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(19 Feb 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Golfer Tiger Woods walks into news conference to podium
2. Woods walks to podium, push in as he starts to speak
SOUNDBITE (English) Tiger Woods, US golfer:
"Good morning, thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends, many in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me or you worked with me or up supported me - now everyone of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of you, simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour I engaged in."
3. Cutaway of audience including Woods mother, Kultida Woods (wearing black and white top)
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tiger Woods, US golfer:
"I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you. I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did. I am embarrassed I have put you in this position. For all that I have done, I am so sorry."
5. Cutaway of Woods at podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tiger Woods, US golfer:
"I have a lot to atone for but there is one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin either hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage - ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise not blame. "
7. Cutaway of Woods at podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tiger Woods, US golfer: (partly overlaid with cutaway of audience)
"I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. What I did is not acceptable and I am the only person to blame. I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in, I knew my actions were wrong but I convinced myself that normal rules didn''t apply. I never thought about who I was hurting instead I thought only about myself. I ran straight through the boundaries that a married couple should live by, I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, thanks to money and fame I didn''t have to go far to find them."
9. Woods walks over to his mother and hugs her
10. Woods shakes hands with other members of audience then walks out of news conference
SHOTLIST
Tiger Woods apologised on Friday for having infidelity and said on Friday he''s unsure when he will return to competitive golf.
"I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did was not acceptable," said Woods, looking composed and speaking in a steady voice.
His wife, Elin, was not obviously present.
As for going back to the US PGA Tour, Woods said he was not sure when he would return to the golf course.
Woods talked for more than 13 minutes from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass, home of the US PGA Tour.
About 40 people were in the room, including his mother, Kultida Woods, whom he hugged after his statement.
Admitting he felt he "deserved to enjoy the temptations" that came with his fabulous success, Woods said he was solely responsible for his actions.
"I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Woods said.
The famous golfer said he was angered by media fabrications that his Swedish wife Elin allegedly attacked him following theThanksgiving night car accident which sparked a number of revelations of alleged infidelity.
"There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage - ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise not blame," he added.

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