Tiger Woods: When Will the Roars Return?

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Published: May 27, 2012

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It’s curious how roars of sheer adrenaline can so quickly shift to soundless shock. Such is the story of Tiger Woods and the fickle sports fan.

I’ve rooted for Tiger since he was a lanky, swift-swinging amateur torpedoing through fields of what were supposedly the world’s best young golfers. When his stardom finally hit the pro circuit, I watched vigorously as both a fan and student of the sport. Unlike any other player, Woods rewarded my tuning in with a palpable presence, as if I were within just a few feet of his piercing drives, crisp iron shots and silky-smooth putts.

He rapidly rose into the public eye as a symbol of the next generation, an athlete—not just a golfer—built on advancements in technology, physical prowess and psychological durability. His legend was already being written and praised by golf experts like Rick Reilly in Sports Illustrated and Tim Rosaforte, who published a book called Tiger Woods: The Making of a Champion in 1997 after Woods won his first Masters at just 21 years old, the youngest winner of the Masters in the championship’s history.  

Even from the coziest cushion of the couch, Woods had the rare gift of captivating fans to the point of clinging to our seat’s edge, awed by the presence of greatness.

It wasn’t as simple as hitting a remarkable shot—like one behind a tree that starts as a low dart under lazily hanging branches and then whips around a corner to within a few feet of the flag stick, as if on command. More so, it was the regularity with which Woods performed and caused us—golf commentators, golf greats, ESPN hosts, golf fans and haters alike—to turn to one another incredulously and say, “Did you f****** see that!”



This wasn’t Michael Jordan leaping from the free-throw line for a gravity-defying dunk or Derek Jeter sprinting to his left and throwing across his body...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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