Champion Woods still comes over emotional
ALMOST 600 days have passed since Tiger Woods won his 15th major title but the passing of time has done little to suppress the emotion of that incredible Masters triumph.
“I’m still getting chills just thinking about it,” Woods said in his pre- tournament press conference.
“( The) feelings, coming up 18 and knowing that all I have to do is just two putt that little 15 footer and to see my family there and my mom and my kids and all of the people that helped support me or were there for me in the tough times.
“And I was walking up there trying not to lose it, and still saying, ‘ hey, I’ve still got to two putt this’.”
Woods said at the time he relished the way his life had come “full circle” after celebrating his long- awaited victory with his children at Augusta National.
He famously embraced his late father Earl after winning his first Masters in 1997 and 22 years later he was the proud parent celebrating a fifth green jacket with son Charlie and daughter Sam.
“I walked off the back of the green, to see Charlie there, just opened up our arms, it meant a lot to me and still does.
“It just reminded me so much of me and my dad, and to come full circle like that, it stills gives me you know, a little teary.”
And Woods acknowledged that his opportunities to win more Masters titles are running out as he prepares to return his green jacket to the Champions Locker Room at Augusta National.
“I may never have the opportunity to take the jacket off property again, and so this means a lot to me today, and to have this opportunity to have
the Champions Dinner and to be able to host it tonight with all the guys that are here, it’s going to be awfully special for me,” added Woods.