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EARL WOODS:
Please forgive me,
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but sometimes I get
very emotional
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when I talk about my son.
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YOUNG TIGER WOODS:
Daddy! Daddy!
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EARL: He will transcend
this game and bring to the world
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a humanitarianism which has
never been known before.
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THOMAS BONK: You become
the biggest name in golf,
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and your dad is the one
who invented you?
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GARY SMITH: Tiger was gonna be
this bridge between
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all the different races
and tribes of humanity.
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JIM RISWOLD: Using Tiger
to expand the golf universe
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is a no brainer.
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(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
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How are you handling
all the adulation?
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I honestly don't feel
comfortable with it.
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BONK: Tiger did not want
any shadows on his brand.
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He's not gonna like this shit
at all.
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DINA GRAVELL:
He called me, and he said,
"My dad's out again."
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And it changed the relationship
with him and his dad.
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STEVE WILLIAMS:
With Earl passing,
he had to rely on himself.
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PETE MCDANIEL:
Tiger had that ability
to bury something very deep,
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but there's a reckoning
and we all will face it someday.
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Okay. So, what do you want me
to talk about?
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[dramatic music]
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male announcer: The following
is a presentation
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of HBO Sports.
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[helicopter rotors thrumming]
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[dramatic orchestral music]
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♪ ♪
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- 25 days after Tiger Woods
buried his father, Earl,
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he went to a military base
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where SEALs practice
mountain warfare.
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- Ready.
all: Ready!
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- Target.
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[gunfire]
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- A petty officer working
with Tiger asked him,
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"Why is the greatest golfer
running around
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playing G.I. Joe?"
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And Tiger Woods looked
at him and said, "My dad."
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[explosion]
- Go, go, go, go!
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- Without his father,
Tiger was left
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with an Earl Woods-sized
hole in his life
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and would spend
the next few years
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searching for something.
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[gunfire]
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I don't think Tiger Woods even
knows what he wanted to find.
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crowd: Tiger! Tiger!
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
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Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
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- And from
Windermere, Florida,
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the 1999, 2000, and 2006
PGA champion,
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Tiger Woods!
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[applause]
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- And he hammered it.
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He hammered it down the middle
with a cut.
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What a tee shot.
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- Just belt the living
daylights out of it.
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[announcers chuckle]
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- A number of months
after Earl's passing,
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Tiger appeared to be
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in a very, very good
frame of mind.
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He was at the pinnacle
of the sport,
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and he had this aura
of invincibility.
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- Tiger is just a shot away...
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- On his way
to his own...
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- His own universe.
- Exactly.
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[cheers and applause]
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- His 13th major.
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- It's like sometimes
these golfing gods are just--
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[chuckles] You know, they seem
to be on his shoulders.
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[cheers and applause]
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But in reality,
at that point in time,
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being Tiger Woods had taken
its toll on Tiger Woods.
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- Tiger Woods,
ladies and gentlemen.
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[cheers and applause]
crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
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- He said to me one time,
"Stevie, you know,
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"you become this global
sporting icon,
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"and you're representing
all these different brands.
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"Sometimes you feel
you just can't be yourself
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"'cause you've got so many
people depending on you,
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"so many people watching you,
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so many people
are invested in you."
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- He is widely considered
to be the greatest golfer
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to ever play the game.
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Please welcome Tiger Woods.
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[cheers and applause]
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- [chuckles]
[cheers continue]
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- You ever get sick of it?
You don't get sick of it.
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It's nice, wherever you go,
people go crazy.
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- Well, it's nice--it's nice
that they are like that...
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- Yeah.
- Because I'm certainly one
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that's not really
comfortable with it.
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- Very rarely is there
a photograph of you,
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you know, in your private life.
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I thought, "This guy
must have a Batcave."
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You have an alter ego.
You play--
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- That's good.
- It is good. It is good.
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- I think he just wanted
at some point in time,
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break all those ties,
get away from that,
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go and do something
completely different,
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and it was like hitting
a reset button.
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[jet engine roaring]
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- The allure of Las Vegas
is that feeling
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you can escape.
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People leave their morals
at the airport
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and pick them up
when they leave.
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[indistinct chatter]
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And as soon as you hit
that tarmac,
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everything
is at your disposal.
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- Tiger, this way, please.
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- We catered to Tiger.
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We spoiled him.
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We would say,
"You're like a prince
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and basically free to do
whatever you want."
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- Tiger Woods, what's up, man?
- Come on, man.
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What's going on, man?
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- Tiger's two
running buddies in Vegas,
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Michael Jordan
and Charles Barkley,
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they both enjoyed
the good life.
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The nightclubs,
the bottle service.
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I mean, women are literally
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throwing themselves at them.
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- Michael!
- Michael! Michael, Michael!
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- In that entourage,
Tiger was a bit of a geek.
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- Tiger, looking
right over here.
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- Tiger, this way, please.
- Got a good smile.
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- It wasn't like
he was, like, mack daddy,
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like, Casanova.
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You know, those guys really
didn't have to be.
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Their hosts did all the work.
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We would pick out
the pretty girls and say,
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"Hi, would you like to go up
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and party
with Michael Jordan?"
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- Tiger asked, "What do I say
to these women?"
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And Michael, to his
ever-loving credit, goes,
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"You tell 'em
you're Tiger Woods."
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- Come on, Tiger Woods.
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Hey, I need a president, huh?
- We'll go over here.
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[dark music]
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- I heard rumors
of sexual encounters,
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and I remember thinking,
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"Wow, he's a man
full of secrets."
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But we all--we all kept
our mouths shut.
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I know I did.
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We made him feel so safe,
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like nobody's going to tell.
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- This was Tiger Woods
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unchained from the history
of his childhood,
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unchained from pronouncements
about being the chosen one.
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It was Tiger Woods
unchained from being
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a $100-million-a-year brand.
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And so time and time
and time again,
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he would return to Vegas,
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and even after he got married
to Elin,
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Tiger didn't really slow down.
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His ability to live
a double life,
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it started in Vegas.
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- We caught up with Tiger
outside Las Vegas
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on what was the coldest day
there in more than five years.
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Woods was on the set
of his latest commercial
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for Nike Golf,
and among other things,
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I asked him how married life
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with his new bride, Elin,
was going.
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- It's been good.
- Yeah?
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- It's the same as always,
you know?
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- Nothing's changed?
- Nothing's changed.
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That's it, I mean,
it's still the same,
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same relationship.
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- How does she deal
with all the attention?
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- It's one thing she had
to get used to.
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- Mm-hmm.
- She didn't ask for it.
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Back in 2002 when we started
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getting pretty serious
about it,
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that's one of the things
we had to talk about
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is that I'm sorry
it has to be this way,
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but it's just--
it kind of comes along
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with, you know, what I do.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Tiger would
always talk about
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having the white picket fence,
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the lovely wife, children,
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and some sort of normal life.
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It appeared to me that he was
happy being married.
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Elin is very sweet,
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smart, nice girl,
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and I was really happy
he had found that in his life,
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and I thought that was,
you know, hopefully for him,
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gonna be, you know,
where he wanted to be.
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Tiger and Elin
lived five doors down
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from my husband and I.
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And we became
very good friends.
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I remember Tiger told me
that he was gonna be a father.
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And he was just elated
to have children.
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He really wanted to be
a hands-on dad.
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That was really
important to him.
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I think it really
lit up his life.
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- Elin and I are very excited.
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This is far more important
than any game of golf.
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This is an opportunity
for us to--
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to raise our first child,
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and we're looking forward
to it.
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- Three years
into their marriage,
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Elin had Sam,
their little girl.
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Elin always loved children
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and always knew she wanted
to be a mom,
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always felt like she was
going to be a mom.
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She told me
that she envisioned
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they would build a happy home
filled with children.
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They could be,
as she put it, normal.
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- I'm happier than I've
ever been in my life.
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You know, I've got
a wonderful balance between
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on the golf course
and off the golf course.
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Couldn't ask
for a better year.
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- What's harder,
sinking a ten-foot par putt
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on 18 with a one-stroke lead
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or changing a poop diaper
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and not getting anything
on you?
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- Number two.
Literally number two.
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- The professional athlete
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is always concerned
about image,
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and Tiger built himself up
to be more than he was.
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We all have certain demons
that we have to acknowledge,
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and I think, for years
and years and years,
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Tiger ignored his,
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and that made him susceptible.
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- There were so many articles
written when you had a baby
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that you were gonna
lose your edge.
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Does it bother you
when you start
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to see these things written?
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It seems people are waiting
for something to happen.
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- There is a fascination
in America to see
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the top dog
fall off the ladder.
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[indistinct shouting]
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- No.
Yes!
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[cheers and applause]
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- It's called the crab
in the barrel mentality.
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We're all in a barrel,
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and we have crabs trying
to get out of the barrel,
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and as soon as they get
up to the top,
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one of the other crabs
grabs its leg
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and pulls it back down
into the barrel.
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So there was
a group of people,
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especially in the media,
pulling against him.
253
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These detractors
were plotting,
254
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hoping for his fall.
255
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- I think
the Tiger Woods story
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is a big cautionary tale.
257
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[uneasy music]
258
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Be careful about the image
you create of yourself.
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Be careful to live lies.
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Be very, very careful,
261
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because it could all
come tumbling down.
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♪ ♪
263
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The "National Enquirer"
had a history
264
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of just smearing people.
265
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They knew
that the American public
266
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loved to see the failings
of their famous celebrities,
267
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and so they fed that appetite
with a vengeance.
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♪ ♪
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One evening,
I was at the office
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and I got a call to report
to the editor in chief.
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There he was
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with the biggest smile
I'd ever seen on his face.
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He had the biggest scoop
in years:
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Tiger Woods.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Tiger had his trips to Vegas.
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He had a wild side.
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And he had an insatiable
appetite for women.
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[crowd yelling]
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And he made
a careless mistake.
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There was a restaurant where
Tiger would go with his wife
282
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not far from home,
283
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and at this restaurant
was a hostess,
284
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Mindy Lawton.
285
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And Tiger just couldn't
take his eyes off of her.
286
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- I was shocked.
I was in awe.
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[chuckles]
288
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I didn't think it was real.
289
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I didn't think
it was happening to me.
290
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I played it cool.
[chuckles]
291
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- And they had a furiously
eruptive relationship.
292
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Sometimes before they could
even get to the bedroom
293
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of Tiger Woods' home
while his wife was out of town,
294
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they would make love
in the garage
295
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against the golf cart,
296
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and for the squeakiest
297
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and cleanest celebrity
probably on Earth,
298
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that spelled trouble.
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♪ ♪
300
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The "National Enquirer"
immediately sent reporters
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to track Tiger Woods.
302
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They followed him
into a church parking lot,
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where they witnessed him
having sex
304
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with Mindy Lawton.
305
00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:12,047
The reporter took photographs
of them together
306
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and even picked up the tampon
307
00:15:14,798 --> 00:15:17,047
that Mindy had discarded
308
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and kept it in their vault
as proof
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that Mindy had been there.
310
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The "National Enquirer"
called Tiger's team
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and asked the question,
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"What is Tiger Woods'
relationship
313
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with Mindy Lawton?"
314
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and then hung up the phone.
315
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Everyone in the Tiger camp
went into damage control mode.
316
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It was all about,
how can we kill the story?
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00:15:49,631 --> 00:15:53,464
[ominous music]
318
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The "National Enquirer" knew
that they had Tiger Woods,
319
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but the photographs
were too blurry to run,
320
00:16:01,047 --> 00:16:04,255
so they decided they would
do a catch and kill
321
00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:06,964
and make a deal.
322
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In exchange for silence,
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00:16:09,839 --> 00:16:13,130
Tiger would appear on
the cover of "Men's Fitness,"
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which was owned
by the company
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that owned
the "National Enquirer."
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The Tiger camp
considered the deal
327
00:16:22,714 --> 00:16:25,297
and considered it favorably.
328
00:16:25,381 --> 00:16:26,839
[camera shutter clicks]
329
00:16:31,547 --> 00:16:35,506
As salacious
as the Mindy Lawton story was,
330
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nothing was ever printed,
331
00:16:38,881 --> 00:16:40,464
and in the eyes of the public,
332
00:16:40,547 --> 00:16:43,464
Tiger Woods remained
Tiger Woods.
333
00:16:43,547 --> 00:16:45,589
[camera shutters clicking]
334
00:16:45,673 --> 00:16:48,631
[indistinct chatter]
335
00:16:48,714 --> 00:16:51,172
- My father's been
instrumental in getting
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this foundation started
from the get-go,
337
00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:57,339
and I feel there's really
no better way
338
00:16:57,422 --> 00:17:00,381
to honor what he's done
339
00:17:00,464 --> 00:17:02,172
than to create a statue
like this,
340
00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:06,047
because this basically
is my dad and I.
341
00:17:08,547 --> 00:17:10,881
- Mirror, mirror on the wall,
342
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will we grow up like our daddy
after all?
343
00:17:16,631 --> 00:17:20,673
Tiger became what he loathed
most about his father:
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a philanderer.
345
00:17:24,089 --> 00:17:27,172
- All right.
[laughs]
346
00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:30,089
- That boy loved his father
with everything in him,
347
00:17:30,172 --> 00:17:32,589
and that father loved that boy
with everything in him.
348
00:17:33,964 --> 00:17:38,506
They were father-son,
brothers, best friends,
349
00:17:38,589 --> 00:17:41,589
Dr. Frankenstein
and his monster,
350
00:17:41,673 --> 00:17:43,422
and I've always
really wondered
351
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if some part of him feels like
352
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his own journey
to self-realization
353
00:17:48,005 --> 00:17:52,756
and going from being
his father's son to his own man
354
00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:55,923
required going fully
down the rabbit hole
355
00:17:56,005 --> 00:17:58,381
of Earl Woods.
356
00:17:58,464 --> 00:18:01,422
[engine rumbling]
357
00:18:04,255 --> 00:18:06,381
- It's been a whirlwind tour
for Tiger Woods
358
00:18:06,464 --> 00:18:08,589
and his father, Earl Woods,
here at Fort Bragg.
359
00:18:08,673 --> 00:18:11,673
The visit was about Earl Woods
sharing with his son
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00:18:11,756 --> 00:18:14,464
the pride he had serving
with Special Forces.
361
00:18:14,547 --> 00:18:17,255
Tiger says military training
is not too different
362
00:18:17,339 --> 00:18:19,255
from staying in shape
to play golf.
363
00:18:19,339 --> 00:18:20,631
- It's just very similar,
364
00:18:20,714 --> 00:18:21,964
except for jumping
out of a plane.
365
00:18:22,047 --> 00:18:23,255
I don't--[laughs]
366
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I don't really do that
to get ready for a tournament.
367
00:18:25,714 --> 00:18:26,964
- But he did do that
this week
368
00:18:27,047 --> 00:18:28,589
with the army's
Golden Knights,
369
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not one but two tandem jumps
from 13,000 feet,
370
00:18:31,506 --> 00:18:33,130
and he's got pictures
to prove it.
371
00:18:33,214 --> 00:18:35,673
[dramatic music]
372
00:18:35,756 --> 00:18:39,589
- I think he just loved
that weekend with his father.
373
00:18:39,673 --> 00:18:42,464
Earl was a Green Beret,
and Tiger decided, you know,
374
00:18:42,547 --> 00:18:46,130
"I want to find out a bit more
for myself what that was like,"
375
00:18:46,214 --> 00:18:49,756
and jumping out of airplanes
was just the beginning.
376
00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:51,756
I think he wanted
to be able to say,
377
00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,964
"Hey, Pops, you know,
yeah, you're tough.
378
00:18:54,047 --> 00:18:55,089
"I'm tough too,
379
00:18:55,172 --> 00:18:57,047
maybe just one step
tougher than you."
380
00:18:57,130 --> 00:19:00,089
[helicopter rotors thrumming]
381
00:19:01,881 --> 00:19:04,339
- On Tiger Woods'
31st birthday,
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00:19:04,422 --> 00:19:09,130
he was with the Navy SEALs
383
00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:11,005
as part of his training.
384
00:19:11,089 --> 00:19:13,506
The SEALs would take him
through the kill house,
385
00:19:13,589 --> 00:19:15,798
which is how they practice
clearing rooms.
386
00:19:15,881 --> 00:19:17,589
[indistinct shouting]
387
00:19:17,673 --> 00:19:20,130
And he would go there
to do this
388
00:19:20,214 --> 00:19:21,589
over and over and over.
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00:19:21,673 --> 00:19:23,339
[gunfire]
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00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:26,631
I mean, it all
might have started
391
00:19:26,714 --> 00:19:28,881
as chasing Earl's past,
392
00:19:28,964 --> 00:19:32,673
but Tiger was finding
a life that was his.
393
00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:35,798
[cheers and applause]
394
00:19:38,214 --> 00:19:41,839
- I remember after
this tournament one time,
395
00:19:41,923 --> 00:19:43,547
we were driving
back to the house
396
00:19:43,631 --> 00:19:46,506
that we were staying,
and he said to me,
397
00:19:46,589 --> 00:19:48,506
"You know, I think
I'm gonna give up golf
398
00:19:48,589 --> 00:19:51,339
and I'm gonna go and get
in the Navy SEALs."
399
00:19:51,422 --> 00:19:54,839
You know, that stunned me
in my tracks, to be honest.
400
00:19:54,923 --> 00:19:57,381
I actually
couldn't believe it.
401
00:19:57,464 --> 00:20:00,172
But he seemed
incredibly serious,
402
00:20:00,255 --> 00:20:02,214
and, you know,
anyone that's normal
403
00:20:02,297 --> 00:20:03,464
wouldn't go and be
a Navy SEAL,
404
00:20:03,547 --> 00:20:05,005
but this man's
wired differently,
405
00:20:05,089 --> 00:20:07,381
and he's gonna do something
that's gonna test you
406
00:20:07,464 --> 00:20:09,798
to the absolute limit.
407
00:20:09,881 --> 00:20:13,005
- Tiger would go do
this crazy stuff.
408
00:20:13,089 --> 00:20:15,172
They put this hood
over your head.
409
00:20:15,255 --> 00:20:17,881
The hood goes off, and you're
presented with a scenario.
410
00:20:17,964 --> 00:20:20,297
And it could be
three guys on top of you
411
00:20:20,381 --> 00:20:21,714
beating the shit out of you.
412
00:20:21,798 --> 00:20:22,881
[gunshots]
413
00:20:22,964 --> 00:20:24,839
You'd get shot up
with Simunition,
414
00:20:24,923 --> 00:20:27,130
get these huge bruises
on you.
415
00:20:28,464 --> 00:20:30,339
The SEALs love to tell stories
416
00:20:30,422 --> 00:20:32,255
about just lighting him up,
417
00:20:32,339 --> 00:20:33,881
and the guys in charge
were like,
418
00:20:33,964 --> 00:20:35,422
"You can shoot Tiger
wherever you want.
419
00:20:35,506 --> 00:20:37,255
Just don't shoot him
in his hands."
420
00:20:37,339 --> 00:20:39,255
Like, they were
very well aware of, like,
421
00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:42,130
"We don't want to be the guys
that broke Tiger Woods."
422
00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:46,506
Tiger had all sorts
of knee and back issues
423
00:20:46,589 --> 00:20:48,089
from playing golf,
424
00:20:48,172 --> 00:20:52,756
and the Navy SEAL stuff
was devastating on his body.
425
00:20:53,839 --> 00:20:55,381
There was a SEAL who said,
426
00:20:55,464 --> 00:20:59,089
"Injuries are magnets
for more injuries."
