,500 --> 01:05:15,708 And nothing's changed. 1344 01:05:15,792 --> 01:05:17,875 I'm trying to go out there and win this thing. 1345 01:05:17,958 --> 01:05:20,249 - It seemed like he was trying to just sort of 1346 01:05:20,333 --> 01:05:22,999 put it behind him and keep moving forward. 1347 01:05:25,208 --> 01:05:28,917 But as his friend, I could feel that something-- 1348 01:05:28,999 --> 01:05:30,875 something was not right. 1349 01:05:30,958 --> 01:05:33,958 - Oh, there it is. 1350 01:05:34,041 --> 01:05:35,958 [cheers and applause] 1351 01:05:36,041 --> 01:05:40,124 - I knew that deep down, Tiger was incredibly sad, 1352 01:05:40,208 --> 01:05:42,917 lost, broken up, 1353 01:05:42,999 --> 01:05:45,291 and very vulnerable. 1354 01:05:46,958 --> 01:05:49,708 After the crash, I remember just thinking, 1355 01:05:49,792 --> 01:05:53,416 "This is when he probably needs his friends the most." 1356 01:05:53,500 --> 01:05:55,291 I tried to reach out, 1357 01:05:55,375 --> 01:05:57,999 but he had shut his phone off. 1358 01:05:59,458 --> 01:06:01,750 I thought, you know, maybe in a couple weeks 1359 01:06:01,833 --> 01:06:03,792 as things died down, maybe he'd reach out, 1360 01:06:03,875 --> 01:06:05,792 but the longer it went on, 1361 01:06:05,875 --> 01:06:10,083 I realized I had been completely cut out of his life. 1362 01:06:12,375 --> 01:06:13,999 He grew up in an environment 1363 01:06:14,083 --> 01:06:16,333 where feelings were not discussed, 1364 01:06:16,416 --> 01:06:19,249 and I think he doesn't understand 1365 01:06:19,333 --> 01:06:22,833 how to deal with complex emotions. 1366 01:06:24,208 --> 01:06:28,041 Instead of having to actually process something like that, 1367 01:06:28,124 --> 01:06:31,875 I think it was more easy to cut people out of his life. 1368 01:06:35,249 --> 01:06:38,416 Years of friendship, and all of a sudden, 1369 01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:42,124 never heard from Tiger again. 1370 01:06:42,208 --> 01:06:46,208 It felt like my friend had died. 1371 01:06:47,375 --> 01:06:50,667 Just to be sort of discarded like that, 1372 01:06:50,750 --> 01:06:53,291 there was a lot of hurt that went along with that. 1373 01:06:57,249 --> 01:06:59,333 - After such a long and difficult absence 1374 01:06:59,416 --> 01:07:01,500 from the game, can you put this week in perspective 1375 01:07:01,583 --> 01:07:02,625 for us, for you? 1376 01:07:02,708 --> 01:07:05,333 - Yeah, I finished fourth. Not what I wanted. 1377 01:07:05,416 --> 01:07:07,500 I wanted to win this tournament, 1378 01:07:07,583 --> 01:07:09,333 and I didn't get it done. 1379 01:07:09,416 --> 01:07:10,583 I didn't hit the ball good enough, 1380 01:07:10,667 --> 01:07:13,750 and I made too many mistakes around the greens. 1381 01:07:13,833 --> 01:07:16,041 You know, consequently, you know, I'm not there. 1382 01:07:16,124 --> 01:07:17,875 - Any idea after this performance this week 1383 01:07:17,958 --> 01:07:19,458 when we might see you again? 1384 01:07:19,541 --> 01:07:20,999 - No, I'm gonna take a little time off 1385 01:07:21,083 --> 01:07:22,667 and kind of reevaluate things. 1386 01:07:22,750 --> 01:07:24,333 - Thank you for your time, and thank you for being here. 1387 01:07:24,416 --> 01:07:25,667 - Thanks, Peter. Appreciate it. 1388 01:07:25,750 --> 01:07:29,041 [somber music] 1389 01:07:29,124 --> 01:07:30,833 - After the Masters, 1390 01:07:30,917 --> 01:07:34,208 Tiger took a little bit of a break away from the game 1391 01:07:34,291 --> 01:07:36,708 just to, you know, get his mind free 1392 01:07:36,792 --> 01:07:39,625 as well as deal with some niggling injuries. 1393 01:07:41,416 --> 01:07:43,416 As a caddie for Tiger Woods and a great friend of his, 1394 01:07:43,500 --> 01:07:45,208 you know, I wanted to deeply respect 1395 01:07:45,291 --> 01:07:47,833 what he was going through. 1396 01:07:47,917 --> 01:07:51,041 But I still didn't know when he was gonna be playing again. 1397 01:07:51,124 --> 01:07:53,583 You know, I was just expecting a phone call at any moment, 1398 01:07:53,667 --> 01:07:55,500 saying, "Oh, I'm playing next week," you know? 1399 01:07:55,583 --> 01:07:57,917 "Get your shit together and get over here." 1400 01:07:57,999 --> 01:08:00,625 There was a lot of uncertainty. 1401 01:08:00,708 --> 01:08:02,667 So when a friend that I'd caddied for before 1402 01:08:02,750 --> 01:08:05,041 called me and asked me could I caddie for him, 1403 01:08:05,124 --> 01:08:06,541 I ran that by Tiger, 1404 01:08:06,625 --> 01:08:09,375 and he said, "Absolutely, no problem." 1405 01:08:09,458 --> 01:08:11,750 But then a couple days before the tournament, 1406 01:08:11,833 --> 01:08:14,041 Tiger changed his mind. 1407 01:08:14,124 --> 01:08:16,625 He had his agent call, and he said, 1408 01:08:16,708 --> 01:08:18,667 "If you go and caddie for your friend, 1409 01:08:18,750 --> 01:08:21,958 that'll be the end of your time caddying for Tiger." 1410 01:08:22,041 --> 01:08:23,750 And I thought, "Well, there's just no way 1411 01:08:23,833 --> 01:08:26,416 the guy is gonna fire me." 1412 01:08:26,500 --> 01:08:28,708 But a couple days after the tournament, 1413 01:08:28,792 --> 01:08:30,708 I got the phone call to say that that was-- 1414 01:08:30,792 --> 01:08:32,166 you know, our time has ended. 1415 01:08:34,208 --> 01:08:37,416 You know, and I believed in my own heart, you know, 1416 01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:39,750 I gave it 100% when I caddied for Tiger 1417 01:08:39,833 --> 01:08:41,583 for the entire time that I was with him, 1418 01:08:41,667 --> 01:08:45,750 and then, you know, for him to fire me 1419 01:08:45,833 --> 01:08:49,416 over that kind of thing, I found that pretty unusual. 1420 01:08:49,500 --> 01:08:52,792 - Sometimes we all need changes, 1421 01:08:52,875 --> 01:08:56,166 and this was a change, and as I told you guys earlier, 1422 01:08:56,249 --> 01:08:57,833 I was at peace with it, 1423 01:08:57,917 --> 01:09:01,458 and it was a decision and direction I wanted to go, 1424 01:09:01,541 --> 01:09:03,833 and that's it. 1425 01:09:03,917 --> 01:09:06,291 - When he fired me, 1426 01:09:06,375 --> 01:09:08,291 I thought he was firing me as a golf caddie, 1427 01:09:08,375 --> 01:09:09,875 not firing me as a friend. 