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After Winged Foot, Hank Haney, Woods' coach, spoke frankly with Tiger about "stepping it up in terms of practice time, and getting refocused," as he later put it. It wasn't exactly a riot act, but Tiger needed something to reawaken him, as anyone would after losing a parent. They wasted little time getting back to work. The following week they spent long hours on Isleworth's course, and hit plenty of range balls. In the weight room, Woods rechisled the muscles that on sticky summer days, with his hairless arms sweaty and his shirt clinging to his torso, made him look like something produced by Mattel-a Tiger Woods action figure. He was also spotted that week running windsprints on the driving range while wearing a sixty-pound weighted vest. Woods woke up early, as he always does, and began the arduous process of killing time before playing a late round of golf on a Sunday afternoon. He went for a six-mile, forty-minute run with Elin, Steve Williams, and trainer Keith Kleven-they had discovered a bike path that ran right along the coast, and afforded a scenic look at Wales across the Irish Sea. On their return, Elin made breakfast. Then Tiger settled onto the couch with his housemates to watch some television. As usual, Tiger had the remote, and quickly landed at CNN. They took in some Tour de France highlights and saw aftermath footage of the previous day's bombings in Lebanon that included jarring pictures of injured children. "Compared to that," Woods remarked to Williams, "the golf seems pretty unimportant." Nevertheless, he soon clicked over to the BBC's early coverage of the Open, to perform-again, as usual-their Sunday morning scouting of the day's pin positions. They knew the practice might not be condoned by the men who originally wrote the Rules of Golf. But after so many mornings just like this one-whiling away the hours before a late major championship final round tee-time-their thinking was simple. You'd be a fool not to do it. Book jacket.Product Identifiers
PublisherFree Press
ISBN-101416537163
ISBN-139781416537168
eBay Product ID (ePID)57152245
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Book TitleScorecard Always Lies : a Year Behind the Scenes on the Pga Tour
TopicGolf, General
Publication Year2007
LanguageEnglish
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorChris Lewis
Dimensions
Item Height9.3in
Item Length9in
Item Width6in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
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LCCN2007-005101
Intended AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Lc Classification NumberGv969.P75l49 2007
Table of ContentContents Introduction: Golf 10 A.T. The Players Chapter 1: The Men Who Weren't There: Hawaii Chapter 2: Phil in Full: The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Chapter 3: Tiger, Distracted: The Buick Invitational Chapter 4: Cinderella Stories: The FBR Open, Phoenix Chapter 5: Coast to Coast: The West Coast and Florida Swings Chapter 6: Augusta Re-Mastered: The Masters Chapter 7: The Katrina Classic: The Zurich Classic, New Orleans Chapter 8: Playing Through: The Wachovia Championship Chapter 9: The Dog Days of Not-Quite-Summer: The Colonial Chapter 10: Of Fathers, Sons, and a Daughter: The Memorial Chapter 11: Lefty Agonistes: The U.S. Open Chapter 12: "This One's for Pops": The British Open Chapter 13: Tiger Mach Three: The PGA Championship Chapter 14: Eire's Mud in Your Eye: The Ryder Cup Epilogue: The Fall That Wouldn't Finish Acknowledgments Index
Number of Pages352 Pages