"Let your clubs speak for you." Tiger Woods was too young to notice
the racism around him. He didn't understand that in this world, people were
judged by the color of their skin. He couldn't speak out about it; he couldn't
voice his opinions, or come up with possible solutions because he was too young.
Tiger faced many racial ordeals throughout his life, mainly because he was
half-Thai and half-black. He broke into the sport of golf as one of the
youngest. He not only wanted to be the best black golfer; he wanted to be the b
est golfer. The only way Tiger dealt with racism was to let his clubs do all the
talking for him. The book starts off with Earl Woods, Tiger's father, during the
Vietnam War. A sniper almost took out Earl but his friend saved him. Later on
that day, he gets in a predicament with a bamboo viper, and once again, his
friend saves him. The friend's name was Nguyen Phong, and he was good in combat;
he was a tiger in combat. Nguyen Phong had the nickname of "Tiger".
Earl vowed that if he ever had an other son, he would call him
"Tiger". After the war, back in the United States, Earl met a Thai
woman named Kultida and he married her and had a son. They named the baby
Eldrick, but Earl called him "Tiger". Tiger Woods took interest in
golf at a young age. He would watch from his crib as his father would practice
his swing. He began playing golf since before he could walk. When he got a few
years older, he began to compete in the Junior Nationals tournaments against
older boys. He didn't hav e the strength to drive the ball far, but he had
skill; he was blessed. Earl made Tiger some miniature clubs out of his old ones
and from that moment on, he was obsessed with the sport. The way that Tiger
played, it was no longer a sport, it became an art. With every hole he played,
his game progressed to a whole new level. As Tiger grew older, he still played
tournaments and racked up his victories, he even played for Harvard's golf team.
Harvard was interested in having him play for them since an early age. Later on
in his career, he started to show that he wasn't perfect. He showed that he too
made mistakes and was just like everybody else. The author of the book
definitely knows a lot about Tiger. He got a lot of information for the book
directly from Kultida and Earl Woods. John Strege wanted others to get to know
Tiger. He wrote this book to show how Tiger got to be where he is now. The book
starts off with how Tiger got the name Tiger. It was obvious that the author
admired Tiger. I really liked this book because I did not know where Tiger got
his name. It was interesting to read about how Earl Woods vowed to call his next
son Tiger to repay his friend Nguyen Phong for saving his life. I am not one to
take interest in golf but this book was exciting. I liked reading about how
Tiger started at a really young age and practiced everyday to perfect his game.
Tiger is a good example of that if you put your mind to something, if you try
hard enough, and focus all your atte n tion on something, you can do it; that
right there you can apply to all aspects of life, not just golf or any other
sport. I thought that this book was going to be boring because golf is boring,
but I was really interested in reading details about all these tournaments that
Tiger played in. I felt as if I was really there watching Tiger play golf. I
don't think that there was anything wrong with this book; I didn't dislike
anything about it. I think the reason why I didn't find anything wrong w ith
this book was that this book is a biography and you can't really change the
story too much because it is about someone's life. If I could have changed a
part of the book, I would probably have added what Tiger feels about racism now
that he is older, instead of just reading "Let your clubs speak for
you" time and time again throughout the book. It would have been
interesting to read how the racism affected him. I recommend this book to
anybody who wants to learn a little more about Tiger Woods. I think that anybody
would enjoy this book whether they like golf or not. This book isn't 100% golf,
it is the biography of Tiger Woods and it is all about how Tiger rose to fame
and became one of the best golfers in the world. It is a good book and it should
be shared with everyone else.