1428 01:09:11,208 --> 01:09:13,291 [cheers and applause] 1429 01:09:13,375 --> 01:09:15,541 - He adds another major to the tally. 1430 01:09:15,625 --> 01:09:17,792 - And a thanks to Steve Williams. 1431 01:09:17,875 --> 01:09:20,166 They have been a tremendous partnership. 1432 01:09:21,541 --> 01:09:24,625 - I mean, Tiger was the best man at my wedding. 1433 01:09:24,708 --> 01:09:27,124 I didn't think we'd have no communication 1434 01:09:27,208 --> 01:09:28,291 for the rest of our life. 1435 01:09:28,375 --> 01:09:30,708 I mean, that just didn't even enter my mind. 1436 01:09:30,792 --> 01:09:32,792 [applause] 1437 01:09:32,875 --> 01:09:36,166 To this day, I find that a hard pill to swallow. 1438 01:09:36,249 --> 01:09:39,291 Someone that you spend 13 years with, 1439 01:09:39,375 --> 01:09:42,875 give all your time and all your effort, 1440 01:09:42,958 --> 01:09:46,999 you know, the guy can't even speak to you. 1441 01:09:47,083 --> 01:09:49,208 - I felt that it was time for me 1442 01:09:49,291 --> 01:09:52,500 to go in a different direction in my professional life. 1443 01:09:52,583 --> 01:09:55,333 As far as personally, 1444 01:09:55,416 --> 01:09:58,083 life goes forward, and I just keep moving forward. 1445 01:09:58,166 --> 01:09:59,833 - Tiger's sacrificed so much 1446 01:09:59,917 --> 01:10:02,792 in order to become the greatest player. 1447 01:10:02,875 --> 01:10:04,500 He certainly had the mental strength 1448 01:10:04,583 --> 01:10:07,958 to block out whatever he needed to block out, 1449 01:10:08,041 --> 01:10:10,500 but that ability made it possible 1450 01:10:10,583 --> 01:10:14,708 to shut off his friends and family, 1451 01:10:14,792 --> 01:10:18,833 and at the end of the day, his only focus was to win. 1452 01:10:22,625 --> 01:10:25,083 It was quite sad really, I mean, 1453 01:10:25,166 --> 01:10:27,124 but that was just the reality of it. 1454 01:10:29,291 --> 01:10:32,208 [uneasy music] 1455 01:10:32,291 --> 01:10:38,249 ♪ ♪ 1456 01:10:38,333 --> 01:10:41,708 - It's a pleasure to watch greatness in action, isn't it? 1457 01:10:41,792 --> 01:10:43,583 As we look at Tiger, we often wonder 1458 01:10:43,667 --> 01:10:45,917 what's going through his mind. 1459 01:10:45,999 --> 01:10:49,166 What we wouldn't give to know his thoughts. 1460 01:10:49,249 --> 01:10:51,833 [indistinct shouting] 1461 01:10:53,625 --> 01:10:55,208 - That's pretty good. 1462 01:10:55,291 --> 01:10:57,416 That's quality control, ladies and gentlemen. 1463 01:10:57,500 --> 01:10:58,958 [cheers and applause] 1464 01:10:59,041 --> 01:11:02,792 - In 2013, Tiger was winning at a clip 1465 01:11:02,875 --> 01:11:06,583 that called to mind his prime years. 1466 01:11:06,667 --> 01:11:09,083 - Tiger Woods sends a message 1467 01:11:09,166 --> 01:11:11,416 with a win in his first tournament of the season. 1468 01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:12,792 - And all of a sudden, 1469 01:11:12,875 --> 01:11:15,958 everybody breathed a sigh of relief. 1470 01:11:16,041 --> 01:11:18,083 Fans seemed to have forgotten 1471 01:11:18,166 --> 01:11:21,792 they had humiliated him, 1472 01:11:21,875 --> 01:11:25,541 because now he was back to being the machine. 1473 01:11:27,208 --> 01:11:28,583 On a really elemental level, 1474 01:11:28,667 --> 01:11:32,083 people weren't even looking at Tiger as a person. 1475 01:11:32,166 --> 01:11:34,416 They were looking at him as a performer. 1476 01:11:34,500 --> 01:11:37,625 [crowd shouting] 1477 01:11:37,708 --> 01:11:40,124 - Get in there! Get in there! 1478 01:11:40,208 --> 01:11:41,999 - Go in! Go in! 1479 01:11:42,083 --> 01:11:43,333 - How 'bout this one? 1480 01:11:43,416 --> 01:11:45,833 How 'bout that one? 1481 01:11:45,917 --> 01:11:48,291 - That would have been the best four of all time. 1482 01:11:48,375 --> 01:11:53,124 - Tiger Woods number one in the world again. 1483 01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:57,500 - 2013 became this dominant period. 1484 01:11:59,375 --> 01:12:02,166 And Nike came out with this ad, 1485 01:12:02,249 --> 01:12:04,750 "Winning takes care of everything." 1486 01:12:06,708 --> 01:12:08,667 - In your career, this is the quickest you've gotten 1487 01:12:08,750 --> 01:12:11,041 in one season to four victories. 1488 01:12:11,124 --> 01:12:13,416 How would you describe the way you're playing golf right now? 1489 01:12:13,500 --> 01:12:14,625 - I'm getting better. 1490 01:12:14,708 --> 01:12:15,999 - [chuckles] That's it? 1491 01:12:16,083 --> 01:12:17,708 - That's it. 1492 01:12:17,792 --> 01:12:18,917 [applause] - Tiger! 1493 01:12:18,999 --> 01:12:21,208 - He's asked so often about whether or not 1494 01:12:21,291 --> 01:12:22,833 he's back to the form of 2000, 1495 01:12:22,917 --> 01:12:25,583 those historic, epic years. 1496 01:12:25,667 --> 01:12:28,291 - His game looks good, and his putting is fantastic, 1497 01:12:28,375 --> 01:12:30,999 and his irons are really good. 1498 01:12:31,083 --> 01:12:33,083 Looks pretty much a done deal. 1499 01:12:37,249 --> 01:12:39,999 Is it gonna cut? 1500 01:12:40,083 --> 01:12:41,999 Wow. - And he went down in pain. 1501 01:12:42,083 --> 01:12:43,708 - He is down. 1502 01:12:46,750 --> 01:12:49,667 [somber music] 1503 01:12:49,750 --> 01:12:52,833 ♪ ♪ 1504 01:12:52,917 --> 01:12:55,875 - It was an extraordinary sight. 1505 01:12:55,958 --> 01:13:00,249 We know that he has a high, high tolerance for pain. 1506 01:13:00,333 --> 01:13:04,291 I mean, the guy won the U.S. Open on a broken leg. 1507 01:13:05,625 --> 01:13:08,041 So you can only imagine how excruciating 1508 01:13:08,124 --> 01:13:10,583 the pain must have been for him to fall to his knees 1509 01:13:10,667 --> 01:13:12,500 in the way that he did at that tournament. 1510 01:13:13,958 --> 01:13:15,500 [indistinct shouting] 1511 01:13:15,583 --> 01:13:17,083 - Oh, he's hurting right now. 1512 01:13:17,166 --> 01:13:18,750 - Yeah, there is something wrong. 1513 01:13:20,458 --> 01:13:22,541 - His swing was violent. 1514 01:13:22,625 --> 01:13:24,500 Like, frighteningly violent. 1515 01:13:25,667 --> 01:13:29,208 Think of the number of repetitions that it took 1516 01:13:29,291 --> 01:13:30,833 to perfect that swing. 