1 00:00:07,172 --> 00:00:08,464 EARL WOODS: Please forgive me, 2 00:00:08,547 --> 00:00:10,964 but sometimes I get very emotional 3 00:00:11,756 --> 00:00:13,506 when I talk about my son. 4 00:00:13,589 --> 00:00:15,506 YOUNG TIGER WOODS: Daddy! Daddy! 5 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:19,506 EARL: He will transcend this game and bring to the world 6 00:00:19,839 --> 00:00:24,464 a humanitarianism which has never been known before. 7 00:00:25,839 --> 00:00:27,756 THOMAS BONK: You become the biggest name in golf, 8 00:00:28,005 --> 00:00:30,047 and your dad is the one who invented you? 9 00:00:30,881 --> 00:00:33,255 GARY SMITH: Tiger was gonna be this bridge between 10 00:00:33,339 --> 00:00:36,297 all the different races and tribes of humanity. 11 00:00:37,214 --> 00:00:39,714 JIM RISWOLD: Using Tiger to expand the golf universe 12 00:00:39,798 --> 00:00:40,964 is a no brainer. 13 00:00:41,255 --> 00:00:42,214 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) 14 00:00:42,297 --> 00:00:43,881 How are you handling all the adulation? 15 00:00:43,964 --> 00:00:46,422 I honestly don't feel comfortable with it. 16 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:49,464 BONK: Tiger did not want any shadows on his brand. 17 00:00:49,923 --> 00:00:51,631 He's not gonna like this shit at all. 18 00:00:52,214 --> 00:00:54,798 DINA GRAVELL: He called me, and he said, "My dad's out again." 19 00:00:54,964 --> 00:00:57,172 And it changed the relationship with him and his dad. 20 00:00:57,756 --> 00:01:00,506 STEVE WILLIAMS: With Earl passing, he had to rely on himself. 21 00:01:01,464 --> 00:01:05,130 PETE MCDANIEL: Tiger had that ability to bury something very deep, 22 00:01:05,464 --> 00:01:09,172 but there's a reckoning and we all will face it someday. 23 00:01:11,631 --> 00:01:13,464 Okay. So, what do you want me to talk about? 24 00:01:14,798 --> 00:01:17,047 [dramatic music] 25 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:18,714 male announcer: The following is a presentation 26 00:01:18,798 --> 00:01:20,631 of HBO Sports. 27 00:01:26,130 --> 00:01:29,130 [helicopter rotors thrumming] 28 00:01:30,172 --> 00:01:33,130 [dramatic orchestral music] 29 00:01:33,214 --> 00:01:38,047 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:38,130 --> 00:01:42,756 - 25 days after Tiger Woods buried his father, Earl, 31 00:01:42,839 --> 00:01:45,089 he went to a military base 32 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:47,547 where SEALs practice mountain warfare. 33 00:01:47,631 --> 00:01:49,464 - Ready. all: Ready! 34 00:01:49,547 --> 00:01:50,631 - Target. 35 00:01:50,714 --> 00:01:53,631 [gunfire] 36 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:56,964 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:57,047 --> 00:01:59,756 - A petty officer working with Tiger asked him, 38 00:01:59,839 --> 00:02:02,255 "Why is the greatest golfer running around 39 00:02:02,339 --> 00:02:04,422 playing G.I. Joe?" 40 00:02:04,506 --> 00:02:07,089 And Tiger Woods looked at him and said, "My dad." 41 00:02:07,172 --> 00:02:09,464 [explosion] - Go, go, go, go! 42 00:02:09,547 --> 00:02:12,172 - Without his father, Tiger was left 43 00:02:12,255 --> 00:02:15,464 with an Earl Woods-sized hole in his life 44 00:02:15,547 --> 00:02:17,297 and would spend the next few years 45 00:02:17,381 --> 00:02:18,589 searching for something. 