This video is titled Tiger Woods but the credits are also given to his father Earl Woods. All fathers have the opportunity to pass on knowledge and love to their children as Earl Woods did.

When Tiger Woods was interviewed on the Today Show in 1981 – at age 5 – his then-coach Rudy Duran began the interview by listing some of Woods’ incredible accomplishments.

“He’s tying up 17-year-old kids because of low turnover,” he said. “He shot 3-over-par 57 on two occasions, which was a first-round tie and a playoff loss and the man was on the high school golf team. He also hit 100 yards on regulation golf courses, 6800-6900 yards – that was from the championship tees.”

Isn’t it absurd? But that kind of early prodigy has found its way into the Tiger Woods myth; You may be familiar with versions of those stories.

Tiger’s mother Tida describes him as a normal 5-year-old who loves golf – and really enjoys hosting people. “The one thing he loved the most was competition,” she said. “He likes having people to play with. He likes to compete with either the pros or his dad when they putt.”

Tiger is shy.

Understandably so – how many 5-year-olds attend field interviews? – still, it’s fun to watch Gumbel tease out answers from the Woods. His mother, Tida, says there’s one area where he feels more comfortable: with the putter in his hand.

“I always buy him a lot of toys,” she said. “He doesn’t like to pick up other toys to play with, he likes to pick up his putter and putt in the house.”