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good evening. thanks for joining us. tiger woods addressing his dui arrest. the latest entanglement in his remarkable fall from grace. once among the most-acclaimed athletes in the world with some of the most-lucrative endorsement deals in sports. could he be off course for a comeback? here's abc's geo benitez. >> reporter: this is the now-infamous mugshot of the once-revered titan of golf, tiger woods. after police arrested him yesterday for suspicion of driving under the influence. >> that mugshot, it was all over the internet, all over the news. that's not going away any time soon. >> there it is. a win for the rk contrast from his record-breaking career on the green. >> if i say the name tiger woods, you picture a man in that red shirt and black pants sunday after sunday winning major tournament after major tournament. then you see that picture. and everything you thought about

tiger woods does a 180. >> reporter: leaving some to question whether any hope of a tiger woods comeback has been dashed forever. it all happened just before 3:00 a.m. on monday near woods' jupiter, florida, mansion. it was right here where a police officer found woods asleep at the wheel in his black mercedes, stopped there in the rate lane, the car running, blinker flashing, brake lights illuminated. police say dash cam video will be released but today new details from the police report. there was damage to the car, to the front bumper, flat tires on the right. the officer who arrested woods reported his speech was extremely slowed and slurred and although he was confused, he was cooperative. but results of two breathalyzer tests showed that woods did not have alcohol in his system. last night the 41-year-old golfer said in a statement that what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. "i didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly." >> it's such a window into where tiger woods apparently is right

now. it screams out trouble, despair. just -- it's the exact opposite of the visual that we usually have for tiger woods. >> reporter: in his statement, woods has already taken some responsibility. apologizing to his family and fans saying, i expect more from myself too. and you saw that apology to his family, his fans. that is someone who clearlys j idea, what just happened. >> he understands that what happened wasn't a good look for him. but i think he also, look, i ha the right way. i have to protect my image a little bit. >> reporter: today long-time rival and friend jack nicklaus speaking out in support. >> i feel bad for tiger. tiger's a friend. he's been great for the game of golf. i think he needs all our help and we wish him well. >> reporter: the arrest is another blow for woods to struggled to get back on top of his game. february he pulled out of two tournaments citing trouble with his back. >> i'm trying to get back and play. >> reporter: in march he talked with abc's michael strahan about

his challenges. >> i need to get back physically. i know the mind is sharp. i just need to get the body willing to do it. that's the hard part is getting the prep time in. i haven't been able to get as much prep time in train like i used to. practice like i used to. it's been harder. >> reporter: in recent years woods has struggled with back pain, undergoing four surgeries including one last month. >> that beautiful swing that was so powerful that carried him to so many championships. that swing has now ended up betraying him. when your back goes out, where you have to have not one, not two, not three, but four surgeries on the same spot in your back, well -- then it's trouble. >> reporter: a setback particularly troubling for someone who change the game of golf through his athleticism. >> no golfer in the history of the sport focussed in on fitness as much as tiger woods. the reason why he was able to drive the ball so straight and so far, far beyond any other golfer, was not just because of his age, but because he put the work in at the gym.

>> reporter: woods an unlikely sports hero. in 1997, he became the first african-american and the youngest player to win the masters. woods has won 14 major championships, second only to jack nicklaus. he was invincible. this is the guy whoated other golfers in a noncontact sport. the driving force, his father earl, a former green beret who started tiger golfing when he was 11 months old. >> tiger woods and his father, earl woods. >> reporter: and trotted his prodigy soon onto various tv shows. "the mike douglas show" at age 2. and "that's incredible" at age 5. tiger's dad was his coach, his publicist, and his manager. the extraordinarily close relationship between father and son evident in a 1993 interview with abc's john kequinones. >> how would you describe your relationship with tiger? >> best friend.