46 00:02:18,673 --> 00:02:20,506 [gunfire] 47 00:02:22,422 --> 00:02:26,005 I don't think Tiger Woods even knows what he wanted to find. 48 00:02:30,839 --> 00:02:34,839 crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 49 00:02:34,923 --> 00:02:40,172 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 50 00:02:40,255 --> 00:02:42,297 - And from Windermere, Florida, 51 00:02:42,381 --> 00:02:48,005 the 1999, 2000, and 2006 PGA champion, 52 00:02:48,089 --> 00:02:49,881 Tiger Woods! 53 00:02:49,964 --> 00:02:52,047 [applause] 54 00:02:53,589 --> 00:02:54,631 - And he hammered it. 55 00:02:54,714 --> 00:02:57,506 He hammered it down the middle with a cut. 56 00:02:57,589 --> 00:02:58,839 What a tee shot. 57 00:02:58,923 --> 00:03:02,172 - Just belt the living daylights out of it. 58 00:03:02,255 --> 00:03:04,506 [announcers chuckle] 59 00:03:04,589 --> 00:03:07,631 - A number of months after Earl's passing, 60 00:03:07,714 --> 00:03:09,881 Tiger appeared to be 61 00:03:09,964 --> 00:03:12,673 in a very, very good frame of mind. 62 00:03:12,756 --> 00:03:15,005 He was at the pinnacle of the sport, 63 00:03:15,089 --> 00:03:18,214 and he had this aura of invincibility. 64 00:03:18,297 --> 00:03:21,339 - Tiger is just a shot away... 65 00:03:21,422 --> 00:03:24,297 - On his way to his own... 66 00:03:24,381 --> 00:03:26,464 - His own universe. - Exactly. 67 00:03:28,047 --> 00:03:31,673 [cheers and applause] 68 00:03:31,756 --> 00:03:34,631 - His 13th major. 69 00:03:35,964 --> 00:03:38,881 - It's like sometimes these golfing gods are just-- 70 00:03:38,964 --> 00:03:42,214 [chuckles] You know, they seem to be on his shoulders. 71 00:03:42,297 --> 00:03:45,798 [cheers and applause] 72 00:03:47,798 --> 00:03:51,547 But in reality, at that point in time, 73 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:56,631 being Tiger Woods had taken its toll on Tiger Woods. 74 00:03:56,714 --> 00:03:58,381 - Tiger Woods, ladies and gentlemen. 75 00:03:58,464 --> 00:04:01,381 [cheers and applause] crowd: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! 76 00:04:01,464 --> 00:04:03,589 - He said to me one time, "Stevie, you know, 77 00:04:03,673 --> 00:04:06,339 "you become this global sporting icon, 78 00:04:06,422 --> 00:04:10,047 "and you're representing all these different brands. 79 00:04:10,130 --> 00:04:12,255 "Sometimes you feel you just can't be yourself 80 00:04:12,339 --> 00:04:14,172 "'cause you've got so many people depending on you, 81 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:15,589 "so many people watching you, 82 00:04:15,673 --> 00:04:18,047 so many people are invested in you." 83 00:04:24,589 --> 00:04:26,422 - He is widely considered to be the greatest golfer 84 00:04:26,506 --> 00:04:28,255 to ever play the game. 85 00:04:28,339 --> 00:04:29,923 Please welcome Tiger Woods. 86 00:04:30,005 --> 00:04:33,005 [cheers and applause] 87 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,464 - [chuckles] [cheers continue] 88 00:04:37,547 --> 00:04:39,798 - You ever get sick of it? You don't get sick of it. 89 00:04:39,881 --> 00:04:41,464 It's nice, wherever you go, people go crazy. 90 00:04:41,547 --> 00:04:43,547 - Well, it's nice--it's nice that they are like that... 91 00:04:43,631 --> 00:04:45,005 - Yeah. - Because I'm certainly one 92 00:04:45,089 --> 00:04:46,422 that's not really comfortable with it. 93 00:04:46,506 --> 00:04:48,798 - Very rarely is there a photograph of you, 94 00:04:48,881 --> 00:04:50,130 you know, in your private life. 95 00:04:50,214 --> 00:04:51,923 I thought, "This guy must have a Batcave." 