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DIED. Earl Woods, 74, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel in Vietnam and father of golfer Tiger Woods; of prostate cancer; in Cypress, Calif. He had his son swinging clubs as a toddler and, after failing to persuade the boy to pursue other interests, became his trainer and devoted champion, once calling Tiger the "chosen one." The close bond between the two--Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"--was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997--the first by a black player--he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that...
DRIVING A NEW COURSE Golfer Tiger Woods, in New Zealand last week for his caddie's wedding, won a charity stock-car race, despite crashing into the wall on the third lap. Gives new meaning to being in the rough...
...just 16, but smooth-swinging Michelle Wie is already the world's No. 2-- ranked woman golfer. The Hawaiian high school junior, who is still chasing her first pro title, will tee off this week at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the year. She spoke with TIME's Jeff Chu about Rush Limbaugh, her dream prom date and playing nine holes with Condoleezza Rice...
...with a dizzying array of options, each imparting a different spin and roll. So where serious bowlers used to carry just one ball to the lanes, they now haul around half a dozen or more to be ready for whatever conditions they might encounter. "It's just like a golfer carrying 14 different clubs," says Bill Wasserberger, director of R&D for consumer products at Brunswick Bowling, the nation's oldest and biggest manufacturer of bowling balls...
DIED. MIKE AUSTIN, 95, golfer who slammed a 515-yd. drive in a Las Vegas senior tournament in 1974, setting a record for the longest drive in a pro-golf tournament; in Los Angeles. Despite dramatic advances in club technology, his feat, accomplished at 64, still holds...