Tiger Woods wouldn't lose his father until six years later but he still recalls what Earl told him on the eve of his earth-shattering 12-shot win at The Masters in 1997.

In the wee small hours of the morning, Woods was having trouble getting to sleep as he sat on a nine-shot lead.

Earl said: "You know what, just go to sleep. You know, it's going to be the most important round of your life, but you can handle it. Just go out there and do what you do. Just get in your own little world and go out there and just thrash 'em."