(HIGHLIGHT COMMENTS FROM TIGER BELOW)
Tiger Woods just finished giving his prepared statement. Highlights are below. Video to follow.
UPDATE 11:16 AM ET — Tiger hugged his mom and went down the line hugging each person in attendance.
UPDATE 11:15 AM ET — “I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again. Thank you.”
UPDATE 11:14 AM ET — “I do plan to return to golf one day, but I don’t know when that will be.”
UPDATE 11:13 AM ET — “Starting tomorrow, I will leave for more treatment and more therapy.”
UPDATE 11:12 AM ET — Tiger says he wants to get back to his Buddhist roots.
UPDATE 11:11 AM ET — About the paparazzi: “Leave my wife and kids alone.”
UPDATE 11:10 AM ET — Tiger said he has never used performance enhancing drugs.
UPDATE 11:09 AM ET — “I have bitterly disappointed all of you … I am so sorry.”
UPDATE 11:08 AM ET — “Parents used to point to be as a role model for their kids. I owe all those families a special apology.”
UPDATE 11:07 AM ET — “I thought I could get away with anything I wanted to … I thought I was entitled … I don’t get to play by different rules.”
UPDATE 11:06 AM ET — “I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated.”
UPDATE 11:06 AM ET — “Elin didn’t hit me that night or any other night … Elin deserves praise, not blame.”
UPDATE 11:05 AM ET — “I have bitterly disappointed all of you … I am so sorry.”
UPDATE 11:04 AM ET — Tiger is apologizing to the people who work for him and his foundation.
UPDATE 11:02 AM ET – Tiger described his behavior as “irresponsible and selfish.”
UPDATE 11:00 AM ET — The camera just panned through the audience. Among the people in attendance: Tiger’s mom, longtime friend Bryon Bell, and PGA Tour commish Tim Finchem.
