ABC is reporting that the words from Earl Woods came from a 2004 documentary, and they weren’t aimed at Tiger at all, but were spoken in terms of Earl’s philosophical differences from Kutilda Woods, Earl’s wife and Tiger’s mother.
Tiger staunchly defended the use of the ad. “I think it’s very apropos. I think that’s what my dad would say,” he said after Thursday’s round. “It’s amazing how it — how my dad can speak to me from different ways, even when he’s long gone. He’s still helping me. I think any son who has lost a father and who meant so much in their life, I think they would understand the spot.”