Tiger Woods has had an unprecedented career since becoming a professional golfer in the late summer of 1996. He has won 105 tournaments, 79 of those on the PGA TOUR, including the 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2005 Masters Tournaments, 1999, 2000, 2006, and 2007 PGA Championships, 2000, 2002, and 2008 U.S. Open Championships, and 2000, 2005, and 2006 British Open Championships. With his second Masters victory in 2001, Tiger became the first ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time. In winning the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews, Woods became the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam of professional major championships and only the fifth ever to do so. Tiger also was the youngest Masters champion ever, at the age of 21 years, three months and 14 days, and was the first African-American or individual of Asian heritage to win a major championship.
Lorne Rubenstein has written 13 books while contributing to magazines around the world. In 2018, he received the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
"[Woods's] memories of what happened that now-long-ago April in
Augusta... will resonate with anyone who follows golf and
especially with everyone who was riveted to their televisions as
this brash, incredibly talented young man dismantled the cathedral
of golf."--Booklist (starred review)
"For as methodical as Woods tells his story-his recall of every
shot and situation is all as if it were 20 minutes ago, not 20
years-it is often as vivid on the printed page as it was in
person."--GolfDigest
"Provides a rare perspective of golf played at the highest
level."--Kirkus
"Readers get to go behind the scenes and on the golf course with
compelling stories and anecdotes from that fateful April week at
Augusta two decades ago. That's not all. Intertwined throughout are
shared opinions from Woods on an array of topics and issues, most
golf related, some personal and societal based, but all presented
with candour and intrigue. Such is the riveting nature of arguably
the world's most recognizable athlete."--ScoreGolf
"THE 1997 MASTERS is a vivid and ultimately satisfying read about a
singular event in American sports."--BookPage
"Woods writes with absorbing focus and profound
emotion."--Publisher's Weekly
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