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Recognizance. his life has been a contradiction. winning the masters when he was 21, woods went on to win 14 major golf championships. but in 2009, he fell hard. both personally and professionally. first, wrecking his suv, followed by a very public apology for extra-marital affairs. >> i'm deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior. >> reporter: that led to a high-profile, $750 million divorce and the loss of big name sponsors. his golf game never recovered. he's not won a major since 2008. since 2014, he's undergone a series of back surgeries. the most recent last month. last week...

This is an athlete that many saw of doing anything on the golf course, things no one had done before. yet, monday morning in palm beach county, he was unable to touch his nose according to the police record. he said, "i understand the severity of what i did. i take full responsibility. i want the public to know that alcohol was not involved and what happened was an unexpected reaction to medication." shepard? >> shepard: he said he was feeling well after a series of back surgeries. >> yes. he said he was feeling terrific. this might be another example of something we've seen before, that tiger...

>> it is. and you mention all those different back surgeries. he said more than a a month ago, had he underwent a fusion surgery and was instant nesh nerve relief. that was as recent as a month ago. >> i don't know what to say except for professionally, i remember back when mike tyson had this dominant streak where everybody expected him to return to the mike tyson. it was this false hope pine iinr an old girlfriend or something. that's what america wants from tiger woods. we want to see him be the golfer he was again. and i'm afraid it's not going to happen. if he can come back to any semblan...

Where he admitted infidelity and divorced from his wife. ho however, in a blog post he said he was anxious to get back to the game of golf after having a string of back surgeries. he said, unequivocally, i want to play professional golf again. ali, we're still waiting for more details about that arrest. tiger woods arrested this morning around 3:00 a.m. in jupiter, florida. he does own a home in jupiter island, but we don't have exact details of what led up to that arrest, ali. >> when these other problems occurred, he lost some sponsors, then he got some back. there are a number of sponsors h...

Challenge in a press release yesterday. woods has not played since 2015 because of multiple back surgeries. he was slated to compete in the safeway open earlier this month, but withdrew citing a, quote, vulnerable golf game. it's amazing, alex, tiger hasn't been a relevant golfer in four or five years, but we still care he's going to play again, just because he was such a huge star and everyone knows his name. >> minor correction, you care. >> you don't care at all? you're not going to pay attention just to see if he fails? >> i'm going to be watching baseball and after that college football. ...