>> best friend? >> that's it. no ifs, ands or buts about it, he's my best friend. >> earl meant everything to tiger woods. the driving force behind tiger. every ounce of his competitiveness. everything that you see with tiger and the game of golf. it came from earl woods. >> reporter: earl's death in 2006 seems to have shattered his son. >> i don't think we can underestimate the impact of losing your father would have on an athlete. >> reporter: setting in motion an epic fall from grace. that came to a head in 2009 in another incident involving woods behind the wheel. his now-infamous thanksgiving weekend suv crash in front of his house. the messy details of his private life came spilling out in the tabloids. a number of extramarital affairs ultimately landed woods in rehab for sex addiction and led to a divorce from his wife elin nordegren. >> i am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior. >> reporter: the public scandal also cost him millions of dollars in sponsorships, devastating for an athlete as

famous for his endorsements as for his golf game. he was brand ambassador for wheaties, buick, american expre express. >> he is also a cultural icon. he transcended golf. he transcended sports. >> i am tiger woods. >> reporter: everyone wanted to be him, especially his young fans, as picked up on in his first ad for nike golf. >> i'm tiger woods. >> i'm tiger woods. >> i'm tiger woods. >> reporter: which signed the golfer back in 1996 and has so far stuck by him throughout his scandals. in 2013, woods made a comeback, winning five tournaments and named the pga tour player of the year for the 11th time. by 2016, according to "forbes," he had an estimated net worth of $740 million. >> that last scandal in 2009 cost him tens of millions of dollars worth in endorsements. so this could potentially affect his current endorsements too, right? >> it might.n a good place right now with sponsorships.

just because he's not playing golf. so he's not as visible. they can wait until the entire story unfolds and then make a decision afterwards. >> reporter: but going through these highs and lows, his life perfespective seemed to have changed. >> my priorities have changed a lot. my kids now dominate my life. and i think that's a good thing. >> all the things your father taught you, what are some of the most memorable lessons? >> my dad would always make sure when we talked, he never sat above me. he always made sure he was eye level so he'd talk to me, not down to me. i do the same thing with my kids. knee down, make sure we're always at the same level. it's amazing the bond that you can build. my dad did it with me, i'm trying to do it with my kids. >> reporter: tonight the man who was the world's number one ranked golfer for five years sits at number 876. >> we're used to seeing tiger woods being dominant, win everything. and can he not play anymore if he doesn't win anymore? that's a question that only tiger woods can answer. >> reporter: for now it's

unclear when or if woods will ever hit the links again. for "nightline," i'm geo benitez in jupiter, florida. up next, justin theroux on baring it all in the thrilling mystery series "the leftovers." later, can you spell ama amazing? how this little girl became the youngest person ever to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee. s. at red lobster's lobster & shrimp summerfest, the lobster and shrimp you love are teaming up in so many new ways. like new coastal lobster and shrimp, with a lobster tail with butter and herbs, sweet, smoky bbq red shrimp, and shrimp crusted with...get this...cape cod kettle chips. or try lobster and shrimp overboard. a dish this good... makes you this hungry. it's the highlight of the season, and can't last. so hurry in.

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with bated breath. tonight the star justin theroux reveals details about the spellbinding series on the eve of its highly anticipated tip in all lay. here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: here's "the leftovers" elevator pitch. in an instant, 2% of the earth's population just vanishes. massive. mournful. >> sam? >> where's my dad? >> sam? >> reporter: and the show follows those left behind. there's justin theroux as a police chief. >> that 2% of the population disappearing is just the landscape that we start with or the springboard for everything else. >> reporter: theroux we've seen in "the girl on the train." "mulholland drive." >> where's this going? what do you want me to do? >> reporter: with now-wife jennifer aniston? "wanderlust." >> i feel like a schoolgirl. >> reporter: damon lindelof is

cocreator of "the leftovers," "cocreator of "lost." also stars kerry kuhn. >> my kids are not dead, they are gone. they are just gone. >> then you should go be with them. >> reporter: she lost her family and works as a government investigator into the disappearance. >> did you understand what was going on as you were shooting? >> yes and no. nora is still mysterious to me. >> no, no! stop! >> i can't go to bed for four hours after i watch it. because you make me think too much. >> good. >> reporter: we're talking possible pending apocalypse with some sweeteners thrown in. every now and again you get your bum out to make people feel happy. >> yes, exactly. and look, also that. you know. it was also just like not enough of justin's naked rear-end. >> i mean, why not? if you got it. they're going to take advantage.

