Because boy howdy, the 11 years before that. Consider the decade prior to Tiger Woods' dominant run, when golf's players of the year averaged 3.1 wins. From 1999 through 2009, Woods averaged 5.8 wins per season and won the award nine times. He was routinely magnitudes greater ...
For months afterward, there were no public updates on his health. In the days after the accident, golf understandably was not on anyone’s mind. Woods and his condition were at the forefront of any conversation about the game. He is, after all, one of the most famous athletes of his ...
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Woods was being treated for his injuries at UCLA Medical Center prior to being moved. The California native’s team released a statement revealing that he suffered injuries to both legs, but was “awake, responsive, and recoveringin his hospital room.” He and his team sent messages o...
if not mental health issues, owing to fanatical parents and coaches who bought into the idea hook, line, and sinker.] From his earliest childhood, Woods’s life was built around the game. The Woods case seems to bolster the idea that children who wish to be world-class elite athletes mus...