427
00:20:59,172 --> 00:21:00,881
And Tiger always seemed
428
00:21:00,964 --> 00:21:02,964
to get kicked
in his left knee.
429
00:21:03,047 --> 00:21:04,422
♪ ♪
430
00:21:04,506 --> 00:21:07,631
[device whirring]
431
00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:17,964
- Tiger was in immense pain
with his knee,
432
00:21:18,047 --> 00:21:20,714
and when they
scope his knee out,
433
00:21:20,798 --> 00:21:23,089
they discover that he's
got no ACL.
434
00:21:23,172 --> 00:21:26,589
[dark music]
435
00:21:26,673 --> 00:21:28,756
You know,
the doctors say to him,
436
00:21:28,839 --> 00:21:32,214
"You're gonna need
major reconstruction there."
437
00:21:33,339 --> 00:21:34,923
But it's Tiger, you know?
438
00:21:35,005 --> 00:21:37,589
"Fuck that, I'm gonna deal
with that later,"
439
00:21:37,673 --> 00:21:40,798
and he kept training.
440
00:21:40,881 --> 00:21:43,756
And of course,
he gets himself
441
00:21:43,839 --> 00:21:45,839
two fractures in his leg.
442
00:21:45,923 --> 00:21:48,422
[soft snapping]
443
00:21:48,506 --> 00:21:50,589
I remember thinking,
444
00:21:50,673 --> 00:21:53,339
"You brought it
upon yourself, so...
445
00:21:53,422 --> 00:21:55,339
self-inflicted."
446
00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:59,381
[jet engine roaring]
447
00:22:00,881 --> 00:22:02,673
The doctors say to him,
you know,
448
00:22:02,756 --> 00:22:05,589
"You're gonna be out
of the game for a while."
449
00:22:05,673 --> 00:22:08,798
But he's got the 2008
U.S. Open looming.
450
00:22:08,881 --> 00:22:11,130
Can he win another major
451
00:22:11,214 --> 00:22:13,005
and be one step closer
452
00:22:13,089 --> 00:22:15,881
to breaking
Jack Nicklaus' record?
453
00:22:17,172 --> 00:22:19,339
Jack's sitting on 18 majors.
454
00:22:19,422 --> 00:22:22,839
Tiger needed to eclipse
that mark to prove
455
00:22:22,923 --> 00:22:25,506
that he is the greatest player
of all time.
456
00:22:25,589 --> 00:22:27,881
- You can finish your career
with 19 majors,
457
00:22:27,964 --> 00:22:30,964
one more than Jack,
or 100 wins.
458
00:22:31,047 --> 00:22:32,714
- 19.
459
00:22:32,798 --> 00:22:34,839
- You can finish your career
with 17 majors,
460
00:22:34,923 --> 00:22:37,673
one fewer than Jack,
or 100 wins.
461
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,172
- 19.
462
00:22:40,255 --> 00:22:43,172
- There wasn't anything
gonna stop him.
463
00:22:43,255 --> 00:22:46,089
You know, two fractures
in his leg and no ACL--
464
00:22:46,172 --> 00:22:48,422
nothing was gonna stop him.
465
00:22:52,130 --> 00:22:55,005
- Welcome to the 108th
U.S. Open Championship,
466
00:22:55,089 --> 00:22:57,172
beautiful Torrey Pines.
467
00:22:57,255 --> 00:22:59,339
For competitive golfer
Tiger Woods,
468
00:22:59,422 --> 00:23:01,172
since his knee surgery,
469
00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:03,506
what do you expect to see
over the four days?
470
00:23:03,589 --> 00:23:06,005
- I think the big issue
is fatigue.
471
00:23:06,089 --> 00:23:09,047
In practice, he was only
playing nine holes per day.
472
00:23:09,130 --> 00:23:12,589
First time out to go 18,
so we'll see how it holds up.
473
00:23:15,881 --> 00:23:17,255
[crowd shouting and cheering]
474
00:23:17,339 --> 00:23:19,714
[ominous music]
475
00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:21,839
- That headed left.
476
00:23:21,923 --> 00:23:23,255
- Oh!
477
00:23:23,339 --> 00:23:25,047
- He grimaced on that one.
478
00:23:25,130 --> 00:23:26,881
Yeah, look at his knee.
479
00:23:26,964 --> 00:23:29,255
You can see him favoring
that knee.
480
00:23:29,339 --> 00:23:31,047
- I could see just the look
on his face,
481
00:23:31,130 --> 00:23:33,506
the agony that he
was going through.
482
00:23:33,589 --> 00:23:35,673
And we all looked
at each other and thought,
483
00:23:35,756 --> 00:23:38,381
"He's got no right playing
in the U.S. Open."
484
00:23:38,464 --> 00:23:41,339
- Now Woods
tied for 27th place.
485
00:23:42,964 --> 00:23:44,881
- Headed way, way right.
486
00:23:44,964 --> 00:23:47,089
- Wow.
487
00:23:47,172 --> 00:23:50,589
He's making friends with all
the gallery here, isn't he?
488
00:23:50,673 --> 00:23:52,130
- What's the feeling like
out here, Roger?
489
00:23:52,214 --> 00:23:53,756
- It's absolute shock, Johnny.
490
00:23:53,839 --> 00:23:55,089
I don't think
anybody can believe
491
00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:57,172
what they're watching here;
I really don't.
492
00:23:58,631 --> 00:24:01,923
- He hits his tee shot
onto the cart path.
493
00:24:02,005 --> 00:24:04,255
He's got cleats on, spikes,
494
00:24:04,339 --> 00:24:05,964
and as he went
to hit the ball,
495
00:24:06,047 --> 00:24:07,964
his foot slipped out.
496
00:24:08,047 --> 00:24:09,547
[soft cracking]
497
00:24:09,631 --> 00:24:12,255
And I heard the crack
in his knee.
498
00:24:12,339 --> 00:24:15,547
I just saw the look
in his eyes.
499
00:24:15,631 --> 00:24:18,464
It was like
he'd just been shot.
500
00:24:18,547 --> 00:24:22,130
♪ ♪
501
00:24:22,214 --> 00:24:24,381
I said to him,
"Hey, Tiger,
502
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:27,798
"you might be jeopardizing
your career here.
503
00:24:27,881 --> 00:24:31,005
Maybe this is a time to quit."
504
00:24:31,089 --> 00:24:33,172
And I'll never forget,
505
00:24:33,255 --> 00:24:36,130
he looks at me and he goes,
506
00:24:36,214 --> 00:24:38,631
"Stevie, fuck you.
I'm winning this tournament."
507
00:24:38,714 --> 00:24:39,964
[dramatic music]
508
00:24:40,047 --> 00:24:42,255
[crowd shouting]
509
00:24:42,339 --> 00:24:44,130
[cheers and applause]
510
00:24:44,214 --> 00:24:47,130
- How 'bout that birdie?
- Tiger!
511
00:24:47,214 --> 00:24:48,756
- Well, I wasn't gonna bag it.
512
00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:51,381
It's just not my nature.
I don't know how to do that.
513
00:24:52,839 --> 00:24:54,964
- I think that one
might have hurt.
514
00:24:55,047 --> 00:24:56,464
- There's never any excuses.
515
00:24:56,547 --> 00:24:58,464
If the pain hits,
the pain hits.
516
00:24:58,547 --> 00:25:01,047
So be it.
It's just pain.
517
00:25:02,714 --> 00:25:04,756
- Tiger's on this quest
518
00:25:04,839 --> 00:25:08,547
to be the undeniable,
absolute GOAT,
519
00:25:08,631 --> 00:25:10,923
greatest of all time,
520
00:25:11,005 --> 00:25:14,172
and within the context
of Tiger's astounding career,
521
00:25:14,255 --> 00:25:17,673
the 2008 U.S. Open stands out
522
00:25:17,756 --> 00:25:19,673
among all the others.
523
00:25:19,756 --> 00:25:21,839
[crowd shouting]
524
00:25:21,923 --> 00:25:24,798
♪ ♪
525
00:25:24,881 --> 00:25:27,506
- Oh, that's gonna catch
the bank.
526
00:25:27,589 --> 00:25:29,589
- The mental strength,
the physical strength,
527
00:25:29,673 --> 00:25:31,214
everything that he brought...
528
00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:33,130
- Very awkward stance,
529
00:25:33,214 --> 00:25:35,714
and this can't help the left
knee, I wouldn't think.
530
00:25:35,798 --> 00:25:39,005
- There was something
magical going on.
531
00:25:39,089 --> 00:25:41,506
- One time!
532
00:25:41,589 --> 00:25:42,547
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
533
00:25:42,631 --> 00:25:45,339
- You got to be kidding!
- Oh-oh-oh!
534
00:25:45,422 --> 00:25:47,172
- He knows it too.
535
00:25:47,255 --> 00:25:49,422
- It's the same thing
that would allow
536
00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:51,422
Lennon and McCartney
to write "Eleanor Rigby."
537
00:25:51,506 --> 00:25:52,714
You know, whatever it is,
538
00:25:52,798 --> 00:25:55,047
there's some kind of magic
in the air.
539
00:25:55,130 --> 00:25:57,214
[crowd shouting]
540
00:25:57,297 --> 00:26:00,130
What else could possibly
explain a guy
541
00:26:00,214 --> 00:26:02,422
whose body is falling apart,
542
00:26:02,506 --> 00:26:04,923
and he does contend?
543
00:26:05,005 --> 00:26:06,047
- Nice!
544
00:26:06,130 --> 00:26:10,339
- Absolutely electric
at Torrey Pines.
545
00:26:11,339 --> 00:26:13,547
And a stunner of a day
for Tiger Woods.
546
00:26:13,631 --> 00:26:16,464
Two better at the moment
than Rocco Mediate.
547
00:26:16,547 --> 00:26:18,214
- All right, Rocco,
describe what the last
548
00:26:18,297 --> 00:26:19,714
4 1/2 hours of your life
have been like.
549
00:26:19,798 --> 00:26:20,881
- Oh, my God,
it was unbelievable,
550
00:26:20,964 --> 00:26:21,964
and it was so much fun.
551
00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:23,214
I can't wait till tomorrow
to see what happens.
552
00:26:23,297 --> 00:26:25,047
- Can you beat him tomorrow?
- Who knows?
553
00:26:25,130 --> 00:26:26,214
Who knows what can happen?
554
00:26:26,297 --> 00:26:27,923
But the way I'm striking it,
you never know.
555
00:26:28,005 --> 00:26:29,214
I just got to make
a few more putts.
556
00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:30,756
- Congratulations
on a fabulous day.
557
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:32,839
- Thanks, thanks.
It was a blast.
558
00:26:35,506 --> 00:26:38,422
That night,
I'm thinking,
559
00:26:38,506 --> 00:26:40,631
"I can't beat him.
560
00:26:40,714 --> 00:26:43,089
I got to have backup."
561
00:26:43,172 --> 00:26:45,255
So I called the devil.
562
00:26:45,339 --> 00:26:48,297
I said, "Devil, listen,
563
00:26:48,381 --> 00:26:49,964
"Think I need some help
tomorrow.
564
00:26:50,047 --> 00:26:52,130
"You know,
I got to play this guy,
565
00:26:52,214 --> 00:26:54,756
and, you know,
he's just the best."
566
00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:56,297
He goes,
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
567
00:26:56,381 --> 00:26:57,547
you're playing Tiger
tomorrow."
568
00:26:57,631 --> 00:26:58,923
I went, "Yeah."
569
00:26:59,005 --> 00:27:01,756
He goes,
"He's already with me.
570
00:27:01,839 --> 00:27:03,214
Had him since he was a kid."
571
00:27:03,297 --> 00:27:05,589
I went, "Son of a bitch.
All right, thanks."
572
00:27:05,673 --> 00:27:07,339
Hung the phone up.
573
00:27:08,631 --> 00:27:11,756
- What kind of day is it
gonna be for Tiger Woods?
574
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:13,798
Should be another
interesting quest
575
00:27:13,881 --> 00:27:16,631
for a major championship.
576
00:27:16,714 --> 00:27:19,714
[crowd shouting and cheering]
577
00:27:21,464 --> 00:27:23,297
- Tiger was still hurt,
obviously,
578
00:27:23,381 --> 00:27:25,756
but it didn't affect
the way he played.
579
00:27:25,839 --> 00:27:27,297
- That one bothered him too.
580
00:27:27,381 --> 00:27:29,631
- Yeah, but it's
in the fairway.
581
00:27:29,714 --> 00:27:31,506
- He still played
like he plays,
582
00:27:31,589 --> 00:27:33,798
intense and really good.
583
00:27:33,881 --> 00:27:35,964
- Oh! Aah!
[crowd shouting]
584
00:27:36,047 --> 00:27:38,130
- That one was audible.
585
00:27:38,214 --> 00:27:40,756
- He didn't
hold back at all.
586
00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:42,255
I kept looking at him, going,
587
00:27:42,339 --> 00:27:44,297
"What in the hell
are you doing?"
588
00:27:44,381 --> 00:27:47,047
But I think he thought
he was immortal.
589
00:27:48,089 --> 00:27:49,172
[crowd shouting]
590
00:27:49,255 --> 00:27:50,798
[cheers and applause]
591
00:27:50,881 --> 00:27:53,214
- Another stroke of genius
by Tiger.
592
00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:57,130
- You watch the stuff he did,
and then you go,
593
00:27:57,214 --> 00:27:58,839
"Well, of course
he's immortal,
594
00:27:58,923 --> 00:28:00,130
broken leg or not."
595
00:28:00,214 --> 00:28:01,214
[chuckles]
596
00:28:01,297 --> 00:28:04,881
[indistinct shouting]
597
00:28:04,964 --> 00:28:06,297
When you stand around him,
598
00:28:06,381 --> 00:28:07,839
there's something going on
599
00:28:07,923 --> 00:28:11,005
that you're not
used to feeling,
600
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:12,839
that feeling of,
you can't hide
601
00:28:12,923 --> 00:28:15,673
and you're playing with
the best player in the world.
602
00:28:15,756 --> 00:28:18,714
[soft dramatic music]
603
00:28:18,798 --> 00:28:25,756
♪ ♪
604
00:28:36,464 --> 00:28:39,005
[wild cheers]
605
00:28:39,089 --> 00:28:41,506
- Expect anything different?
606
00:28:45,464 --> 00:28:47,214
- Unbelievable.
607
00:28:47,297 --> 00:28:49,255
I knew he'd make it.
608
00:28:49,339 --> 00:28:51,464
The stuff he pulled
that week,
609
00:28:51,547 --> 00:28:53,881
it was remarkable.
610
00:28:53,964 --> 00:28:57,089
But nothing surprised me,
not one thing.
611
00:28:57,172 --> 00:28:58,255
At all.
612
00:28:58,339 --> 00:29:01,881
- And in one of the most
remarkable performances,
613
00:29:01,964 --> 00:29:04,422
Tiger Woods perseveres
614
00:29:04,506 --> 00:29:07,923
and wins a third
U.S. Open Championship.
615
00:29:11,798 --> 00:29:13,839
- If you wish for something
616
00:29:13,923 --> 00:29:17,547
so, so fervently
and it happens,
617
00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:20,089
that sounds like
a happy ending,
618
00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:22,923
but it's not always.
619
00:29:23,005 --> 00:29:25,172
At his core,
620
00:29:25,255 --> 00:29:27,673
Tiger has this view
of the world
621
00:29:27,756 --> 00:29:31,422
that only sort of
a young boy has,
622
00:29:31,506 --> 00:29:34,255
of conquering.
623
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:37,381
He conquered the world.
624
00:29:37,464 --> 00:29:39,130
The problem
with conquering the world
625
00:29:39,214 --> 00:29:43,255
is that the world
is gonna want its revenge.
626
00:29:43,339 --> 00:29:46,297
[driving rock music]
627
00:29:46,381 --> 00:29:51,047
♪ ♪
628
00:29:51,130 --> 00:29:53,422
- For the last ten years,
629
00:29:53,506 --> 00:29:56,589
I have stayed quiet
about this story,
630
00:29:56,673 --> 00:30:01,047
but at this point,
I have nothing left to lose.
631
00:30:02,381 --> 00:30:05,381
My name hasn't lost
the stigma at all.
632
00:30:05,464 --> 00:30:08,923
It's always been
Rachel Uchitel, comma,
633
00:30:09,005 --> 00:30:10,339
Tiger Woods' mistress.
634
00:30:10,422 --> 00:30:16,589
♪ ♪
635
00:30:16,673 --> 00:30:19,547
I was running one of the clubs
in New York City.
636
00:30:21,089 --> 00:30:24,798
I probably hosted
every famous athlete
637
00:30:24,881 --> 00:30:26,756
or celebrity
you can think of.
638
00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:28,089
- What's good, Drake?
639
00:30:28,172 --> 00:30:32,255
- They come for the best night
of their lives,
640
00:30:32,339 --> 00:30:34,798
and I'm the person
that is going
641
00:30:34,881 --> 00:30:36,839
to facilitate that for them.
642
00:30:37,881 --> 00:30:39,673
This is how I met Tiger Woods.
643
00:30:42,798 --> 00:30:45,506
One night, I was working
at the club,
644
00:30:45,589 --> 00:30:48,631
and I saw Tiger
sipping his drink,
645
00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:50,964
sitting by himself,
talking to nobody.
646
00:30:52,422 --> 00:30:54,506
I was surprised it was him,
to be honest with you.
647
00:30:54,589 --> 00:30:58,589
I was just surprised
that that was Tiger Woods.
648
00:30:59,798 --> 00:31:03,047
I went over to him
to make sure that he was okay,
649
00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:05,506
see if he needed anything.
650
00:31:05,589 --> 00:31:07,798
He grabbed me and asked me
a few more questions,
651
00:31:07,881 --> 00:31:09,714
and then as they went to leave,
652
00:31:09,798 --> 00:31:12,673
he took my phone number.
653
00:31:12,756 --> 00:31:15,631
And the car probably
hadn't even got
654
00:31:15,714 --> 00:31:20,214
to the light at the corner;
he started texting me.
655
00:31:20,297 --> 00:31:25,130
He said something like,
"When can I see you again?"
656
00:31:26,631 --> 00:31:30,297
It was intimidating.
I mean, this was Tiger Woods.
657
00:31:31,798 --> 00:31:33,047
I knew he was married.
658
00:31:33,130 --> 00:31:36,005
I knew that he had
responsibilities.
659
00:31:36,089 --> 00:31:40,172
But he said, "I want you
to fly to Orlando,
660
00:31:40,255 --> 00:31:42,255
and then I will come
see you there."
661
00:31:44,631 --> 00:31:47,422
That was the first night
I had sex with him.
662
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:48,714
[sighs]
663
00:31:48,798 --> 00:31:53,047
And I remember thinking
with him,
664
00:31:53,130 --> 00:31:57,005
"How am I ever gonna be
665
00:31:57,089 --> 00:31:59,047
with a mere mortal ever again?"
666
00:31:59,130 --> 00:32:00,506
[chuckles]
667
00:32:00,589 --> 00:32:02,005
Because, you know,
668
00:32:02,089 --> 00:32:04,589
so many people put him
on such a pedestal,
669
00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:07,464
and here he was in my bed,
670
00:32:07,547 --> 00:32:10,130
and he was...
671
00:32:10,214 --> 00:32:12,506
my Tiger.
672
00:32:14,339 --> 00:32:17,714
[gentle music]
673
00:32:17,798 --> 00:32:20,339
We really enjoyed
being with each other.
674
00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:24,923
He would refer to it
as "plugging in."