it's hollywood, after all. >> we did see it a couple times. >> i remember us cutting bum scenes at one point. >> there can't be too much bum, i think. you have to find the right balance. >> reporter: can there be too much of theroux in the nip? >> we got the keys to your car -- >> reporter: jimmy kimmel pulled a prank on justin during his show recently. it's easy to write him off as too pretty. >> a lot of people get judged that way. it happens to actresses all the time. justin at heart is a character actor. >> reporter: theroux appears to be immortal. there are some heavy religious overtones. >> the whole justin jesus thing is very -- >> well, look at the guy, yes, right. >> do you accept jesus christ as your lord and savior? >> what? >> reporter: or not religious. i just don't know. >> we originally wrote kevin as a very angry guy. and when justin started playing him i was sort of like, justin

theroux doesn't strike me as being very angry. we course corrected as writers. >> reporter: he became more vulnerable, nuanced, in one scene asphyxiation. >> it was so terrifying the first time. they wanted to give him an escape hatch. he said, no, i'll do it. he just did it. >> i got to do sort of everything. there was never an episode where i got to stand down or put it in neutral or coast. >> right. we're talking about it almost as if it's a grueling watch, which it's not. it's engrossing. >> people want to relate to a number of subjects. grief, sadness, whatever. because in some way, that sort of storytelling sort of illuminates other parts of your own life. the reason it's compelling is it can be cathartic at times. moments of earned happiness in our show reflect that as well. >> reporter: it's mind expanding, thought provoking entertainment, nearly all now ready to be binged on hbo. >> you can knock that off in a weekend. i wouldn't recommend it. because you'll be suicidal. >> reporter: hang on, don't

binge? >> we should be responsible doctors and say, here's the prescription. i would take two of these at a time. then let a day or two go by, then take two more. >> does the name kevin mean anything to you? >> reporter: "the leftovers" cult following is coming to the end of its third and final season. >> no. >> we're not going to be one of those shows in year eight trying to wring some storyline out of it. >> there's a wacky cousin. >> spinoff! >> i feel this is a show that will be -- i think people will pay attention to it, i think history will be kind to the show. >> seems like a grand statement to make. >> i mean, television history, can i be clear? >> what does happen in the end? >> unexpected. >> if you're super religious watching "the leftovers," if you're an atheist watching "the leftovers," you're going to have a very different takeaway from the final episode of the show. >> reporter: lindalof was also responsible for "lost" and that

show's finale upset some fans who thought it was anti-climactic and failed to answer many of the show's long-running mysteries. some people got annoyed with you. >> it's a much different show than "lost." "lost" did promise resolution, i believe we gave those answers. it doesn't mean people liked them. i don't think it's a fair criticism that we didn't give them. >> is it all going to be -- it's not all going to be neatly wrapped up at the end? >> much like life. things don't wrap up in the ways you expect them to. for me it was enormously gratifying to see the way -- where they sort of chose to put the last stroke on the painting. >> do we get an answer to why you don't die? >> i don't want to answer that question. >> i don't want to answer that either. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: deep dive on those left behind. >> if the people that you love suddenly disappeared in an instant from you, would you ever be capable of forming a real connection with another person again? knowing they could be gone in an instant? yet we do it over and over and over and over again.

that is the meaning of life. which is like we walk right into the buzz saw over and over again. if everybody loves "the leftovers" finale, if there's universal acclaim, i'm not spire sure we've done our jobs right. >> there will definitely be discussion about it. i'd rather have that than just sort of like, oh, that was pleasant. >> how long's this usually take? >> reporter: pleasant is not a word i would ever use for "the leftovers." i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. >> "the leftovers" series finale airs sunday night on hbo. up next, she's the little speller that could. how this young girl trained herself to welcome one of the best spellers in the country. ♪ you might not ever just stand there, looking at it.

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f-u-l-l-e-r. >> reporter: at the tender age of 5, edith fuller from tulsa, oklahoma, made history. >> mesmerized. >> correct. >> reporter: the youngest person to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee, fuller outspilling contestants more than twice her age and size. >> b-a-e-d-e-k-e-r. >> correct. >> reporter: proving age is a number, it's words that count. what first inspired her? >> we were just having fun around the table. can you spell cat? what else can you spell? one of us threw out the word "restaurant." she spell the it. >> reporter: the competition's winning word? with a fitting meaning. >> will you please give me the definition? >> knowledge.