Tiger Woods appears to be using self-sabotaging behavior as an unconscious way to seek a path out of his career and the pressures of his life.

“But by self-sabotaging, by literally dropping a bomb on his life, he's basically beckoning, compelling other people to get him out of this situation that he can't get out of on his own.”

Tiger Woods maintained a robotic and emotionally remote persona, which contrasted with the more open and people-oriented approach of Rory McIlroy.

“and Tiger was an introvert and that was a source of a lot of his awkwardness. He didn't like crowds, >> people. That's right. >> He was never comfortable in that this role that was thrust upon him. Rory loves people.”