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...experts say Eldrick ("Tiger") Woods strikes a golf ball so hard that the sound it makes in flight is unique--a kind of whining swoosh, occasionally accompanied by the crack of a club head caving in. The balls that emit this signature sound routinely travel farther than those of any other tournament player...
...with a promise to his parents that he would one day return to Stanford to get his degree, Tiger turned pro. It was the logical next step in a life tailored by his father and mother to make him exactly what he is. "This is the first black intuitive golfer ever raised in the U.S.," Earl Woods, a Vietnam veteran, told SPORTS ILLUSTRATED last year. "Before, black kids grew up with basketball or football or baseball from the time they could walk. The game became part of them from the beginning. Tiger knew how to swing a club before...
Earl is actually half black, one-quarter American Indian and one-quarter Chinese. His wife Kultida is half Thai, one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter white. She complains about press descriptions of Tiger as black when he's half Asian, but Earl's market-wise formulation is that when his son is playing in the U.S. he's black, and when he's playing in Asia he's Asian. His dark skin makes Tiger (whose nickname was taken from Earl's Vietnamese army buddy Nguyen Phong) all the more appealing in the world of golf, which not only...
...that Compton Cup, the Crimson held a half-length lead with 700 meters to go, but a strong Tiger push put the outcome in jeopardy...
Restic was the head coach of the Hamilton Tiger Cats and was well-known for his innovative offensive theories. That reputation was the determining factor in his hiring...