1517 01:13:35,625 --> 01:13:36,667 - [laughs] 1518 01:13:36,750 --> 01:13:39,750 - He started doing it when he was just a baby, 1519 01:13:39,833 --> 01:13:42,792 and the body can only stand so much. 1520 01:13:42,875 --> 01:13:43,958 [camera shutters clicking] 1521 01:13:44,041 --> 01:13:45,875 - Since you've won your last major, 1522 01:13:45,958 --> 01:13:47,917 you've gotten a little older. 1523 01:13:47,999 --> 01:13:50,625 You've had the injury. You've had the divorce. 1524 01:13:50,708 --> 01:13:53,416 What's been the most significant? 1525 01:13:53,500 --> 01:13:57,291 - Probably your first point, I'm older. 1526 01:13:57,375 --> 01:14:00,583 [chuckles] Father Time's undefeated. 1527 01:14:00,667 --> 01:14:04,291 We all, you know, eventually start losing 1528 01:14:04,375 --> 01:14:07,291 some of the things we're able to do when we're younger. 1529 01:14:07,375 --> 01:14:10,917 - He told us that during this time, 1530 01:14:10,999 --> 01:14:13,083 his back would spasm. 1531 01:14:13,166 --> 01:14:16,416 One time, he fell to his knees and he was like a pill bug. 1532 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:17,917 He couldn't get up. 1533 01:14:17,999 --> 01:14:22,375 He had to have his daughter, Sam, call for help. 1534 01:14:25,249 --> 01:14:27,750 That's when he realized, 1535 01:14:27,833 --> 01:14:31,583 "I can only control so much of this for so long. 1536 01:14:32,333 --> 01:14:37,625 "But everybody else still wants to see golf's god, 1537 01:14:37,708 --> 01:14:39,958 "and I can't give them that, 1538 01:14:40,041 --> 01:14:42,083 because I'm just a man." 1539 01:14:43,541 --> 01:14:47,708 And I think that recognition broke him mentally. 1540 01:14:50,333 --> 01:14:51,958 - Uh-oh. - Wow. 1541 01:14:52,041 --> 01:14:53,792 - Uh-oh. - Wow. 1542 01:14:53,875 --> 01:14:56,333 That was unbelievable. 1543 01:14:56,416 --> 01:14:58,625 - For me, I remember thinking, 1544 01:14:58,708 --> 01:15:01,124 what has Tiger done to Tiger Woods? 1545 01:15:01,208 --> 01:15:03,583 I mean, he was wrecking himself. 1546 01:15:03,667 --> 01:15:07,541 Mental strength, that was always his greatest skill. 1547 01:15:07,625 --> 01:15:10,291 And then all of a sudden, he's got the chipping yips. 1548 01:15:13,083 --> 01:15:15,124 - How did Tiger Woods shoot his worst round 1549 01:15:15,208 --> 01:15:16,500 as a pro on the PGA Tour? 1550 01:15:16,583 --> 01:15:17,999 Chipping was a disaster. 1551 01:15:18,083 --> 01:15:21,166 The scorecard was almost surreal. 1552 01:15:21,249 --> 01:15:24,166 - Golf is all about confidence. 1553 01:15:24,249 --> 01:15:27,166 You've got to trust how you're gonna strike the golf ball. 1554 01:15:27,249 --> 01:15:28,667 - Tiger chipping again. 1555 01:15:28,750 --> 01:15:31,291 We're all gonna pay attention. 1556 01:15:31,375 --> 01:15:32,625 - You sort of have this feeling 1557 01:15:32,708 --> 01:15:35,208 that he could chip it closer with his eyes closed. 1558 01:15:35,291 --> 01:15:37,291 - If you lose that confidence, 1559 01:15:37,375 --> 01:15:40,500 your career is on a slippery slope downhill. 1560 01:15:40,583 --> 01:15:42,708 - He doesn't know what the problem is. 1561 01:15:42,792 --> 01:15:45,750 I feel he's as confused as he's ever been. 1562 01:15:46,917 --> 01:15:48,875 - Watching Tiger struggle, 1563 01:15:48,958 --> 01:15:50,208 it was like, "Wow." 1564 01:15:50,291 --> 01:15:52,249 It was-- 1565 01:15:52,333 --> 01:15:55,541 you know, this wasn't the Tiger that I knew. 1566 01:15:55,625 --> 01:15:56,875 When he was a kid, 1567 01:15:56,958 --> 01:16:00,041 he could make any shot he wanted to. 1568 01:16:00,124 --> 01:16:02,541 - Go in. Go in! Go in! 1569 01:16:02,625 --> 01:16:06,541 - I remember one time when I was at his house, 1570 01:16:06,625 --> 01:16:08,583 and Earl and Tida and me and Tiger 1571 01:16:08,667 --> 01:16:10,500 are in the living room, and I'm talking with them, 1572 01:16:10,583 --> 01:16:12,750 and all of a sudden, this ball comes over my shoulder. 1573 01:16:12,833 --> 01:16:14,583 He's hitting them over the couch, 1574 01:16:14,667 --> 01:16:17,416 over my shoulder, over the glass table, 1575 01:16:17,500 --> 01:16:20,083 and stopping them before the fireplace. 1576 01:16:20,166 --> 01:16:21,333 Okay, he did one, right? 1577 01:16:21,416 --> 01:16:24,083 I'm thinking, "Okay, that was luck." 1578 01:16:24,166 --> 01:16:26,999 Does it again, does it again, does it again. 1579 01:16:27,083 --> 01:16:29,708 He used to be able to do all these crazy shots. 1580 01:16:31,333 --> 01:16:33,750 - From one bunker to another. 1581 01:16:33,833 --> 01:16:35,583 [crowd groans] 1582 01:16:35,667 --> 01:16:37,917 - But it was just... [imitates explosion] 1583 01:16:37,999 --> 01:16:39,999 Crash and burn. 1584 01:16:41,500 --> 01:16:45,541 - Tiger Woods has not won a major since 2009? 1585 01:16:45,625 --> 01:16:46,708 - '08. - '08. 1586 01:16:46,792 --> 01:16:48,249 - '08. - Mm-hmm. 1587 01:16:48,333 --> 01:16:50,416 - How 'bout Jack Nicklaus? - What about him? 1588 01:16:50,500 --> 01:16:53,083 - He has 18, and you're at 14. - I'm at 14, correct. 1589 01:16:53,166 --> 01:16:54,875 - So I'm struggling to understand 1590 01:16:54,958 --> 01:16:56,875 why you're not playing like you used to play. 1591 01:16:56,958 --> 01:16:58,458 - I've had three back operations. 1592 01:16:58,541 --> 01:16:59,458 - Yeah. 1593 01:16:59,541 --> 01:17:01,166 - And that's taken its toll on me. 1594 01:17:01,249 --> 01:17:03,041 - When you look at losing it, 1595 01:17:03,124 --> 01:17:06,625 it must be terribly hard for you to accept this. 1596 01:17:06,708 --> 01:17:09,291 - It's been terribly hard not to be able to do 1597 01:17:09,375 --> 01:17:13,208 the things that it would take for me to get to that level. 1598 01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:17,958 And that is simply just practicing. 1599 01:17:18,041 --> 01:17:20,917 [gentle music] 1600 01:17:20,999 --> 01:17:22,333 - Tiger Woods has pulled out 1601 01:17:22,416 --> 01:17:24,999 of golf's first major of the year, the Masters. 