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Tiger Woods: "I Need to Be a Better Man"

Woods Laments "Incredibly Bad Decisions," Apologizes to Golfers, Praises Fans at First Press Conference Since Sex Scandal 

 
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While acknowledging he made some "incredibly poor decisions" in his personal life, Tiger Woods still thinks he can win the Masters — even coming back from a five-month layoff.

"Nothing's changed," Woods said Monday during an extraordinary 35-minute news conference at Augusta National. "I'm going to go out there and try to win this thing."

In his first full-fledged session with the media since his life fell apart, Woods entered the interview room with a smile on his face and stopped to hug one of the green-jacketed club members, Ron Townsend.

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Woods again took full blame for his personal failings but stopped short of providing many new details. He wouldn't say why he entered rehab for 45 days nor would he go into specifics about his infamous Thanksgiving night car crash, other than to say it took five stitches to close a lip wound.

"All I know is I acted just terribly," said Woods, sporting the makings of a goatee. "I just made some incredibly bad decisions, decisions that hurt so many people close to me."

He said his wife, Elin, would not be at Augusta. His personal life fell apart after revelations that he had multiple extramarital affairs during their 5½-ye
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