Benedict, Jeff
Summary: "Drawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods's life Benedict and Keteyian construct a psychological profile of an African-American child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WOODS, TIGER BENPatterson, James
Summary: "On April 13, 1986, ten-year-old Tiger Woods watches his idol, Jack Nicklaus, win his record sixth Masters. Just over a decade later, chants of "Ti-ger, Ti-ger!" ring out as the twenty-one-year-old wins his first Green Jacket. He blazes an incredible path, winning fourteen major titles (second only to Nicklaus himself) by the time he's thirty-three, smashing records and raising standards. Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGER PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOODS PATHarig, Bob
Summary: "Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGER HARJames, Jimmie
Summary: "The story of one man's quest to become the first person to play each of America's 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he became"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAMES, JIMMIE JAMPalmer, Arnold
Summary: "Palmer's parting gift to the world--a treasure trove of his entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PALMER, ARNOLD PALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LPB PALMER PALBamberger, Michael
Summary: "Was golf better (to use one of Tiger's favorite phrases) back in the day? In [this book], Michael Bamberger, who fell for the game as a teenager in its wild Sansabelt-and-persimmon 1970s heyday, goes on a quest to try to find out. The result is a candid, nostalgic, intimate portrait of golf's greatest generation--then and now"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 BAMCook, Kevin
Summary: A tribute to the professional achievements of the father-and-son team of Tom and Tom Morris cites their pivotal contributions to the founding of golf in the 1800s, the differences in their athletic styles, and young Tom's tragic early death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 COOFeinstein, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 FEIMontville, Leigh.
Summary: John Montague was a boisterous enigma. He had a bagful of golf tricks, on and off the course. He could knock a bird off a wire from 170 yards, and when the big man arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, he quickly became a celebrity among celebrities. He played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes to Babe Ruth and his close friend Bing Crosby, whom he famously beat with only a rake, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTAGUE, JOHN MONPalmer, Arnold
Summary: The golfing master reevaluates his many life experiences, sharing details about familiar stories while offering new anecdotes and his time-tested insights into relationships, business success, and living a life of integrity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALMER, ARNOLD PALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B PALMER PALWoods, Tiger
Summary: "Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Tiger Woods' historic win at the 1997 Masters, an account of the pro golfer's historic career shares previously unknown stories and the ways his record-setting win changed both the sport and his life on and off the course,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGERS WOOPalmer, Arnold
Summary: There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. To the legions of golf fans around the world, Palmer is a charismatic hero, the winner of sixty-one tournaments on the PGA Tour and still going strong on the Senior PGA Tour. But behind the legend, there is the private Palmer--a man of wit, compassion, loyalty, and true grit in the face of personal adversity. Writing with the humor and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print in association with Ballantine Books 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PALMER, ARNOLD PALHarig, Bob
Summary: "Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. For two decades now there have been two golfers who have captivated, bemused, inspired, frustrated, fascinated, and entertained us, and in doing so have demanded our attention - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Even with all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 HARHiaasen, Carl.
Summary: Carl Hiaasen's hilarious confessional about returning to the fairways after a thirty-two-year absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 HIALove, Davis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 Love,Sampson, Curt
Summary: One publicly imploded marriage. Two car accidents. Eight surgeries. And now, a miracle of hard work and storied talent: five Masters wins. Once hailed as "the greatest closer in history" before he fell further than any beloved athlete in America's memory, Tiger swung at the world's wildest expectations and beat the skeptics with his April 2019 championship. Roaring Back traces his road to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGER SAMSnead, Sam
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 SNESounes, Howard
Summary: Chronicles the history of modern golf through the stories of three of the game's most famous players, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus, revealing their personal lives, rivalries, wealth, and business dealings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2004