Tiger Woods
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With the announcement, "Hello World," Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996, playing his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Woods tied for 60th place in his pro debut, but he would go on to win two events in the next three months, and was named 1996's "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated for the impact he had on the game of golf. He was also named PGA Rookie of the Year by the PGA Tour, and is the only golfer to win PGA Player of the Year in the year following his rookie season. The following April, Woods won his first golf major, The Masters, by a record margin of 12 strokes, and in the process set 20 Masters records and tied 6 others. He has been the highest-profile golfer in the world ever since. On June 15, 1997, Woods rose to the number one spot in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time.
While expectations for Woods were high, Woods' form began to fade in the second half of 1997, and in 1998 he only won one PGA Tour event. Woods answered the critics of his "slump" and what seemed to be his wavering form by maintaining that he was undergoing extensive swing changes with his coach, Butch Harmon, and was hoping to do better in the future.
Though he is known to be extremely focused and almost machine-like during tournaments, many golfers have mentioned how Woods is easy to get along with and has a good sense of humor. John Daly mentioned in his autobiography that "Tiger Woods is one of my favorite golfers to play with. The kid is an absolute riot and is just hysterical. Everyone who thinks he is just robotic during tournaments needs to walk 18 holes with him to realize how funny and genuine of a guy he really is."
Woods almost always wears a shirt in the shade of various reds on the final round (usually on Sundays) of every tournament in which he plays, as he believes the color red symbolizes aggression and assertiveness.
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Tiger Woods out of the picture, TV ratings in the tank (Los Angeles Times) Tour broadcasts feel the pain while Tiger Woods recovers from surgery. Even the British Open can't hold audiences, and there are worries about a Woods-less PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. It's all a matter of perspective. The PGA Tour and its truckload of sponsors aren't even asking you not to touch that dial on your television; they're asking you to make sure the set is turned on in the ...
Padraig Harrington hailed as worthy winner despite absence of Tiger Woods (Da... R&A chief executive Peter Dawson says Padraig Harrington's Open success has not been tainted by the absence of Tiger Woods from Royal Birkdale.
Tiger Woods out of the picture, TV ratings in the tank (Los Angeles Times) Even with 53-year-old Greg Norman in position to win the British Open on Sunday, television rankings were substantially down without Tiger Woods in the field.
EA's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Introduces Club Tuner (IGN PSP) Customize your golf bag with the all-new Club Tuner feature. July 21, 2008 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 features Club Tuner which gives gamers the opportunity to calibrate their clubs to fit their personal tendencies and preferences.
Even in his absence, Woods looms large (Midwest Times) AS A few early arrivals paced yardages and felt their way around Royal Birkdale on what was a deceptively calm Sunday afternoon, there was only one certainty about this week's unusually open British Open. There will be an asterisk placed beside the winner's name denoting an important fact: Tiger Woods did not play.
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