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Copyright © 2012 by Hank Haney
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Archetype, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com Crown Archetype with colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress.
eISBN: 978-0-307-98599-6
Jacket design: Michael Nagin
Front-cover photograph: © Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
v3.1_r1
To my loving wife, Suzanne CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
1. The Last Time
2. Beginnings
3. Coaching Tiger
4. Greatness
5. Distraction
6. Highest Mountain
7. Quitting
8. Adding It Up
Acknowledgments
Tiger Woods’s Worldwide Performance Record While
Hank Haney Was His Coach
Glossary of Golf Terms
Finally, a moment of truth. Less than an hour before he’ll tee off in the final round of the 2010 Masters, Tiger Woods walks onto the far corner of the Augusta National’s vast practice range. The other players and caddies sneak looks. A cheer rises from the packed grandstands, and the rowdier people squeezed together behind the green gallery ropes yell encouragement from short range. “Go, Tiger! You’re the man!” He might be disgraced, he might be a punch line, but he’s still iconic. As he puts on his glove, the force of the collective gaze that always makes me feel uncomfortable when I’m walking with Tiger at a major championship is more penetrating. He’s become more than just the greatest player alive. He’s the human being who’s fallen farther faster than anyone else in history. The haters, the sympathizers, the commentators—everyone—want to see what it’s done to him. So do I. Yes, he’s been different since returning from an addiction-treatment facility six weeks ago—more subdued, possibly shell-shocked—but I’ve been waiting to judge whether he’s
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Archetype, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com Crown Archetype with colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress.
eISBN: 978-0-307-98599-6
Jacket design: Michael Nagin
Front-cover photograph: © Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
v3.1_r1
To my loving wife, Suzanne CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
1. The Last Time
2. Beginnings
3. Coaching Tiger
4. Greatness
5. Distraction
6. Highest Mountain
7. Quitting
8. Adding It Up
Acknowledgments
Tiger Woods’s Worldwide Performance Record While
Hank Haney Was His Coach
Glossary of Golf Terms
Finally, a moment of truth. Less than an hour before he’ll tee off in the final round of the 2010 Masters, Tiger Woods walks onto the far corner of the Augusta National’s vast practice range. The other players and caddies sneak looks. A cheer rises from the packed grandstands, and the rowdier people squeezed together behind the green gallery ropes yell encouragement from short range. “Go, Tiger! You’re the man!” He might be disgraced, he might be a punch line, but he’s still iconic. As he puts on his glove, the force of the collective gaze that always makes me feel uncomfortable when I’m walking with Tiger at a major championship is more penetrating. He’s become more than just the greatest player alive. He’s the human being who’s fallen farther faster than anyone else in history. The haters, the sympathizers, the commentators—everyone—want to see what it’s done to him. So do I. Yes, he’s been different since returning from an addiction-treatment facility six weeks ago—more subdued, possibly shell-shocked—but I’ve been waiting to judge whether he’s