Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion - Softcover

Rosaforte, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312964374 ISBN 13: 9780312964375

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997

Synopsis

Great competitor, top shotmaker, the only player to win the U.S. Amateur three times, a smashing first year on the pro tour at age 20-Tiger Woods is a sports phenomenon. Now discover how he did it and what it cost him in a riveting story that captures the heart and soul of a magnificent American athlete.

-The poignant love story behind his parents' marriage and a soldier's promise to name his son "Tiger"
-A son's talent, a father's ambitions, and the tough mental games geared to either break him or make him a champion
-The truth about college and his decision to go pro
-A revealing close-up of Tiger under pressure, his most dramatic play-offs, and his worst rookie-year mistake
-The big money: $40 million Nike deal and the hot Titleist contract
-The race card-who played it and why-and how Tiger changed the game forever...
-His journey to the 1997 Masters and a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team

About this title

About the Author:

A senior writer for Sports Illustrated, Tim Rosaforte has won numerous writing awards and is a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife and family.

From AudioFile:

Tiger Woods, the charismatic, young golfer; Masters champion; Nike and American Express spokesman, is deservedly attracting a lot of press. Tim Rosaforte's biography will hardly be the last. Arthur Addison delivers this three-hour review of Woods's career with as a steady, even narrative. He chronicles Woods's tournament achievements with scores, amazing shots, the length of his drives and the clubs he used. He delivers the personal details, such as Woods's penchant for Big Macs and strawberry milkshakes, with little enthusiasm. The details are here, but both narrator and narrative miss Tiger Woods's unique appeal. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312964374
• ISBN 13: 9780312964375
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295