Word: eldrick
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1996-1996
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...WOODS, 20 A few years ago, golfer Sandy Lyle was asked what he thought of Tiger Woods. "I don't know," said Lyle. "I haven't played there yet." Lyle, and just about everyone else, now knows that Woods is a force of nature--and nurture. From the time Eldrick was a toddler, father Earl and mother Kutilda encouraged his golf talent. At five he appeared on That's Incredible, and the kid has been living up to the title ever since. After capturing an unprecedented third straight U.S. Amateur in August, Woods turned pro and promptly won two tourneys...
...experts say Eldrick ("Tiger") Woods strikes a golf ball so hard that the sound it makes in flight is unique--a kind of whining swoosh, occasionally accompanied by the crack of a club head caving in. The balls that emit this signature sound routinely travel farther than those of any other tournament player...