96 00:04:52,005 --> 00:04:54,756 You have an alter ego. You play-- 97 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,005 - That's good. - It is good. It is good. 98 00:04:58,089 --> 00:05:00,756 - I think he just wanted at some point in time, 99 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,464 break all those ties, get away from that, 100 00:05:03,547 --> 00:05:05,464 go and do something completely different, 101 00:05:05,547 --> 00:05:07,756 and it was like hitting a reset button. 102 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,506 [jet engine roaring] 103 00:05:10,589 --> 00:05:13,506 [uneasy music] 104 00:05:13,589 --> 00:05:20,422 ♪ ♪ 105 00:05:24,214 --> 00:05:28,172 - The allure of Las Vegas is that feeling 106 00:05:28,255 --> 00:05:30,047 you can escape. 107 00:05:33,255 --> 00:05:35,923 People leave their morals at the airport 108 00:05:36,005 --> 00:05:38,422 and pick them up when they leave. 109 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:40,798 [indistinct chatter] 110 00:05:40,881 --> 00:05:43,047 And as soon as you hit that tarmac, 111 00:05:43,130 --> 00:05:45,130 everything is at your disposal. 112 00:05:45,214 --> 00:05:47,506 - Tiger, this way, please. 113 00:05:47,589 --> 00:05:49,881 - We catered to Tiger. 114 00:05:49,964 --> 00:05:53,005 We spoiled him. 115 00:05:53,089 --> 00:05:56,798 We would say, "You're like a prince 116 00:05:56,881 --> 00:06:00,464 and basically free to do whatever you want." 117 00:06:00,547 --> 00:06:02,923 [funky music] 118 00:06:03,005 --> 00:06:04,839 - Tiger Woods, what's up, man? - Come on, man. 119 00:06:04,923 --> 00:06:06,798 What's going on, man? 120 00:06:06,881 --> 00:06:09,339 - Tiger's two running buddies in Vegas, 121 00:06:09,422 --> 00:06:11,756 Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, 122 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,381 they both enjoyed the good life. 123 00:06:14,464 --> 00:06:18,464 ♪ ♪ 124 00:06:18,547 --> 00:06:20,547 The nightclubs, the bottle service. 125 00:06:20,631 --> 00:06:23,255 I mean, women are literally 126 00:06:23,339 --> 00:06:25,547 throwing themselves at them. 127 00:06:25,631 --> 00:06:27,881 - Michael! - Michael! Michael, Michael! 128 00:06:27,964 --> 00:06:31,255 - In that entourage, Tiger was a bit of a geek. 129 00:06:31,339 --> 00:06:32,714 - Tiger, looking right over here. 130 00:06:32,798 --> 00:06:34,381 - Tiger, this way, please. - Got a good smile. 131 00:06:34,464 --> 00:06:36,381 - It wasn't like he was, like, mack daddy, 132 00:06:36,464 --> 00:06:38,714 like, Casanova. 133 00:06:38,798 --> 00:06:42,089 You know, those guys really didn't have to be. 134 00:06:42,172 --> 00:06:45,214 Their hosts did all the work. 135 00:06:45,297 --> 00:06:49,130 We would pick out the pretty girls and say, 136 00:06:49,214 --> 00:06:51,047 "Hi, would you like to go up 137 00:06:51,130 --> 00:06:52,964 and party with Michael Jordan?" 138 00:06:55,464 --> 00:06:59,255 - Tiger asked, "What do I say to these women?" 139 00:06:59,339 --> 00:07:02,964 And Michael, to his ever-loving credit, goes, 140 00:07:03,047 --> 00:07:04,756 "You tell 'em you're Tiger Woods." 141 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,798 - Come on, Tiger Woods. 