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?s Odds of Masters Win Drop Amid Practice Return (Bloomberg) March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Tiger Woods ?s odds of winning golf?s Masters Tournament are dropping since he?s returned to the course for practice with his coach.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Will Support PS3 Motion Controller, Launching June 8 ... Moving beyond the tabloid fodder of the past several months, Electronic Arts has a series to market. EA Sports has started spinning up the hype machine for Tiger Woods 11 , announcing that will feature support for the PS3 Motion Controller as well as the inclusion of the Ryder Cup. As was the case with the Wii MotionPlus-enabled Tigers Woods 10, this year's PS3 edition is aiming for "an ...
Howard Stern's Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant: Odds Posted (The Huffingt... Howard Stern's Tiger Woods mistress beauty pageant takes place on Wednesday, and the contestants aren't the only ones who are able to cash in on the event.
Tiger Woods, Wife Elin Nordegren Seen Kissing (The Huffington Post) What's Your Reaction? Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren ( PHOTOS ) were seen kissing Monday, their first openly witnessed kiss in months, according to RadarOnline . A source tells the web site that "they were hugging and they were kissing right out in the open," adding that "people in the neighborhood are getting used to seeing them together again."
Tiger Woods PGA Tour ?11 ? Alive and Well (TheScore.com) The first bits of info are trickling out re: Tiger Woods PGA Tour ?11, and it?s getting a lot of people excited. The game will feature Ryder Cup play, and even to me (a non-golf guy) that is huge. Ryder Cup play will allow you to get in some Foursomes with Tiger (sorry had to), [...]
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