“They’ll come out during the summer, come out to the tournaments maybe on the weekends or something like that,” Woods said. “It’s going to be a lot more difficult, there’s no doubt.”

Woods said that a few months ago, when he was still rehabbing his surgically repaired left knee, he sat down with a friend, the golfer Mark O’Meara, a 52-year-old father of two. “We had a long talk,” Woods said, “and that was one of the points we talked about is that his kids got an education that very few kids do, traveling around the world.”

He added: “I think my kids will certainly experience something that I didn’t experience, even in my generation, with accessibility to these places. And I think it’s going to be very fun for them and educational for both of them.”

Woods returned to competitive golf after his nine-month, injury-induced hiatus with a deeper appreciation of fatherhood. He has described the time away from the sport as an unexpected blessing, affording him the opportunity to bond with his daughter.

“The best thing in the world was actually to watch her grow and, you know, each and every day have fun with that and teach her different things,” Woods said. “I really enjoy that type of life.”

He added: “I love to teach, and to be able to teach Sam, and as soon as I can, start teaching Charlie a few things, that’s fun. I live to be able to do that.”

In 2001 Woods held all four major titles concurrently, completing what is called the Tiger Slam. Between August 1996, when he turned pro, and June 2007, when Sam was born, he won 57 titles, including 12 majors. In 1996 and in 2000, he was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated.

“But life is so much better now,” Woods said, the conviction in his voice leaving the clear impression that it is not even close.

This article, Embracing fatherhood, Woods says he ‘couldn’t be happier,’ first appeared in the New York Times.

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