There are memories. Oh so many memories. Where to begin? How about with those who see him every day. Play with him. Are his friends. Here are their memories.

Davis Love III: When he beat Phil (Mickelson) in ping-pong at the 2002 Ryder Cup.

Notah Begay III: When I was going to Q-School this year, he offered his house for me to stay at. He wanted to make sure things were as good for me as possible. And on the last day when I needed to shoot a low score, I teed off really, really early. I left the house about six, but he had come in the night before, got up really early and wrote me a note that said: “You have to go out there and trust your swing and do the things you’ve been working on”. Those are the things of things that tell you what he’s really like.

Arnold Palmer: When he was at Stanford, just prior to turning pro, he called me -- I was playing in Napa and said, “Can I come up and talk to you and maybe we can have dinner” Of course, I welcomed him coming. He said, “I’d just like to talk to you and get come advice before I make the move.” I said, “Certainly, you can come talk to me anytime you want. And if I can help you, I’d be glad to.” As it turns out, he came, we had a very nice evening, a very nice dinner and I picked up the check, without even questioning anything about it. And, of course, that just started the fireworks. The USGA and NCAA all got in the act and said I couldn’t do that (because of amateur rules). I wasn’t sure what they meant, but what it was Tiger had to buy his own dinner. So he sent me a check. It was funny, but it was disappointing too.

Jeff Sluman: Last year at the Presidents Cup at the 18th hole. He and Jim Furyk are playing Singh and Appleby. Appleby hits it to 8 feet. Tiger’s got a wedge to the green, getting ready to hit and that was it. This horn sounded and he backed off. He knocked it up there and they won the hole. It was me that hit the horn. They had it hidden up there underneath the drive shaft. Hidden. Didn’t even know it was there. I got out of the cart, stepped up and grabbed it and hit the horn. I fell down in the grass and laid down. I looked over and asked some people to tell me he didn’t hit the ball. Tiger finished and, well, you’ve gotta come right out and be a man and I said “Tiger, it was me who hit the horn. You were lined up to the right and it was the only way I could stop ya. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” We all had a big chuckle.

Jason Gore: We roomed together at Canon Cup -- you know, the Southern Cal kids together. He walks out of the bathroom ready for bed and he’s got these glasses on. Urkel glasses. I laughed and he got so mad at me. He was 14 or 15. I was 16. I fell out of bed laughing. He got so mad at me. And I think he’s still mad at me.

Chris Riley: When he pointed the ball into the (72nd) hole at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla to force a playoff with Bob May.

Joey Sindelar: It was at Westchester in 2003. The first time out with Tiger and I asked a lot of guys have you played with him. In my 23 years, I’ve seen all kinds of superstars act all kind of ways. I didn’t know. Every single one of them said he’s awesome to play with. Not that anyone does gamesmanship, but there are guys who are all about themselves and guys who understand there are a couple of other guys trying to pay for their children’s education in the group, as well. It was a weather delay and we played like nine one day, 27 the next or something. We played first 18 and I was still in the mix. We got to the third hole of the second day and he was pretty much out of it. He would have to have shot about a 59 to win it. And I had a birdie putt -- about a 12-footer -- I putted it. There were a lot of people -- he must give out free tickets or something -- and I was pretty shook. It was a year when I hadn’t done well and I’m thinking, “Hey, I need to make money. I don’t need to be under all this pressure playing with Tiger.” So I putted it, it goes about two-thirds of the way, it’s looking pretty good and I hear “Get in.” And I looked out of the corner of my eye and it was Tiger. For him to say, basically, it isn’t happening for me and man you’re doing pretty good, I’m going to cheer for you. For me, that meant a lot.