1602 01:17:25,083 --> 01:17:26,792 He said he's just not tournament ready, 1603 01:17:26,875 --> 01:17:28,708 due to his troublesome back. 1604 01:17:28,792 --> 01:17:31,083 The 14-time major winner won his first major 1605 01:17:31,166 --> 01:17:34,583 at the Masters 20 years ago. 1606 01:17:34,667 --> 01:17:37,124 ♪ ♪ 1607 01:17:37,208 --> 01:17:39,792 - At the 2017 Masters, 1608 01:17:39,875 --> 01:17:43,375 we knew something serious was up. 1609 01:17:44,583 --> 01:17:47,375 Tiger came to the champions dinner at Augusta, 1610 01:17:47,458 --> 01:17:50,708 and he was sitting there with Jack Nicklaus. 1611 01:17:50,792 --> 01:17:53,833 And you could visibly see he was in so much pain 1612 01:17:53,917 --> 01:17:56,792 from his back into his legs, he couldn't sit still. 1613 01:17:56,875 --> 01:17:57,999 Poor bugger. 1614 01:17:58,083 --> 01:18:00,999 You know, and he said to Jack, "I think I'm done." 1615 01:18:01,083 --> 01:18:02,667 ♪ ♪ 1616 01:18:02,750 --> 01:18:05,667 "My career is finished." 1617 01:18:06,416 --> 01:18:08,667 - What are you going to do if you're Tiger Woods 1618 01:18:08,750 --> 01:18:11,708 and you're in your early 40s 1619 01:18:11,792 --> 01:18:14,166 and the thing that's made your whole life possible 1620 01:18:14,249 --> 01:18:16,333 and defined your whole life, 1621 01:18:16,416 --> 01:18:18,458 that gets taken away from you? 1622 01:18:20,124 --> 01:18:22,875 The entire identity of Tiger Woods 1623 01:18:22,958 --> 01:18:26,500 is bound in his golf, 1624 01:18:26,583 --> 01:18:28,667 and to that degree, 1625 01:18:28,750 --> 01:18:32,708 there's only one path to the end line of his golf, 1626 01:18:32,792 --> 01:18:36,708 which is undisputably, undeniably 1627 01:18:36,792 --> 01:18:38,416 the greatest of all time. 1628 01:18:38,500 --> 01:18:40,208 So if he's got to leave golf 1629 01:18:40,291 --> 01:18:43,375 and can't really say he's worn the mantle 1630 01:18:43,458 --> 01:18:45,208 of the greatest of all time, 1631 01:18:45,291 --> 01:18:46,667 then really, where is he? 1632 01:18:46,750 --> 01:18:49,583 Because that has been his entire identity, 1633 01:18:49,667 --> 01:18:52,041 and that is just-- 1634 01:18:52,124 --> 01:18:55,458 had to be untenable for him, I would think. 1635 01:18:58,458 --> 01:19:01,416 [engine revving] 1636 01:19:08,333 --> 01:19:09,958 [siren chirps] 1637 01:19:12,333 --> 01:19:15,833 [indistinct police radio chatter] 1638 01:19:19,833 --> 01:19:20,999 - 10-4. 1639 01:19:23,208 --> 01:19:25,208 [indistinct police radio chatter] 1640 01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:57,625 - Go ahead and stand with your feet together 1641 01:19:57,708 --> 01:20:00,124 and your arms down by your side. 1642 01:20:00,208 --> 01:20:02,333 Okay, don't begin until I tell you to, okay, 1643 01:20:02,416 --> 01:20:04,458 but when I tell you to, I want you to close your eyes 1644 01:20:04,541 --> 01:20:07,166 and tilt your head backward, and you're gonna recite 1645 01:20:07,249 --> 01:20:10,625 the entire English alphabet in a slow, nonrhythmic manner, 1646 01:20:10,708 --> 01:20:13,291 meaning you're not gonna sing it, okay? 1647 01:20:13,375 --> 01:20:15,166 Do you understand the instructions? 1648 01:20:17,833 --> 01:20:19,375 - Okay, what were the instructions? 1649 01:20:22,583 --> 01:20:24,875 - Not to sing the national anthem backwards? 1650 01:20:27,333 --> 01:20:28,583 Okay, sir, what I want you to do 1651 01:20:28,667 --> 01:20:30,625 is go ahead and place your hands behind your back, okay? 1652 01:20:30,708 --> 01:20:33,625 [tense music] 1653 01:20:33,708 --> 01:20:35,458 ♪ ♪ 1654 01:20:35,541 --> 01:20:37,500 - Troubling new headline for Tiger Woods. 1655 01:20:37,583 --> 01:20:39,875 - Legendary golfer was arrested overnight. 1656 01:20:39,958 --> 01:20:43,333 - Five drugs in his system, Xanax, Ambien, painkillers. 1657 01:20:43,416 --> 01:20:45,375 - If you take an opioid pain reliever, 1658 01:20:45,458 --> 01:20:48,416 and he's had back surgeries, too often, a patient like that 1659 01:20:48,500 --> 01:20:50,208 ends up addicted to opioids. 1660 01:20:50,291 --> 01:20:53,291 - Don't get behind the wheel. Don't endanger my family. 1661 01:20:53,375 --> 01:20:56,667 This was another bad decision by Tiger Woods. 1662 01:20:56,750 --> 01:20:59,708 [engine revving] 1663 01:21:01,458 --> 01:21:05,333 - It's painful to watch that tape. 1664 01:21:05,416 --> 01:21:07,083 - Go ahead and stand on that yellow line 1665 01:21:07,166 --> 01:21:08,875 and then face the front of the room. 1666 01:21:08,958 --> 01:21:11,667 - But it's also revealing. 1667 01:21:11,750 --> 01:21:13,291 - Turn around. 1668 01:21:13,375 --> 01:21:14,917 - Here, one of the most powerful, 1669 01:21:14,999 --> 01:21:17,833 one of the wealthiest athletes in the history of sports 1670 01:21:17,917 --> 01:21:21,500 is in a holding cell for having five different 1671 01:21:21,583 --> 01:21:24,041 prescribed drugs in his system. 1672 01:21:24,124 --> 01:21:26,541 - Okay, you may begin. 1673 01:21:26,625 --> 01:21:29,875 - Today is May 29, 2017. 1674 01:21:29,958 --> 01:21:34,041 I have arrested and charged Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. 1675 01:21:34,124 --> 01:21:37,041 - Tiger Woods has spent most of his life 1676 01:21:37,124 --> 01:21:38,999 with a camera pointed at him. 1677 01:21:39,083 --> 01:21:40,999 - Tiger! [camera shutters clicking] 1678 01:21:41,083 --> 01:21:42,333 [overlapping chatter] 1679 01:21:42,416 --> 01:21:45,249 - The second that camera is pointed at you... 1680 01:21:47,792 --> 01:21:50,875 - You want to try to control the image 1681 01:21:50,958 --> 01:21:54,750 to the degree you can, knowing that often, you can't. 1682 01:21:54,833 --> 01:21:56,875 [overlapping chatter] 1683 01:21:56,958 --> 01:21:58,958 But on that night, 1684 01:21:59,041 --> 01:22:01,416 Tiger is still being filmed. 1685 01:22:01,500 --> 01:22:03,041 - [whistles] Watch. Look. 1686 01:22:03,124 --> 01:22:05,291 I'm gonna need two samples of your breath. 1687 01:22:05,375 --> 01:22:08,583 - And even though he's deeply impaired... 1688 01:22:08,667 --> 01:22:09,792 - Blow. [device beeps] 1689 01:22:09,875 --> 01:22:10,917 Good, there you go. 1690 01:22:10,999 --> 01:22:12,541 Keep going, keep going, keep going. 1691 01:22:12,625 --> 01:22:15,583 - It's some of the most truthful moments of his life, 1692 01:22:15,667 --> 01:22:19,875 because he realizes it's all over 1693 01:22:19,958 --> 01:22:24,083 and there was no way to hide from it. 1694 01:22:24,166 --> 01:22:25,667 - Seeing his mug shot there, it's not the Tiger Woods 1695 01:22:25,750 --> 01:22:27,083 a lot of us are used to seeing. 1696 01:22:27,166 --> 01:22:29,041 - That picture, he should look at it. 1697 01:22:29,124 --> 01:22:31,750 - He's completely lost touch with his image. 1698 01:22:31,833 --> 01:22:34,249 - His golf career, it's virtually nonexistent. 1699 01:22:34,333 --> 01:22:36,249 He's never gonna dominate and win again. 1700 01:22:36,333 --> 01:22:38,041 - It's at a point now where the next press release 1701 01:22:38,124 --> 01:22:40,291 Tiger Woods should release should be, "I'm retiring." 1702 01:22:40,375 --> 01:22:42,500 - Tiger Woods is finished. 1703 01:22:49,041 --> 01:22:51,583 - I remember thinking, 1704 01:22:51,667 --> 01:22:54,291 "Wow, is this how it ends?" 1705 01:22:54,375 --> 01:22:56,458 This is how it ends 1706 01:22:56,541 --> 01:22:59,500 after everything. 1707 01:22:59,583 --> 01:23:02,208 After all the pontifications and pronouncements 1708 01:23:02,291 --> 01:23:05,500 about Tiger being the chosen one, 1709 01:23:05,583 --> 01:23:10,500 this once-in-a- multigenerational athlete 1710 01:23:10,583 --> 01:23:12,458 who had been inspiring people in ways 1711 01:23:12,541 --> 01:23:16,124 people had never been inspired before, 1712 01:23:16,208 --> 01:23:18,917 he was just a guy in need of a hell of a lot of help. 1713 01:23:21,249 --> 01:23:24,708 This is the tragic ending that no one wants to write. 1714 01:23:27,833 --> 01:23:31,625 - Okay, Mr. Woods, got to read you your rights. 1715 01:23:31,708 --> 01:23:32,833 Okay. 1716 01:23:32,917 --> 01:23:35,124 - You have the right to remain silent and not answer... 1717 01:23:35,208 --> 01:23:38,166 - I'd seen it on the news, but I didn't watch it. 1718 01:23:38,249 --> 01:23:40,291 People were telling me, "You got to see the video. 1719 01:23:40,375 --> 01:23:42,291 It's horrible. It's awful. He looks so bad." 1720 01:23:42,375 --> 01:23:44,541 And, "He's done. He's a mess." 1721 01:23:44,625 --> 01:23:47,124 And I just thought, I didn't really want to see it. 1722 01:23:47,208 --> 01:23:51,458 There was just this fiercely protective nature 1723 01:23:51,541 --> 01:23:53,750 that I had with him. 1724 01:23:53,833 --> 01:23:56,416 But then I watched the video just by myself. 1725 01:24:06,583 --> 01:24:08,416 - Oh. 1726 01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:11,541 - He had referred to Orange County, 1727 01:24:11,625 --> 01:24:15,416 and that took my mind back home to Southern California, 1728 01:24:15,500 --> 01:24:17,124 to our childhood... 1729 01:24:17,208 --> 01:24:18,583 [indistinct chatter] 1730 01:24:18,667 --> 01:24:23,208 To thinking about that jovial, funny, quirky kid. 1731 01:24:23,291 --> 01:24:25,833 - Oh, my God! 1732 01:24:25,917 --> 01:24:28,583 I mean, he had so much fun 1733 01:24:28,667 --> 01:24:30,875 and sweetness in him. 1734 01:24:30,958 --> 01:24:32,875 [laughter] 1735 01:24:32,958 --> 01:24:35,333 But he ended up 1736 01:24:35,416 --> 01:24:38,792 on the street alone and on his own. 1737 01:24:44,291 --> 01:24:47,333 - And I just thought, "I really hope 1738 01:24:47,416 --> 01:24:51,625 he can reflect back and remember the real him." 1739 01:24:51,708 --> 01:24:54,625 [gentle music] 1740 01:24:54,708 --> 01:24:56,291 ♪ ♪ 1741 01:24:56,375 --> 01:24:59,208 [camera shutters clicking] 1742 01:24:59,291 --> 01:25:02,249 - Are you looking forward to the hearing, Mr. Woods? 1743 01:25:02,333 --> 01:25:04,999 Will it impact your golf career? 1744 01:25:10,792 --> 01:25:14,583 - In 17CT-9620, 1745 01:25:14,667 --> 01:25:16,583 the defendant will be pleading guilty 1746 01:25:16,667 --> 01:25:18,667 to the charge of reckless driving. 1747 01:25:18,750 --> 01:25:20,583 Mr. Woods, are you entering this plea 1748 01:25:20,667 --> 01:25:21,792 freely and voluntarily? 1749 01:25:21,875 --> 01:25:23,083 - Yes. 1750 01:25:23,166 --> 01:25:25,375 - The defendant must complete the DUI school 1751 01:25:25,458 --> 01:25:27,083 and any and all recommended treatment. 1752 01:25:27,166 --> 01:25:29,416 He must enroll for that within 30 days. 1753 01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:32,291 - Everyone will face a reckoning. 1754 01:25:32,375 --> 01:25:34,375 I don't care who you are. 1755 01:25:34,458 --> 01:25:37,041 And Tiger's reckoning came hard. 1756 01:25:38,875 --> 01:25:41,166 He was in the depths, 1757 01:25:41,249 --> 01:25:44,999 and I think he had to do a lot of soul-searching, 1758 01:25:45,083 --> 01:25:48,458 and it started by looking at his past. 1759 01:25:48,541 --> 01:25:50,500 - Daddy. 1760 01:25:50,583 --> 01:25:52,500 Daddy. 1761 01:25:52,583 --> 01:25:55,166 ♪ ♪ 1762 01:25:55,249 --> 01:25:56,792 - We can't dictate to him 1763 01:25:56,875 --> 01:25:59,958 what he can be and what he cannot be. 1764 01:26:00,041 --> 01:26:01,500 So as a consequence, 1765 01:26:01,583 --> 01:26:04,792 what we do is, we participate with him in golf, 1766 01:26:04,875 --> 01:26:06,625 and if it was bowling, 1767 01:26:06,708 --> 01:26:08,625 we would participate with him in bowling. 1768 01:26:08,708 --> 01:26:11,458 Each and every one of us has our own life to live, 1769 01:26:11,541 --> 01:26:14,500 and he has a choice to live his life 1770 01:26:14,583 --> 01:26:16,958 the way he wants to live his life. 1771 01:26:18,708 --> 01:26:20,999 - Tiger was constructed, there's no question about it, 1772 01:26:21,083 --> 01:26:23,291 and Earl drew up the specs. 1773 01:26:23,375 --> 01:26:27,041 A perfect golfing machine 1774 01:26:27,124 --> 01:26:29,999 built from the outside in. 1775 01:26:30,083 --> 01:26:32,208 The outside was the more important thing, 1776 01:26:32,291 --> 01:26:34,625 how you show your talent. 1777 01:26:35,917 --> 01:26:39,541 Crushing the ball, crushing opponents, 1778 01:26:39,625 --> 01:26:41,333 success. 1779 01:26:41,416 --> 01:26:43,333 - He played mind games on me, 1780 01:26:43,416 --> 01:26:45,792 almost every shot I hit, 1781 01:26:45,875 --> 01:26:49,124 until I--until I grew up and accepted it, 1782 01:26:49,208 --> 01:26:51,833 and then it was nothing. 