Tiger Woods seemed composed, contrite and human. He even managed a smile. He also seemed a bit rehearsed, repeated talking points as if he were a politician and didn’t say much more than he did during his public apology last month.
Call it the second stage of his comeback tour. On Sunday, it was time for the first interview — ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi questioned him for five minutes about his life in the past four months.
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“When I didn’t think it could get lower, it got lower,” said Woods, who also spoke to the Golf Channel on Sunday.
He did not elaborate on the car crash on Thanksgiving night, saying it was all in the police report. Nor did he go into much detail on anything else or the reasons behind his infidelities.
Woods on his return to Augusta: “I’m excited to get back to play and excited to see the guys again. I missed my friends out there. I missed competing … [but] just because I’m playing doesn’t mean I won’t go to treatment.”
His hoped-for reception there: “It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there. But I also hope they clap their claps for birdies as well.”
Telling his mom and wife, Elin: “I’ve hurt them the most. Those are the two people in my life I’m the closest to. To say the things I’ve done truthfully to them was very painful.”
Receiving treatment: “To look at yourself in a light that you never want to look at yourself, that’s pretty brutal. I saw a person I never thought I would become.”
