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Tiger woods broke 80 (shot in 70's) for the first time when he was 8 years old. He broke 70 (shot in the 60's) for the first time when he was 12.
In 1984 at the age of eight, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991.
Tiger Woods won the United States Junior Amateur (ages 12-17) when he was 15 years old. He defended his title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the first multiple winner. He played in his first professional tournament in the Nissan Open when he was 16. He won his first United States Amateur (No age limit) when he was 18. It was the first of 3 consecutive U.S. Amateurs. He won the NCAA National Championship as a freshmen in his only year at Stanford. He played in his first Masters at age 19. In winning the Silver Medal as leading amateur at The Open Championship (British Open), he tied the record for an amateur aggregate score of 281. He left college after two years and turned professional.
He began his tradition of wearing a red shirt during the final round of tournaments, a link to his college days at Stanford and a color he believes symbolizes aggression and assertiveness. Woods won his first major with a score of 18 under par, The Masters, by a record margin of 12 strokes, becoming the youngest Masters winner and the first African American to do so. He set a total of 20 Masters records and tied 6 others. He won another three PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, in only his 42nd week as a professional, rose to number one in the Official World Golf Rankings, the fastest-ever ascent to world No. 1. He was named PGA Player of the Year, the first golfer to win the award the year following his rookie season.
In the summer of 2008, Woods showed the world why he is the best golfer to walk this earth ever. He took some time off before the tournament because he had surgery on his left leg. While rehabbing, he had a stress fracture to his left tibia. Tiger found a way to come back on the 72nd hole of the tournament to tie Rocco Mediate in one of golfs most famous putts. Rocco took Tiger 19 more holes until he missed a par putt while Tiger was in for par. Tiger beat the worlds best golfers in statistically the most difficult tournament in the world on one leg.
After watching this in HD for 5 days, it is clear why he is the most dominant athlete maybe to ever walk the earth. Though he knew the pain was coming, he still drove through the ball at 100% on every shot onto his left side. The U.S. Open is his favorite tournament and he would never give up on it. His passion for the game, and un matched competitiveness drove him 91 holes through the pain to his 14th major championship victory. 2 days later, he had surgery for a torn ACL. Shit, I played a shitty fall season with a hurt wrist. This guy won the U.S. Open with a torn ACL! and a fractured tibia! in the same leg! This asserted him as the best golfer to ever live. Jack may have won 18 majors, but none like this.
Ever since his father, Earl Woods, passed away in 2006, I began to notice a change in Tiger on and off the course. He became more of a loose cannon on the course. He began swearing more often, slamming his clubs, taking an extra swing in the sand bunker if he hit it bad etc. During interviews, he would be very short with the interviewer, blame himself for losing without congratulating the winner, or just blowing off interviews because he was upset with something. Yes he is Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour will never tell to not swear because he makes them more than half of their profits, but where did his professionalism go? A man who donates alot of his money to building schools for children is not the man we used to know. We love him for his golf game, so no one ever said anything. I will always love, admire, and respect his work ethic, ability to win golf tournaments with out hitting one fairway, and his clutch putting. But everyone, even those who don't follow golf will remember him for his most recent activity.
After being all over TV and the Internet for his car accident and alleged affairs with a thousand different women, Tiger has come out and pledged his infidelity. He is taking an indefinite leave from golf to amend his relationship with his family, and to become a better person. He has done the right thing. He did take a while, but he came out with the truth. He is making his priorities strait and leaving golf, his sponsors, and tending to his family.
Now after reading the above biography of Woods' golfing career, we all know that he dominates everything he does. He got strait A's in high school, and Stanford takes only the bright ones onto their golf team. He will fix this problem with his family and become a better husband, father, and person.
The reason i make this post is to share with you what I came to realize after follwing Tiger for so long and watching what has unfolded with him in the past 2 weeks.
Why do so many people get upset, pissed off and worked up about bhangra? We see it in posts almost every week. People trolling competitions and teams, teams bashing other teams, and what really throws me for a loop, when teams don't place or place where they thought they should have placed, get pissed and accept their trophy and prize money with disgust. This reminds me of Tiger post his father's death. I completely understand the amount of time, and effort that is put into a routine. But this is bhangra. There are bigger things in life than bhangra. People get laid off. People lose family members and friends. Those are legit reasons to be upset. Not placing 3rd or 2nd at a competition or not placing at all. It's good to have rivalries, but in professional sports, at the end of each game, those guys shake hands. The bhangra community comes on BTF and calls them out, or the competition for having bad judges, put up angry facebook statuses, etc. Really?
Again I know the hard work everyone puts in. But if you don't get into a competition, dont come on here and be unprofessional. Don't be a troll. Be like Justin and tell your team that we gotta work harder and get in next year. When you don't place at a competition, cheer on the teams that did. When you place 2nd, and thought you shoulda placed first, be like LSD @ TX and congratulate the 1st place winners. Thats professionalism. That's love for bhangra. We go to competitions to rip up that stage, meet new people and enjoy the weekend with them. When the rest of us watch the video, we will know you killed that stage and your routine was worthy of placing. In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. What matters is that you had a hell of a time.
