Tiger Woods' Caddie Reveals the Ruthless Drive Behind Golf's Greatest Champion | Steve Williams (E344)

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Steve Williams is a renowned caddie who worked alongside Tiger Woods, playing a crucial role in some of his most iconic victories. With years of experience in the world of professional golf, Steve gained deep insights into the mental and physical aspects of high-level competition.

In this episode, Jake speaks with Steve to dive into the powerful lessons he's learned throughout his career, from his time with Tiger Woods to his personal journey. Steve reveals how setting both big and small goals helped him and Tiger stay driven and focused on their quest for greatness.

Steve also opens up about his approach to overcoming mental pressure, explaining how practicing under intense conditions builds the mental toughness needed to perform when it matters most. His perspective on navigating pressure provides valuable insights for athletes and anyone facing challenges in life.

This episode offers a candid look at the journey of striving for excellence, whether in sports or personal life and the lessons learned along the way.

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0:00.0	If you love high performance, each week's episodes are available early, exclusively on the high performance app.
0:05.7	Out now, England rugby coach Steve Borthwick and Tiger Woods' former caddy, Steve Williams.
0:12.2	I don't believe in golf anyone's played a golf tournament under that much pressure.
0:17.4	All is the talk was, you know, can Tiger win the Masters and hold all four major
0:21.6	championships? After Tiger came back after his time away from the game there, the connection between the
0:27.6	two of us wasn't the same, there wasn't something was missing. When you're getting for a guy like Tiger,
0:32.6	and it's only a successful week if it wins, you can only last so long in that kind of pressure cooker.
0:40.3	That's the voice of Steve Williams,
0:42.0	former Karitou, arguably the greatest golfer of all-time Tiger Woods.
0:46.2	Steve worked alongside Tiger during the most successful period of his career.
0:49.7	He was on the bag for 13 of Tiger's 15 majors,
0:53.2	as well as more than 80 victories around the world,
0:55.5	before the pair's relationship ended in controversy in 2011.
0:59.7	So many people, Damien, have an opinion about Steve Williams.
1:04.0	Yeah, no, I wasn't here for this one, Jake, so what stood out for you?
1:07.3	I think it was a unique insight into what made Tiger, the competitor he was, things I've
1:11.5	never heard him talk about before. He described to us that doubt is the worst disease that you can
1:16.6	suffer if you're going to be at the elite level. And I think people will find that fascinating.
1:20.9	He shares the things that he did to motivate Tiger while they were walking around the course,
1:25.1	the times when he knew Tiger was struggling and the things he
1:27.7	said to end that struggle. He also goes into great detail, actually, about his regrets around the
1:33.2	split with Tiger, the advice that his wife gave him about that moment that he ignored. You know,
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