675
00:32:25,005 --> 00:32:28,089
He would tell me
that when he saw me,
676
00:32:28,172 --> 00:32:30,964
he felt like he could plug in
and get recharged.
677
00:32:31,047 --> 00:32:32,756
♪ ♪
678
00:32:32,839 --> 00:32:35,255
Tiger had issues sleeping,
679
00:32:35,339 --> 00:32:37,673
and he would have
to take Ambien.
680
00:32:39,255 --> 00:32:41,631
I would sometimes just
sit next to him for hours
681
00:32:41,714 --> 00:32:44,547
while he would
fall asleep next to me.
682
00:32:46,381 --> 00:32:48,422
And when he got up,
683
00:32:48,506 --> 00:32:51,422
I think that he allowed
himself to be a little kid.
684
00:32:52,589 --> 00:32:55,798
I mean,
it sounds kind of odd.
685
00:32:55,881 --> 00:33:00,756
He would eat cereal,
686
00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:02,881
and he would
watch his cartoons.
687
00:33:04,881 --> 00:33:06,631
And he was like a fountain.
688
00:33:06,714 --> 00:33:08,673
He just wanted to talk
and talk and talk.
689
00:33:08,756 --> 00:33:11,589
♪ ♪
690
00:33:11,673 --> 00:33:15,964
He told me a lot
about his childhood, his dad,
691
00:33:16,047 --> 00:33:19,881
and that he was sick
of trying to hide who he was.
692
00:33:21,547 --> 00:33:25,964
But he was so scared
of the real Tiger
693
00:33:26,047 --> 00:33:28,172
not living up to the Tiger
694
00:33:28,255 --> 00:33:31,381
that everybody else
thinks he is.
695
00:33:33,964 --> 00:33:36,130
One day, I did ask him
696
00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:39,422
why he didn't check in
at home with Elin.
697
00:33:40,589 --> 00:33:43,172
He said, "She doesn't
ask questions like you.
698
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:44,506
She's not like you."
699
00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:48,214
And it occurred to me
that he wanted to have someone
700
00:33:48,297 --> 00:33:50,964
to check in with.
701
00:33:51,047 --> 00:33:53,381
I asked him
a million questions,
702
00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:55,798
and he wanted to give
every single detail
703
00:33:55,881 --> 00:34:00,214
that he hadn't
been able to say
704
00:34:00,297 --> 00:34:01,714
in years or ever.
705
00:34:01,798 --> 00:34:04,839
♪ ♪
706
00:34:04,923 --> 00:34:07,798
One day when he was dropping
me off at the airport,
707
00:34:07,881 --> 00:34:10,214
I said, "I'm gonna miss you.
708
00:34:10,297 --> 00:34:11,756
"It's really hard for me
709
00:34:11,839 --> 00:34:15,047
to just get back on a plane
and go home."
710
00:34:15,130 --> 00:34:18,589
And he told me,
711
00:34:18,673 --> 00:34:21,214
"You need to learn
712
00:34:21,297 --> 00:34:24,589
"how to compartmentalize
your feelings.
713
00:34:24,673 --> 00:34:27,005
"Push them off to the side
714
00:34:27,089 --> 00:34:30,214
and think
about something else."
715
00:34:30,297 --> 00:34:33,255
[dramatic music]
716
00:34:33,339 --> 00:34:37,255
♪ ♪
717
00:34:37,339 --> 00:34:40,339
[cheers and applause]
718
00:34:43,339 --> 00:34:46,047
- You know, I mean,
anytime you're off that long,
719
00:34:46,130 --> 00:34:48,047
there's always some wonder
if you can continue
720
00:34:48,130 --> 00:34:50,547
this incredible magic,
the incredible pace
721
00:34:50,631 --> 00:34:53,297
when he won that U.S. Open
last year.
722
00:34:53,381 --> 00:34:55,255
Well, this will be
another great example
723
00:34:55,339 --> 00:34:58,089
of why Tiger is Tiger.
724
00:34:58,172 --> 00:35:00,422
- When he comes back
in 2009
725
00:35:00,506 --> 00:35:02,464
after his knee surgery,
726
00:35:02,547 --> 00:35:04,589
he was a winning machine.
727
00:35:04,673 --> 00:35:08,714
[crowd shouting]
728
00:35:08,798 --> 00:35:10,130
- Again!
729
00:35:10,214 --> 00:35:12,172
A big hole.
730
00:35:13,714 --> 00:35:15,547
- It feels good to be back
in contention again,
731
00:35:15,631 --> 00:35:18,089
to feel the rush,
and it's been a while,
732
00:35:18,172 --> 00:35:20,881
but it kind of felt good.
733
00:35:20,964 --> 00:35:22,839
- If you made
a map of the world
734
00:35:22,923 --> 00:35:24,089
and especially
the United States
735
00:35:24,172 --> 00:35:27,089
and just put pins for where
Tiger was winning,
736
00:35:27,172 --> 00:35:28,422
this guy's everywhere.
737
00:35:28,506 --> 00:35:30,964
- Tiger on his way
to winning
738
00:35:31,047 --> 00:35:33,464
for the fourth time
this year.
739
00:35:33,547 --> 00:35:35,005
- Really a good,
positive stroke.
740
00:35:35,089 --> 00:35:37,172
Get in there.
Yes!
741
00:35:37,255 --> 00:35:38,964
- Pretty close to paranormal,
isn't it?
742
00:35:39,047 --> 00:35:40,756
Is that a good word for him?
743
00:35:41,381 --> 00:35:44,506
- That is in the ionosphere
and just left of the hole.
744
00:35:44,589 --> 00:35:46,506
- Oh, look at this shot.
- Oh, what a shot.
745
00:35:46,589 --> 00:35:48,172
- [laughs]
746
00:35:48,255 --> 00:35:51,172
- That's certainly
a strong way to finish.
747
00:35:51,255 --> 00:35:54,255
- 70 wins, and he's 33?
748
00:35:54,339 --> 00:35:56,005
That's frightening.
749
00:35:58,339 --> 00:36:00,297
- It's an unbelievable year
750
00:36:00,381 --> 00:36:02,506
not only
'cause he wins so much
751
00:36:02,589 --> 00:36:05,297
but because he's doing it
in the middle
752
00:36:05,381 --> 00:36:08,964
of this extreme balancing act
in his private life.
753
00:36:09,047 --> 00:36:10,798
- Congratulations
going out this morning
754
00:36:10,881 --> 00:36:12,673
to Tiger Woods
and his wife, Elin.
755
00:36:12,756 --> 00:36:15,339
Woods' website confirming
the birth of their son,
756
00:36:15,422 --> 00:36:17,714
Charlie Axel Woods.
757
00:36:17,798 --> 00:36:20,839
- Can you see yourself
giving the kind of time
758
00:36:20,923 --> 00:36:23,214
to your kids that your parents
gave to you?
759
00:36:23,297 --> 00:36:24,673
- As best I can.
760
00:36:24,756 --> 00:36:27,506
I want my kids
to know their father.
761
00:36:27,589 --> 00:36:31,047
- How do you think that would
affect your...day job?
762
00:36:31,130 --> 00:36:32,547
- Family always comes first.
763
00:36:32,631 --> 00:36:34,172
Always has been in my life
and always will.
764
00:36:34,255 --> 00:36:35,798
Elin and I, you know,
765
00:36:35,881 --> 00:36:38,839
we have to work on that
as a team.
766
00:36:38,923 --> 00:36:41,422
- If you talk about
Tiger Woods' greatest gifts,
767
00:36:41,506 --> 00:36:43,756
certainly one of them
is the ability
768
00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:45,589
to compartmentalize.
769
00:36:47,297 --> 00:36:49,756
[crowd shouting]
770
00:36:49,839 --> 00:36:51,214
- Well, look out.
771
00:36:51,297 --> 00:36:52,339
- Oh!
772
00:36:52,422 --> 00:36:53,964
- Well, that's why
he's world's number one.
773
00:36:56,089 --> 00:37:01,255
- I mean, to move from
dominating a golf tournament
774
00:37:01,339 --> 00:37:05,339
to being married
and having children
775
00:37:05,422 --> 00:37:09,714
and then moving from woman
to woman to woman to woman--
776
00:37:09,798 --> 00:37:12,673
in many ways,
Tiger was living
777
00:37:12,756 --> 00:37:16,714
four, five, six, seven
different lives at a time.
778
00:37:16,798 --> 00:37:19,214
- Come on, Tiger Woods.
779
00:37:19,297 --> 00:37:21,381
- It becomes like a drug,
780
00:37:21,464 --> 00:37:23,923
and you're looking
for that next hit.
781
00:37:24,005 --> 00:37:27,589
Tiger kept having
another hit and another hit.
782
00:37:28,798 --> 00:37:31,005
In the beginning,
he was bright-eyed,
783
00:37:31,089 --> 00:37:32,839
"Ooh," and big smile.
784
00:37:34,506 --> 00:37:37,589
But I saw a change in him
through time.
785
00:37:37,673 --> 00:37:40,005
And towards the end,
786
00:37:40,089 --> 00:37:42,047
there was a sadness about him.
787
00:37:42,130 --> 00:37:45,798
Maybe that adrenaline rush
had left him
788
00:37:45,881 --> 00:37:48,130
and he needed to go
to that next level.
789
00:37:49,464 --> 00:37:52,464
I do know that he called
a madam.
790
00:37:54,047 --> 00:37:55,297
- Every couple of months,
791
00:37:55,381 --> 00:37:57,089
he requested to have
multiple girls.
792
00:37:57,172 --> 00:38:00,089
Could be up to, you know,
ten girls at a time.
793
00:38:00,172 --> 00:38:01,923
He had a particular type
that he liked:
794
00:38:02,005 --> 00:38:04,506
young, college cutie,
girl-next-door type,
795
00:38:04,589 --> 00:38:06,589
preferably blonde.
796
00:38:06,673 --> 00:38:08,923
- Vegas is providing
every opportunity he wants
797
00:38:09,005 --> 00:38:12,089
to sample everything
and anything he wants,
798
00:38:12,172 --> 00:38:15,756
including the highest
of high-end escorts.
799
00:38:15,839 --> 00:38:19,089
We're talking
five- and six-figure weekends
800
00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:20,881
with these girls.
801
00:38:20,964 --> 00:38:23,130
- He was into role-playing.
802
00:38:23,214 --> 00:38:25,798
We would go and get
tons of girls,
803
00:38:25,881 --> 00:38:29,130
and he would dress up
into a suit.
804
00:38:29,214 --> 00:38:31,547
We were like little puppets.
805
00:38:32,714 --> 00:38:34,422
- I think there's
a real danger
806
00:38:34,506 --> 00:38:37,673
in trying to equate
Tiger's behavior
807
00:38:37,756 --> 00:38:41,172
with seeking a thrill.
808
00:38:41,255 --> 00:38:44,589
This is one troubled man.
809
00:38:44,673 --> 00:38:47,130
And much like alcohol,
much like drugs,
810
00:38:47,214 --> 00:38:49,714
much like gambling,
811
00:38:49,798 --> 00:38:53,172
sex is a form of pain relief,
812
00:38:53,255 --> 00:38:56,297
more than he got
from winning a major
813
00:38:56,381 --> 00:39:00,422
or from going in a kill house
with the SEALs.
814
00:39:00,506 --> 00:39:05,214
Sex stops the pain
for a period of time.
815
00:39:05,297 --> 00:39:08,422
[intense swirling voices]
816
00:39:19,255 --> 00:39:21,714
- Tiger Woods,
817
00:39:21,798 --> 00:39:25,130
like so many powerful,
wealthy celebrities,
818
00:39:25,214 --> 00:39:27,798
felt that he could get away
with anything.
819
00:39:29,255 --> 00:39:31,756
And unfortunately,
that wasn't the case.
820
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:32,881
- Tiger.
[indistinct chatter]
821
00:39:32,964 --> 00:39:36,047
- Come on, Tiger Woods.
- You're good, brother.
822
00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:39,339
- The "National Enquirer"
had been tracking Tiger Woods
823
00:39:39,422 --> 00:39:41,756
ever since
the Mindy Lawton story.
824
00:39:44,130 --> 00:39:48,381
They knew about his trips
to Vegas,
825
00:39:48,464 --> 00:39:52,047
his nightclubs near his home,
826
00:39:52,130 --> 00:39:53,923
and when
the "National Enquirer"
827
00:39:54,005 --> 00:39:57,422
found out about Rachel Uchitel,
828
00:39:57,506 --> 00:39:59,297
they were watching,
829
00:39:59,381 --> 00:40:01,589
waiting for that one moment
830
00:40:01,673 --> 00:40:04,172
to catch them in the act.
831
00:40:05,464 --> 00:40:08,381
[dramatic music]
832
00:40:08,464 --> 00:40:10,881
♪ ♪
833
00:40:10,964 --> 00:40:12,714
- Open it up.
- Come on, guys, relax.
834
00:40:12,798 --> 00:40:14,547
- Open it up.
- Tiger!
835
00:40:14,631 --> 00:40:17,547
- And welcome Tiger Woods
to the Australian Masters.
836
00:40:17,631 --> 00:40:20,255
We're delighted that he's
such a fan of Melbourne,
837
00:40:20,339 --> 00:40:22,673
and, Tiger, we wish you
the best for this week.
838
00:40:22,756 --> 00:40:24,547
- Thank you.
839
00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:27,214
- I got a call from Tiger
in November,
840
00:40:27,297 --> 00:40:30,297
saying that he could not
play the Australian Masters
841
00:40:30,381 --> 00:40:32,756
unless I came there.
842
00:40:32,839 --> 00:40:34,464
He says, "I can't sleep.
843
00:40:34,547 --> 00:40:37,089
"I can't win
if you're not here.
844
00:40:37,172 --> 00:40:38,339
So will you come?"
845
00:40:39,714 --> 00:40:42,381
This man that everybody
wanted a piece of
846
00:40:42,464 --> 00:40:44,923
only wanted me.
847
00:40:45,005 --> 00:40:47,130
That's the biggest
"I love you" you could hear.
848
00:40:47,214 --> 00:40:53,506
♪ ♪
849
00:40:54,881 --> 00:40:57,589
Tiger's team had booked me
a separate room
850
00:40:57,673 --> 00:40:59,589
on a different floor,
851
00:40:59,673 --> 00:41:04,255
but I wanted to go
straight to Tiger's suite.
852
00:41:04,339 --> 00:41:06,589
I never knew that anybody
had any inkling
853
00:41:06,673 --> 00:41:09,089
about my comings or goings.
854
00:41:09,172 --> 00:41:12,589
I never thought to look
over my shoulder.
855
00:41:12,673 --> 00:41:15,339
We were really brazen
with what we thought
856
00:41:15,422 --> 00:41:16,839
that we could get away with.
857
00:41:16,923 --> 00:41:21,172
♪ ♪
858
00:41:21,255 --> 00:41:22,798
- The "National Enquirer"
859
00:41:22,881 --> 00:41:25,255
had sent a reporter
860
00:41:25,339 --> 00:41:27,964
to the Crown Casino
in Melbourne,
861
00:41:28,047 --> 00:41:31,422
and the reporter
got into an elevator
862
00:41:31,506 --> 00:41:33,964
with Rachel Uchitel,
863
00:41:34,047 --> 00:41:36,464
followed her
to the top floor,
864
00:41:36,547 --> 00:41:39,964
watched as she walked
to Tiger's suite,
865
00:41:40,047 --> 00:41:42,964
and that's when
the "National Enquirer"
866
00:41:43,047 --> 00:41:46,839
called and said, "You were
going to see Tiger Woods."
867
00:41:51,047 --> 00:41:54,214
- We did everything
to try and stop that story.
868
00:41:54,297 --> 00:41:55,673
We made every threat,
869
00:41:55,756 --> 00:41:59,297
we made every denial,
870
00:41:59,381 --> 00:42:02,506
and at the end of the day,
the story was gonna run.
871
00:42:02,589 --> 00:42:05,547
[uneasy music]
872
00:42:05,631 --> 00:42:06,839
♪ ♪
873
00:42:06,923 --> 00:42:09,547
- When Tiger got back
to Florida,
874
00:42:09,631 --> 00:42:12,547
he sits down with Elin,
his wife, and he says,
875
00:42:12,631 --> 00:42:16,339
"Look, there's a story coming
from the 'National Enquirer.'
876
00:42:16,422 --> 00:42:20,005
It's all garbage,
and I can prove it."
877
00:42:20,089 --> 00:42:23,464
So he gives her his phone,
and it's Rachel Uchitel.
878
00:42:24,255 --> 00:42:27,673
- We had an extensive
30-minute conversation,
879
00:42:27,756 --> 00:42:30,756
Elin and I, convincing her
that I was not having
880
00:42:30,839 --> 00:42:32,756
a sexual relationship
with Tiger.
881
00:42:33,964 --> 00:42:36,214
We talked about
how I knew Tiger,
882
00:42:36,297 --> 00:42:38,214
how I knew his friends,
883
00:42:38,297 --> 00:42:41,214
how and why
I was in Australia.
884
00:42:41,297 --> 00:42:44,798
- Elin was already inclined
to believe
885
00:42:44,881 --> 00:42:47,881
that the tabloid media,
you know, was hurtful,
886
00:42:47,964 --> 00:42:50,172
not to believe them,
that they were bad.
887
00:42:50,255 --> 00:42:53,339
So she sort of was inclined
to go along with all of that.
888
00:42:54,673 --> 00:42:59,255
- The story came out,
and nobody looked at it.
889
00:42:59,339 --> 00:43:03,214
Between this stupid story
and the phone call with Elin,
890
00:43:03,297 --> 00:43:05,422
I remember thinking,
"Oh, my God,
891
00:43:05,506 --> 00:43:07,881
we're gonna slide
right over this."
892
00:43:07,964 --> 00:43:11,089
♪ ♪
893
00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:14,714
Two days later,
it was Thanksgiving.
894
00:43:14,798 --> 00:43:17,589
Tiger and I texted
throughout the day,
895
00:43:17,673 --> 00:43:20,381
saying that we have a lot
to be grateful for.
896
00:43:20,464 --> 00:43:22,547
We'd gotten away unscathed
897
00:43:22,631 --> 00:43:26,089
in what could have been
a complete nightmare.
898
00:43:26,172 --> 00:43:31,005
And then I get this text
message from Tiger saying,
899
00:43:31,089 --> 00:43:35,631
"You were the only one
I ever loved."
900
00:43:37,506 --> 00:43:38,923
I remember just feeling
901
00:43:39,005 --> 00:43:41,839
that things had never
been better between us.
902
00:43:43,255 --> 00:43:45,714
And then he told me
he was taking an Ambien
903
00:43:45,798 --> 00:43:47,339
and going to sleep.
904
00:43:48,839 --> 00:43:51,589
When I got
another text from him,
905
00:43:51,673 --> 00:43:54,172
I was kind of surprised.
906
00:43:54,255 --> 00:43:55,673
What came through
was something like,
907
00:43:55,756 --> 00:43:58,130
"When am I gonna
see you again?"
908
00:43:58,214 --> 00:44:00,673
And then the phone rang.
909
00:44:00,756 --> 00:44:04,339
I answered,
saying something like,
910
00:44:04,422 --> 00:44:06,756
"Hey, babe, I thought
you went to sleep."
911
00:44:06,839 --> 00:44:11,005
And instead of Tiger's voice,
it was Elin.
912
00:44:11,089 --> 00:44:15,589
And she said,
"I knew it was you."
