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<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">This is rock bottom, the early-morning arrest and the disturbing mug shot and the uncomfortable sense that the man who once had everything – fame, power, the admiration of sports fans everywhere – now seems at a personal and professional crossroads, lost and in need of help.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">Details are still scarce about <a class="" href='http://www.golfchannel.com/topics/people/tiger-woods.htm'>Tiger Woods</a>’ arrest Monday after being charged with driving under the influence. Jail records and news reports show that Woods, recovering from surgery, was arrested around 3 a.m., booked at 7:18 a.m., and released shortly before 11 a.m. His agent, Mark Steinberg, has not responded to a request for comment, but a police report with more information should become available Tuesday.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">There’s a good chance the next 24 hours will be even more humiliating for the 41-year-old father of two, and so the overwhelming feeling here is one of profound sadness.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">Sad because one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet has been reduced to this new low.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">Sad because the most dominant golfer ever has been betrayed by his body, and undone by his ego, and his competitive future is a mystery.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">Sad because he needs support, and guidance, and it’s unclear who will provide it.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">Sad because he has meant so much to so many, because he has touched so many lives, and his fall from grace has been staggering.

<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(50,50,50);">“It’s embarrassing for Tiger,” said <a class="" href='http://www.golfchannel.com/topics/people/notah-begay-iii.htm'>Notah Begay III</a>, one of Woods’ closest friends. “It’s something that you can’t go back and change.”...

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