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Tiger video inspires Varner's friend battling cancer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tiger Woods didn’t need any motivation to win this month’s Masters, but if he was looking for some extra inspiration he found it via a simple request. And he provided it as well.

The week of the Valspar Championship, Harold Varner III sent Woods a text asking if he could shoot a video for a friend, Daniel Meggs, who is battling cancer. The 17-second clip arrived on the eve of this year’s Masters.

“I've never asked [Woods] for anything. I asked him the week of Tampa and I got it the Wednesday of the Masters.