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4th December 2015
09:03am GMT

His relationship with his ex-wife Ellen Nordegren
It was too tough, too tough. But now, in hindsight, as years and years have gone by, we’re like best friends. It’s fun. She talks to me about her life, I talk to her about my life. We try and help each other out on all occasions. And we work through it with the kids, the parenting program.
On eventually telling his children about his many affairs
I’ve taken the initiative with the kids, and told them up front, “Guys, the reason why we’re not in the same house, why we don’t live under the same roof, Mommy and Daddy, is because Daddy made some mistakes.” I just want them to understand before they get to Internet age and they log on to something or have their friends tell them something. I want it to come from me so that when they come of age, I’ll just tell them the real story.
Woods has some friends in the media but does not care for others
There’s also a flip side of people that I really don’t care for. Hey, they made their career being negative and being outlandish. They’ve made a career out of it. But that’s their take. They’ve almost created a character, per se.
His closest buddies on the current PGA Tour
Probably one of my closest buddies now is Jason Day. I’m still really close with Rory McIlroy, and I’ve gotten a little bit closer to Jordan Speith over the years, ever since we played on the same Presidents Cup team.
His main motivation for back surgery
To watch my kids and play sports and to grow up and participate, and even teach them how to become better, oh my God, it gives me so much joy. I can’t imagine not being able to do that as I get older.
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