913
00:44:15,673 --> 00:44:17,798
[tense music]
914
00:44:17,881 --> 00:44:19,130
[line beeping]
915
00:44:19,214 --> 00:44:20,214
[touch-tones beeping]
916
00:44:45,422 --> 00:44:46,547
- All right, okay.
917
00:44:53,756 --> 00:44:56,756
[birds chirping]
918
00:45:03,756 --> 00:45:06,756
[helicopter rotors thrumming]
919
00:45:07,964 --> 00:45:10,172
- We interrupt
regular programming right now
920
00:45:10,255 --> 00:45:12,839
for breaking news that will
rock the world of sports.
921
00:45:12,923 --> 00:45:14,839
Tiger Woods,
the world's greatest golfer,
922
00:45:14,923 --> 00:45:16,381
has been injured in a crash.
923
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:20,255
- His SUV ran afoul
of a fire hydrant and a tree
924
00:45:20,339 --> 00:45:22,381
in the wee, small hours
of the morning
925
00:45:22,464 --> 00:45:24,047
right outside his house.
926
00:45:24,130 --> 00:45:25,714
- A local police chief
now says Woods' wife
927
00:45:25,798 --> 00:45:28,381
had to smash a window
of the car to get him out
928
00:45:28,464 --> 00:45:30,547
and that Woods was
in and out of consciousness,
929
00:45:30,631 --> 00:45:34,214
lying in the street
when police arrived.
930
00:45:34,297 --> 00:45:37,255
- I just remember
I was sitting at work,
931
00:45:37,339 --> 00:45:39,756
and this big story breaks.
932
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:42,047
Tiger Woods
was in a car accident.
933
00:45:42,130 --> 00:45:43,756
- This is basically
how it all went down here.
934
00:45:43,839 --> 00:45:45,881
This is Tiger's house
right here.
935
00:45:45,964 --> 00:45:48,214
- I was very confused.
936
00:45:48,297 --> 00:45:51,255
Why would he have
a car crash in Isleworth,
937
00:45:51,339 --> 00:45:53,214
a neighborhood where I think
the speed limit
938
00:45:53,297 --> 00:45:56,047
doesn't go past
25 miles an hour?
939
00:45:56,130 --> 00:45:58,547
And then that sort of set in
as panic
940
00:45:58,631 --> 00:46:02,214
because I called
his cell phone
941
00:46:02,297 --> 00:46:04,631
and it did not have
a voice mail.
942
00:46:04,714 --> 00:46:06,589
It had been shut off,
943
00:46:06,673 --> 00:46:09,798
and that's when I realized
something was really wrong.
944
00:46:09,881 --> 00:46:11,422
- Tiger Woods,
who was hospitalized
945
00:46:11,506 --> 00:46:14,047
after smashing his SUV
into a tree,
946
00:46:14,130 --> 00:46:15,798
declined to meet
with investigators
947
00:46:15,881 --> 00:46:17,422
for a second time today.
948
00:46:17,506 --> 00:46:20,047
- Woods admitted to taking
Vicodin and Ambien
949
00:46:20,130 --> 00:46:22,464
for injuries and to sleep
but refused to say
950
00:46:22,547 --> 00:46:25,089
whether they were involved
in his crash.
951
00:46:25,172 --> 00:46:27,089
- Further silence
from Tiger Woods.
952
00:46:27,172 --> 00:46:29,464
People are asking,
"Is he hiding something?"
953
00:46:29,547 --> 00:46:31,130
- In the days
before the car accident,
954
00:46:31,214 --> 00:46:34,089
these two tabloids came out
with cover-page stories
955
00:46:34,172 --> 00:46:36,089
alleging Tiger Woods
has been having
956
00:46:36,172 --> 00:46:37,756
an extramarital affair
957
00:46:37,839 --> 00:46:41,964
with a New York party hostess
named Rachel Uchitel.
958
00:46:42,047 --> 00:46:46,089
- I didn't want to believe
that Tiger had done that.
959
00:46:46,172 --> 00:46:48,964
I didn't want to believe
that he had succumbed
960
00:46:49,047 --> 00:46:51,798
to his primal nature.
961
00:46:51,881 --> 00:46:54,297
So we just had to wait
962
00:46:54,381 --> 00:46:56,297
for all the details
to come out.
963
00:46:56,381 --> 00:46:58,673
- Websites
are quoting friends
964
00:46:58,756 --> 00:47:00,673
as saying that
what really happened
965
00:47:00,756 --> 00:47:02,339
is, they got in a little
da-da-da-da-da
966
00:47:02,422 --> 00:47:04,798
in the house over this report
that he was having an affair,
967
00:47:04,881 --> 00:47:06,798
and then all of a sudden,
out comes the wife
968
00:47:06,881 --> 00:47:08,673
with a golf club.
969
00:47:08,756 --> 00:47:11,464
- Even though the reporting
was sketchy,
970
00:47:11,547 --> 00:47:14,339
you had a lot of people
who just couldn't get enough.
971
00:47:17,047 --> 00:47:21,005
- One of the things spoken
in Black households often
972
00:47:21,089 --> 00:47:23,547
was, when something
would happen,
973
00:47:23,631 --> 00:47:25,839
somebody older than you
would say,
974
00:47:25,923 --> 00:47:28,464
"Hope he's not Black.
975
00:47:28,547 --> 00:47:30,214
Hope he's not Black."
976
00:47:32,297 --> 00:47:35,339
Because you knew it would
give fuel and fodder
977
00:47:35,422 --> 00:47:38,255
to those people who wanted
to see you as something
978
00:47:38,339 --> 00:47:40,547
much less than them.
979
00:47:40,631 --> 00:47:42,839
It was gonna be used
against you.
980
00:47:42,923 --> 00:47:45,631
All those people
who really didn't like him
981
00:47:45,714 --> 00:47:48,339
and were trying to find reasons
to bring him down
982
00:47:48,422 --> 00:47:52,631
and reasons to say
he wasn't this and wasn't that,
983
00:47:52,714 --> 00:47:54,673
now they're gonna
have their moment.
984
00:47:54,756 --> 00:47:56,297
[electricity crackling,
whooshing]
985
00:47:56,381 --> 00:47:58,381
- Is there another woman
in the Tiger den?
986
00:47:58,464 --> 00:48:00,130
- A new day brings a new name
987
00:48:00,214 --> 00:48:03,381
and a whole new slew
of problems for Tiger.
988
00:48:03,464 --> 00:48:05,881
- Once one woman
was discovered,
989
00:48:05,964 --> 00:48:07,464
many more followed.
990
00:48:07,547 --> 00:48:10,422
[dramatic orchestral music]
991
00:48:10,506 --> 00:48:16,923
♪ ♪
992
00:48:17,005 --> 00:48:19,381
- There were more
"New York Post" covers
993
00:48:19,464 --> 00:48:22,756
dedicated to the Tiger scandal
than 9/11.
994
00:48:22,839 --> 00:48:24,547
♪ ♪
995
00:48:24,631 --> 00:48:26,255
It was a feeding frenzy.
996
00:48:26,339 --> 00:48:29,047
- A waitress calling him
a tiger in bed.
997
00:48:29,130 --> 00:48:30,547
A Hooters girl.
998
00:48:30,631 --> 00:48:32,047
A porn star.
999
00:48:32,130 --> 00:48:33,547
Will it ever end?
1000
00:48:33,631 --> 00:48:34,714
- It's time to find out
how many women
1001
00:48:34,798 --> 00:48:36,756
have now been linked
to Tiger Woods.
1002
00:48:36,839 --> 00:48:39,172
Let's go the Tiger Woods
tote board.
1003
00:48:39,255 --> 00:48:40,506
- The total number of women
1004
00:48:40,589 --> 00:48:43,214
rumored to have hooked up
with Tiger Woods
1005
00:48:43,297 --> 00:48:45,172
is up to 11.
1006
00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,089
- 11!
[cheers and applause]
1007
00:48:47,172 --> 00:48:48,756
- My first thought was,
1008
00:48:48,839 --> 00:48:51,756
look at how the country
1009
00:48:51,839 --> 00:48:55,255
is taking delight
in his failure.
1010
00:48:55,339 --> 00:48:57,130
- Like, America couldn't
have loved Tiger Woods
1011
00:48:57,214 --> 00:48:59,047
more than they did
five years ago.
1012
00:49:00,589 --> 00:49:02,130
Found out the man liked pussy,
1013
00:49:02,214 --> 00:49:04,255
everybody lost
their goddamn mind.
1014
00:49:04,339 --> 00:49:06,130
[laughter and applause]
1015
00:49:06,214 --> 00:49:08,255
Tiger had sex with 15 women,
and they were all white,
1016
00:49:08,339 --> 00:49:09,923
so Tiger don't need
marriage counseling.
1017
00:49:10,005 --> 00:49:12,464
He need
diversity training, huh?
1018
00:49:12,547 --> 00:49:14,798
- It was great American
entertainment.
1019
00:49:14,881 --> 00:49:17,255
Doesn't get any better
than that.
1020
00:49:17,339 --> 00:49:19,422
[chuckles]
1021
00:49:19,506 --> 00:49:22,506
[sirens wailing]
1022
00:49:25,506 --> 00:49:27,089
- Jamie Jungers is the first
1023
00:49:27,172 --> 00:49:28,798
of Tiger Woods'
alleged mistresses
1024
00:49:28,881 --> 00:49:30,589
to speak out
in a live interview.
1025
00:49:30,673 --> 00:49:32,297
You came here today,
you said,
1026
00:49:32,381 --> 00:49:34,172
because you wanted to clear up
some of the information
1027
00:49:34,255 --> 00:49:36,464
that's been out there
about you, like this headline,
1028
00:49:36,547 --> 00:49:37,756
"Tiger paid me."
1029
00:49:37,839 --> 00:49:39,297
Never paid you for anything,
you said.
1030
00:49:39,381 --> 00:49:41,089
- Nothing, I didn't even
get a birthday card.
1031
00:49:41,172 --> 00:49:42,964
I got nothing
out of this relationship
1032
00:49:43,047 --> 00:49:45,005
but a broken heart.
1033
00:49:45,089 --> 00:49:47,089
- You loved him?
- I did.
1034
00:49:48,673 --> 00:49:51,964
- When this hit the tabloids
and everything came out,
1035
00:49:52,047 --> 00:49:55,798
it seemed like everybody
was focused on the sex part.
1036
00:49:55,881 --> 00:49:58,339
But that's not
what busted him.
1037
00:49:58,422 --> 00:50:02,839
Ultimately, what took
Tiger down was emotions.
1038
00:50:02,923 --> 00:50:05,297
These weren't girls that he
was just hooking up with once
1039
00:50:05,381 --> 00:50:06,923
and then tossing away.
1040
00:50:07,005 --> 00:50:09,673
He had relationships
with these girls.
1041
00:50:09,756 --> 00:50:12,172
- You know, we would cuddle,
hug, whatever it may be,
1042
00:50:12,255 --> 00:50:15,297
and he always, you know, had
his hand intertwined with mine,
1043
00:50:15,381 --> 00:50:18,673
saying, you know,
"We will always be together."
1044
00:50:18,756 --> 00:50:21,339
- So many girls came out
1045
00:50:21,422 --> 00:50:25,047
because Tiger obviously
hit the heart
1046
00:50:25,130 --> 00:50:27,005
and played
with girls' emotions.
1047
00:50:27,089 --> 00:50:29,673
- Are you still
in love with him?
1048
00:50:29,756 --> 00:50:32,214
- Yes.
[camera shutters clicking]
1049
00:50:32,297 --> 00:50:34,172
I always will be.
1050
00:50:34,255 --> 00:50:35,589
- He must have done something
1051
00:50:35,673 --> 00:50:37,506
to make them feel
very special,
1052
00:50:37,589 --> 00:50:40,214
and they were jealous;
they were hurt.
1053
00:50:40,297 --> 00:50:42,839
They wanted to be "the one,"
1054
00:50:42,923 --> 00:50:45,631
and they found out
there was more than one.
1055
00:50:45,714 --> 00:50:47,714
♪ ♪
1056
00:50:47,798 --> 00:50:50,798
- Hey, Rachel.
Ooh.
1057
00:50:50,881 --> 00:50:52,005
- Damn.
1058
00:50:52,089 --> 00:50:54,339
- So this is why Tiger
want to leave the wife?
1059
00:50:54,422 --> 00:50:55,422
- Did you love Tiger?
1060
00:50:55,506 --> 00:50:56,589
- Think about
all the other girls.
1061
00:50:56,673 --> 00:50:57,798
- Excuse me, guys.
1062
00:50:57,881 --> 00:50:59,130
No, I can't make
any comment, you guys.
1063
00:50:59,214 --> 00:51:02,464
- Are you a fan of the song
"Ooh, Baby, I Like It Raw"?
1064
00:51:03,881 --> 00:51:05,547
I think you should get a test.
1065
00:51:05,631 --> 00:51:08,172
STDs are a problem out there.
1066
00:51:08,255 --> 00:51:11,381
- This story was so huge.
1067
00:51:11,464 --> 00:51:14,381
That was the end of my life
as I knew it.
1068
00:51:14,464 --> 00:51:16,047
[somber music]
1069
00:51:16,130 --> 00:51:19,881
There now were probably
45 to 50 paparazzi
1070
00:51:19,964 --> 00:51:22,255
outside of my apartment,
1071
00:51:22,339 --> 00:51:25,005
telling me that I was
a home-wrecker,
1072
00:51:25,089 --> 00:51:27,005
that I was a whore,
1073
00:51:27,089 --> 00:51:29,255
saying, "I hope
you get AIDS and die."
1074
00:51:29,339 --> 00:51:32,422
- Do you feel sorry
for Tiger's wife, Rachel?
1075
00:51:32,506 --> 00:51:34,547
- Anything you want
to say to her?
1076
00:51:34,631 --> 00:51:36,297
- I regret
that he was married
1077
00:51:36,381 --> 00:51:38,631
and I regret the mistakes
that I made.
1078
00:51:38,714 --> 00:51:41,130
- Rachel, do you guys respect
that Tiger was married?
1079
00:51:41,214 --> 00:51:43,631
Why do women cheat
with married men?
1080
00:51:43,714 --> 00:51:47,130
- But people came at me
like they wanted to blame me
1081
00:51:47,214 --> 00:51:50,089
for the fact
that a married man
1082
00:51:50,172 --> 00:51:52,547
cheated on his wife.
1083
00:51:52,631 --> 00:51:54,756
And it was like
I was the only one
1084
00:51:54,839 --> 00:51:59,631
that was responsible
for Tiger's actions.
1085
00:51:59,714 --> 00:52:01,547
- Rachel--how do you say it?
1086
00:52:01,631 --> 00:52:03,214
- "You-ka-tell."
- "You-ka-tell."
1087
00:52:03,297 --> 00:52:05,589
- "You could tell"
she's a hooker.
1088
00:52:05,673 --> 00:52:07,422
- "You could tell" she's--
is that a putan?
1089
00:52:07,506 --> 00:52:09,547
- "You could tell"
she's a putan, yeah.
1090
00:52:09,631 --> 00:52:11,255
[laughter]
1091
00:52:11,339 --> 00:52:15,631
- My name was getting
dragged through the mud.
1092
00:52:15,714 --> 00:52:18,798
- Hey, so, Rachel, did Tiger
live up to his name, Tiger?
1093
00:52:18,881 --> 00:52:20,631
- What's the nature of your
relationship with Tiger Woods?
1094
00:52:20,714 --> 00:52:22,130
- Smile for me, Rachel.
1095
00:52:22,214 --> 00:52:24,798
- Please let me
get through here.
1096
00:52:24,881 --> 00:52:26,464
In the meantime,
1097
00:52:26,547 --> 00:52:29,047
none of the people
around Tiger
1098
00:52:29,130 --> 00:52:30,881
would answer my phone calls.
1099
00:52:32,172 --> 00:52:33,923
It made me really start
to question
1100
00:52:34,005 --> 00:52:37,422
every single thing
that Tiger and I had.
1101
00:52:39,714 --> 00:52:41,339
Finally I said,
"You know what?
1102
00:52:41,422 --> 00:52:43,130
"I want out of this.
1103
00:52:43,214 --> 00:52:46,339
I need to say what happened."
1104
00:52:48,381 --> 00:52:51,464
But before I could tell
my story to the media,
1105
00:52:51,547 --> 00:52:53,089
Tiger called me.
1106
00:52:54,798 --> 00:52:57,047
It was the first time
that I spoke to him
1107
00:52:57,130 --> 00:52:58,547
since the accident.
1108
00:53:00,798 --> 00:53:04,964
He told me that his lawyers
were going to call
1109
00:53:05,047 --> 00:53:08,089
about a settlement
of confidentiality.
1110
00:53:10,089 --> 00:53:14,839
He said to me,
1111
00:53:14,923 --> 00:53:16,756
"Get as much as you can."
1112
00:53:16,839 --> 00:53:19,464
And I think, to him,
1113
00:53:19,547 --> 00:53:23,839
that was his only way to...
1114
00:53:23,923 --> 00:53:27,005
to love me at the time, yeah.
1115
00:53:27,089 --> 00:53:34,089
♪ ♪
1116
00:53:59,964 --> 00:54:03,297
- Good morning,
and thank you for joining me.
1117
00:54:05,089 --> 00:54:10,005
Many of you in this room
are my friends.
1118
00:54:10,089 --> 00:54:12,923
Many of you
have cheered for me
1119
00:54:13,005 --> 00:54:15,130
or you worked with me.
1120
00:54:15,214 --> 00:54:17,422
Now every one of you
1121
00:54:17,506 --> 00:54:21,673
has good reason
to be critical of me.
1122
00:54:21,756 --> 00:54:24,422
I have let you down personally
1123
00:54:24,506 --> 00:54:25,839
and professionally.
1124
00:54:27,506 --> 00:54:30,881
My behavior has caused
considerable worry
1125
00:54:30,964 --> 00:54:32,798
to my business partners.
1126
00:54:32,881 --> 00:54:34,964
I hurt my wife,
1127
00:54:35,047 --> 00:54:37,255
my kids,
1128
00:54:37,339 --> 00:54:39,047
my mother,
1129
00:54:39,130 --> 00:54:43,005
and kids all around the world
who admired me.
1130
00:54:43,089 --> 00:54:47,422
I know I have
bitterly disappointed
1131
00:54:47,506 --> 00:54:49,923
all of you.
1132
00:54:50,005 --> 00:54:53,089
I have made you question
who I am
1133
00:54:53,172 --> 00:54:57,172
and how I could have done
the things I did.
1134
00:54:57,964 --> 00:55:01,673
I'm embarrassed that I have
put you in this position.
1135
00:55:03,756 --> 00:55:05,714
For all that I have done...
1136
00:55:08,714 --> 00:55:10,381
I am so sorry.
1137
00:55:12,339 --> 00:55:16,130
[somber music]
1138
00:55:16,214 --> 00:55:19,130
- When he came out
and he apologized,
1139
00:55:19,214 --> 00:55:23,172
I think that was a bad move
on his agent's part.
1140
00:55:23,255 --> 00:55:26,255
I think I would have had him
read a statement:
1141
00:55:26,339 --> 00:55:28,798
"Whatever's going on
between my wife and I,
1142
00:55:28,881 --> 00:55:30,964
"that's my business.
1143
00:55:31,047 --> 00:55:33,631
"It's not yours.
1144
00:55:33,714 --> 00:55:36,631
"And if I lost some fans
or endorsements,
1145
00:55:36,714 --> 00:55:38,422
so be it."
