Woods opens up on failed marriage, future in golf

Tiger Woods says he has a “fantastic” relationship with his ex-wife and he has taken steps to explain to his two children what happened to their marriage.

He still wants to play golf at the highest level, though he is resigned that it might not happen if the nerve damage in his back doesn’t allow for it.

“And two, even if I don’t come back and I don’t play again, I still want to have a quality of life with my kids.

Asked what he would have done differently before and after the scandal in his personal life, Woods said he would have had a more open, honest relationship with his wife.

“We’d hit balls and then he’d show me short game, for hours,” Woods said.

Open at Torrey Pines, which he won with shredded knee ligaments and two stress fractures his leg, Woods tried to wear a brace for nine holes at his home course in Southern California.

It was his first time playing golf since the Masters, and the brace kept him from rotating.

He loves playing alone at the Medalist Golf Club in the evening because it reminded him of time he spent with his father as a kid.

Woods said they would retreat to the far corner of the Seal Navy golf course in California.

“We’d be on the tee back there just hitting golf balls, not saying a word to each other,” he said.