142 00:07:06,881 --> 00:07:09,756 Hey, I need a president, huh? - We'll go over here. 143 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:13,255 [dark music] 144 00:07:13,339 --> 00:07:17,923 - I heard rumors of sexual encounters, 145 00:07:18,005 --> 00:07:20,089 and I remember thinking, 146 00:07:20,172 --> 00:07:22,005 "Wow, he's a man full of secrets." 147 00:07:23,506 --> 00:07:27,798 But we all--we all kept our mouths shut. 148 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,130 I know I did. 149 00:07:29,214 --> 00:07:33,089 ♪ ♪ 150 00:07:33,172 --> 00:07:36,923 We made him feel so safe, 151 00:07:37,005 --> 00:07:39,506 like nobody's going to tell. 152 00:07:41,506 --> 00:07:44,089 - This was Tiger Woods 153 00:07:44,172 --> 00:07:48,089 unchained from the history of his childhood, 154 00:07:48,172 --> 00:07:53,798 unchained from pronouncements about being the chosen one. 155 00:07:53,881 --> 00:07:57,464 It was Tiger Woods unchained from being 156 00:07:57,547 --> 00:08:01,130 a $100-million-a-year brand. 157 00:08:01,214 --> 00:08:04,172 And so time and time and time again, 158 00:08:04,255 --> 00:08:06,673 he would return to Vegas, 159 00:08:06,756 --> 00:08:10,756 and even after he got married to Elin, 160 00:08:10,839 --> 00:08:12,839 Tiger didn't really slow down. 161 00:08:15,255 --> 00:08:20,089 His ability to live a double life, 162 00:08:20,172 --> 00:08:22,172 it started in Vegas. 163 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,673 - We caught up with Tiger outside Las Vegas 164 00:08:27,756 --> 00:08:30,798 on what was the coldest day there in more than five years. 165 00:08:30,881 --> 00:08:32,673 Woods was on the set of his latest commercial 166 00:08:32,756 --> 00:08:34,964 for Nike Golf, and among other things, 167 00:08:35,047 --> 00:08:36,214 I asked him how married life 168 00:08:36,297 --> 00:08:38,339 with his new bride, Elin, was going. 169 00:08:38,422 --> 00:08:39,506 - It's been good. - Yeah? 170 00:08:39,589 --> 00:08:40,839 - It's the same as always, you know? 171 00:08:40,923 --> 00:08:42,673 - Nothing's changed? - Nothing's changed. 172 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:44,339 That's it, I mean, it's still the same, 173 00:08:44,422 --> 00:08:45,714 same relationship. 174 00:08:45,798 --> 00:08:47,839 - How does she deal with all the attention? 175 00:08:47,923 --> 00:08:50,005 - It's one thing she had to get used to. 176 00:08:50,089 --> 00:08:51,756 - Mm-hmm. - She didn't ask for it. 177 00:08:51,839 --> 00:08:53,464 Back in 2002 when we started 178 00:08:53,547 --> 00:08:54,964 getting pretty serious about it, 179 00:08:55,047 --> 00:08:56,881 that's one of the things we had to talk about 180 00:08:56,964 --> 00:08:59,005 is that I'm sorry it has to be this way, 181 00:08:59,089 --> 00:09:01,214 but it's just-- it kind of comes along 182 00:09:01,297 --> 00:09:02,881 with, you know, what I do. 183 00:09:02,964 --> 00:09:05,005 [cheers and applause] 184 00:09:05,089 --> 00:09:08,047 [gentle music] 185 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:09,381 ♪ ♪ 186 00:09:09,464 --> 00:09:11,547 - Tiger would always talk about 187 00:09:11,631 --> 00:09:13,881 having the white picket fence, 188 00:09:13,964 --> 00:09:16,547 the lovely wife, children, 189 00:09:16,631 --> 00:09:19,297 and some sort of normal life. 190 00:09:21,005 --> 00:09:23,798 It appeared to me that he was happy being married. 