1783 01:26:51,917 --> 01:26:55,166 - In the meantime, maybe something was left out inside. 1784 01:26:58,291 --> 01:27:00,375 - For Tiger's whole life, 1785 01:27:00,458 --> 01:27:04,291 the development of the machine took precedence. 1786 01:27:06,249 --> 01:27:09,249 It wasn't until the recovery 1787 01:27:09,333 --> 01:27:12,208 that he entered after the arrest 1788 01:27:12,291 --> 01:27:17,291 that Tiger really had to go through the human development. 1789 01:27:18,667 --> 01:27:22,375 Sort of this growth period that for most of us 1790 01:27:22,458 --> 01:27:25,708 happens pretty early on. 1791 01:27:25,792 --> 01:27:29,667 Here he was in his early 40s saying, 1792 01:27:29,750 --> 01:27:32,917 "Well, the machine got me here. 1793 01:27:32,999 --> 01:27:36,124 I have to evolve into something else." 1794 01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:43,083 - The first step was to go into treatment. 1795 01:27:43,166 --> 01:27:46,208 He got clean. 1796 01:27:46,291 --> 01:27:48,208 He got healthy. 1797 01:27:50,124 --> 01:27:53,375 And he crawls out of that hole. 1798 01:27:55,166 --> 01:27:58,291 I mean, if you look back on how deep into the throes 1799 01:27:58,375 --> 01:28:00,875 of drug addiction he was, 1800 01:28:00,958 --> 01:28:03,208 just to become a functional adult 1801 01:28:03,291 --> 01:28:06,333 is the comeback of all comebacks. 1802 01:28:09,999 --> 01:28:12,999 [birds chirping] 1803 01:28:23,999 --> 01:28:27,458 - Tiger had had back fusion surgery 1804 01:28:27,541 --> 01:28:31,625 to just be able to resume an ordinary life. 1805 01:28:31,708 --> 01:28:34,917 And as he started to feel better physically, 1806 01:28:34,999 --> 01:28:38,208 he obviously started thinking about golf. 1807 01:28:41,333 --> 01:28:43,792 - Post-back fusion surgery, 1808 01:28:43,875 --> 01:28:47,958 I was able to bend over and start rotating without pain. 1809 01:28:48,041 --> 01:28:50,750 And so I was given the okay to start chipping. 1810 01:28:52,208 --> 01:28:55,083 All of a sudden, the thought came back 1811 01:28:55,166 --> 01:28:58,333 that, you know, I might be able to do this again. 1812 01:28:58,416 --> 01:29:00,291 Next you know, 1813 01:29:00,375 --> 01:29:02,541 I started to piece together a golf swing. 1814 01:29:05,416 --> 01:29:07,208 - Woods posted this video on Monday, 1815 01:29:07,291 --> 01:29:08,750 dropping his biggest hint yet 1816 01:29:08,833 --> 01:29:10,999 that he's ready to step back up to the tee. 1817 01:29:11,083 --> 01:29:13,333 - Who would have thought ten months ago 1818 01:29:13,416 --> 01:29:15,750 that he would even swing again? 1819 01:29:15,833 --> 01:29:17,833 - Just seeing him at this level, 1820 01:29:17,917 --> 01:29:20,708 man, how do you not be excited? 1821 01:29:20,792 --> 01:29:24,041 - All of a sudden, everybody was wondering, 1822 01:29:24,124 --> 01:29:26,208 "Will he play golf again?" 1823 01:29:29,249 --> 01:29:33,291 I ended up writing an open letter to Tiger saying, 1824 01:29:33,375 --> 01:29:35,333 "I hope you can come back 1825 01:29:35,416 --> 01:29:38,375 "but not for the reasons you might think. 1826 01:29:38,458 --> 01:29:41,041 "I don't want you to come back so that you can 1827 01:29:41,124 --> 01:29:44,249 "pass Jack's major record. 1828 01:29:44,333 --> 01:29:49,208 "I want you to come back so that you find the joy 1829 01:29:49,291 --> 01:29:52,833 that led you to the game in the first place." 1830 01:29:55,625 --> 01:29:57,208 - Today is perhaps 1831 01:29:57,291 --> 01:30:00,041 the most highly anticipated round of golf. 1832 01:30:00,124 --> 01:30:02,208 For the first time in 301 days, 1833 01:30:02,291 --> 01:30:04,875 Tiger Woods is playing competitively 1834 01:30:04,958 --> 01:30:06,708 for the world to witness. 1835 01:30:06,792 --> 01:30:09,958 [cheers and applause] 1836 01:30:13,124 --> 01:30:14,541 - Oh, yeah. - Wow. 1837 01:30:14,625 --> 01:30:16,541 - And he loves this one. 1838 01:30:16,625 --> 01:30:19,416 [cheers and applause] 1839 01:30:19,500 --> 01:30:22,375 - This week is a big step for me. 1840 01:30:22,458 --> 01:30:24,083 To come out here and to be able to do 1841 01:30:24,166 --> 01:30:26,625 what I've been doing with the guys, 1842 01:30:26,708 --> 01:30:29,208 that--that's so exciting. 1843 01:30:29,291 --> 01:30:31,583 You have no idea how exciting that is. 1844 01:30:31,667 --> 01:30:33,541 I hadn't been able to play fun golf like that 1845 01:30:33,625 --> 01:30:35,416 in such a long time, 1846 01:30:35,500 --> 01:30:39,249 and honestly, I miss playing golf for fun. 1847 01:30:39,333 --> 01:30:42,375 - Tiger Woods playing alongside Kevin Na. 1848 01:30:42,458 --> 01:30:44,958 - He has this little short one for birdie. 1849 01:30:46,708 --> 01:30:48,416 - Oh, man. - Wow. 1850 01:30:48,500 --> 01:30:49,583 Pick it up. 1851 01:30:49,667 --> 01:30:50,917 You got to let it get to the bottom 1852 01:30:50,999 --> 01:30:52,375 of the hole first, though, Kevin. 1853 01:30:52,458 --> 01:30:53,708 [laughter] 1854 01:30:53,792 --> 01:30:55,667 - Tiger got a kick out of that one. 1855 01:30:55,750 --> 01:30:57,792 - Oh, that's good. 1856 01:30:57,875 --> 01:31:01,041 - All right, Tiger from just over two feet. 1857 01:31:02,667 --> 01:31:05,291 [laughter] 1858 01:31:05,375 --> 01:31:07,625 - Now, would you have ever seen Tiger do that 1859 01:31:07,708 --> 01:31:09,083 a few years back? - No. 1860 01:31:09,166 --> 01:31:11,166 - I don't care what situation he was in. 1861 01:31:12,875 --> 01:31:17,458 - For all these years, he had been so hyper-focused 1862 01:31:17,541 --> 01:31:18,999 on the results. 1863 01:31:19,083 --> 01:31:21,041 He didn't want to fraternize with the people 1864 01:31:21,124 --> 01:31:23,625 that he was gonna be trying to beat. 1865 01:31:23,708 --> 01:31:26,416 But now when I watch him play golf, 1866 01:31:26,500 --> 01:31:28,500 I see him enjoying the camaraderie 1867 01:31:28,583 --> 01:31:30,958 with his competitors. 1868 01:31:31,041 --> 01:31:33,208 [crowd cheering] - Go, Tiger! 1869 01:31:33,291 --> 01:31:35,291 - I see him connecting with fans 1870 01:31:35,375 --> 01:31:37,500 in a way he never did before. 