Tiger Woods
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4.5 • 679 Ratings
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Publisher Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller * “A whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true.” —The Wall Street Journal * “There is beauty and awe in this perfectly pitched biography.” —The New York Times * “Comprehensive, propulsive...and unsparing.” —The New Yorker
Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews with people from every corner of Tiger Woods’s life this is “a searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF Magazine)—who has made one of the most remarkable comebacks of all time.
In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. But it turned out he had been living a double life for years—one that exploded in the aftermath of a Thanksgiving night crash that exposed his serial infidelity and sent his personal and professional lives over a cliff. In this “searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (GOLF magazine), Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian dig deep behind the headlines to produce a richly reported answer to the question that has mystified millions of sports fans for nearly a decade: who is Tiger Woods, really?
Drawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods’s life—many of whom have never spoken about him on the record before—Benedict and Keteyian construct a captivating psychological profile of a mixed race child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to be the “chosen one,” to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well. But at what cost? Benedict and Keteyian provide the starling answers in this definitive biography that is destined to linger in the minds of readers for years to come.
“Irresistible…Immensely readable…Benedict and Keteyian bring us along for the ride in a whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true” (The Wall Street Journal). Ultimately, Tiger Woods is “a big American story…exhilarating, depressing, tawdry, and moving in almost equal measure” (The New York Times).
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We think this biography will stand the test of time as the definitive account of the making and unmaking of a golf legend. Related in meticulous, gloriously unauthorized detail, Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian’s book takes apart not only the myth of Tiger Woods but also the mythmakers who hyped him up, including Woods’ father and agent and a cadre of fawning journalists. By the end, we’re left with the impression of a shattered idol: a man who fell from a grace he didn’t deserve in the first place.
Customer Reviews
Exceptional!
I’ve read every book ever printed about Tiger Woods and this is the best compilation ever written. Extremely well done, thorough and engaging.
Incredible
When I first started reading this book, I was a bit cautious because it’s not from Tigers point of view. However, the author has so many sources, articles, etc that paint the story so well. I have followed Tigers career closely over the years, but this book sheds light on things I never knew. This book gives a true and authentic look into Tigers upbringing, his affairs, addictions, dominance on the course, and everything in between. Highly recommend.
So much more than the documentary
The vivid words and detail add so many more dimensions to the documentary. The story soars, dips, and soars again like a plane on the verge of crashing that emerges to an uncertain language. I wished it had continued through the present day and hope Tiger continues to show his resilience in life that he displays on the green stuff.