191 00:09:24,798 --> 00:09:27,756 Elin is very sweet, 192 00:09:27,839 --> 00:09:29,881 smart, nice girl, 193 00:09:29,964 --> 00:09:33,714 and I was really happy he had found that in his life, 194 00:09:33,798 --> 00:09:36,589 and I thought that was, you know, hopefully for him, 195 00:09:36,673 --> 00:09:39,589 gonna be, you know, where he wanted to be. 196 00:09:43,631 --> 00:09:46,756 Tiger and Elin lived five doors down 197 00:09:46,839 --> 00:09:48,673 from my husband and I. 198 00:09:51,506 --> 00:09:54,005 And we became very good friends. 199 00:09:56,005 --> 00:09:59,923 I remember Tiger told me that he was gonna be a father. 200 00:10:00,005 --> 00:10:02,923 And he was just elated to have children. 201 00:10:03,005 --> 00:10:05,714 He really wanted to be a hands-on dad. 202 00:10:05,798 --> 00:10:08,422 That was really important to him. 203 00:10:08,506 --> 00:10:11,089 I think it really lit up his life. 204 00:10:11,172 --> 00:10:12,923 - Elin and I are very excited. 205 00:10:13,005 --> 00:10:15,297 This is far more important than any game of golf. 206 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:18,923 This is an opportunity for us to-- 207 00:10:19,005 --> 00:10:20,422 to raise our first child, 208 00:10:20,506 --> 00:10:21,673 and we're looking forward to it. 209 00:10:23,631 --> 00:10:25,756 - Three years into their marriage, 210 00:10:25,839 --> 00:10:29,756 Elin had Sam, their little girl. 211 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:32,172 Elin always loved children 212 00:10:32,255 --> 00:10:34,464 and always knew she wanted to be a mom, 213 00:10:34,547 --> 00:10:37,255 always felt like she was going to be a mom. 214 00:10:39,214 --> 00:10:41,464 She told me that she envisioned 215 00:10:41,547 --> 00:10:46,130 they would build a happy home filled with children. 216 00:10:46,214 --> 00:10:48,339 They could be, as she put it, normal. 217 00:10:48,422 --> 00:10:51,756 ♪ ♪ 218 00:10:51,839 --> 00:10:53,714 - I'm happier than I've ever been in my life. 219 00:10:53,798 --> 00:10:56,464 You know, I've got a wonderful balance between 220 00:10:56,547 --> 00:10:58,464 on the golf course and off the golf course. 221 00:10:58,547 --> 00:10:59,756 Couldn't ask for a better year. 222 00:10:59,839 --> 00:11:02,130 - What's harder, sinking a ten-foot par putt 223 00:11:02,214 --> 00:11:04,297 on 18 with a one-stroke lead 224 00:11:04,381 --> 00:11:05,631 or changing a poop diaper 225 00:11:05,714 --> 00:11:07,756 and not getting anything on you? 226 00:11:07,839 --> 00:11:10,589 - Number two. Literally number two. 227 00:11:10,673 --> 00:11:11,673 [laughter] 228 00:11:11,756 --> 00:11:13,547 - The professional athlete 229 00:11:13,631 --> 00:11:16,214 is always concerned about image, 230 00:11:16,297 --> 00:11:20,464 and Tiger built himself up to be more than he was. 231 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:24,506 We all have certain demons that we have to acknowledge, 232 00:11:24,589 --> 00:11:26,714 and I think, for years and years and years, 233 00:11:26,798 --> 00:11:28,673 Tiger ignored his, 234 00:11:28,756 --> 00:11:30,881 and that made him susceptible. 235 00:11:30,964 --> 00:11:33,339 - There were so many articles written when you had a baby 236 00:11:33,422 --> 00:11:35,005 that you were gonna lose your edge. 237 00:11:35,089 --> 00:11:36,172 Does it bother you when you start 238 00:11:36,255 --> 00:11:37,339 to see these things written? 239 00:11:37,422 --> 00:11:41,005 It seems people are waiting for something to happen. 