Tiger Woods admits his children are apprehensive about his golf career after witnessing him suffer due to back and knee injuries that gave him plenty of time to think before his comeback Masters win in April.

The 43-year-old sportsman opened up about 12-year-old daughter Samantha – who was too young to remember the glory days when he previously took home the title in 2008 – and 10-year-old son Charlie, who wasn’t even born.

Woods revealed the battle of emotions as they waver between being excited watching their father do the job he loves and being concerned for his health.

‘They were both very hesitant about it because they only remember the bad times when I was hurt,’ Woods told CBS News on Wednesday. ‘And so they associated golf with pain. You know, that was – that still is one of the tougher things.

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Tiger Woods opened up Wednesday as he prepared to play the PGA tour playoff at Liberty National Golf Club, New Jersey on Thursday

Tiger Woods says daughter Samantha and son Charlie only remember bad times. They’re pictured with his girlfriend Erica Herman and mother Kultida Woods (left) after Trump presented Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 6

‘They remember those times when dad couldn’t get off the couch, dad was lying there. They’re excited I’m playing, happy, doing something I love. They’re seeing that in me, but they’re worried for dad.’

Woods said after his children only getting to see his past career highlights on YouTube, it was thrilling to have them present when he won the Masters for the fifth time earlier this year.

The children being able to ‘feel the electricity of the crowd’ and Charlie attending his first tournament proved that his golf icon wasn’t a thing of the past.

‘I just wanted them to have them understand that what daddy does. You know, daddy has won golf tournaments,’ Woods shared. ‘He’s not the YouTube guy. He’s not the YouTube golfer. They see highlights. I’m not that guy. I can still do it.’

The children also attended his Freedom Medal ceremony in May alongside his mother.

As he prepared for the PGA tour playoff event at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey on Thursday, Woods opened up that it ‘gives me chills’ to think about family being there to witness his successes.

Now his son is curious about golf but he isn’t pushing him to play professionally.

Woods spoke about the ‘hardest thing’ as a protective parent, saying he doesn’t want to see his children ‘hurt, disappointed, bummed out, sad, unhappy’

Woods loved the children being able to ‘feel the electricity of the crowd’ at the Masters in April

‘My son plays quite a bit of golf, and I never give him a lesson unless he asks, you know,’ Woods told CBS News. ‘He can imitate, do whatever he wants. And he’ll ask every now and then. “How do you do that?” And then I show him or tell him. “Can you help me with this?” But my job is to get them prepared for life, not sports.’

Woods said he’s more like his late father in his cerebral approach to parenting, as opposed to his mother’s ‘very tough, very vocal’ style.

He added about his children with ex-wife Elin Nordegren: ‘I don’t need to yell at the kids all the time. I’m not like that. My mom was like that. Very strict.’

Despite a string of injuries that have put him out of action, the sportsman shared that being a dad is a tough job too.

Woods said it ‘gives me chills’ to think about family being there to witness his successes

He thinks ‘the hardest thing about being a parent’ is teaching life lessons while being ‘protective’.

‘You want the best for them,’Woods continued. ‘You don’t want to ever see them hurt, disappointed, bummed out, sad, unhappy. But that’s part of life too. But as a parent, it’s tough as we all know.’

Woods has remained tight-lipped when it comes to his personal life which has been publicized as much as his career.

Over the years he was caught up in a cheating scandal and DUI car crash.

But the star says he has thought about his actions during his time out from the sport and his ‘Pops would be proud’.

‘He would say, yeah, you made your share of mistakes, we all do, you bounced back from them and learned from them,’ Wood admitted.

‘I’ve reflected a lot. That’s one of the hardest things about a bad back, you spend a lot of time in your head when you can’t move and that’s when I’ve done a lot of meditation, thinking, analyzing, and here we are. We’ve come full circle.’