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Tiger Woods Returns to Golf Alongside His Son

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Tiger Woods is poised to return to the golf course this weekend at the PNC Championship. It’s been less than a year since his horrific car accident. The highlight of this father-son tournament might just be watching the best golfer of his generation play alongside his son, Charlie Woods. ESPN Senior Golf Analyst and host of “America’s Caddie,” Michael Collins, tells us about the dynamic between Tiger and his son, some striking similarities, and what’s next for the legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So Michael Collins, I'm always fascinated by where the hell you are on planet Earth and who you're with.

0:07.3

So where are you and what's happening?

0:10.5

Okay, right now I am in the media center right off of the 18th Green at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club in Orlando as the week of the PNC championship gets underway.

0:28.4

Michael Collins was a professional golf caddy for 10 years and is now the host of America's

0:33.5

caddy on ESPN Plus.

0:36.1

And I am in the media center with one other human being, and that's Mark Williams from the PGA

0:42.9

tour.

0:45.3

And so we're kind of sharing stories.

0:47.6

And ironically, his desk is right by a copier, and then there's a vent for air conditioning that Mark has now called

0:57.2

his escape pod. So since Tiger Woods said made the announcement that he's going to play late,

1:07.5

of course, he makes the announcement after the deadline to get your media

1:12.0

credentials has passed. So Mark is the guy who has to deal with the 27,000 people swearing

1:19.6

that they are writers for Horse and Hound magazine that now need to come here and get inside

1:25.8

the road. So when 38 people walk in that no one's ever seen before, he's just going to move the

1:31.8

copier and jump down the escape hatch.

1:34.1

Yeah, it feels like you should probably make sure that that copier, which I didn't

1:37.9

really know was still a thing in 2021, also isn't just a secret container for a journalist

1:43.7

who was also laid in applying for this credential.

1:46.6

Like, are there people in there already?

1:48.8

Just like waiting you guys out.

1:50.4

I didn't think about that.

1:51.5

A Mark Pablo said, you should check the copier because people might be hiding in there.

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