HBO Sports has announced a two-part documentary series on golf legend Tiger Woods, chronicling his rise, fall and remarkable comeback. The series, titled 'Tiger', is set to premiere on December 13 and December 20 on HBO and will also stream on HBO Max.
Produced by Jigsaw Productions in association with Our Time Projects, the documentary is directed by Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek. Executive producers include Alex Gibney, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Sam Pollard, Armen Keteyian and Jeff Benedict. The series draws from the best-selling book 'Tiger Woods' by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian.
The documentary features never-before-seen footage and interviews with key figures, including former caddy Steve Williams, golf legend Sir Nick Faldo, and Rachel Uchitel, the woman at the centre of the 2009 sex scandal, speaking publicly for the first time. Other interviewees include Earl Woods' friend and biographer Pete McDaniel and Tiger's former girlfriend Dina Parr.
Peter Nelson, EVP HBO Sports, said: 'Few global icons are more visible and less understood than Tiger Woods. His prodigy came with painstaking sacrifice; his perfected athleticism immobilized him in agony before the age of 40; his self-made fame enabled a self-destructive world of secrecy; and his redemptive reemergence posed as many questions as it answered.'
Directors Heineman and Hamachek added: 'Since his introduction to the world at the age of two, Tiger Woods has inhabited our collective consciousness as a prodigy, a pioneer, a champion, a global icon, and then a tabloid headline. Our goal was to dive deeper and create an unflinching and intimate portrait of a man, who like all of us, is imperfect and inherently human.'
Executive producer Alex Gibney described the project as 'an epic tale' for sports fans and those interested in the pursuit of greatness and the price of ambition. The series aims to provide a nuanced look at one of the greatest athletes of all time.
