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2) Tiger Woods
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Based on years of reporting and interviews with over 250 people, this biography seeks to answer the question Who is Tiger Woods, really?
4) Tiger, Tiger
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"Tiger Woods is unrivaled as an athlete. He made the ultimate commitment to his chosen sport--and transformed it. Before the age of twenty-five, he rose to phenomenon twice named "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated ; won more than thirty professional tournaments; and became the youngest player to win pro golf's four Grand Slam tournaments. How did Woods do it? On watching the ball, Woods says, 'I practice putting with my left eye closed,...
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"In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer. The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports: a supremely gifted competitor beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great rapport with fans. Perhaps above all others, Palmer was the...
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A picture book biography of African American professional golfer Charlie Sifford who broke the color barrier in the Professional Golfer's Association in 1960. Describes the racism Sifford had to overcome, the encouragement he got from baseball player Jackie Robinson, and his eventual success. Includes an author's note and a timeline.
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During his more than forty-year career as champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories: two US Amateurs, six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens, and five US PGA Championships.
This is Jack Nicklaus' complete and compelling in-depth account of his legendary major
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"Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. For two decades now there have been two golfers who have captivated, bemused, inspired, frustrated, fascinated, and entertained us, and in doing so have demanded our attention - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Even with all the ink that has been spilled on Tiger, no one has ever written...
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From the time he entered the public consciousness as a two-year-old golf prodigy on The Mike Douglas Show, Eldrick "Tiger" Woods has often been viewed less as a human being and more as a ball-striking machine--and his carefully guarded image seemed to guarantee that it would remain that way. Even after his recent adultery scandal, the public still knows very little about the man. But one thing is certain: Earl Woods, Tiger's beloved and now deceased...
17) Tiger Woods
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Examines the life and performance of golfer Tiger Woods.