1146
00:55:38,506 --> 00:55:42,464
♪ ♪
1147
00:55:42,547 --> 00:55:45,673
I felt real sadness.
1148
00:55:45,756 --> 00:55:48,005
I felt sadness for Tida.
1149
00:55:48,089 --> 00:55:50,005
As much pride as she took
in her son,
1150
00:55:50,089 --> 00:55:52,172
how she loves Tiger,
1151
00:55:52,255 --> 00:55:54,756
I knew it was very hard
for her.
1152
00:55:56,339 --> 00:56:00,005
And then I felt
for his children.
1153
00:56:00,089 --> 00:56:03,339
They were too young really
to know what was going on,
1154
00:56:03,422 --> 00:56:05,839
but eventually they were
gonna find out
1155
00:56:05,923 --> 00:56:08,172
some negative stuff
1156
00:56:08,255 --> 00:56:12,047
that no child should ever
have to read or hear about.
1157
00:56:13,881 --> 00:56:18,130
But the main person
I felt sad for was Elin,
1158
00:56:18,214 --> 00:56:21,339
because he had hurt her
mightily.
1159
00:56:21,422 --> 00:56:23,506
- Elin, how are you?
1160
00:56:23,589 --> 00:56:25,464
Do you still love Tiger, Elin?
1161
00:56:26,964 --> 00:56:29,923
What do you think
of his 14 mistresses?
1162
00:56:30,005 --> 00:56:32,422
Will you ever forgive him?
1163
00:56:34,297 --> 00:56:36,881
- Elin felt downright hunted
1164
00:56:36,964 --> 00:56:38,881
by the paparazzi.
1165
00:56:38,964 --> 00:56:42,881
Worse, she felt like
her children were hunted.
1166
00:56:42,964 --> 00:56:44,464
- How are the kids, Elin?
1167
00:56:44,547 --> 00:56:47,214
Has Tiger seen the kids, Elin?
1168
00:56:47,297 --> 00:56:49,297
- You know, to think
of how she told me
1169
00:56:49,381 --> 00:56:51,714
at the beginning she felt like
1170
00:56:51,798 --> 00:56:55,381
it was her and Tiger cocooned
1171
00:56:55,464 --> 00:56:59,381
and joined,
"us against the world"...
1172
00:56:59,464 --> 00:57:01,381
[indistinct chatter]
1173
00:57:01,464 --> 00:57:04,881
- Elin, the whole world wants
to know how you're holding up.
1174
00:57:04,964 --> 00:57:07,255
- To then all of a sudden
have it be
1175
00:57:07,339 --> 00:57:10,547
the world all closing in
on her
1176
00:57:10,631 --> 00:57:13,047
for a scandal not her making.
1177
00:57:13,130 --> 00:57:15,172
- Man, it was freezing
today in New York.
1178
00:57:15,255 --> 00:57:16,881
It's like a phone call
between Tiger Woods
1179
00:57:16,964 --> 00:57:19,255
and his wife out there.
[laughter]
1180
00:57:19,339 --> 00:57:22,089
She was like, "Look, Tiger,
it's either me or her...
1181
00:57:22,172 --> 00:57:24,130
"or her or her or her or her,
1182
00:57:24,214 --> 00:57:26,255
"not the Perkins waitress,
but the other one,
1183
00:57:26,339 --> 00:57:28,506
or her or her."
1184
00:57:28,589 --> 00:57:31,464
- As the scandal was still
kind of unspooling,
1185
00:57:31,547 --> 00:57:35,089
Elin moved with the children
to a rental house
1186
00:57:35,172 --> 00:57:38,047
not far from their home
so she could just kind of
1187
00:57:38,130 --> 00:57:41,964
get out of Tiger's space
and think.
1188
00:57:42,047 --> 00:57:44,923
But it all kind of just became
too much,
1189
00:57:45,005 --> 00:57:48,297
and she just sat down
amid the kind of moving boxes
1190
00:57:48,381 --> 00:57:50,798
with their stuff.
1191
00:57:50,881 --> 00:57:53,923
It was just sitting there,
and Sam came over
1192
00:57:54,005 --> 00:57:57,631
and said, you know,
"What's wrong, Mommy?"
1193
00:57:57,714 --> 00:58:00,964
And Elin told her, you know,
"Mommy's got a boo-boo."
1194
00:58:01,047 --> 00:58:03,923
And Sam said, you know,
"Well, where?
1195
00:58:04,005 --> 00:58:06,089
I'll kiss it and make it
feel better."
1196
00:58:06,172 --> 00:58:08,172
And...
[chuckles]
1197
00:58:08,255 --> 00:58:11,255
Elin said,
"It's in Mommy's heart."
1198
00:58:11,339 --> 00:58:16,255
♪ ♪
1199
00:58:16,339 --> 00:58:18,297
What she went through
1200
00:58:18,381 --> 00:58:22,297
and how she tried to shelter
her kids from that,
1201
00:58:22,381 --> 00:58:24,589
it was--it was real.
1202
00:58:26,839 --> 00:58:31,839
She was so blindsided
by her whole life
1203
00:58:31,923 --> 00:58:36,339
being suddenly exposed
as a lie,
1204
00:58:36,422 --> 00:58:38,255
and that was shattering.
1205
00:58:39,756 --> 00:58:42,005
- Tiger Woods reportedly
is working out
1206
00:58:42,089 --> 00:58:45,130
a big-money settlement,
ending his five-year marriage.
1207
00:58:45,214 --> 00:58:47,881
- The details of the divorce
may never be known,
1208
00:58:47,964 --> 00:58:50,631
though some estimate Elin
may receive upwards
1209
00:58:50,714 --> 00:58:52,547
of $100 million.
1210
00:58:52,631 --> 00:58:55,547
- Can anybody explain
these divorce settlements?
1211
00:58:55,631 --> 00:58:57,631
Can anybody make sense
of these fucking things?
1212
00:58:57,714 --> 00:59:00,506
Tiger Woods' wife,
$250 million.
1213
00:59:00,589 --> 00:59:03,172
Dude, there is an epidemic
of gold-digging whores
1214
00:59:03,255 --> 00:59:04,839
in this country.
1215
00:59:04,923 --> 00:59:06,881
[laughter]
1216
00:59:06,964 --> 00:59:10,547
- Elin's story
too often got warped
1217
00:59:10,631 --> 00:59:14,714
into "gold-digging,
scorned woman."
1218
00:59:14,798 --> 00:59:15,798
[camera shutter clicking]
1219
00:59:15,881 --> 00:59:18,255
- Ms. Nordegren,
are you happy with the divorce?
1220
00:59:19,756 --> 00:59:22,547
- But she would say something
really telling,
1221
00:59:22,631 --> 00:59:26,839
that "money can't put
my family back together."
1222
00:59:26,923 --> 00:59:31,756
♪ ♪
1223
00:59:37,673 --> 00:59:39,214
- After six weeks of rehab
1224
00:59:39,297 --> 00:59:41,381
at Pine Grove treatment center
in Mississippi,
1225
00:59:41,464 --> 00:59:43,506
known for treating
sexual addiction,
1226
00:59:43,589 --> 00:59:46,464
Tiger is out of rehab,
back at home in Florida.
1227
00:59:49,464 --> 00:59:51,381
- When Tiger returned,
1228
00:59:51,464 --> 00:59:54,255
I knew that he was
in a poor mental frame,
1229
00:59:54,339 --> 00:59:56,881
and I went down to see him.
1230
00:59:59,631 --> 01:00:02,422
Obviously, paparazzi
trying to get photos.
1231
01:00:02,506 --> 01:00:05,798
So he had his house
all boarded up.
1232
01:00:05,881 --> 01:00:08,172
Just as private
as he could be.
1233
01:00:10,798 --> 01:00:13,089
Tiger was quite aloof
that day,
1234
01:00:13,172 --> 01:00:15,089
and it didn't bother me
1235
01:00:15,172 --> 01:00:18,089
because I understood
what he was going through.
1236
01:00:18,172 --> 01:00:19,589
He's been out of the game.
1237
01:00:19,673 --> 01:00:21,923
He's been crucified
in the media.
1238
01:00:22,005 --> 01:00:23,422
You know,
what's he gonna do next?
1239
01:00:23,506 --> 01:00:25,214
Is he gonna walk away
from the game?
1240
01:00:25,297 --> 01:00:27,756
There's a lot of uncertainty.
1241
01:00:27,839 --> 01:00:29,923
So I laid it all out
on the table for him
1242
01:00:30,005 --> 01:00:32,172
and asked
what he wanted to do.
1243
01:00:33,339 --> 01:00:34,589
And he said to me,
1244
01:00:34,673 --> 01:00:37,673
"I'm going to play
in the 2010 Masters."
1245
01:00:39,589 --> 01:00:42,547
[thunder rumbling,
rain pattering]
1246
01:00:46,964 --> 01:00:49,964
- How will you explain this
to your children
1247
01:00:50,047 --> 01:00:51,798
when they're old enough
to understand?
1248
01:00:51,881 --> 01:00:53,297
- I will have
that sit-down talk.
1249
01:00:53,381 --> 01:00:55,464
I take full ownership of it.
I did it.
1250
01:00:55,547 --> 01:00:57,255
No one else did it.
It was just me.
1251
01:00:57,339 --> 01:01:00,506
And that's the responsibility
that I will have.
1252
01:01:00,589 --> 01:01:02,130
I will talk to my kids
1253
01:01:02,214 --> 01:01:04,422
for however long
they want to talk about it.
1254
01:01:04,506 --> 01:01:07,506
That is a conversation
that will need to be had.
1255
01:01:07,589 --> 01:01:10,422
- Tiger, you've been a master
of control your entire life.
1256
01:01:10,506 --> 01:01:13,172
How did things
get so out of control?
1257
01:01:13,255 --> 01:01:14,923
- Going against
your core values,
1258
01:01:15,005 --> 01:01:16,798
losing sight of them.
1259
01:01:16,881 --> 01:01:19,964
I felt entitled, and that
is not how I was raised.
1260
01:01:20,047 --> 01:01:22,339
- The Masters is a demanding
stage on its own,
1261
01:01:22,422 --> 01:01:24,589
let alone for a return
of this magnitude.
1262
01:01:24,673 --> 01:01:26,839
How do you know you're
mentally prepared for this?
1263
01:01:26,923 --> 01:01:29,005
- Well, I'm excited
to get back and play.
1264
01:01:29,089 --> 01:01:30,631
[tense music]
1265
01:01:30,714 --> 01:01:32,339
I miss the game,
1266
01:01:32,422 --> 01:01:35,005
but still,
playing is one thing,
1267
01:01:35,089 --> 01:01:38,255
but the public, I am
a little nervous about them.
1268
01:01:38,339 --> 01:01:41,547
It would be nice to hear
a couple claps here or there.
1269
01:01:41,631 --> 01:01:45,339
♪ ♪
1270
01:01:45,422 --> 01:01:47,839
- We are not unaware
1271
01:01:47,923 --> 01:01:49,255
of the significance
of this week
1272
01:01:49,339 --> 01:01:51,422
to a very special player,
Tiger Woods.
1273
01:01:53,047 --> 01:01:55,130
It is not simply the degree
of his conduct
1274
01:01:55,214 --> 01:01:57,047
that is so egregious here.
1275
01:01:57,130 --> 01:02:00,214
It is the fact that he
disappointed all of us
1276
01:02:00,297 --> 01:02:04,047
and, more importantly,
our kids and our grandkids.
1277
01:02:04,130 --> 01:02:07,923
Our hero did not live up
to the expectations
1278
01:02:08,005 --> 01:02:11,381
of the role model we sought
for our children.
1279
01:02:11,464 --> 01:02:14,923
Is there a way forward?
1280
01:02:15,005 --> 01:02:17,547
We at Augusta hope and pray
1281
01:02:17,631 --> 01:02:19,255
that our great champion
1282
01:02:19,339 --> 01:02:21,881
will begin his new life
here tomorrow
1283
01:02:21,964 --> 01:02:26,005
in a positive, hopeful,
and constructive manner.
1284
01:02:26,089 --> 01:02:28,964
But certainly, his future
will never again be measured
1285
01:02:29,047 --> 01:02:32,214
only by his performance
against par
1286
01:02:32,297 --> 01:02:35,047
but measured by the sincerity
1287
01:02:35,130 --> 01:02:36,923
of his efforts to change.
1288
01:02:38,714 --> 01:02:41,839
- One of the things that I
never got over in Augusta
1289
01:02:41,923 --> 01:02:43,964
is the feeling
that there's this thin
1290
01:02:44,047 --> 01:02:46,839
undercurrent of racism
right below the surface.
1291
01:02:49,798 --> 01:02:51,881
It was not the place
of the tournament
1292
01:02:51,964 --> 01:02:53,714
to chastise
a former champion,
1293
01:02:53,798 --> 01:02:56,339
especially a champion
of color.
1294
01:02:56,422 --> 01:02:57,881
Do you think that they
would have done that
1295
01:02:57,964 --> 01:03:00,381
to Fred Couples?
1296
01:03:00,464 --> 01:03:04,255
Do you think they would have
done that to Nick Faldo?
1297
01:03:04,339 --> 01:03:06,923
I felt like it was
a public whipping.
1298
01:03:07,005 --> 01:03:08,214
[applause]
1299
01:03:08,297 --> 01:03:10,756
- Ladies and gentlemen,
the 2010 Masters
1300
01:03:10,839 --> 01:03:12,923
has now officially begun.
1301
01:03:13,005 --> 01:03:14,339
Have fun.
1302
01:03:14,422 --> 01:03:15,547
- Yeah, basically.
1303
01:03:15,631 --> 01:03:19,089
Basically, it was
a public whipping.
1304
01:03:19,172 --> 01:03:21,589
What Billy Payne
did at Augusta,
1305
01:03:21,673 --> 01:03:24,464
to sit there
and scold Tiger,
1306
01:03:24,547 --> 01:03:26,673
it was disgusting.
1307
01:03:28,214 --> 01:03:31,631
Tiger's family, his wife,
1308
01:03:31,714 --> 01:03:33,464
they had a right
1309
01:03:33,547 --> 01:03:36,464
to be angry,
disappointed, upset,
1310
01:03:36,547 --> 01:03:39,464
not the chairman
of some damn golf club.
1311
01:03:39,547 --> 01:03:41,172
Who the hell are you?
1312
01:03:41,255 --> 01:03:43,756
[dramatic music]
1313
01:03:43,839 --> 01:03:46,631
- Now to the long-anticipated
return of Tiger Woods,
1314
01:03:46,714 --> 01:03:50,089
his first pro tournament since
he left the game in scandal.
1315
01:03:50,172 --> 01:03:53,130
♪ ♪
1316
01:03:53,214 --> 01:03:56,547
- I was on the first tee
when he came out that morning.
1317
01:03:58,589 --> 01:04:00,464
There was embarrassment
and humiliation
1318
01:04:00,547 --> 01:04:02,089
off the charts.
1319
01:04:04,089 --> 01:04:07,297
I cannot imagine
all of that emotion
1320
01:04:07,381 --> 01:04:09,881
being bottled up inside you.
1321
01:04:09,964 --> 01:04:11,714
The players
are looking at him.
1322
01:04:11,798 --> 01:04:12,964
The fans are looking at him.
1323
01:04:13,047 --> 01:04:14,714
The television's
looking at him,
1324
01:04:14,798 --> 01:04:18,130
which means the world
is looking at him.
1325
01:04:26,422 --> 01:04:28,172
[indistinct shouting]
1326
01:04:28,255 --> 01:04:31,839
[applause]
1327
01:04:31,923 --> 01:04:33,422
- Good tee shot
on the first hole,
1328
01:04:33,506 --> 01:04:35,673
and I don't care who you are,
Tiger Woods or whoever.
1329
01:04:35,756 --> 01:04:38,130
The first tee shot
is nerve-racking.
1330
01:04:38,214 --> 01:04:40,255
But so far, it looks like
business as usual.
1331
01:04:41,964 --> 01:04:43,839
- Oh, look
at that thing turn.
1332
01:04:43,923 --> 01:04:45,881
- I sense he loves that.
1333
01:04:45,964 --> 01:04:47,881
Oh, that's an incredible
golf shot.
1334
01:04:47,964 --> 01:04:50,673
- Oh, my goodness.
1335
01:04:50,756 --> 01:04:54,381
- I think Tiger loves
and craves and needs
1336
01:04:54,464 --> 01:04:58,881
that competitiveness
that comes with the game.
1337
01:04:58,964 --> 01:05:03,589
But I'm not sure
it was the best way
1338
01:05:03,673 --> 01:05:06,714
for him to cope
with everything.
1339
01:05:06,798 --> 01:05:10,422
- A lot has happened
in my life
1340
01:05:10,506 --> 01:05:12,589
over the past five months,
1341
01:05:12,673 --> 01:05:15,381
and...
1342
01:05:15,464 --> 01:05:18,422
I'm here at the Masters
to play and compete.
1343
01:05:18,506 --> 01:05:21,714
And nothing's changed.
1344
01:05:21,798 --> 01:05:23,881
I'm trying to go out there
and win this thing.
1345
01:05:23,964 --> 01:05:26,255
- It seemed like he was
trying to just sort of
1346
01:05:26,339 --> 01:05:29,005
put it behind him
and keep moving forward.
1347
01:05:31,214 --> 01:05:34,923
But as his friend,
I could feel that something--
1348
01:05:35,005 --> 01:05:36,881
something was not right.
1349
01:05:36,964 --> 01:05:39,964
- Oh, there it is.
1350
01:05:40,047 --> 01:05:41,964
[cheers and applause]
1351
01:05:42,047 --> 01:05:46,130
- I knew that deep down,
Tiger was incredibly sad,
1352
01:05:46,214 --> 01:05:48,923
lost, broken up,
1353
01:05:49,005 --> 01:05:51,297
and very vulnerable.
1354
01:05:52,964 --> 01:05:55,714
After the crash,
I remember just thinking,
1355
01:05:55,798 --> 01:05:59,422
"This is when he probably
needs his friends the most."
1356
01:05:59,506 --> 01:06:01,297
I tried to reach out,
1357
01:06:01,381 --> 01:06:04,005
but he had
shut his phone off.
1358
01:06:05,464 --> 01:06:07,756
I thought, you know,
maybe in a couple weeks
1359
01:06:07,839 --> 01:06:09,798
as things died down,
maybe he'd reach out,
1360
01:06:09,881 --> 01:06:11,798
but the longer it went on,
1361
01:06:11,881 --> 01:06:16,089
I realized I had been
completely cut out of his life.
1362
01:06:18,381 --> 01:06:20,005
He grew up in an environment
1363
01:06:20,089 --> 01:06:22,339
where feelings
were not discussed,
1364
01:06:22,422 --> 01:06:25,255
and I think
he doesn't understand
1365
01:06:25,339 --> 01:06:28,839
how to deal
with complex emotions.
1366
01:06:30,214 --> 01:06:34,047
Instead of having to actually
process something like that,
1367
01:06:34,130 --> 01:06:37,881
I think it was more easy
to cut people out of his life.
1368
01:06:41,255 --> 01:06:44,422
Years of friendship,
and all of a sudden,
1369
01:06:44,506 --> 01:06:48,130
never heard from Tiger again.
1370
01:06:48,214 --> 01:06:52,214
It felt like my friend
had died.
1371
01:06:53,381 --> 01:06:56,673
Just to be sort of discarded
like that,
1372
01:06:56,756 --> 01:06:59,297
there was a lot of hurt
that went along with that.
