Tiger Woods started playing golf as a baby. Up until a year ago, his entire life was golf, golf and more golf. He even played golf on his off days.
In a 60 Minutes interview, Tiger said his mother instilled a killer instinct in him. She taught him that just winning wasn't enough. He had to destroy his opponents. And for most of his career, he did.
Over the past two years, Tiger's father passed away, he had major knee surgery, he got married, he had two children and recently spent a lot of time with them, he's been on countless vacations on his carnival cruise-sized yacht, and he had a year off to realize he has almost a billion dollars in assets.
Life for Tiger isn't "just golf" anymore. No longer is life just hitting a ball, beating your opponent down, and collecting a check. There's sadness, concern, joy, pain and so many other new experiences that have nothing to do with golf.
How will this impact his golf game? I believe it already has. Tiger will eventually win the most majors in golf history, but I don't see him winning 2-3 majors a year like he used to. I don't think he'll win 4-5 tournaments in a row anymore either. Why should he? Golf is no longer life to him....