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The Secret History of Tiger Woods
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:05 pm to LSUSPARKY621
The most surprising part of the piece was the Michael Jordan comes off as a compassionate person with actual human emotion. You know you're super weird when you make Jordan look normal.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:06 pm to usc6158
Anyway to print that without it being 49 pages?
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:07 pm to LSUSPARKY621
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Insight about how the death of his dad fueled his eventual downfall.
it was the whores, dude.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:12 pm to LSUSPARKY621
he hasn't been back to his father's grave and buried him in an unmarked grave. good lord.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 12:18 pm to lsugolf1105
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he hasn't been back to his father's grave and buried him in an unmarked grave. good lord.
No kidding. Tiger is a different beast.
I thought it was kind of off towards the end how they keep saying how much he cares about what other people think/comment, but he has shown throughout his career that he doesn't give two shits about anyone outside of his inner circle.
They paint him as a family man and filled with regret about Elin and the divorce. I don't know--almost comes off as a backhanded way of Tiger trying to publicly admit his career is essentially over.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:02 pm to LSUSPARKY621
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Insight about how the death of his dad fueled his eventual downfall. Interesting read
The 9 iron to the head is what fueled his downfall.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:07 pm to LSUSPARKY621
quote:Ehhhh. It is written by Wright Thomson. He isnt going to be some shill/mouthpiece for Tiger. Wright comes up with his own stories. Guy is great.
I don't know--almost comes off as a backhanded way of Tiger trying to publicly admit his career is essentially over.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:12 pm to lsupride87
It was an OK piece. Nothing too earth shattering in my mind. Weird introvert loses his dad and loses his self control and discipline. Nothing we didn't already know.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:14 pm to RedHawk
quote:You already knew Tiger didnt really care about the Majors record? You already knew Tiger really wanted to join the military instead of playing golf? There was a shite load of stuff in there that was not known
Nothing we didn't already know.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:18 pm to RedHawk
I don't think it was meant to be earth shattering. It was meant to be insightful and opens up, quite well, a side of Tiger many people didn't know about even though it was already public knowledge.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:22 pm to lsupride87
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You already knew Tiger really wanted to join the military instead of playing golf?
This was pretty widely known/believed. There used to be all kinds of stories about him training with SEALs and shite.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
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The 9 iron to the head is what fueled his downfall.
That plus the toll his swing took on his body. I also think YE Yang's PGA Championship upset took something from Tiger mentally that he's never been able to get back.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:25 pm to LSUSPARKY621
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This wasn't a series of one-night stands but something more complex and strange. He called women constantly, war-dialing until they picked up, sometimes just to narrate simple everyday activities. When they didn't answer, he called their friends. Sometimes he talked to them about Earl and his childhood.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:25 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:We all knew that. I had no idea just how into it he was. I also didnt realize Earl was a Green Beret
There used to be all kinds of stories about him training with SEALs and shite
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:31 pm to LSUSPARKY621
I like to think that I can't wait for the eventual 30 for 30, but I'm not sure a 30 for 30 could do him justice. He went from being on a rail to becoming the most dominate sports figure the world had ever known to 100% completely over night falling apart. Yea, he did continue to win tourneys occasionally after the fallout, and had a spectacular year two, three, four years ago now (I can't remember), but he hasn't been anymore than a shell of who he was all over the course of a weekend.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:31 pm to lsupride87
At least Jordan was honest...to the readers if not to Woods personally.
"I love him too much that I can't tell him he'll never be great again."
"I love him too much that I can't tell him he'll never be great again."
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:42 pm to lsupride87
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You already knew Tiger didnt really care about the Majors record?
Yep, could tell by how much work he puts into golf anymore. Just look at his place on the leaders board and it will tell you he didn't care about winning masters anymore.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 1:47 pm to lsupride87
Yeah, I thought it was really good. Wright obviously must have gotten a ton of inside information, even beyond the one or two off-the-record quotes. The most interesting thing to me is that he was basically on a self-destructive path with the military training and whores that it was eventually going to blow up, anyway. The crazy twist of fate is that the accident made it so public. He probably could have bought another year or two otherwise covering up the nonsense. He was inevitably going to get hurt. I remember reading something a year or two ago that he likes being injured in a way, to show how tough he is. That squares with this article.
This post was edited on 4/21/16 at 1:48 pm
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