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...couldn't hurt, especially since he's entering a pressure cooker with the potential to break even the best athletes. For example, if Woods were on his couch, Bob Rotella, a noted golf psychologist and author of Your 15th Club: The Inner Secret to Great Golf, would encourage the golfer to truly relish this uncomfortable comeback. "Love the challenge," Rotella says. "This is a totally different challenge than you're used to. Go out and test yourself. Go love it." Rotella also recommends that Woods pal around with his fellow players in the clubhouse. "After you've had a problem...
...chances this time around. "Although he is popular as a sportsman, it's very different being a politician," says Chiongbian, who soft-launched his campaign by celebrating his 61st birthday at his family's 2,718-acre (1,100 hectare) plantation near Kiamba. "Tiger Woods is the No. 1 golfer, but he can't be, let's say, a race-car driver. We have our limitations and our skills." He believes Pacquiao's popularity plays against him: many voters don't want their national hero dirtying his hands in politics. "People like to see him as a boxer...
Lynne Newhouse Segal was the picture of robustness. At 59, the slim former lawyer was an avid runner, golfer and yoga practitioner. Segal, who lives in San Francisco, was healthy by nearly every measure - except her cholesterol level, which a routine test four years ago revealed was high. High cholesterol is a key risk factor for heart disease, especially in a patient Segal's age and with her family history (several close relatives had had heart attacks), so her doctor put her on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug as a preventive measure...
Thanks to an eagle, Lee was the only golfer under...
Make no mistake, however: Woods will be under mind-bending pressure at the Masters. "His chances of connecting with the fans, consumers, and making himself marketable again begins and ends where it always has - his ability to be a phenomenal golfer," says Paul Swangard, managing director of the James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. Jonathan Bernstein, a Los Angeles-based crisis consultant, suggests that if Tiger bombs on the course, he should just admit that the personal distractions weighed on his game. "A little self-deprecation and honestly and humility will go a long...