President Obama believes scandal-scarred golf ace Tiger Woods can reclaim his life after that humiliating sex scandal that linked the sportsman to a bevy of shameless mistresses.

“I don’t want to comment on his personal relationship with his wife and family, but I’m a strong believer that anybody can look within themselves, find their flaws and fix them,” the Commander-In-Chief said in an interview with the Jan. 25 issue of PEOPLE Magazine, on newsstands Friday.

The President met the PGA champ when Woods was given a tour of The White House last summe. Obama believes the philandering Tiger can “absolutely” be rehabilitated if he’s a sex addict. The President is sure that Woods feels “terrible” about his indiscretions, and Obama “suspects that he will try to put his life back together again.”