Tiger Woods' Caddie Reveals the Ruthless Drive Behind Golf's Greatest Champion | Steve Williams (E344)

I don't believe in golf. Anyone's played a golf tournament under that much pressure. All was the talk was, you know, can Tiger win the Masters and hold all four major championships? After Tiger came back after his time away from the game there, the connection between the two of us wasn't the same. There wasn't something was missing.

When you're catting for a guy like Tiger, and it's only a successful week if it wins, you can only last so long in that kind of pressure cooker. That's the voice of Steve Williams, a former caddy to arguably the greatest golfer of all time, Tiger Woods. Steve worked alongside Tiger during the most successful period of his career. He was on the bag for 13 of Tiger's 15 majors, as well as more than 80 victories around the world before the pair's relationship ended in controversy in 2011. So many people, Damien, have an opinion about Steve Williams.

Yeah, no, I wasn't there for this one, Jake. So what stood out for you? I think it was a unique insight into what made Tiger the competitor he was, things I've never heard him talk about before. He described to us that doubt is the worst disease that you can suffer if you're going to be at the elite level, and I think people will find that fascinating. He shares the things that he did to motivate Tiger while they were walking around the course, the times when he knew Tiger was struggling, and the things he said to end that struggle.

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