Tiger Woods (book) Tiger Woods (book) Tiger Woods is a 2018 biography of professional golfer Tiger Woods written by bestselling authors Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian. It is the second book co-authored by Benedict and Keteyian, who published "The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football" in 2013. Prior to writing the book, Benedict and Keteyian read over 20 books previous published about Woods' life, including Woods' own memoir, "The 1997 Masters: My Story". The authors also read articles by Wright Thompson, Gary Smith, Frank Deford and others as they created a timeline of Woods' life that, once complete, was over
Earl Woods Tiger, comes from Earl Woods' wartime friendship with Colonel Vuong Dang "Tiger" Phong, a courageous pilot who flew in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1972, Woods was stationed at Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton, and learned to play golf, starting at age 42, at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Dyker Heights. From his first experience with golf, Earl Woods was captivated by it, and played a great deal for the remainder of his life. He eventually became a good standard amateur golfer, often scoring in the 70s for 18 holes. Earl claimed to be playing close to scratch