Tiger Woods says he's very excited about the future

Now that 2010 is coming to an end, Tiger Woods says that he's very excited about the future.

The golfer, battered by a Thanksgiving car crash, a sex scandal and a very public divorce from Elin Nordegren - along with a decline in his golf performance - says he's learned from all of it and is eager to discover what happens next.

"It's been difficult, but also it's been very rewarding at the same time," People mag quoted Woods, 34, as saying at the Chevron World Challenge tournament in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

"It forced me to look deeper into myself and look ufffd how I grew up and how those things didn't match with the person who I am, and getting back to that, getting back to how my parents raised me basically.

"It's been good. I'm very excited about the future because of that," he added.