Pundits declared it a triumph of youth and racial progress, comparing Woods to Jackie Robinson (whose 50 th anniversary of breaking the color barrier is being celebrated simultaneously), Arthur Ashe, and Lee Elder (who became the first black golfer to play in the Masters in 1975, the same year Woods was born).
Pundits said that Woods showed the racial progress started by Jackie Robinson.
Pundits said that Woods success had nothing to do with racial progress.