1871 01:31:37,583 --> 01:31:40,124 ♪ ♪ 1872 01:31:40,208 --> 01:31:44,124 I see a real, genuine sense of gratitude 1873 01:31:44,208 --> 01:31:47,041 for this second chance. 1874 01:31:47,124 --> 01:31:50,375 crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 1875 01:31:50,458 --> 01:31:53,917 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 1876 01:31:55,249 --> 01:31:57,999 - I'm very lucky. 1877 01:31:58,083 --> 01:32:01,166 I'm grateful to have been given 1878 01:32:01,249 --> 01:32:04,875 the opportunity to have a life 1879 01:32:04,958 --> 01:32:07,708 and then on top of that, 1880 01:32:07,792 --> 01:32:10,458 blessed to even have the opportunity to play golf. 1881 01:32:10,541 --> 01:32:12,041 Because I wasn't. I wasn't able to. 1882 01:32:12,124 --> 01:32:13,291 I was just laying down. 1883 01:32:13,375 --> 01:32:15,166 That's all I could do is lay down. 1884 01:32:15,249 --> 01:32:16,833 A lot of times, I couldn't move. 1885 01:32:16,917 --> 01:32:18,583 I would be helped, you know, up 1886 01:32:18,667 --> 01:32:22,999 out of--off the floor, out of the bed 1887 01:32:23,083 --> 01:32:24,833 and had to be carried around the house. 1888 01:32:24,917 --> 01:32:26,833 You know, these are tough times, 1889 01:32:26,958 --> 01:32:30,875 and to live months upon months like that, 1890 01:32:30,958 --> 01:32:33,124 it was not fun. 1891 01:32:34,166 --> 01:32:35,917 But now to be on the good side of it, 1892 01:32:35,999 --> 01:32:38,166 the neat thing for me is to be able 1893 01:32:38,249 --> 01:32:40,208 to share it with my kids. 1894 01:32:40,291 --> 01:32:41,917 For so long, all my kids knew 1895 01:32:41,999 --> 01:32:43,999 was my soreness and pain. 1896 01:32:44,083 --> 01:32:45,999 They'd never seen me win golf tournaments. 1897 01:32:46,083 --> 01:32:47,875 They don't know what it's like. 1898 01:32:47,958 --> 01:32:49,625 You know, and I said, 1899 01:32:49,708 --> 01:32:51,875 "Hey, I'm just getting started here, okay, guys? 1900 01:32:51,958 --> 01:32:54,375 Dad's not done yet." 1901 01:32:54,458 --> 01:32:56,541 ♪ ♪ 1902 01:32:56,625 --> 01:32:59,458 - Round one of the Masters today at Augusta National. 1903 01:32:59,541 --> 01:33:02,750 So many story lines to track, including Tiger Woods. 1904 01:33:02,833 --> 01:33:04,833 - He almost lost the ability to play the game. 1905 01:33:04,917 --> 01:33:06,541 Wasn't sure two years ago 1906 01:33:06,625 --> 01:33:08,708 if he was going to play tournament golf again. 1907 01:33:08,792 --> 01:33:10,083 Now that he's back, 1908 01:33:10,166 --> 01:33:12,750 he understands his place in the game. 1909 01:33:12,833 --> 01:33:15,416 - Tiger now is the voice of history 1910 01:33:15,500 --> 01:33:17,917 amongst the players here at Augusta National 1911 01:33:17,999 --> 01:33:20,249 because, you know, it's 22 years removed now 1912 01:33:20,333 --> 01:33:22,917 from the '97. 1913 01:33:22,999 --> 01:33:25,083 - It's exciting for me to be part of, 1914 01:33:25,166 --> 01:33:27,750 and hopefully, I can be part of it come Sunday afternoon. 1915 01:33:27,833 --> 01:33:31,833 - Tiger, do you feel like you need to win here again? 1916 01:33:33,333 --> 01:33:36,625 - Well, I don't really need to win again. 1917 01:33:38,999 --> 01:33:41,208 But I really want to. 1918 01:33:41,291 --> 01:33:43,458 [applause] 1919 01:33:43,541 --> 01:33:46,083 - When he walked out to the first tee, 1920 01:33:46,166 --> 01:33:48,541 I think we all thought, "There's no way. 1921 01:33:48,625 --> 01:33:50,999 There's no way he can win another major." 1922 01:33:51,083 --> 01:33:52,792 Because of what we saw five years ago, 1923 01:33:52,875 --> 01:33:53,833 there's no way physically. 1924 01:33:53,917 --> 01:33:55,333 I mean, technically, there was no way 1925 01:33:55,416 --> 01:33:56,667 he could win another major. 1926 01:33:58,708 --> 01:34:00,792 - No, no, no. 1927 01:34:00,875 --> 01:34:02,291 - And that one is leaking left. 1928 01:34:02,375 --> 01:34:03,750 He knows it too. 1929 01:34:03,833 --> 01:34:06,083 [crowd gasps] - Oh, my God. 1930 01:34:06,166 --> 01:34:07,958 - He will be hard-pressed to make his par 1931 01:34:08,041 --> 01:34:09,541 from where he is. 1932 01:34:10,667 --> 01:34:12,708 - See if he can manufacture a shot. 1933 01:34:14,541 --> 01:34:15,833 - Down, ball. 1934 01:34:15,917 --> 01:34:18,416 [crowd murmuring] 1935 01:34:19,541 --> 01:34:22,375 [cheers and applause] - He can. 1936 01:34:23,333 --> 01:34:26,124 - There are signs, subtle signs, 1937 01:34:26,208 --> 01:34:29,208 of the way Tiger used to play golf. 1938 01:34:29,917 --> 01:34:33,375 - One thing I've learned from 20 years of Tiger Woods 1939 01:34:33,458 --> 01:34:36,999 is, do not underestimate Tiger Woods. 1940 01:34:37,083 --> 01:34:39,458 That is not the way to bet. 1941 01:34:39,541 --> 01:34:41,958 After playing Augusta for so many years, 1942 01:34:42,041 --> 01:34:44,625 he figured out how to play the golf course. 1943 01:34:46,750 --> 01:34:48,708 - Try and land it in the middle of the green. 1944 01:34:48,792 --> 01:34:50,500 [cheers and applause] 1945 01:34:50,583 --> 01:34:53,083 - That's Masters experience right there. 1946 01:34:54,583 --> 01:34:56,875 - On every hole, he figured out, 1947 01:34:56,958 --> 01:34:59,041 This is the safest place to hit it." 1948 01:34:59,124 --> 01:35:01,500 It's a little bit conservative for him. 1949 01:35:01,583 --> 01:35:03,208 You know, he wasn't going out there 1950 01:35:03,291 --> 01:35:05,625 and stepping on people's necks. 1951 01:35:05,708 --> 01:35:07,917 But this was a different Tiger. 1952 01:35:07,999 --> 01:35:09,208 He's older Tiger. 1953 01:35:09,291 --> 01:35:12,708 [crowd shouting] 1954 01:35:12,792 --> 01:35:14,750 [cheers and applause] 1955 01:35:14,833 --> 01:35:16,708 - Anybody enjoying this? 1956 01:35:16,792 --> 01:35:18,708 - Yes, sir. 1957 01:35:18,792 --> 01:35:20,166 - I kept telling myself, 1958 01:35:20,249 --> 01:35:22,625 "I've been in this position before. 1959 01:35:22,708 --> 01:35:24,667 "You have a lot of holes to play. 1960 01:35:24,750 --> 01:35:26,375 "Hang in there until the last couple holes, 1961 01:35:26,458 --> 01:35:28,291 "and then we'll see where we are. 1962 01:35:28,375 --> 01:35:29,875 Just keep hanging in there." 