Shooting for Tiger Also by William Echikson Lighting the Night: Revolution in Eastern Europe Burgundy Stars: A Year in the Life of a Great French Restaurant Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution Shooting for Tiger How Golf’s Obsessed New Generation Is Transforming a Country Club Sport william echikson PublicAffairs NEW YORK Copyright © 2009 by William Echikson Published in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America All photographs taken by the author with the exception of: Page 1: Courtesy of Mirasol Country Club Page 49: Courtesy of the Colorado Golf Association Page 219: Courtesy of the American Junior Golf Association No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1321, New York, NY 10107 PublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S by corporations, institutions, and other organizations For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, call (800) 810-4145, ext 5000, or e-mail special.markets@perseusbooks.com Designed by Brent Wilcox Text set in 12 point Granjon Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Echikson, William Shooting for Tiger : how golf’s obsessed new generation is transforming a country club sport / William Echikson.—1st ed p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-58648-578-8 (hardcover : alk paper) Golf for children Golf—United States American Junior Golf Association I Title GV966.3.E34 2009 796.352083—dc22 2009002003 10 For My Eldest Son Samuel, Who Inspired This Adventure This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS preface: My Son the Golfer Clock Nazis ix Beginnings of a Beloved Pastime 13 A Female Tiger 33 Living, Breathing, and Sleeping Sport 49 A Quintuple Bogey 67 The Qualifier 97 Burning Out 113 Tenuous Ground 145 Younger, Better, and More Talented 161 10 A Bit of Fun 185 11 Scandinavian Surprise 195 12 End Game 219 epilogue: My Son the Champion 241 251 255 Acknowledgments Index vii This page intentionally left blank PREFACE My Son the Golfer Samuel Echikson, age 15, and already a 1.8 handicap hen my son Samuel picked up a tiny tennis racket at the tender age of three, he swung it with grace Later, he was good enough to earn a spot on a top-ranked Belgian club soccer team On a trip to America, he hit a home run in one of his first baseball games at camp Yet one by one his athletic passions dropped away At tennis tournaments, parents screamed on the sidelines Samuel tensed, and all too often he came off the court in tears He dropped off the elite soccer team after a year, finding the sport too stressful, and proceeded to turn in what seemed a strange direction—toward golf I couldn’t understand why a graceful, athletic child would embrace an old person’s sport When I was growing up, my dad’s country club blocked me from venturing onto its course Manufacturers didn’t make clubs small or light enough for kids under ten The game seemed slow and boring You didn’t work up a sweat You walked A round took up most of the day W ix 258 Ellenbogen, Courtney (continued) break for, 146, 153 Canon Cup and, 191, 194 Hurst and, 135, 136 Park and, 136–137 personality of, 135–136, 144 Solheim and, 210, 213, 215–216, 216–217 swing of, 134 Els, Ernie, 52, 118, 124 Equipment, cost of, 9, 79–80 free, 80–81 preparing, 249 See also Clubs Estrada, Justin, 171 Ethun, Steve, 189 Etiquette, 21, 22, 138, 141, 185 European Tour, 55–56, 199, 243 Falsterbo, 198 Fargo Country Club, 97 Fathauer, Derek, 242 Fields, John, 183 Fields, Matt, 93, 94 Figueiredo, Pedro, 241 Figueras-Dotti, Marta, 205, 212, 217 Financial crisis, golf and, 238, 239 Fischer, Bobby, 237 Fitzgerald, Mark, 110 disqualification by, 108–109 qualifiers and, 105, 106 Flommens Golf Club, 198 FootJoy, 70, 79 FootJoy Invitational, 65, 74, 75, 95, 98, 