1373
01:07:03,255 --> 01:07:05,339
- After such a long
and difficult absence
1374
01:07:05,422 --> 01:07:07,506
from the game, can you put
this week in perspective
1375
01:07:07,589 --> 01:07:08,631
for us, for you?
1376
01:07:08,714 --> 01:07:11,339
- Yeah, I finished fourth.
Not what I wanted.
1377
01:07:11,422 --> 01:07:13,506
I wanted to win
this tournament,
1378
01:07:13,589 --> 01:07:15,339
and I didn't get it done.
1379
01:07:15,422 --> 01:07:16,589
I didn't hit the ball
good enough,
1380
01:07:16,673 --> 01:07:19,756
and I made too many mistakes
around the greens.
1381
01:07:19,839 --> 01:07:22,047
You know, consequently,
you know, I'm not there.
1382
01:07:22,130 --> 01:07:23,881
- Any idea after this
performance this week
1383
01:07:23,964 --> 01:07:25,464
when we might see you again?
1384
01:07:25,547 --> 01:07:27,005
- No, I'm gonna take
a little time off
1385
01:07:27,089 --> 01:07:28,673
and kind of
reevaluate things.
1386
01:07:28,756 --> 01:07:30,339
- Thank you for your time,
and thank you for being here.
1387
01:07:30,422 --> 01:07:31,673
- Thanks, Peter.
Appreciate it.
1388
01:07:31,756 --> 01:07:35,047
[somber music]
1389
01:07:35,130 --> 01:07:36,839
- After the Masters,
1390
01:07:36,923 --> 01:07:40,214
Tiger took a little bit
of a break away from the game
1391
01:07:40,297 --> 01:07:42,714
just to, you know,
get his mind free
1392
01:07:42,798 --> 01:07:45,631
as well as deal
with some niggling injuries.
1393
01:07:47,422 --> 01:07:49,422
As a caddie for Tiger Woods
and a great friend of his,
1394
01:07:49,506 --> 01:07:51,214
you know,
I wanted to deeply respect
1395
01:07:51,297 --> 01:07:53,839
what he was going through.
1396
01:07:53,923 --> 01:07:57,047
But I still didn't know when
he was gonna be playing again.
1397
01:07:57,130 --> 01:07:59,589
You know, I was just expecting
a phone call at any moment,
1398
01:07:59,673 --> 01:08:01,506
saying, "Oh, I'm playing
next week," you know?
1399
01:08:01,589 --> 01:08:03,923
"Get your shit together
and get over here."
1400
01:08:04,005 --> 01:08:06,631
There was a lot of uncertainty.
1401
01:08:06,714 --> 01:08:08,673
So when a friend
that I'd caddied for before
1402
01:08:08,756 --> 01:08:11,047
called me and asked me
could I caddie for him,
1403
01:08:11,130 --> 01:08:12,547
I ran that by Tiger,
1404
01:08:12,631 --> 01:08:15,381
and he said,
"Absolutely, no problem."
1405
01:08:15,464 --> 01:08:17,756
But then a couple days
before the tournament,
1406
01:08:17,839 --> 01:08:20,047
Tiger changed his mind.
1407
01:08:20,130 --> 01:08:22,631
He had his agent call,
and he said,
1408
01:08:22,714 --> 01:08:24,673
"If you go and caddie
for your friend,
1409
01:08:24,756 --> 01:08:27,964
that'll be the end of your
time caddying for Tiger."
1410
01:08:28,047 --> 01:08:29,756
And I thought,
"Well, there's just no way
1411
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:32,422
the guy is gonna fire me."
1412
01:08:32,506 --> 01:08:34,714
But a couple days
after the tournament,
1413
01:08:34,798 --> 01:08:36,714
I got the phone call to say
that that was--
1414
01:08:36,798 --> 01:08:38,172
you know, our time has ended.
1415
01:08:40,214 --> 01:08:43,422
You know, and I believed
in my own heart, you know,
1416
01:08:43,506 --> 01:08:45,756
I gave it 100%
when I caddied for Tiger
1417
01:08:45,839 --> 01:08:47,589
for the entire time
that I was with him,
1418
01:08:47,673 --> 01:08:51,756
and then, you know,
for him to fire me
1419
01:08:51,839 --> 01:08:55,422
over that kind of thing,
I found that pretty unusual.
1420
01:08:55,506 --> 01:08:58,798
- Sometimes
we all need changes,
1421
01:08:58,881 --> 01:09:02,172
and this was a change,
and as I told you guys earlier,
1422
01:09:02,255 --> 01:09:03,839
I was at peace with it,
1423
01:09:03,923 --> 01:09:07,464
and it was a decision
and direction I wanted to go,
1424
01:09:07,547 --> 01:09:09,839
and that's it.
1425
01:09:09,923 --> 01:09:12,297
- When he fired me,
1426
01:09:12,381 --> 01:09:14,297
I thought he was firing me
as a golf caddie,
1427
01:09:14,381 --> 01:09:15,881
not firing me as a friend.
1428
01:09:17,214 --> 01:09:19,297
[cheers and applause]
1429
01:09:19,381 --> 01:09:21,547
- He adds another major
to the tally.
1430
01:09:21,631 --> 01:09:23,798
- And a thanks
to Steve Williams.
1431
01:09:23,881 --> 01:09:26,172
They have been
a tremendous partnership.
1432
01:09:27,547 --> 01:09:30,631
- I mean, Tiger was
the best man at my wedding.
1433
01:09:30,714 --> 01:09:33,130
I didn't think we'd have
no communication
1434
01:09:33,214 --> 01:09:34,297
for the rest of our life.
1435
01:09:34,381 --> 01:09:36,714
I mean, that just didn't
even enter my mind.
1436
01:09:36,798 --> 01:09:38,798
[applause]
1437
01:09:38,881 --> 01:09:42,172
To this day, I find that
a hard pill to swallow.
1438
01:09:42,255 --> 01:09:45,297
Someone that you spend
13 years with,
1439
01:09:45,381 --> 01:09:48,881
give all your time
and all your effort,
1440
01:09:48,964 --> 01:09:53,005
you know, the guy
can't even speak to you.
1441
01:09:53,089 --> 01:09:55,214
- I felt that
it was time for me
1442
01:09:55,297 --> 01:09:58,506
to go in a different direction
in my professional life.
1443
01:09:58,589 --> 01:10:01,339
As far as personally,
1444
01:10:01,422 --> 01:10:04,089
life goes forward,
and I just keep moving forward.
1445
01:10:04,172 --> 01:10:05,839
- Tiger's sacrificed so much
1446
01:10:05,923 --> 01:10:08,798
in order to become
the greatest player.
1447
01:10:08,881 --> 01:10:10,506
He certainly had
the mental strength
1448
01:10:10,589 --> 01:10:13,964
to block out whatever
he needed to block out,
1449
01:10:14,047 --> 01:10:16,506
but that ability
made it possible
1450
01:10:16,589 --> 01:10:20,714
to shut off his friends
and family,
1451
01:10:20,798 --> 01:10:24,839
and at the end of the day,
his only focus was to win.
1452
01:10:28,631 --> 01:10:31,089
It was quite sad really,
I mean,
1453
01:10:31,172 --> 01:10:33,130
but that was just
the reality of it.
1454
01:10:35,297 --> 01:10:38,214
[uneasy music]
1455
01:10:38,297 --> 01:10:44,255
♪ ♪
1456
01:10:44,339 --> 01:10:47,714
- It's a pleasure to watch
greatness in action, isn't it?
1457
01:10:47,798 --> 01:10:49,589
As we look at Tiger,
we often wonder
1458
01:10:49,673 --> 01:10:51,923
what's going through his mind.
1459
01:10:52,005 --> 01:10:55,172
What we wouldn't give
to know his thoughts.
1460
01:10:55,255 --> 01:10:57,839
[indistinct shouting]
1461
01:10:59,631 --> 01:11:01,214
- That's pretty good.
1462
01:11:01,297 --> 01:11:03,422
That's quality control,
ladies and gentlemen.
1463
01:11:03,506 --> 01:11:04,964
[cheers and applause]
1464
01:11:05,047 --> 01:11:08,798
- In 2013,
Tiger was winning at a clip
1465
01:11:08,881 --> 01:11:12,589
that called to mind
his prime years.
1466
01:11:12,673 --> 01:11:15,089
- Tiger Woods sends a message
1467
01:11:15,172 --> 01:11:17,422
with a win in his first
tournament of the season.
1468
01:11:17,506 --> 01:11:18,798
- And all of a sudden,
1469
01:11:18,881 --> 01:11:21,964
everybody breathed
a sigh of relief.
1470
01:11:22,047 --> 01:11:24,089
Fans seemed to have forgotten
1471
01:11:24,172 --> 01:11:27,798
they had humiliated him,
1472
01:11:27,881 --> 01:11:31,547
because now he was back
to being the machine.
1473
01:11:33,214 --> 01:11:34,589
On a really elemental level,
1474
01:11:34,673 --> 01:11:38,089
people weren't even looking
at Tiger as a person.
1475
01:11:38,172 --> 01:11:40,422
They were looking at him
as a performer.
1476
01:11:40,506 --> 01:11:43,631
[crowd shouting]
1477
01:11:43,714 --> 01:11:46,130
- Get in there!
Get in there!
1478
01:11:46,214 --> 01:11:48,005
- Go in!
Go in!
1479
01:11:48,089 --> 01:11:49,339
- How 'bout this one?
1480
01:11:49,422 --> 01:11:51,839
How 'bout that one?
1481
01:11:51,923 --> 01:11:54,297
- That would have been
the best four of all time.
1482
01:11:54,381 --> 01:11:59,130
- Tiger Woods number one
in the world again.
1483
01:11:59,214 --> 01:12:03,506
- 2013 became
this dominant period.
1484
01:12:05,381 --> 01:12:08,172
And Nike came out
with this ad,
1485
01:12:08,255 --> 01:12:10,756
"Winning takes care
of everything."
1486
01:12:12,714 --> 01:12:14,673
- In your career, this is
the quickest you've gotten
1487
01:12:14,756 --> 01:12:17,047
in one season
to four victories.
1488
01:12:17,130 --> 01:12:19,422
How would you describe the way
you're playing golf right now?
1489
01:12:19,506 --> 01:12:20,631
- I'm getting better.
1490
01:12:20,714 --> 01:12:22,005
- [chuckles]
That's it?
1491
01:12:22,089 --> 01:12:23,714
- That's it.
1492
01:12:23,798 --> 01:12:24,923
[applause]
- Tiger!
1493
01:12:25,005 --> 01:12:27,214
- He's asked so often
about whether or not
1494
01:12:27,297 --> 01:12:28,839
he's back to the form
of 2000,
1495
01:12:28,923 --> 01:12:31,589
those historic, epic years.
1496
01:12:31,673 --> 01:12:34,297
- His game looks good,
and his putting is fantastic,
1497
01:12:34,381 --> 01:12:37,005
and his irons are really good.
1498
01:12:37,089 --> 01:12:39,089
Looks pretty much a done deal.
1499
01:12:43,255 --> 01:12:46,005
Is it gonna cut?
1500
01:12:46,089 --> 01:12:48,005
Wow.
- And he went down in pain.
1501
01:12:48,089 --> 01:12:49,714
- He is down.
1502
01:12:52,756 --> 01:12:55,673
[somber music]
1503
01:12:55,756 --> 01:12:58,839
♪ ♪
1504
01:12:58,923 --> 01:13:01,881
- It was
an extraordinary sight.
1505
01:13:01,964 --> 01:13:06,255
We know that he has a high,
high tolerance for pain.
1506
01:13:06,339 --> 01:13:10,297
I mean, the guy won
the U.S. Open on a broken leg.
1507
01:13:11,631 --> 01:13:14,047
So you can only imagine
how excruciating
1508
01:13:14,130 --> 01:13:16,589
the pain must have been
for him to fall to his knees
1509
01:13:16,673 --> 01:13:18,506
in the way that he did
at that tournament.
1510
01:13:19,964 --> 01:13:21,506
[indistinct shouting]
1511
01:13:21,589 --> 01:13:23,089
- Oh, he's hurting right now.
1512
01:13:23,172 --> 01:13:24,756
- Yeah, there is
something wrong.
1513
01:13:26,464 --> 01:13:28,547
- His swing was violent.
1514
01:13:28,631 --> 01:13:30,506
Like, frighteningly violent.
1515
01:13:31,673 --> 01:13:35,214
Think of the number
of repetitions that it took
1516
01:13:35,297 --> 01:13:36,839
to perfect that swing.
1517
01:13:41,631 --> 01:13:42,673
- [laughs]
1518
01:13:42,756 --> 01:13:45,756
- He started doing it
when he was just a baby,
1519
01:13:45,839 --> 01:13:48,798
and the body
can only stand so much.
1520
01:13:48,881 --> 01:13:49,964
[camera shutters clicking]
1521
01:13:50,047 --> 01:13:51,881
- Since you've won
your last major,
1522
01:13:51,964 --> 01:13:53,923
you've gotten a little older.
1523
01:13:54,005 --> 01:13:56,631
You've had the injury.
You've had the divorce.
1524
01:13:56,714 --> 01:13:59,422
What's been
the most significant?
1525
01:13:59,506 --> 01:14:03,297
- Probably your first point,
I'm older.
1526
01:14:03,381 --> 01:14:06,589
[chuckles]
Father Time's undefeated.
1527
01:14:06,673 --> 01:14:10,297
We all, you know,
eventually start losing
1528
01:14:10,381 --> 01:14:13,297
some of the things we're able
to do when we're younger.
1529
01:14:13,381 --> 01:14:16,923
- He told us
that during this time,
1530
01:14:17,005 --> 01:14:19,089
his back would spasm.
1531
01:14:19,172 --> 01:14:22,422
One time, he fell to his knees
and he was like a pill bug.
1532
01:14:22,506 --> 01:14:23,923
He couldn't get up.
1533
01:14:24,005 --> 01:14:28,381
He had to have his daughter,
Sam, call for help.
1534
01:14:31,255 --> 01:14:33,756
That's when he realized,
1535
01:14:33,839 --> 01:14:37,589
"I can only control
so much of this for so long.
1536
01:14:38,339 --> 01:14:43,631
"But everybody else still
wants to see golf's god,
1537
01:14:43,714 --> 01:14:45,964
"and I can't give them that,
1538
01:14:46,047 --> 01:14:48,089
because I'm just a man."
1539
01:14:49,547 --> 01:14:53,714
And I think that recognition
broke him mentally.
1540
01:14:56,339 --> 01:14:57,964
- Uh-oh.
- Wow.
1541
01:14:58,047 --> 01:14:59,798
- Uh-oh.
- Wow.
1542
01:14:59,881 --> 01:15:02,339
That was unbelievable.
1543
01:15:02,422 --> 01:15:04,631
- For me,
I remember thinking,
1544
01:15:04,714 --> 01:15:07,130
what has Tiger done
to Tiger Woods?
1545
01:15:07,214 --> 01:15:09,589
I mean,
he was wrecking himself.
1546
01:15:09,673 --> 01:15:13,547
Mental strength, that was
always his greatest skill.
1547
01:15:13,631 --> 01:15:16,297
And then all of a sudden,
he's got the chipping yips.
1548
01:15:19,089 --> 01:15:21,130
- How did Tiger Woods
shoot his worst round
1549
01:15:21,214 --> 01:15:22,506
as a pro on the PGA Tour?
1550
01:15:22,589 --> 01:15:24,005
Chipping was a disaster.
1551
01:15:24,089 --> 01:15:27,172
The scorecard
was almost surreal.
1552
01:15:27,255 --> 01:15:30,172
- Golf is all about
confidence.
1553
01:15:30,255 --> 01:15:33,172
You've got to trust how you're
gonna strike the golf ball.
1554
01:15:33,255 --> 01:15:34,673
- Tiger chipping again.
1555
01:15:34,756 --> 01:15:37,297
We're all gonna
pay attention.
1556
01:15:37,381 --> 01:15:38,631
- You sort of have
this feeling
1557
01:15:38,714 --> 01:15:41,214
that he could chip it closer
with his eyes closed.
1558
01:15:41,297 --> 01:15:43,297
- If you lose
that confidence,
1559
01:15:43,381 --> 01:15:46,506
your career is on a slippery
slope downhill.
1560
01:15:46,589 --> 01:15:48,714
- He doesn't know
what the problem is.
1561
01:15:48,798 --> 01:15:51,756
I feel he's as confused
as he's ever been.
1562
01:15:52,923 --> 01:15:54,881
- Watching Tiger struggle,
1563
01:15:54,964 --> 01:15:56,214
it was like, "Wow."
1564
01:15:56,297 --> 01:15:58,255
It was--
1565
01:15:58,339 --> 01:16:01,547
you know, this wasn't
the Tiger that I knew.
1566
01:16:01,631 --> 01:16:02,881
When he was a kid,
1567
01:16:02,964 --> 01:16:06,047
he could make any shot
he wanted to.
1568
01:16:06,130 --> 01:16:08,547
- Go in. Go in! Go in!
1569
01:16:08,631 --> 01:16:12,547
- I remember one time
when I was at his house,
1570
01:16:12,631 --> 01:16:14,589
and Earl and Tida
and me and Tiger
1571
01:16:14,673 --> 01:16:16,506
are in the living room,
and I'm talking with them,
1572
01:16:16,589 --> 01:16:18,756
and all of a sudden, this ball
comes over my shoulder.
1573
01:16:18,839 --> 01:16:20,589
He's hitting them
over the couch,
1574
01:16:20,673 --> 01:16:23,422
over my shoulder,
over the glass table,
1575
01:16:23,506 --> 01:16:26,089
and stopping them
before the fireplace.
1576
01:16:26,172 --> 01:16:27,339
Okay, he did one, right?
1577
01:16:27,422 --> 01:16:30,089
I'm thinking,
"Okay, that was luck."
1578
01:16:30,172 --> 01:16:33,005
Does it again,
does it again, does it again.
1579
01:16:33,089 --> 01:16:35,714
He used to be able to do
all these crazy shots.
1580
01:16:37,339 --> 01:16:39,756
- From one bunker to another.
1581
01:16:39,839 --> 01:16:41,589
[crowd groans]
1582
01:16:41,673 --> 01:16:43,923
- But it was just...
[imitates explosion]
1583
01:16:44,005 --> 01:16:46,005
Crash and burn.
1584
01:16:47,506 --> 01:16:51,547
- Tiger Woods has not won
a major since 2009?
1585
01:16:52,798 --> 01:16:54,255
- '08.
- Mm-hmm.
1586
01:16:54,339 --> 01:16:56,422
- How 'bout Jack Nicklaus?
- What about him?
1587
01:16:56,506 --> 01:16:59,089
- He has 18, and you're at 14.
- I'm at 14, correct.
1588
01:16:59,172 --> 01:17:00,881
- So I'm struggling
to understand
1589
01:17:00,964 --> 01:17:02,881
why you're not playing
like you used to play.
1590
01:17:02,964 --> 01:17:04,464
- I've had three
back operations.
1591
01:17:04,547 --> 01:17:05,464
- Yeah.
1592
01:17:05,547 --> 01:17:07,172
- And that's taken
its toll on me.
1593
01:17:07,255 --> 01:17:09,047
- When you look at losing it,
1594
01:17:09,130 --> 01:17:12,631
it must be terribly hard
for you to accept this.
1595
01:17:12,714 --> 01:17:15,297
- It's been terribly hard
not to be able to do
1596
01:17:15,381 --> 01:17:19,214
the things that it would take
for me to get to that level.
1597
01:17:20,506 --> 01:17:23,964
And that is simply
just practicing.
