Tiger Woods' only regret? Dropping out of Stanford

Tiger Woods is a guy who is always looking forward, it seems.

After all, he still firmly believes, 14-plus months removed from any kind of significant competitive golf, that he will beat Jack Nicklaus’ tally of 18 majors. He’s revealed plans for the post-golf phase of his life, bringing all of his off-course enterprises under a brand dubbed TGR, even as he toils to get his back and conditioning right to make one last return inside the ropes.

So, you’d imagine, then, that Woods is a guy with few regrets. In fact, Woods told Charlie Rose in an interview that he only has one.

“If you look back, the only regret I have in life is not spending another year at Stanford (to finish out), and I wish I would’ve had one more year,” Woods said.

Rose, somewhat stunned, pressed. Woods affirmed his answer.

“All the things I’ve been through are tough, yes,” he said. “They’ve been tough, but they’ve been great for me, but I wish I would’ve gone one more year at Stanford.”

Woods, asked about his divorce from Elin Nordegren, seemed more matter of fact about the actions that led to that breaking point.

“I made a bunch of mistakes,” he said. “But in the end, Elin is my ex-wife. She’s one of my best friends. We’ve had two beautiful kids.”

There are so many things that Woods could look back on in his personal and professional life with regret. The public failing of his marriage, the repeated decisions to return from injury too quickly, the jumping around to multiple instructors, and more small stuff that, in Woods’ eyes, is minutiae.

Ryan Ballengee is a Yahoo Sports contributor. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.