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A Terrific
Tiger
A
lot of athletes are called stars. But few are called legends.
Michael
Jordan in basketball.
Wayne Gretzky in hockey.
Babe Ruth in baseball.
The list is pretty short. There's only room for the best of the
best. But it looks like we'd better make room for one more.
Tiger Woods in golf.
Top golfers usually win tournaments by a stroke or two. The roll
of
a putt or the bounce of a ball can make or break a golfer's round.
Last
month at the U.S. Open, Tiger played the best golfers in the world
and
beat them by a record-setting 15 strokes. Nobody was even close
to him.
This weekend Tiger will be competing in the British Open in
Scotland. The tournament is on television and you should tune in--even
if you don't know which end of a golf club to hold.
Why? Because this guy is making sports history and you can see him
do it.
If home run-slugger Babe Ruth could come back to life for one more
game, you would watch him, wouldn't you? If Michael Jordan or the
Great
Gretzky could take a magic pill and play the way they used to, you
would
be cheering.
Well, you don't need a time machine or magic pill to see Tiger.
He
is happening right now. And he's amazing.
Golf is a very hard game. Tiger makes it look easy. Smash a golf
ball 300 straight yards down the narrow alley of a fairway. No problem.
Fly a 150-yard shot within a few feet of the flag. Simple. Roll
a ball
across grass cut smooth as glass into a hole no bigger than a coffee
cup. Nothing to it.
For Tiger that is.
Pro golfers think they have had a good year if they win a single
tournament. This year is only half over and Tiger has already won
five
tournaments. Last year he won eight.
So this weekend, forget the Saturday morning cartoons. You've got
something better to watch.
A legend in the making.
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