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