The Influence Of Tiger Woods'stats On The Pag Tour

The question on the mind of the golfing fraternity around the world is: Is Tiger Woods the greatest golf player of all-time? My strong opinion is definitely not. There are many reasons for myself adopting this point of view, and these include the fact that Woods has no strong resistance for him to be closely challenged from winning tournaments by multiple strokes, I feel although Woods is too inexperienced to be the greatest player of all-time and also the fact that Woods has won comparably few tournaments compared to greats such as Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan.

According the author, because of Tiger's one mistake, he lost everything from his endorsements, family, friends and fans. He had spent more than decade perfecting his reputation and just like that it was gone (Ferguson). Tiger Woods's mistakes stand as a reminder that no matter how much temptation there is, one should always think twice before doing something they may regret later on.

Golf also produced its legend from the era, Bobby Jones. “In the span of 8 years, Jones won 13 national championships, both in Europe and the United States. He was the original hot headed golfer, known to either play brilliantly, or to implode on the course”(Boland par 21). Bobby undoubtedly prevailed in golf and no one could stop him.

He also shattered the previous single season winnings record by nearly $3 million, making him the first player ever to break the $6 million mark with $6.6 million.

In thirteen years of golf, Tiger Woods has made over a billion dollars making him the highest paid athlete ever. He has been the highest paid athlete now for five years in a row. We all know that many people in the world watch him play every weekend and admire him, but is the amount of entertainment he provides really worth 128 million dollars a year? Tiger is only one of many professional athletes who are extremely overpaid. “People forget that sports is entertainment,” says Leonard Armato, a sports agent. Although professional athletes provide entertainment for millions of viewers around the world, they are overpaid because the millions of dollars that they make could be distributed more evenly throughout society and go to things of a

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In the article, “The Secret Life of Tiger Woods,” Tiger Woods had to give up more than enough for his golfing career. One of the sacrifices that Woods had to make was his life. Woods was an introvert at heart, but he was driven by his coaches and the media to be an extroverted celebrity, so that he was more interesting. Because of this, he struggled with himself, fighting his personality just to please the people around him. In the text, an unnamed friend of Woods explains that, “Frankly, the real Tiger Woods isn’t that remarkable...there isn’t a

Like Muhammad Ali is to boxing and Michael Jordan is to basketball, Tiger Woods is considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. Due to his incredible playing on the course, his young age, and the endorsement deals he signed with major advertising companies, Tiger Woods ' fans place him on the "best of the best" list in professional sports. Society places an enormous amount of responsibilities on its champions or favorites. " Sure, he is good on the course, but how well does he support society? What does he stand for", the public says. There is more to Tiger Woods than a good golf swing or how well he can say " Buy these shoes" in front of the advertisers ' cameras. Even

Tiger Woods’ accomplishments off the course bring as much credit to him as those on the course. Joining with his parents, Tiger created the "Tiger Woods Foundation". The Foundation helps underprivileged children learn morals and life lessons through golf. “The Foundation’s values mirror those of Tiger Woods- Tenacity, Integrity, Courage, Self-Esteem, and Drive for Excellence”, is an excerpt from the Foundations mission statement. Tiger and his Foundation strive to foster those qualities and more in youngsters. Tiger sponsors certain golf courses that allow children under a certain age to play golf without cost to the children (the courses and the ages vary from time to time). He tours the country giving golf workshop clinics to children. The Foundation supports participative parenting and provides classes for those parents that need the information. It sponsors many parent and child golf tournaments and golf

Initially, Tiger Woods seemed to have it all: multiple golf tournament wins, endorsements from big names like Nike and Gillette, the wife Elin Nordegren, and two young kids. Life was going so well that the car accident Woods had on the day after Thanksgiving 2009 and subsequent infidelity scandal came as a shock; a shock not just to the golf world,

In the articles “The Secret Life of Tiger Woods” by Wright Thompson, where the article talks about how Tiger Wood’s childhood affected his later life, and “Are parents ruining youth sports? Fewer kids play amid pressure”, which talks about how the pressure of doing great in teams sports are causing more kids to quit, by Michael S. Rosenwald both helped me to realize that the sacrifices that are needed to be taken to become an “elite athlete” are not worth the consequences you will face. The combination of the pressure from coaches, parents, and teammates, and the fact that the child can do no other activities, makes many children, including me lose interest in the sports that they are playing and make them eventually quit. In Rosenwald’s article there are many examples mentioned of all the sacrifices parents and their children are willing to make

He won the 1955 Canadian Open for his first Pga Tour victory, and had many other victories over his next two years in the tour. In 1958 he won the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, that launched Arnold Palmer into fame. Arnold took home the title of being the youngest Pga Tour champion at the time. He was the number one on earnings, with $40,000. By the early 1960s, Arnold Palmer was the world's best and most successful tour player. Between 1960 and 1963 he won an amazing 29 titles and got $400,000 in prize money. He also was the captain of the 1963 U.S. Ryder cup team, and he captained the 1975 team too. In all, Arnold won 92 titles. Arnold won 7 major championships, including four Masters and two British Opens. Arnold’s last major win was the 1964 masters. Arnold Palmer was the first Pga Tour player to win the masters four times. Even Though his dominance was fading, he was still the remained the biggest money earner for several

He was winning tournaments over professional golfers. In 1986, he came fourth in the Masters. Jack Nicklaus told him he was good enough to play the American tour. He was the first to coming close to winning the Masters, PGA Championship, the British and U.S Open. He came very close and only won the British Open, but came close in the final round in all the other tournaments. Greg beat Nicklaus in the Canadian Open which started to help prove him to be the best golfer in 1986. He was the number one golfer for three hundred and thirty one consecutive weeks. As he proved to be the best golfer in the world, Greg was about to experience some tough

He has always been very successful at the game. He has many accomplishments in the game. "Tiger played in his first professional tournament in 1992, at age 16, at the Nissan Los Angeles Open and in three more PGA TOUR events in 1993." (tigerwoods.com) Woods won the U.S. Masters at Augusta in

Tiger Woods was living the high life. He was at his all time best in golf from 1999 until about 2008. The massive amounts of money were pouring in from sponsors such as Nike. He even got a personal invitation from President Obama to visit the White house. Shortly after, Forbes named him the first athlete to earn $1 Billion dollars! He was the talk of the golf community for many years. He married a beautiful model that he met in 2001 at the British Open, and they have two kids together. You would think he was satisfied with his life right? This wasn’t the case though.