I'm probably gonna take a lot of heat for this post. But please to all. Bhangra is fun. Be a Tiger. Dominate the stage, and have fun doing it.
In 1984 at the age of eight, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991.
Tiger Woods won the United States Junior Amateur (ages 12-17) when he was 15 years old. He defended his title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the first multiple winner. He played in his first professional tournament in the Nissan Open when he was 16. He won his first United States Amateur (No age limit) when he was 18. It was the first of 3 consecutive U.S. Amateurs. He won the NCAA National Championship as a freshmen in his only year at Stanford. He played in his first Masters at age 19. In winning the Silver Medal as leading amateur at The Open Championship (British Open), he tied the record for an amateur aggregate score of 281. He left college after two years and turned professional.
He began his tradition of wearing a red shirt during the final round of tournaments, a link to his college days at Stanford and a color he believes symbolizes aggression and assertiveness. Woods won his first major with a score of 18 under par, The Masters, by a record margin of 12 strokes, becoming the youngest Masters winner and the first African American to do so. He set a total of 20 Masters records and tied 6 others. He won another three PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, in only his 42nd week as a professional, rose to number one in the Official World Golf Rankings, the fastest-ever ascent to world No. 1. He was named PGA Player of the Year, the first golfer to win the award the year following his rookie season.
In the summer of 2008, Woods showed the world why he is the best golfer to walk this earth ever. He took some time off before the tournament because he had surgery on his left leg. While rehabbing, he had a stress fracture to his left tibia. Tiger found a way to come back on the 72nd hole of the tournament to tie Rocco Mediate in one of golfs most famous putts. Rocco took Tiger 19 more holes until he missed a par putt while Tiger was in for par. Tiger beat the worlds best golfers in statistically the most difficult tournament in the world on one leg.
After watching this in HD for 5 days, it is clear why he is the most dominant athlete maybe to ever walk the earth. Though he knew the pain was coming, he still drove through the ball at 100% on every shot onto his left side. The U.S. Open is his favorite tournament and he would never give up on it. His passion for the game, and un matched competitiveness drove him 91 holes through the pain to his 14th major championship victory. 2 days later, he had surgery for a torn ACL. Shit, I played a shitty fall season with a hurt wrist. This guy won the U.S. Open with a torn ACL! and a fractured tibia! in the same leg! This asserted him as the best golfer to ever live. Jack may have won 18 majors, but none like this.
Ever since his father, Earl Woods, passed away in 2006, I began to notice a change in Tiger on and off the course. He became more of a loose cannon on the course. He began swearing more often, slamming his clubs, taking an extra swing in the sand bunker if he hit it bad etc. During interviews, he would be very short with the interviewer, blame himself for losing without congratulating the winner, or just blowing off interviews because he was upset with something. Yes he is Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour will never tell to not swear because he makes them more than half of their profits, but where did his professionalism go? A man who donates alot of his money to building schools for children is not the man we used to know. We love him for his golf game, so no one ever said anything. I will always love, admire, and respect his work ethic, ability to win golf tournaments with out hitting one fairway, and his clutch putting. But everyone, even those who don't follow golf will remember him for his most recent activity.
After being all over TV and the Internet for his car accident and alleged affairs with a thousand different women, Tiger has come out and pledged his infidelity. He is taking an indefinite leave from golf to amend his relationship with his family, and to become a better person. He has done the right thing. He did take a while, but he came out with the truth. He is making his priorities strait and leaving golf, his sponsors, and tending to his family.
Now after reading the above biography of Woods' golfing career, we all know that he dominates everything he does. He got strait A's in high school, and Stanford takes only the bright ones onto their golf team. He will fix this problem with his family and become a better husband, father, and person.
The reason i make this post is to share with you what I came to realize after follwing Tiger for so long and watching what has unfolded with him in the past 2 weeks.
Why do so many people get upset, pissed off and worked up about bhangra? We see it in posts almost every week. People trolling competitions and teams, teams bashing other teams, and what really throws me for a loop, when teams don't place or place where they thought they should have placed, get pissed and accept their trophy and prize money with disgust. This reminds me of Tiger post his father's death. I completely understand the amount of time, and effort that is put into a routine. But this is bhangra. There are bigger things in life than bhangra. People get laid off. People lose family members and friends. Those are legit reasons to be upset. Not placing 3rd or 2nd at a competition or not placing at all. It's good to have rivalries, but in professional sports, at the end of each game, those guys shake hands. The bhangra community comes on BTF and calls them out, or the competition for having bad judges, put up angry facebook statuses, etc. Really?
Again I know the hard work everyone puts in. But if you don't get into a competition, dont come on here and be unprofessional. Don't be a troll. Be like Justin and tell your team that we gotta work harder and get in next year. When you don't place at a competition, cheer on the teams that did. When you place 2nd, and thought you shoulda placed first, be like LSD @ TX and congratulate the 1st place winners. Thats professionalism. That's love for bhangra. We go to competitions to rip up that stage, meet new people and enjoy the weekend with them. When the rest of us watch the video, we will know you killed that stage and your routine was worthy of placing. In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. What matters is that you had a hell of a time.
I'm probably gonna take a lot of heat for this post. But please to all. Bhangra is fun. Be a Tiger. Dominate the stage, and have fun doing it.
