Tiger Woods: The Making Of A Champion

Tiger Woods: The making of a Champion


                                             

Matt Buyan

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TIGER WOODS THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION BY: JOHN GARRITY


     Eldrick Tiger Woods was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 30, 1975.  His

parents names are Earl and Kutildra. Earl is a ¼ American Indian, a ¼ Chinese

and half Black. Kutildra is a ¼ White, a ¼ Chinese and half Thai. Both of Earl's

parents were dead by the time he was 13.  He named his son  "Tiger" after his

Vietnam War partner Nguyen Phong of the South Vietnamese army. He nicknamed him

Tiger for his iron will and bravery.  Around 1967 or 1968 they lost contact and

never spoke to one another since.  Earl hopes that 1 day Nguyen will see his son'

s name either on TV or in a paper and contact him, so they can reunite.  Tiger

was first introduced to golf by his father who bought him a junior golf set as a

kid.  Tiger and his family now live in Cypress, California and he stands a tall

6'4 and weighs a lean 155.


     Now about his golfing days.  Tiger won the 1991, 1992,  and 1993 U.S

Junior Amateur  championships.  When winning his third he brought out a record

attendance of over 15,000 spectators.  Woods was also the first  African-

American to win the U.S Juniors.  He quotes " when I am up at the tee all I

think about is where I want my ball to go".  During this whole time Tiger

attended Stanford college and maintained straight A'This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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