Tiger's Wife a NO SHOW!
TIGER WOODS held his press conference at the Masters Tournament yesterday. And he cleared at least one thing up: ELIN NORDEGREN will NOT be joining him this week in Augusta.
When asked if she'd be around, Tiger said, quote, "Elin is not coming. I'm excited to play this week."
Think that answer was coached?
Speaking of the actual sport for a change, Tiger said golf has been bringing him joy again now that he's skank-free . . . quote, "It feels fun again. That's something that's been missing. When you're living a life where you're lying all the time, life's not fun."
That doesn't mean he's just playing for the enjoyment, though. He said, quote, "I'm going to try to go out there and win this thing." He added, quote, "I haven't done it the right way in a while. I need to be a better man going forward than I have been." Tiger also made sure to reiterate just how remorseful he is about everything that's happened. He said, quote, "Having to look at myself in a light I never wanted to look at myself . . . that was difficult. "How far astray I got from my core fundamentals and core morals my mom and dad taught me . . .
The other difficult part over the last few months is just the constant harassment to my family. My wife and kids being photographed everywhere they go, being badgered. That's tough on them, because it's very difficult to heal."
Tiger also said he had to miss his son's first birthday because he was in rehab. He added, quote, "That hurts. That hurts a lot. I vowed I would never miss another one after that. I can't go back to what I was."
One question Tiger wouldn't answer was whether Ambien played a role in his Thanksgiving driving mishap. He said, quote, "It's a closed case." But he did reveal what injuries he suffered in the accident: A sore neck and a cut lip that required five stitches. And he admitted that he's taken both Ambien and Vicodin at various times in his career . . . such as when his father died and after some surgeries. Tiger was asked if he'd ever taken performance-enhancing drugs, which he denied. He added, quote, "I've never taken any illegal drug, ever." Asked how he could have fooled so many people for so long, Tiger said, quote, "I fooled myself as well. I lied to a lot of people, deceived a lot of people, kept others in the dark, rationalized and even lied to myself.
"When I stripped all of that away and started realizing what I had done, the full magnitude of it, it's pretty brutal."
Tiger played practice rounds both Sunday and yesterday. And at his press conference, he said the fans were good to him. He said, quote, "The galleries couldn't be nicer. The encouragement I got, it blew me away, to be honest with you. It really did"
To see the whole thing, click here. Be forewarned, it's long, and unless you're an uber-fan, most of it is boring:
