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...they were practice drives, really), President Clinton doesn't seem to need much help. But as Americans, we want a President who plays the best darn game of golf possible, so TIME called in some experts for their advice. Below, Claude ("Butch") Harmon Jr.--famed swing doctor to Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Davis Love III--gives his detailed suggestions for the presidential stroke. "The President has a decent swing. If he had more time to practice, it would be better," says Harmon. "I'm sure his swing is going to be better in four years." CBS golf commentator Gary...
Welcome to the 1997 P.G.A. Tour. It began as the Year of the Tiger, what with Eldrick Woods winning the Masters by an incredible 12 strokes just four months after his 21st birthday. But it has become the Year of the Young Lions. For the first time in history, the first three majors have been won by players under age 30, with Woods getting the green jacket, South African Ernie Els, 27, collecting his second U.S. Open trophy and Texan Justin Leonard, 25, taking home the claret jug of the British Open. All in all, twenty-somethings have fired enough...
...trying to line up Pampers as an official Ryder Cup sponsor." Seriously, Kite says he's thrilled with the young makeup of his team, and of the tour. "They're really bringing new excitement to golf. The galleries are larger, younger, more exuberant. And it's not just Tiger the fans are following...
...next threesome up on the tee remains to be seen, but clearly Woods will be one of them. In a way, he is responsible for the esprit de kiddie corps. "There's definitely a Tiger effect," says CBS golf announcer Jim Nantz. "Once the other young golfers saw Tiger bypass the customary apprenticeship, they thought, 'Hey, I can do that too.'" Leonard said as much after his British Open victory: "Having seen Tiger do so well, having seen Ernie do so well, maybe I thought it was O.K. to go out and win a tournament like this being...
...there is nothing academic about a tiger shark bobbing in the preternaturally clear Hawaiian sea. I am now in the water, and Meyer has released the measured, tagged shark. Another student stands by to help it get moving, but that turns out to be unnecessary. With an almost imperceptible flick of its muscular tail, the massive fish is suddenly ten yards away, a graceful, pale white torpedo gliding effortlessly down into the measureless blue depths. In the face of such beauty, dignity and grace, I almost forget my fear...