1598
01:17:24,047 --> 01:17:26,923
[gentle music]
1599
01:17:27,005 --> 01:17:28,339
- Tiger Woods has pulled out
1600
01:17:28,422 --> 01:17:31,005
of golf's first major
of the year, the Masters.
1601
01:17:31,089 --> 01:17:32,798
He said he's just not
tournament ready,
1602
01:17:32,881 --> 01:17:34,714
due to his troublesome back.
1603
01:17:34,798 --> 01:17:37,089
The 14-time major winner
won his first major
1604
01:17:37,172 --> 01:17:40,589
at the Masters 20 years ago.
1605
01:17:40,673 --> 01:17:43,130
♪ ♪
1606
01:17:43,214 --> 01:17:45,798
- At the 2017 Masters,
1607
01:17:45,881 --> 01:17:49,381
we knew something serious
was up.
1608
01:17:50,589 --> 01:17:53,381
Tiger came to the champions
dinner at Augusta,
1609
01:17:53,464 --> 01:17:56,714
and he was sitting there
with Jack Nicklaus.
1610
01:17:56,798 --> 01:17:59,839
And you could visibly see
he was in so much pain
1611
01:17:59,923 --> 01:18:02,798
from his back into his legs,
he couldn't sit still.
1612
01:18:02,881 --> 01:18:04,005
Poor bugger.
1613
01:18:04,089 --> 01:18:07,005
You know, and he said to Jack,
"I think I'm done."
1614
01:18:07,089 --> 01:18:08,673
♪ ♪
1615
01:18:08,756 --> 01:18:11,673
"My career is finished."
1616
01:18:12,422 --> 01:18:14,673
- What are you going to do
if you're Tiger Woods
1617
01:18:14,756 --> 01:18:17,714
and you're in your early 40s
1618
01:18:17,798 --> 01:18:20,172
and the thing that's made
your whole life possible
1619
01:18:20,255 --> 01:18:22,339
and defined your whole life,
1620
01:18:22,422 --> 01:18:24,464
that gets taken away from you?
1621
01:18:26,130 --> 01:18:28,881
The entire identity
of Tiger Woods
1622
01:18:28,964 --> 01:18:32,506
is bound in his golf,
1623
01:18:32,589 --> 01:18:34,673
and to that degree,
1624
01:18:34,756 --> 01:18:38,714
there's only one path
to the end line of his golf,
1625
01:18:38,798 --> 01:18:42,714
which is undisputably,
undeniably
1626
01:18:42,798 --> 01:18:44,422
the greatest of all time.
1627
01:18:44,506 --> 01:18:46,214
So if he's got to leave golf
1628
01:18:46,297 --> 01:18:49,381
and can't really say
he's worn the mantle
1629
01:18:49,464 --> 01:18:51,214
of the greatest of all time,
1630
01:18:51,297 --> 01:18:52,673
then really, where is he?
1631
01:18:52,756 --> 01:18:55,589
Because that has been
his entire identity,
1632
01:18:55,673 --> 01:18:58,047
and that is just--
1633
01:18:58,130 --> 01:19:01,464
had to be untenable for him,
I would think.
1634
01:19:04,464 --> 01:19:07,422
[engine revving]
1635
01:19:14,339 --> 01:19:15,964
[siren chirps]
1636
01:19:18,339 --> 01:19:21,839
[indistinct
police radio chatter]
1637
01:19:25,839 --> 01:19:27,005
- 10-4.
1638
01:19:29,214 --> 01:19:31,214
[indistinct
police radio chatter]
1639
01:20:02,172 --> 01:20:03,631
- Go ahead and stand
with your feet together
1640
01:20:03,714 --> 01:20:06,130
and your arms
down by your side.
1641
01:20:06,214 --> 01:20:08,339
Okay, don't begin
until I tell you to, okay,
1642
01:20:08,422 --> 01:20:10,464
but when I tell you to,
I want you to close your eyes
1643
01:20:10,547 --> 01:20:13,172
and tilt your head backward,
and you're gonna recite
1644
01:20:13,255 --> 01:20:16,631
the entire English alphabet
in a slow, nonrhythmic manner,
1645
01:20:16,714 --> 01:20:19,297
meaning you're not
gonna sing it, okay?
1646
01:20:19,381 --> 01:20:21,172
Do you understand
the instructions?
1647
01:20:23,839 --> 01:20:25,381
- Okay, what were
the instructions?
1648
01:20:28,589 --> 01:20:30,881
- Not to sing
the national anthem backwards?
1649
01:20:33,339 --> 01:20:34,589
Okay, sir,
what I want you to do
1650
01:20:34,673 --> 01:20:36,631
is go ahead and place your
hands behind your back, okay?
1651
01:20:36,714 --> 01:20:39,631
[tense music]
1652
01:20:39,714 --> 01:20:41,464
♪ ♪
1653
01:20:41,547 --> 01:20:43,506
- Troubling new headline
for Tiger Woods.
1654
01:20:43,589 --> 01:20:45,881
- Legendary golfer
was arrested overnight.
1655
01:20:45,964 --> 01:20:49,339
- Five drugs in his system,
Xanax, Ambien, painkillers.
1656
01:20:49,422 --> 01:20:51,381
- If you take
an opioid pain reliever,
1657
01:20:51,464 --> 01:20:54,422
and he's had back surgeries,
too often, a patient like that
1658
01:20:54,506 --> 01:20:56,214
ends up addicted to opioids.
1659
01:20:56,297 --> 01:20:59,297
- Don't get behind the wheel.
Don't endanger my family.
1660
01:20:59,381 --> 01:21:02,673
This was another bad decision
by Tiger Woods.
1661
01:21:02,756 --> 01:21:05,714
[engine revving]
1662
01:21:07,464 --> 01:21:11,339
- It's painful
to watch that tape.
1663
01:21:11,422 --> 01:21:13,089
- Go ahead and stand
on that yellow line
1664
01:21:13,172 --> 01:21:14,881
and then face the front
of the room.
1665
01:21:14,964 --> 01:21:17,673
- But it's also revealing.
1666
01:21:17,756 --> 01:21:19,297
- Turn around.
1667
01:21:19,381 --> 01:21:20,923
- Here,
one of the most powerful,
1668
01:21:21,005 --> 01:21:23,839
one of the wealthiest athletes
in the history of sports
1669
01:21:23,923 --> 01:21:27,506
is in a holding cell
for having five different
1670
01:21:27,589 --> 01:21:30,047
prescribed drugs
in his system.
1671
01:21:30,130 --> 01:21:32,547
- Okay, you may begin.
1672
01:21:32,631 --> 01:21:35,881
- Today is May 29, 2017.
1673
01:21:35,964 --> 01:21:40,047
I have arrested and charged
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods.
1674
01:21:40,130 --> 01:21:43,047
- Tiger Woods has spent
most of his life
1675
01:21:43,130 --> 01:21:45,005
with a camera pointed at him.
1676
01:21:45,089 --> 01:21:47,005
- Tiger!
[camera shutters clicking]
1677
01:21:47,089 --> 01:21:48,339
[overlapping chatter]
1678
01:21:48,422 --> 01:21:51,255
- The second that camera
is pointed at you...
1679
01:21:53,798 --> 01:21:56,881
- You want to try
to control the image
1680
01:21:56,964 --> 01:22:00,756
to the degree you can,
knowing that often, you can't.
1681
01:22:00,839 --> 01:22:02,881
[overlapping chatter]
1682
01:22:02,964 --> 01:22:04,964
But on that night,
1683
01:22:05,047 --> 01:22:07,422
Tiger is still being filmed.
1684
01:22:07,506 --> 01:22:09,047
- [whistles]
Watch. Look.
1685
01:22:09,130 --> 01:22:11,297
I'm gonna need two samples
of your breath.
1686
01:22:11,381 --> 01:22:14,589
- And even though
he's deeply impaired...
1687
01:22:14,673 --> 01:22:15,798
- Blow.
[device beeps]
1688
01:22:15,881 --> 01:22:16,923
Good, there you go.
1689
01:22:17,005 --> 01:22:18,547
Keep going,
keep going, keep going.
1690
01:22:18,631 --> 01:22:21,589
- It's some of the most
truthful moments of his life,
1691
01:22:21,673 --> 01:22:25,881
because he realizes
it's all over
1692
01:22:25,964 --> 01:22:30,089
and there was no way
to hide from it.
1693
01:22:30,172 --> 01:22:31,673
- Seeing his mug shot there,
it's not the Tiger Woods
1694
01:22:31,756 --> 01:22:33,089
a lot of us
are used to seeing.
1695
01:22:33,172 --> 01:22:35,047
- That picture,
he should look at it.
1696
01:22:35,130 --> 01:22:37,756
- He's completely lost touch
with his image.
1697
01:22:37,839 --> 01:22:40,255
- His golf career,
it's virtually nonexistent.
1698
01:22:40,339 --> 01:22:42,255
He's never gonna dominate
and win again.
1699
01:22:42,339 --> 01:22:44,047
- It's at a point now
where the next press release
1700
01:22:44,130 --> 01:22:46,297
Tiger Woods should release
should be, "I'm retiring."
1701
01:22:46,381 --> 01:22:48,506
- Tiger Woods is finished.
1702
01:22:55,047 --> 01:22:57,589
- I remember thinking,
1703
01:22:57,673 --> 01:23:00,297
"Wow, is this how it ends?"
1704
01:23:00,381 --> 01:23:02,464
This is how it ends
1705
01:23:02,547 --> 01:23:05,506
after everything.
1706
01:23:05,589 --> 01:23:08,214
After all the pontifications
and pronouncements
1707
01:23:08,297 --> 01:23:11,506
about Tiger being
the chosen one,
1708
01:23:11,589 --> 01:23:16,506
this once-in-a-
multigenerational athlete
1709
01:23:16,589 --> 01:23:18,464
who had been inspiring
people in ways
1710
01:23:18,547 --> 01:23:22,130
people had never been
inspired before,
1711
01:23:22,214 --> 01:23:24,923
he was just a guy in need
of a hell of a lot of help.
1712
01:23:27,255 --> 01:23:30,714
This is the tragic ending
that no one wants to write.
1713
01:23:33,839 --> 01:23:37,631
- Okay, Mr. Woods,
got to read you your rights.
1714
01:23:37,714 --> 01:23:38,839
Okay.
1715
01:23:38,923 --> 01:23:41,130
- You have the right to remain
silent and not answer...
1716
01:23:41,214 --> 01:23:44,172
- I'd seen it on the news,
but I didn't watch it.
1717
01:23:44,255 --> 01:23:46,297
People were telling me,
"You got to see the video.
1718
01:23:46,381 --> 01:23:48,297
It's horrible. It's awful.
He looks so bad."
1719
01:23:48,381 --> 01:23:50,547
And, "He's done.
He's a mess."
1720
01:23:50,631 --> 01:23:53,130
And I just thought,
I didn't really want to see it.
1721
01:23:53,214 --> 01:23:57,464
There was just this
fiercely protective nature
1722
01:23:57,547 --> 01:23:59,756
that I had with him.
1723
01:23:59,839 --> 01:24:02,422
But then I watched the video
just by myself.
1724
01:24:12,589 --> 01:24:14,422
- Oh.
1725
01:24:14,506 --> 01:24:17,547
- He had referred
to Orange County,
1726
01:24:17,631 --> 01:24:21,422
and that took my mind back home
to Southern California,
1727
01:24:21,506 --> 01:24:23,130
to our childhood...
1728
01:24:23,214 --> 01:24:24,589
[indistinct chatter]
1729
01:24:24,673 --> 01:24:29,214
To thinking about that jovial,
funny, quirky kid.
1730
01:24:29,297 --> 01:24:31,839
- Oh, my God!
1731
01:24:31,923 --> 01:24:34,589
I mean, he had so much fun
1732
01:24:34,673 --> 01:24:36,881
and sweetness in him.
1733
01:24:36,964 --> 01:24:38,881
[laughter]
1734
01:24:38,964 --> 01:24:41,339
But he ended up
1735
01:24:41,422 --> 01:24:44,798
on the street alone
and on his own.
1736
01:24:50,297 --> 01:24:53,339
- And I just thought,
"I really hope
1737
01:24:53,422 --> 01:24:57,631
he can reflect back
and remember the real him."
1738
01:24:57,714 --> 01:25:00,631
[gentle music]
1739
01:25:00,714 --> 01:25:02,297
♪ ♪
1740
01:25:02,381 --> 01:25:05,214
[camera shutters clicking]
1741
01:25:05,297 --> 01:25:08,255
- Are you looking forward
to the hearing, Mr. Woods?
1742
01:25:08,339 --> 01:25:11,005
Will it impact
your golf career?
1743
01:25:16,798 --> 01:25:20,589
- In 17CT-9620,
1744
01:25:20,673 --> 01:25:22,589
the defendant
will be pleading guilty
1745
01:25:22,673 --> 01:25:24,673
to the charge
of reckless driving.
1746
01:25:24,756 --> 01:25:26,589
Mr. Woods,
are you entering this plea
1747
01:25:26,673 --> 01:25:27,798
freely and voluntarily?
1748
01:25:27,881 --> 01:25:29,089
- Yes.
1749
01:25:29,172 --> 01:25:31,381
- The defendant must complete
the DUI school
1750
01:25:31,464 --> 01:25:33,089
and any and all
recommended treatment.
1751
01:25:33,172 --> 01:25:35,422
He must enroll for that
within 30 days.
1752
01:25:35,506 --> 01:25:38,297
- Everyone will face
a reckoning.
1753
01:25:38,381 --> 01:25:40,381
I don't care who you are.
1754
01:25:40,464 --> 01:25:43,047
And Tiger's reckoning
came hard.
1755
01:25:44,881 --> 01:25:47,172
He was in the depths,
1756
01:25:47,255 --> 01:25:51,005
and I think he had to do
a lot of soul-searching,
1757
01:25:51,089 --> 01:25:54,464
and it started
by looking at his past.
1758
01:25:54,547 --> 01:25:56,506
- Daddy.
1759
01:25:56,589 --> 01:25:58,506
Daddy.
1760
01:25:58,589 --> 01:26:01,172
♪ ♪
1761
01:26:01,255 --> 01:26:02,798
- We can't dictate to him
1762
01:26:02,881 --> 01:26:05,964
what he can be
and what he cannot be.
1763
01:26:06,047 --> 01:26:07,506
So as a consequence,
1764
01:26:07,589 --> 01:26:10,798
what we do is, we participate
with him in golf,
1765
01:26:10,881 --> 01:26:12,631
and if it was bowling,
1766
01:26:12,714 --> 01:26:14,631
we would participate
with him in bowling.
1767
01:26:14,714 --> 01:26:17,464
Each and every one of us
has our own life to live,
1768
01:26:17,547 --> 01:26:20,506
and he has a choice
to live his life
1769
01:26:20,589 --> 01:26:22,964
the way he wants
to live his life.
1770
01:26:24,714 --> 01:26:27,005
- Tiger was constructed,
there's no question about it,
1771
01:26:27,089 --> 01:26:29,297
and Earl drew up the specs.
1772
01:26:29,381 --> 01:26:33,047
A perfect golfing machine
1773
01:26:33,130 --> 01:26:36,005
built from the outside in.
1774
01:26:36,089 --> 01:26:38,214
The outside was
the more important thing,
1775
01:26:38,297 --> 01:26:40,631
how you show your talent.
1776
01:26:41,923 --> 01:26:45,547
Crushing the ball,
crushing opponents,
1777
01:26:45,631 --> 01:26:47,339
success.
1778
01:26:47,422 --> 01:26:49,339
- He played mind games on me,
1779
01:26:49,422 --> 01:26:51,798
almost every shot I hit,
1780
01:26:51,881 --> 01:26:55,130
until I--until I grew up
and accepted it,
1781
01:26:55,214 --> 01:26:57,839
and then it was nothing.
1782
01:26:57,923 --> 01:27:01,172
- In the meantime, maybe
something was left out inside.
1783
01:27:04,297 --> 01:27:06,381
- For Tiger's whole life,
1784
01:27:06,464 --> 01:27:10,297
the development of the machine
took precedence.
1785
01:27:12,255 --> 01:27:15,255
It wasn't until the recovery
1786
01:27:15,339 --> 01:27:18,214
that he entered
after the arrest
1787
01:27:18,297 --> 01:27:23,297
that Tiger really had to go
through the human development.
1788
01:27:24,673 --> 01:27:28,381
Sort of this growth period
that for most of us
1789
01:27:28,464 --> 01:27:31,714
happens pretty early on.
1790
01:27:31,798 --> 01:27:35,673
Here he was in his
early 40s saying,
1791
01:27:35,756 --> 01:27:38,923
"Well, the machine
got me here.
1792
01:27:39,005 --> 01:27:42,130
I have to evolve
into something else."
1793
01:27:44,506 --> 01:27:49,089
- The first step was to go
into treatment.
1794
01:27:49,172 --> 01:27:52,214
He got clean.
1795
01:27:52,297 --> 01:27:54,214
He got healthy.
1796
01:27:56,130 --> 01:27:59,381
And he crawls out of that hole.
1797
01:28:01,172 --> 01:28:04,297
I mean, if you look back
on how deep into the throes
1798
01:28:04,381 --> 01:28:06,881
of drug addiction he was,
1799
01:28:06,964 --> 01:28:09,214
just to become
a functional adult
1800
01:28:09,297 --> 01:28:12,339
is the comeback
of all comebacks.
1801
01:28:16,005 --> 01:28:19,005
[birds chirping]
1802
01:28:30,005 --> 01:28:33,464
- Tiger had had
back fusion surgery
1803
01:28:33,547 --> 01:28:37,631
to just be able to resume
an ordinary life.
1804
01:28:37,714 --> 01:28:40,923
And as he started
to feel better physically,
1805
01:28:41,005 --> 01:28:44,214
he obviously started
thinking about golf.
1806
01:28:47,339 --> 01:28:49,798
- Post-back fusion surgery,
1807
01:28:49,881 --> 01:28:53,964
I was able to bend over and
start rotating without pain.
1808
01:28:54,047 --> 01:28:56,756
And so I was given the okay
to start chipping.
1809
01:28:58,214 --> 01:29:01,089
All of a sudden,
the thought came back
1810
01:29:01,172 --> 01:29:04,339
that, you know, I might
be able to do this again.
1811
01:29:04,422 --> 01:29:06,297
Next you know,
1812
01:29:06,381 --> 01:29:08,547
I started to piece together
a golf swing.
1813
01:29:11,422 --> 01:29:13,214
- Woods posted
this video on Monday,
1814
01:29:13,297 --> 01:29:14,756
dropping his biggest hint yet
1815
01:29:14,839 --> 01:29:17,005
that he's ready
to step back up to the tee.
1816
01:29:17,089 --> 01:29:19,339
- Who would have thought
ten months ago
1817
01:29:19,422 --> 01:29:21,756
that he would
even swing again?
1818
01:29:21,839 --> 01:29:23,839
- Just seeing him
at this level,
1819
01:29:23,923 --> 01:29:26,714
man, how do you not
be excited?
1820
01:29:26,798 --> 01:29:30,047
- All of a sudden,
everybody was wondering,
1821
01:29:30,130 --> 01:29:32,214
"Will he play golf again?"
1822
01:29:35,255 --> 01:29:39,297
I ended up writing an open
letter to Tiger saying,
1823
01:29:39,381 --> 01:29:41,339
"I hope you can come back
1824
01:29:41,422 --> 01:29:44,381
"but not for the reasons
you might think.
