Tiger Woods said his family is the best thing to ever happen to him in an interview touted as his last before he was engulfed in a sex scandal over his infidelity.
New Zealand sports commentator Murray Deaker conducted an eight-minute interview with Woods during last month's Australian Masters in which Woods talked about his family.
Speaking about having two children with his Swedish wife Elin, Woods said: "It's been great actually, it's been the best thing that ever happened."
In the interview screened in New Zealand for the first time on Tuesday, Deaker asked Woods about balancing golf and his family life.
"In every interview I've seen with you its family first and golf second -- always be like that?" Deaker asked.
"Always, always," Woods replied.
He was also asked how he was able to maintain the focus needed to be the best golfer in the world while also being a good dad.
"Certainly I don't practise as much as I used to, I don't spend the amount of hours on the golf course like I used to.
"But my focus is so much more intense than it ever used to be because I don't have the time.
"I know I have to get done whatever I want to get done in a shorter amount of time."
At least 12 women have reportedly claimed to have been lovers of Woods, who turns 34 on December 30. The New York Post reported on Monday that a 13th woman, Julie Postle, was named by an ex-boyfriend as having had a fling with the billionaire golfer.
Deaker interviewed Woods in the middle of last month. On November 25 a tabloid newspaper revealed a relationship between Woods and New York show club hostess Rachel Uchitel.
Two days later the golfer crashed a vehicle into a tree and a hydrant outside his home, touching off a firestorm of bad publicity over his affairs.
Woods has since admitted infidelity and said he is taking an indefinite break from golf to work on being a better husband, father and person.
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