240 00:11:41,089 --> 00:11:44,047 - There is a fascination in America to see 241 00:11:44,130 --> 00:11:46,798 the top dog fall off the ladder. 242 00:11:46,881 --> 00:11:50,506 [indistinct shouting] 243 00:11:50,589 --> 00:11:52,464 - No. Yes! 244 00:11:52,547 --> 00:11:54,547 [cheers and applause] 245 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,547 - It's called the crab in the barrel mentality. 246 00:11:57,631 --> 00:11:58,881 We're all in a barrel, 247 00:11:58,964 --> 00:12:01,714 and we have crabs trying to get out of the barrel, 248 00:12:01,798 --> 00:12:03,881 and as soon as they get up to the top, 249 00:12:03,964 --> 00:12:07,339 one of the other crabs grabs its leg 250 00:12:07,422 --> 00:12:10,255 and pulls it back down into the barrel. 251 00:12:10,339 --> 00:12:12,214 So there was a group of people, 252 00:12:12,297 --> 00:12:16,381 especially in the media, pulling against him. 253 00:12:16,464 --> 00:12:20,089 These detractors were plotting, 254 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:23,130 hoping for his fall. 255 00:12:25,756 --> 00:12:27,589 - I think the Tiger Woods story 256 00:12:27,673 --> 00:12:29,881 is a big cautionary tale. 257 00:12:29,964 --> 00:12:32,881 [uneasy music] 258 00:12:32,964 --> 00:12:37,589 Be careful about the image you create of yourself. 259 00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:40,547 Be careful to live lies. 260 00:12:40,631 --> 00:12:42,589 Be very, very careful, 261 00:12:42,673 --> 00:12:45,881 because it could all come tumbling down. 262 00:12:45,964 --> 00:12:52,631 ♪ ♪ 263 00:12:52,714 --> 00:12:56,089 The "National Enquirer" had a history 264 00:12:56,172 --> 00:12:59,381 of just smearing people. 265 00:13:00,673 --> 00:13:03,089 They knew that the American public 266 00:13:03,172 --> 00:13:07,798 loved to see the failings of their famous celebrities, 267 00:13:07,881 --> 00:13:11,297 and so they fed that appetite with a vengeance. 268 00:13:11,381 --> 00:13:13,339 ♪ ♪ 269 00:13:16,839 --> 00:13:19,130 One evening, I was at the office 270 00:13:19,214 --> 00:13:23,506 and I got a call to report to the editor in chief. 271 00:13:23,589 --> 00:13:24,798 There he was 272 00:13:24,881 --> 00:13:28,297 with the biggest smile I'd ever seen on his face. 273 00:13:28,381 --> 00:13:32,005 He had the biggest scoop in years: 274 00:13:32,089 --> 00:13:34,964 Tiger Woods. 275 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:37,130 [indistinct chatter] 276 00:13:37,214 --> 00:13:40,464 Tiger had his trips to Vegas. 277 00:13:40,547 --> 00:13:43,381 He had a wild side. 278 00:13:43,464 --> 00:13:46,589 And he had an insatiable appetite for women. 279 00:13:46,673 --> 00:13:49,297 [crowd yelling] 280 00:13:49,381 --> 00:13:52,214 And he made a careless mistake. 281 00:13:56,089 --> 00:13:59,297 There was a restaurant where Tiger would go with his wife 282 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,506 not far from home, 283 00:14:01,589 --> 00:14:04,339 and at this restaurant was a hostess, 284 00:14:04,422 --> 00:14:06,631 Mindy Lawton. 285 00:14:06,714 --> 00:14:11,005 And Tiger just couldn't take his eyes off of her. 286 00:14:11,089 --> 00:14:12,714 - I was shocked. I was in awe. 287 00:14:12,798 --> 00:14:13,964 [chuckles] 288 00:14:14,047 --> 00:14:15,005 I didn't think it was real. 289 00:14:15,089 --> 00:14:16,714 I didn't think it was happening to me. 290 00:14:16,798 --> 00:14:19,339 I played it cool. [chuckles] 291 00:14:19,422 --> 00:14:24,005 - And they had a furiously eruptive relationship. 