‘I’m not going to be doing this forever’ Tiger Woods

‘I’m not going to be doing this forever,’ says Tiger Woods. It takes a moment to realise what he’s saying. Great athletes can’t afford to contemplate failure, so they rarely admit that the end is in sight. But here is the most successful sportsman of our age returning my gaze with weary eyes and doing just that. ‘I may be playing with friends, family, whatever … but at this level?’

We met in New York in March, before the Masters. In retrospect, what he said now looks like a prophecy. This was the first print interview with Tiger since his fall from grace, and a world exclusive. Read the rest here