1963 01:35:29,958 --> 01:35:33,833 [cheers and applause] 1964 01:35:37,208 --> 01:35:38,375 - Right now, everybody's talking 1965 01:35:38,458 --> 01:35:39,750 about that leaderboard. 1966 01:35:39,833 --> 01:35:42,124 There are some huge names, 1967 01:35:42,208 --> 01:35:45,041 and right behind sits Tiger Woods. 1968 01:35:45,124 --> 01:35:46,416 [cheers and applause] 1969 01:35:46,500 --> 01:35:48,875 - There's a whole generation of tour pros 1970 01:35:48,958 --> 01:35:52,083 that grew up idolizing Tiger, 1971 01:35:52,166 --> 01:35:54,583 but they never played him at his peak, 1972 01:35:54,667 --> 01:35:58,999 never saw the shots that they only can see on YouTube now. 1973 01:35:59,958 --> 01:36:01,458 And there were some pros who said, 1974 01:36:01,541 --> 01:36:03,291 "I can't wait to get into the hunt 1975 01:36:03,375 --> 01:36:06,667 with Tiger on a Sunday in a major." 1976 01:36:08,041 --> 01:36:09,416 The fuck you do. 1977 01:36:09,500 --> 01:36:12,333 You have no idea what you're getting into. 1978 01:36:12,416 --> 01:36:14,041 [dramatic percussive music] 1979 01:36:14,124 --> 01:36:16,792 - Our leader, Francesco Molinari. 1980 01:36:16,875 --> 01:36:20,667 ♪ ♪ 1981 01:36:24,375 --> 01:36:26,999 [crowd groans] 1982 01:36:28,375 --> 01:36:31,083 - That was just so weak. 1983 01:36:31,166 --> 01:36:33,249 - With Tiger Woods on the prowl, 1984 01:36:33,333 --> 01:36:35,875 the guys just crumbled. 1985 01:36:35,958 --> 01:36:38,416 - Now Koepka... 1986 01:36:38,500 --> 01:36:40,833 can make this thing interesting. 1987 01:36:44,083 --> 01:36:45,999 [crowd groans] 1988 01:36:47,541 --> 01:36:48,958 - And Finau. 1989 01:36:49,041 --> 01:36:51,291 He really has an opportunity. 1990 01:36:51,375 --> 01:36:52,667 - Get in! [crowd groans] 1991 01:36:52,750 --> 01:36:54,500 - Ugh. 1992 01:36:54,583 --> 01:36:57,500 - Let's go, Tiger! - Can Woods take advantage? 1993 01:37:00,166 --> 01:37:03,249 [crowd murmuring] 1994 01:37:05,541 --> 01:37:08,999 [cheers and applause] 1995 01:37:10,708 --> 01:37:12,958 - Tiger Woods has the lead. 1996 01:37:13,041 --> 01:37:15,667 The impossible has become possible. 1997 01:37:15,750 --> 01:37:20,291 - Suddenly, we're back to watching Tiger. 1998 01:37:20,375 --> 01:37:22,667 You know, everybody's emotion went...[imitates crunching] 1999 01:37:22,750 --> 01:37:24,999 You know, to the roof. 2000 01:37:25,083 --> 01:37:28,083 [cheers and applause] 2001 01:37:31,917 --> 01:37:34,500 - Down towards the cup for Tiger. 2002 01:37:34,583 --> 01:37:36,166 [cheers and applause continue] 2003 01:37:36,249 --> 01:37:38,708 This might be the shot that seals it all. 2004 01:37:38,792 --> 01:37:40,375 ♪ ♪ 2005 01:37:40,458 --> 01:37:42,667 Incredibly play 2006 01:37:42,750 --> 01:37:45,083 at exactly the right time. 2007 01:37:45,166 --> 01:37:47,583 [cheers and applause continue] 2008 01:37:50,792 --> 01:37:52,875 - For Tiger Woods to come back 2009 01:37:52,958 --> 01:37:57,166 after an 11-year drought is just a Cinderella story. 2010 01:37:57,249 --> 01:37:58,625 - I don't know if it means anything, 2011 01:37:58,708 --> 01:38:00,833 but, you know, the solar cycles of the sun 2012 01:38:00,958 --> 01:38:02,333 are every 11 years... 2013 01:38:02,416 --> 01:38:03,500 - Wow. 2014 01:38:03,583 --> 01:38:06,958 - So maybe the sun of golf has returned. 2015 01:38:08,333 --> 01:38:10,416 The patrons are 20 deep, 2016 01:38:10,500 --> 01:38:13,917 and many thousands more walking up 18 2017 01:38:13,999 --> 01:38:15,625 in readiness. 2018 01:38:17,458 --> 01:38:19,375 On the nose. 2019 01:38:19,458 --> 01:38:22,291 [cheers and applause] 2020 01:38:22,375 --> 01:38:25,583 [uplifting music] 2021 01:38:25,667 --> 01:38:26,875 ♪ ♪ 2022 01:38:26,958 --> 01:38:29,333 - When he was coming up the fairway, 2023 01:38:29,416 --> 01:38:32,708 hoping to win his 15th major championship, 2024 01:38:32,792 --> 01:38:35,375 I knew what to expect. 2025 01:38:35,458 --> 01:38:37,291 A lot of people would spin it 2026 01:38:37,375 --> 01:38:39,083 like he was a different man now, 2027 01:38:39,166 --> 01:38:41,333 he's the conquering hero, 2028 01:38:41,416 --> 01:38:44,416 but these are the same people 2029 01:38:44,500 --> 01:38:47,583 that when he was riding high, 2030 01:38:47,667 --> 01:38:49,750 they were pulling for him to fall, 2031 01:38:49,833 --> 01:38:51,375 and when he fell, 2032 01:38:51,458 --> 01:38:53,375 they jumped on him with both feet. 2033 01:38:53,458 --> 01:38:56,750 And when he rose again, all of a sudden, 2034 01:38:56,833 --> 01:38:59,083 he is a virtuous man now, 2035 01:38:59,166 --> 01:39:01,166 which to me is bullshit. 2036 01:39:02,333 --> 01:39:04,416 He's a human being 2037 01:39:04,500 --> 01:39:07,541 with frailties like everyone else. 2038 01:39:09,667 --> 01:39:11,917 The problem is, we always try 2039 01:39:11,999 --> 01:39:15,249 to make him out to be more than he is, 2040 01:39:15,333 --> 01:39:18,083 and that goes all the way back to Earl. 2041 01:39:18,166 --> 01:39:19,583 [applause] 2042 01:39:19,667 --> 01:39:21,416 - This is the minute 2043 01:39:21,500 --> 01:39:24,458 that millions around the world have waited for. 2044 01:39:24,541 --> 01:39:26,541 ♪ ♪ 2045 01:39:26,625 --> 01:39:28,667 Waited for years. 2046 01:39:28,750 --> 01:39:31,625 Many doubted we'd ever see it, 2047 01:39:31,708 --> 01:39:33,541 but here it is. 2048 01:39:35,249 --> 01:39:37,667 The return to glory. 2049 01:39:37,750 --> 01:39:39,750 [cheers and applause] 2050 01:39:39,833 --> 01:39:46,833 ♪ ♪ 2051 01:40:12,124 --> 01:40:14,166 - Please forgive me, 2052 01:40:14,249 --> 01:40:16,999 but sometimes I get very emotional 2053 01:40:17,083 --> 01:40:19,208 when I talk about my son. 2054 01:40:19,291 --> 01:40:25,375 ♪ ♪ 2055 01:40:25,458 --> 01:40:27,833 My heart fills 2056 01:40:27,917 --> 01:40:30,500 with so much joy 2057 01:40:30,583 --> 01:40:33,041 when I realize 2058 01:40:33,124 --> 01:40:36,416 that he'll transcend this game. 2059 01:40:38,792 --> 01:40:42,875 This is my treasure. 2060 01:40:42,958 --> 01:40:45,999 Please use it wisely. 2061 01:40:46,083 --> 01:40:51,124 ♪ ♪ 2062 01:42:29,208 --> 01:42:32,667 announcer: This has been a presentation of HBO Sports.