292 00:14:24,089 --> 00:14:28,297 Sometimes before they could even get to the bedroom 293 00:14:28,381 --> 00:14:31,547 of Tiger Woods' home while his wife was out of town, 294 00:14:31,631 --> 00:14:34,172 they would make love in the garage 295 00:14:34,255 --> 00:14:35,798 against the golf cart, 296 00:14:35,881 --> 00:14:39,005 and for the squeakiest 297 00:14:39,089 --> 00:14:42,547 and cleanest celebrity probably on Earth, 298 00:14:42,631 --> 00:14:46,422 that spelled trouble. 299 00:14:46,506 --> 00:14:50,756 ♪ ♪ 300 00:14:50,839 --> 00:14:53,214 The "National Enquirer" immediately sent reporters 301 00:14:53,297 --> 00:14:55,714 to track Tiger Woods. 302 00:14:55,798 --> 00:14:59,214 They followed him into a church parking lot, 303 00:14:59,297 --> 00:15:02,881 where they witnessed him having sex 304 00:15:02,964 --> 00:15:04,923 with Mindy Lawton. 305 00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:12,047 The reporter took photographs of them together 306 00:15:12,130 --> 00:15:14,714 and even picked up the tampon 307 00:15:14,798 --> 00:15:17,047 that Mindy had discarded 308 00:15:17,130 --> 00:15:19,839 and kept it in their vault as proof 309 00:15:19,923 --> 00:15:21,839 that Mindy had been there. 310 00:15:25,339 --> 00:15:28,756 The "National Enquirer" called Tiger's team 311 00:15:28,839 --> 00:15:31,047 and asked the question, 312 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:35,089 "What is Tiger Woods' relationship 313 00:15:35,172 --> 00:15:38,214 with Mindy Lawton?" 314 00:15:38,297 --> 00:15:40,756 and then hung up the phone. 315 00:15:40,839 --> 00:15:45,589 Everyone in the Tiger camp went into damage control mode. 316 00:15:45,673 --> 00:15:49,547 It was all about, how can we kill the story? 317 00:15:49,631 --> 00:15:53,464 [ominous music] 318 00:15:53,547 --> 00:15:57,547 The "National Enquirer" knew that they had Tiger Woods, 319 00:15:57,631 --> 00:16:00,964 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 00:16:07,047 --> 00:16:09,756 In exchange for silence, 323 00:16:09,839 --> 00:16:13,130 Tiger would appear on the cover of "Men's Fitness," 324 00:16:13,214 --> 00:16:15,631 which was owned by the company 325 00:16:15,714 --> 00:16:17,589 that owned the "National Enquirer." 326 00:16:19,923 --> 00:16:22,631 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 00:16:35,589 --> 00:16:38,798 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 336 00:16:51,255 --> 00:16:54,297 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 00:17:10,964 --> 00:17:14,381 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: 344 00:17:20,756 --> 00:17:22,756 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 00:17:43,506 --> 00:17:45,506 if some part of him feels like 352 00:17:45,589 --> 00:17:47,923 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 360 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 00:18:23,339 --> 00:18:25,631 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 00:18:28,673 --> 00:18:31,422 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, 382 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. 389 00:19:21,673 --> 00:19:23,339 [gunfire] 390 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 announcer: This has been a presentation of HBO Sports.