Read ESPN’s feature article on The Secret History of Tiger Woods

If you’ve got a spare half hour, this is a worthwhile read on how Tiger Woods’ life unravelled after his father’s death.

Wright Thompson has written a heavily researched feature article on Tiger Woods’ obsession with the military, details his downfall after his father died and basically presents the 14-time major champion as one lonely-looking person.

Thompson chats to Navy SEALS and a whole host of people that swung in and out of Tiger Woods’ life including Michael Jordan who seems as close to Woods as anyone:

He hears everything. For Tiger, this dwelling on old mistakes is a path to madness. Nothing can take him back to 2006 and give him a second chance. “That bothers him more than anything,” Jordan says. “It looms. It’s in his mind. It’s a ship he can’t right and he’s never going to. What can you do? The thing is about T-Dub, he cannot erase. That’s what he really wants. He wants to erase the things that happened.”

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“He has …” Jordan says, and he pauses, searching for the right word, “… no companion. He has to find that happiness within his life, that’s the thing that worries me. I don’t know if he can find that type of happiness. He’s gonna have to trust somebody.”

It’s a long, fascinating read, presented nicely too. Check out the full piece over at ESPN.