AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods addressed the media on Monday at August National Golf Club, the site of his return to golf after a cheating scandal put his career on hold.
"Look at what I was engaged in," Woods said during his 35-minute long press conference. "When you're living a life that is a lie, life isn't fun ... that's been stripped away. It feels fun again."
When asked how he managed to fool the public for so long, Wood replied: "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. And when you strip that all away ... the full magnitude of it, it's pretty brutal. I take full responsibility for what I've done, and I don't take that lightly."
The four-time Masters champion admitted to being nervous about his return, but said he was humbled by the support he's received so far during his practice rounds at Augusta.
"Coming into today, I didn't know what to respect with regards to reception. And I'll tell you what, the galleries couldn't be nicer," he said. "I mean, it was just incredible. The encouragement I got, it blew me away, to be honest with you, it really did. Today was just something that really touched my heart pretty good."
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