1825
01:29:44,464 --> 01:29:47,047
"I don't want you to come back
so that you can
1826
01:29:47,130 --> 01:29:50,255
"pass Jack's major record.
1827
01:29:50,339 --> 01:29:55,214
"I want you to come back
so that you find the joy
1828
01:29:55,297 --> 01:29:58,839
that led you to the game
in the first place."
1829
01:30:01,631 --> 01:30:03,214
- Today is perhaps
1830
01:30:03,297 --> 01:30:06,047
the most highly anticipated
round of golf.
1831
01:30:06,130 --> 01:30:08,214
For the first time
in 301 days,
1832
01:30:08,297 --> 01:30:10,881
Tiger Woods is playing
competitively
1833
01:30:10,964 --> 01:30:12,714
for the world to witness.
1834
01:30:12,798 --> 01:30:15,964
[cheers and applause]
1835
01:30:19,130 --> 01:30:20,547
- Oh, yeah.
- Wow.
1836
01:30:20,631 --> 01:30:22,547
- And he loves this one.
1837
01:30:22,631 --> 01:30:25,422
[cheers and applause]
1838
01:30:25,506 --> 01:30:28,381
- This week
is a big step for me.
1839
01:30:28,464 --> 01:30:30,089
To come out here
and to be able to do
1840
01:30:30,172 --> 01:30:32,631
what I've been doing
with the guys,
1841
01:30:32,714 --> 01:30:35,214
that--that's so exciting.
1842
01:30:35,297 --> 01:30:37,589
You have no idea
how exciting that is.
1843
01:30:37,673 --> 01:30:39,547
I hadn't been able
to play fun golf like that
1844
01:30:39,631 --> 01:30:41,422
in such a long time,
1845
01:30:41,506 --> 01:30:45,255
and honestly, I miss
playing golf for fun.
1846
01:30:45,339 --> 01:30:48,381
- Tiger Woods playing
alongside Kevin Na.
1847
01:30:48,464 --> 01:30:50,964
- He has this little
short one for birdie.
1848
01:30:52,714 --> 01:30:54,422
- Oh, man.
- Wow.
1849
01:30:54,506 --> 01:30:55,589
Pick it up.
1850
01:30:55,673 --> 01:30:56,923
You got to let it get
to the bottom
1851
01:30:57,005 --> 01:30:58,381
of the hole first, though,
Kevin.
1852
01:30:58,464 --> 01:30:59,714
[laughter]
1853
01:30:59,798 --> 01:31:01,673
- Tiger got a kick
out of that one.
1854
01:31:01,756 --> 01:31:03,798
- Oh, that's good.
1855
01:31:03,881 --> 01:31:07,047
- All right, Tiger
from just over two feet.
1856
01:31:08,673 --> 01:31:11,297
[laughter]
1857
01:31:11,381 --> 01:31:13,631
- Now, would you have ever
seen Tiger do that
1858
01:31:13,714 --> 01:31:15,089
a few years back?
- No.
1859
01:31:15,172 --> 01:31:17,172
- I don't care
what situation he was in.
1860
01:31:18,881 --> 01:31:23,464
- For all these years,
he had been so hyper-focused
1861
01:31:23,547 --> 01:31:25,005
on the results.
1862
01:31:25,089 --> 01:31:27,047
He didn't want to fraternize
with the people
1863
01:31:27,130 --> 01:31:29,631
that he was gonna be
trying to beat.
1864
01:31:29,714 --> 01:31:32,422
But now
when I watch him play golf,
1865
01:31:32,506 --> 01:31:34,506
I see him enjoying
the camaraderie
1866
01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:36,964
with his competitors.
1867
01:31:37,047 --> 01:31:39,214
[crowd cheering]
- Go, Tiger!
1868
01:31:39,297 --> 01:31:41,297
- I see him connecting
with fans
1869
01:31:41,381 --> 01:31:43,506
in a way
he never did before.
1870
01:31:43,589 --> 01:31:46,130
♪ ♪
1871
01:31:46,214 --> 01:31:50,130
I see a real, genuine sense
of gratitude
1872
01:31:50,214 --> 01:31:53,047
for this second chance.
1873
01:31:53,130 --> 01:31:56,381
crowd: Tiger! Tiger!
Tiger! Tiger!
1874
01:31:56,464 --> 01:31:59,923
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
1875
01:32:01,255 --> 01:32:04,005
- I'm very lucky.
1876
01:32:04,089 --> 01:32:07,172
I'm grateful
to have been given
1877
01:32:07,255 --> 01:32:10,881
the opportunity
to have a life
1878
01:32:10,964 --> 01:32:13,714
and then on top of that,
1879
01:32:13,798 --> 01:32:16,464
blessed to even have
the opportunity to play golf.
1880
01:32:16,547 --> 01:32:18,047
Because I wasn't.
I wasn't able to.
1881
01:32:18,130 --> 01:32:19,297
I was just laying down.
1882
01:32:19,381 --> 01:32:21,172
That's all I could do
is lay down.
1883
01:32:21,255 --> 01:32:22,839
A lot of times,
I couldn't move.
1884
01:32:22,923 --> 01:32:24,589
I would be helped,
you know, up
1885
01:32:24,673 --> 01:32:29,005
out of--off the floor,
out of the bed
1886
01:32:29,089 --> 01:32:30,839
and had to be carried
around the house.
1887
01:32:30,923 --> 01:32:32,839
You know,
these are tough times,
1888
01:32:32,964 --> 01:32:36,881
and to live months
upon months like that,
1889
01:32:36,964 --> 01:32:39,130
it was not fun.
1890
01:32:40,172 --> 01:32:41,923
But now to be
on the good side of it,
1891
01:32:42,005 --> 01:32:44,172
the neat thing for me
is to be able
1892
01:32:44,255 --> 01:32:46,214
to share it with my kids.
1893
01:32:46,297 --> 01:32:47,923
For so long,
all my kids knew
1894
01:32:48,005 --> 01:32:50,005
was my soreness and pain.
1895
01:32:50,089 --> 01:32:52,005
They'd never seen me
win golf tournaments.
1896
01:32:52,089 --> 01:32:53,881
They don't know
what it's like.
1897
01:32:53,964 --> 01:32:55,631
You know, and I said,
1898
01:32:55,714 --> 01:32:57,881
"Hey, I'm just getting started
here, okay, guys?
1899
01:32:57,964 --> 01:33:00,381
Dad's not done yet."
1900
01:33:00,464 --> 01:33:02,547
♪ ♪
1901
01:33:02,631 --> 01:33:05,464
- Round one of the Masters
today at Augusta National.
1902
01:33:05,547 --> 01:33:08,756
So many story lines to track,
including Tiger Woods.
1903
01:33:08,839 --> 01:33:10,839
- He almost lost the ability
to play the game.
1904
01:33:10,923 --> 01:33:12,547
Wasn't sure two years ago
1905
01:33:12,631 --> 01:33:14,714
if he was going to play
tournament golf again.
1906
01:33:14,798 --> 01:33:16,089
Now that he's back,
1907
01:33:16,172 --> 01:33:18,756
he understands
his place in the game.
1908
01:33:18,839 --> 01:33:21,422
- Tiger now is
the voice of history
1909
01:33:21,506 --> 01:33:23,923
amongst the players
here at Augusta National
1910
01:33:24,005 --> 01:33:26,255
because, you know,
it's 22 years removed now
1911
01:33:26,339 --> 01:33:28,923
from the '97.
1912
01:33:29,005 --> 01:33:31,089
- It's exciting for me
to be part of,
1913
01:33:31,172 --> 01:33:33,756
and hopefully, I can be part
of it come Sunday afternoon.
1914
01:33:33,839 --> 01:33:37,839
- Tiger, do you feel like
you need to win here again?
1915
01:33:39,339 --> 01:33:42,631
- Well, I don't really
need to win again.
1916
01:33:45,005 --> 01:33:47,214
But I really want to.
1917
01:33:47,297 --> 01:33:49,464
[applause]
1918
01:33:49,547 --> 01:33:52,089
- When he walked out
to the first tee,
1919
01:33:52,172 --> 01:33:54,547
I think we all thought,
"There's no way.
1920
01:33:54,631 --> 01:33:57,005
There's no way
he can win another major."
1921
01:33:57,089 --> 01:33:58,798
Because of what we saw
five years ago,
1922
01:33:58,881 --> 01:33:59,839
there's no way physically.
1923
01:33:59,923 --> 01:34:01,339
I mean, technically,
there was no way
1924
01:34:01,422 --> 01:34:02,673
he could win another major.
1925
01:34:04,714 --> 01:34:06,798
- No, no, no.
1926
01:34:06,881 --> 01:34:08,297
- And that one
is leaking left.
1927
01:34:08,381 --> 01:34:09,756
He knows it too.
1928
01:34:09,839 --> 01:34:12,089
[crowd gasps]
- Oh, my God.
1929
01:34:12,172 --> 01:34:13,964
- He will be hard-pressed
to make his par
1930
01:34:14,047 --> 01:34:15,547
from where he is.
1931
01:34:16,673 --> 01:34:18,714
- See if he can
manufacture a shot.
1932
01:34:20,547 --> 01:34:21,839
- Down, ball.
1933
01:34:21,923 --> 01:34:24,422
[crowd murmuring]
1934
01:34:25,547 --> 01:34:28,381
[cheers and applause]
- He can.
1935
01:34:29,339 --> 01:34:32,130
- There are signs,
subtle signs,
1936
01:34:32,214 --> 01:34:35,214
of the way Tiger
used to play golf.
1937
01:34:35,923 --> 01:34:39,381
- One thing I've learned
from 20 years of Tiger Woods
1938
01:34:39,464 --> 01:34:43,005
is, do not underestimate
Tiger Woods.
1939
01:34:43,089 --> 01:34:45,464
That is not the way to bet.
1940
01:34:45,547 --> 01:34:47,964
After playing Augusta
for so many years,
1941
01:34:48,047 --> 01:34:50,631
he figured out
how to play the golf course.
1942
01:34:52,756 --> 01:34:54,714
- Try and land it
in the middle of the green.
1943
01:34:54,798 --> 01:34:56,506
[cheers and applause]
1944
01:34:56,589 --> 01:34:59,089
- That's Masters experience
right there.
1945
01:35:00,589 --> 01:35:02,881
- On every hole,
he figured out,
1946
01:35:02,964 --> 01:35:05,047
This is the safest place
to hit it."
1947
01:35:05,130 --> 01:35:07,506
It's a little bit
conservative for him.
1948
01:35:07,589 --> 01:35:09,214
You know, he wasn't
going out there
1949
01:35:09,297 --> 01:35:11,631
and stepping
on people's necks.
1950
01:35:11,714 --> 01:35:13,923
But this was
a different Tiger.
1951
01:35:14,005 --> 01:35:15,214
He's older Tiger.
1952
01:35:15,297 --> 01:35:18,714
[crowd shouting]
1953
01:35:18,798 --> 01:35:20,756
[cheers and applause]
1954
01:35:20,839 --> 01:35:22,714
- Anybody enjoying this?
1955
01:35:22,798 --> 01:35:24,714
- Yes, sir.
1956
01:35:24,798 --> 01:35:26,172
- I kept telling myself,
1957
01:35:26,255 --> 01:35:28,631
"I've been
in this position before.
1958
01:35:28,714 --> 01:35:30,673
"You have a lot
of holes to play.
1959
01:35:30,756 --> 01:35:32,381
"Hang in there
until the last couple holes,
1960
01:35:32,464 --> 01:35:34,297
"and then we'll see
where we are.
1961
01:35:34,381 --> 01:35:35,881
Just keep hanging in there."
1962
01:35:35,964 --> 01:35:39,839
[cheers and applause]
1963
01:35:43,214 --> 01:35:44,381
- Right now,
everybody's talking
1964
01:35:44,464 --> 01:35:45,756
about that leaderboard.
1965
01:35:45,839 --> 01:35:48,130
There are some huge names,
1966
01:35:48,214 --> 01:35:51,047
and right behind
sits Tiger Woods.
1967
01:35:51,130 --> 01:35:52,422
[cheers and applause]
1968
01:35:52,506 --> 01:35:54,881
- There's a whole generation
of tour pros
1969
01:35:54,964 --> 01:35:58,089
that grew up
idolizing Tiger,
1970
01:35:58,172 --> 01:36:00,589
but they never played him
at his peak,
1971
01:36:00,673 --> 01:36:05,005
never saw the shots that they
only can see on YouTube now.
1972
01:36:05,964 --> 01:36:07,464
And there were some pros
who said,
1973
01:36:07,547 --> 01:36:09,297
"I can't wait
to get into the hunt
1974
01:36:09,381 --> 01:36:12,673
with Tiger on a Sunday
in a major."
1975
01:36:14,047 --> 01:36:15,422
The fuck you do.
1976
01:36:15,506 --> 01:36:18,339
You have no idea
what you're getting into.
1977
01:36:18,422 --> 01:36:20,047
[dramatic percussive music]
1978
01:36:20,130 --> 01:36:22,798
- Our leader,
Francesco Molinari.
1979
01:36:22,881 --> 01:36:26,673
♪ ♪
1980
01:36:30,381 --> 01:36:33,005
[crowd groans]
1981
01:36:34,381 --> 01:36:37,089
- That was just so weak.
1982
01:36:37,172 --> 01:36:39,255
- With Tiger Woods
on the prowl,
1983
01:36:39,339 --> 01:36:41,881
the guys just crumbled.
1984
01:36:41,964 --> 01:36:44,422
- Now Koepka...
1985
01:36:44,506 --> 01:36:46,839
can make this thing
interesting.
1986
01:36:50,089 --> 01:36:52,005
[crowd groans]
1987
01:36:53,547 --> 01:36:54,964
- And Finau.
1988
01:36:55,047 --> 01:36:57,297
He really has
an opportunity.
1989
01:36:57,381 --> 01:36:58,673
- Get in!
[crowd groans]
1990
01:36:58,756 --> 01:37:00,506
- Ugh.
1991
01:37:00,589 --> 01:37:03,506
- Let's go, Tiger!
- Can Woods take advantage?
1992
01:37:06,172 --> 01:37:09,255
[crowd murmuring]
1993
01:37:11,547 --> 01:37:15,005
[cheers and applause]
1994
01:37:16,714 --> 01:37:18,964
- Tiger Woods
has the lead.
1995
01:37:19,047 --> 01:37:21,673
The impossible
has become possible.
1996
01:37:21,756 --> 01:37:26,297
- Suddenly, we're back
to watching Tiger.
1997
01:37:26,381 --> 01:37:28,673
You know, everybody's emotion
went...[imitates crunching]
1998
01:37:28,756 --> 01:37:31,005
You know, to the roof.
1999
01:37:31,089 --> 01:37:34,089
[cheers and applause]
2000
01:37:37,923 --> 01:37:40,506
- Down towards the cup
for Tiger.
2001
01:37:40,589 --> 01:37:42,172
[cheers and applause continue]
2002
01:37:42,255 --> 01:37:44,714
This might be the shot
that seals it all.
2003
01:37:44,798 --> 01:37:46,381
♪ ♪
2004
01:37:46,464 --> 01:37:48,673
Incredibly play
2005
01:37:48,756 --> 01:37:51,089
at exactly the right time.
2006
01:37:51,172 --> 01:37:53,589
[cheers and applause continue]
2007
01:37:56,798 --> 01:37:58,881
- For Tiger Woods
to come back
2008
01:37:58,964 --> 01:38:03,172
after an 11-year drought
is just a Cinderella story.
2009
01:38:03,255 --> 01:38:04,631
- I don't know
if it means anything,
2010
01:38:04,714 --> 01:38:06,839
but, you know,
the solar cycles of the sun
2011
01:38:06,964 --> 01:38:08,339
are every 11 years...
2012
01:38:08,422 --> 01:38:09,506
- Wow.
2013
01:38:09,589 --> 01:38:12,964
- So maybe the sun of golf
has returned.
2014
01:38:14,339 --> 01:38:16,422
The patrons are 20 deep,
2015
01:38:16,506 --> 01:38:19,923
and many thousands more
walking up 18
2016
01:38:20,005 --> 01:38:21,631
in readiness.
2017
01:38:23,464 --> 01:38:25,381
On the nose.
2018
01:38:25,464 --> 01:38:28,297
[cheers and applause]
2019
01:38:28,381 --> 01:38:31,589
[uplifting music]
2020
01:38:31,673 --> 01:38:32,881
♪ ♪
2021
01:38:32,964 --> 01:38:35,339
- When he was
coming up the fairway,
2022
01:38:35,422 --> 01:38:38,714
hoping to win his 15th
major championship,
2023
01:38:38,798 --> 01:38:41,381
I knew what to expect.
2024
01:38:41,464 --> 01:38:43,297
A lot of people would spin it
2025
01:38:43,381 --> 01:38:45,089
like he was
a different man now,
2026
01:38:45,172 --> 01:38:47,339
he's the conquering hero,
2027
01:38:47,422 --> 01:38:50,422
but these are the same people
2028
01:38:50,506 --> 01:38:53,589
that when he was riding high,
2029
01:38:53,673 --> 01:38:55,756
they were pulling
for him to fall,
2030
01:38:55,839 --> 01:38:57,381
and when he fell,
2031
01:38:57,464 --> 01:38:59,381
they jumped on him
with both feet.
2032
01:38:59,464 --> 01:39:02,756
And when he rose again,
all of a sudden,
2033
01:39:02,839 --> 01:39:05,089
he is a virtuous man now,
2034
01:39:05,172 --> 01:39:07,172
which to me is bullshit.
2035
01:39:08,339 --> 01:39:10,422
He's a human being
2036
01:39:10,506 --> 01:39:13,547
with frailties
like everyone else.
2037
01:39:15,673 --> 01:39:17,923
The problem is, we always try
2038
01:39:18,005 --> 01:39:21,255
to make him out to be
more than he is,
2039
01:39:21,339 --> 01:39:24,089
and that goes all the way
back to Earl.
2040
01:39:24,172 --> 01:39:25,589
[applause]
2041
01:39:25,673 --> 01:39:27,422
- This is the minute
2042
01:39:27,506 --> 01:39:30,464
that millions around the world
have waited for.
2043
01:39:30,547 --> 01:39:32,547
♪ ♪
2044
01:39:32,631 --> 01:39:34,673
Waited for years.
2045
01:39:34,756 --> 01:39:37,631
Many doubted
we'd ever see it,
2046
01:39:37,714 --> 01:39:39,547
but here it is.
2047
01:39:41,255 --> 01:39:43,673
The return to glory.
2048
01:39:43,756 --> 01:39:45,756
[cheers and applause]
2049
01:39:45,839 --> 01:39:52,839
♪ ♪
2050
01:40:18,130 --> 01:40:20,172
- Please forgive me,
2051
01:40:20,255 --> 01:40:23,005
but sometimes
I get very emotional
2052
01:40:23,089 --> 01:40:25,214
when I talk about my son.
2053
01:40:25,297 --> 01:40:31,381
♪ ♪
2054
01:40:31,464 --> 01:40:33,839
My heart fills
2055
01:40:33,923 --> 01:40:36,506
with so much joy
2056
01:40:36,589 --> 01:40:39,047
when I realize
2057
01:40:39,130 --> 01:40:42,422
that he'll transcend
this game.
2058
01:40:44,798 --> 01:40:48,881
This is my treasure.
2059
01:40:48,964 --> 01:40:52,005
Please use it wisely.
2060
01:40:52,089 --> 01:40:57,130
♪ ♪
2061
01:42:35,214 --> 01:42:38,673
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