Jim Nantz asks Tiger Woods about Mama. Then comes a story about numbers

Tiger Woods has cracked a smile. After about a minute or so in his first public performance since his mother’s death, on national TV, he was after all asked about car journeys.

Yes, he would talk about this. Before Tiger Woods was Tiger forestsHe was Tiger Woods, Junior golfer in a passenger chair and Tida Woods was behind the wheel. Dad, he said, worked. So Mama burdened him up and down, so Cal.

At this point he is a bit lit.

Tida was also a statistician. Also meticulously.

“She would ride there,” said Woods, “and keeps track, walk each hole and how many putts I touched, how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit.”

“Kept everything kept?” Announcer Jim Nantz asked.

“She followed it all,” said Woods. “Gosh, all those days led us to the point where – and she was – oh man, she was hard for me about school, about achieving good grades and doing well at school. To be honest, if I didn’t get homework, I can’t play. Not with my friends, just play in general. It was important that I got good grades and the school only came before I played a sport.

“She meant everything for me. Her losing has been a very hard and difficult process to continue. “

Prior to the visit in the CBS stand that the 18th Green overlooked Torrey Pines, you might have wondered how this would go. Tida Woods died 12 days ago, he announced about his social media channels, and after he originally committed to play in this week’s Genesis Invitational, the tournament he is organizing, he soon withdrew before he appeared again on Sunday . What would we hear during his TV time? What would we see? How long would he talk?

About half an hour. And a story about figures, from a man who works in recruiting, started things. Like mother, like son.

“Yes, it was a difficult process to continue,” said Woods, “but I had great family support. All players have contacted who played here this week. The amount of texts and the e -mails and fun support messages I have Got really helped and really meant a lot to me “

Andy Bean.

“There is a man my father told you to see him how he hits a golf ball,” Woods said. “It was a 1-iron, it was in the last hole, it was Andy Bean. This was the first time I ever came to a tour event and when the second event I ever went was at RIV. ‘

A deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia Pif? ‘We are in a very positive place’

Woods said: “We are in a very positive place” in talking about the negotiations about a financing agreement between the Tour and the Saudi -Arabia Public Investment Fund. The PIF also finances Liv Golf and a potential agreement could bring players together on both tours.

Earlier in the week, after a meeting with President Donald Trump, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said that the negotiations about the deal progressed.

“I think we are in a very positive place now,” Woods said. “We had a meeting with the president. Unfortunately I had a number of other circumstances that came up, but Jay and Adam [Scott, a fellow pro]They did great during the meeting, and we still have a subsequent meeting.

“I think things will heal quickly. We are going to let this game go in the right direction. It has been going in the wrong direction for a number of years and the fans want us to play together, all the top players who play together, and we will let that happen. ”

Nantz said: “I know that there are so many things that should be conceived, but it could be this year or it could be very quickly this year, sounds like.”

Woods said: “Yes. Yes and yes. ”

Scottie Scheffler Game? ‘World’

While looking at Scottie Scheffler, the Pro who compiled a Woodsian year in 2024, Woods offered this:

“Yes, scottie, the way he plays, it is very everyday. He has a lot of footwork, but he knows how to score. “

Ludvig Aberg’s game? ‘Not much can go wrong’

While looking at Ludvig Aberg, the final winner of the Genesis, Woods offered this:

“Yes, Ludvig’s swing really can’t go wrong with it. Occasionally he can accelerate a little and stick a little under it, but apart from that, I mean, he hits this tight little draw. Wonderful game. And moreover, super nice guy. ‘

His own game?

After Nantz was asked by Nantz for his own goals for this year, Woods offered this:

“My goal is to play more and I didn’t play. I had to work on that. This process was unexpected. I come back afterwards and look forward to playing some major events. ”

The other sites that were considered for Genesis? A few

The Genesis, usually played in Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, was moved to Torrey in San Diego because of the forest fires of LA. Woods said other sites were considered.

“It looked like we could go back to Monterey or we could go to Las Vegas or we could go to Phoenix or Palm Springs or we could come here,” Woods said. “I wanted to keep the event in an iconic location. Riviera’s iconic. It was iconic for me when I played there for the first time, it was the first tournament on the PGA Tour I have ever played.

“And I think this golf course is iconic.”

Tiger Woods, TV analyst?

His time in the employment cabin ended with an exchange between Nantz, Woods and analyst Trevor Immelman.

Nantz van Woods said: “I’ll tell you something, he is also a fairly good analyst.”

Immelman said, “Ah, ah, ah, careful.”

Nantz said: ‘I’m sorry. That was not … ”

Immelman said, “I mean, I like him, but come on.”

Woods said, “I stay with my daily job.”