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I can honestly say that was
the first time I had truly felt

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different in the game of golf.

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From Cypress, California,
amateur Tiger Woods.

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I teed the ball up,
no problem at all.

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I took the club back
and it got heavy.

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And the more I took
it back, it got

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heavier and heavier and
heavier, to the point

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where I got to the top and
I didn't know what to do.

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It just seemed like an
eternity to get there.

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And when I got there, I
don't know what to do.

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And I turned, I came
down, and I don't

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remember feeling where the
club head was, I don't remember

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feeling the impact of it.

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I just remember seeing the
golf ball go out there and have

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a nice little tight draw,
and it was right down

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the middle of the fairway.

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I said, what the
hell just happened?

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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My earliest memories of Riv
were probably when I was--

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probably 9 or 10.

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I didn't-- no, I ever foresaw
myself being out there with

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them.

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Not at that age, no.

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It was just a pure admiration
of how good they were.

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But I was more
impressed by the audio,

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just that everyone sounded
like they hit the ball solid.

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Probably the most
impressionable memory

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was when the late Bruce Edwards
was still on Tom Watson's bag

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and I was over on 13
when he was playing 8,

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and he hooked his
little shot over there

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and I'm like the only
person over there.

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I'm standing right
next to the golf ball.

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I'm looking down at it.

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And Bruce comes over there
and knocks me around,

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like get out of the way, kid.

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You know, right?

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And so-- you know,
I totally get it.

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And later on, when I get on
tour, I tell Bruce the story.

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He says, yeah, you were
in the way, [CHUCKLES]

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At that time, I was the
youngest to ever win the junior

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at Bay Hill, at Arnie's course.

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And Greg McLaughlin
asked if I would

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accept the sponsors invite.

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You know, of course
I'm going to say--

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I'm going to say yes.

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But we sat down and thought
about it as a family.

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You know, I'll never
forget that conversation.

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It's like, OK, well,
son, you're 16-years-old.

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It's like going from high school
ball into the big leagues,

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and now you're
facing Nolan Ryan.

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This is a big jump.

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I expected to go out
there and play my best

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and also, I wanted to learn
and see what that gap was.

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This is going to sound crazy,
but for me when I got there

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and I hit golf balls, and they
were brand new golf balls.

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OK, as a junior golfer, I mean,
you're getting a range token,

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you're going down the range.

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And more often, you're
seeing a couple of balls,

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knuckleball all over the place.

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And then you get
brand new golf balls

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on the range, a lot of
balls, no cuts in them.

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That was awesome to--

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like, I get to tell on every
shot what my ball's doing.

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Having my first PGA TOUR
event be at a golf course

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that I was first taken to watch
professional players play,

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it was a big significance.

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Get in!

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Fairways were lined, you
know, greens out there.

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I couldn't see the
pin on number nine.

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I couldn't pick it out.

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The crowd was so loud and it
was like, kind of deafening.

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Sounds like you enjoyed it.

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It was a lot of fun.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Well, that first tee
shot, it's iconic.

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We've all seen pictures of
Hogan hitting that tee shot.

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You go right on
the list and you're

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seeing that same backdrop.

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It's the same cart path,
it's the same clubhouse,

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it's the same tee shot.

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Like every other golf
course they can extend tees.

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They can't extend that tee.

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It's not going anywhere.

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And so we all hitting
the same tee shot.

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So you can go back
into history and look

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at all the great champions
that have ever played,

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and they've all hit from
the exact same spot, which

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is really cool to be a part of.

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Riviera is designed
by George Thomas.

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Unbelievable bunkering, a great
use of the terrain, everything

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drains down to 6 and
out to the Pacific.

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And it's designed to be played
with a fade for right-hander,

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even though Bubba
and Phil have had

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great success in their faders
from the left-hand side.

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But you have to hit the
golf ball well there.

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Anyone who's ever
played out west,

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they know about Kikuyu grass.

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Nothing bounces
onto Kikuyu grass.

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It just does not.

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If you don't hit
the fairways there,

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you're going to pay a price.

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The only way to
play at a high level

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and to give yourself a
consistent chance at winning

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each and every time you tee it
up is to understand your game.

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On tour, everyone's
good is good.

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How bad is your bad?

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That's where
understanding your game

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and how to fix it on the fly
and make those adjustments--

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that just takes time
and understanding.

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And making your
game your own, it

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doesn't happen over overnight.

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And it takes hours of
hitting balls on the range,

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doing those dog hours
that people don't see.

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That's where you start
to understand your game.

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My dad and I used
to always say this.

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Is it going to work on the
back nine on a Sunday or not?

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If it's not going to work then,
then why are we even doing it?

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Next on the tee, from
Jupiter, Florida,

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please welcome the
2019 Masters Champion,

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founder of TGR Foundation
and our tournament host,

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Tiger Woods.

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[APPLAUSE]

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This opportunity of
coming back to LA,

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it was a perfect timing of
everything coming together.

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And for me to come back home
and have this opportunity

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to host the event that
it all started for me.

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We started in junior
golf and trying

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to raise funds for all the
junior golf communities.

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And I went to my dad
probably two weeks after 9/11

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and I was like, well,
why are we in this?

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Why are we in golf?

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That's not how I was raised.

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I mean, you guys raised
me as family, education

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and then whatever sport.

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So why is golf at the center and
out front of this foundation?

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He says, well, you've
made the transition.

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I said, transition to what?

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I was preparing you to
take over the foundation.

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You've now just taken it over.

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He says, what are
my work orders?

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And I said, well, dad,
well, I think that we

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need to go back into education.

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Well, how do we do that?

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And he says, well, let me come
back to you in a little bit.

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It was an amazing flip that
my dad just took the back seat

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and says what are
my work orders?

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And I get emotional
just thinking about it,

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because he was preparing
me for that moment.

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And we pivoted and we moved
into the educational space.

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The whole community
got behind it.

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So we have existed
there ever since.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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The Genesis Invitational, it
was always the last tournament

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on the West Coast before
everyone headed to Florida

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and made our way up to Augusta.

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And for us to have
the opportunity

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to be able to host that event
and to see over the years

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the tournament being elevated,
and then on top of that

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to see the amount of top
players that come back to play,

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it's just an
incredible golf course.

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And we don't get a chance
to play that many golf

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courses that are, as we
would term, old school.

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There aren't that many on tour.

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And when you do have a chance
to play something like that,

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you tend to see the top
players gravitate to playing

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that event.

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It all started at Riviera.

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It all started with that little
three wood I hit off one.

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And there's so many great
memories because of that.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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