117, 121, 138, 174 Graham at, 84 Gribble at, 76–77, 78, 86 Hu at, 88 Peck at, 82 inde x Popeck at, 91 recruiters at, 81, 82, 85 Thompson at, 79 Uihlein at, 72–73, 171, 221, 222 Forest Hills Country Club, 78 Forest Oaks Country Club, 74, 82 Uihlein at, 72–73, 75–76 Forrest, Steve, 199 Fortune Magazine, Fowler, Rickie, 68 Foxfire Golf Club, 120 Francis, Peter, 163 Francis, Philip, 68 Franzen, Jonathan, 21–22 Fraser, Danielle, 225 French Open, 150 Fujikawa, Tadd, 71 Futures Tour, Hurst and, 242 Geest, Wybrand Simonsz de, 13–14 Gilchrist, Gary, 52, 56, 57, 238 Ginn Open, 37 Ginn Reunion Resort, 219, 220, 225 Ginn Tribute, Wie at, 125 Girls’ Junior Open (USGA), 65 Glade Springs Resort, 97 Goetze, Vicki, 187 Golf academies, xiii, 5, 9, 45, 48, 51, 54 Korean golfers and, 117–118 social life at, 59–60 Golf Channel, 166, 169 Golf Club of Washington, 89 Golf Coach’s Association of America, 243 Golf Digest, 21, 39 Columbus courses and, 120 Earl Woods in, 32 Wally Uihlein in, 70 White Manor and, 146 Golf Magazine, 80 inde x Golf prodigies, 32, 45, 239 female, 122–123, 124 improvement by, 161 life of, 4–5, precociousness of, 236 Golfweek, 71, 83, 162 Goosen, Retief, 52 Gossett, Dave, 54 Goumard, Audrey, 215 Graham, George, 139 Graham, Tammy, 84, 139, 189, 190 Graham, Wesley, 84, 138–139, 164, 170, 189 Canon Cup and, 191 Chang and, 173 Dale and, 232 personality of, 139–140, 142 Uihlein and, 139–140 Whitsett and, 179–180 Grand Prix, 246, 248 Grand Slam, 150, 238 Greatest Game Ever Played, The (Frost), 99 Green, Jamie, 83 Green Meadow Country Club, 97 Greenfield, Andrew, 194 Greens, 14, 16–17 Gribble, Bill, 92, 122, 172 on Cody, 76, 77, 177 on Mu, 170–171 Gribble, Cody, 76–77, 86–87, 91, 121, 170, 171, 177, 178, 183, 219, 229 as All-American, 220 Canon Cup and, 191 clothing of, 78–79, 81 development of, 77–78, 92, 122 Honeycutt and, 173 space for, 159 sponsorship for, 79 on Uihlein, 95, 230 259 Grout, Jack, 23 Gulbis, Nathalie, 42 Guthrie, Luke, 172 Haack, Chris, 26 Hamblin, Robert Allen, 27 Hamblin, Stephen, 114, 212 on age limits, AJGA and, 8, 27–28, 29 Canon Cup and, 186, 187 Hurst and, 220–221 Players of the Year and, 220 on sponsorships, 28, 29 on Swedish juniors, 204 Uihlein and, 193 on Woods, 22, 31 Hamrick, Hunter, 173–174 Haney, Hank, 57 Harigae, Mina, 189, 210–211, 215, 244 Harmon, Brian, 68 Harris, Robert, 19–20 Hartford Golf Club, 243 Havlicek, John, 119 Hawley, Mark, 135, 136 Hearst Newspapers, sponsorship by, 99 Heathrow Country Club, 46 Hedwall, Caroline, 195, 207, 208, 210, 213, 217 Hedwall, Jacqueline, 207, 210, 211, 213, 215–216, 217 Hell Bunker, 22 Hellmark, Thorsten, 214 Heritage Academy, 56 Hewlett Packard Invitational, 163, 164, 243 Heyster, Hank, 206 Hickle, Cheyenne, 97 Hill, David, 43, 44 Hill, Kristen, 43–44, 45 260 inde x Hill, Walker, 140 Canon Cup and, 189, 190, 191 on Uihlein, 221–222 Hills, Arthur, 16, 199 Hilton Head, 47, 56, 57, 60, 93, 229 Hoffmann, Morgan, 233 Hogan, Ben, 38 Holder, Mike, 83 Honda Classic, Honeycutt, Tim, 173 Honors Club, 190 Honors Course, 185, 187–188 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, rules by, 14 Horseshoe Bend Country Club, 27 Howell, Charles, III, 68, 72, 188 Hu, Jenny, 87, 88 Hu, Mu, 91, 97, 115, 167, 170–171, 243, 248 Cauley and, 230 Guthrie and, 172 injury for, 121, 163 qualification by, 110–111 Uihlein and, 88–89, 172 victory for, 164–165 Hurst, Al, 38 Hurst, Joe, 35, 36, 38 Hurst, Kelly, 37 Hurst, Koko, 35, 38, 228 pressure by, 36, 41, 160 Vicky and, 128, 138, 160, 242 Hurst, Vicky, 18, 32, 33, 43, 45, 113, 116, 127, 134, 137–138, 148, 218, 219 as All-American, 220 Canon Cup and, 191 criticism of, 158, 159 domination by, 133, 157–158, 232 Ellenbogen and, 135, 136 family of, 35–36 goal of, 33–34, 36–37, 237 Kimberly Kim and, 227 Kono and, 228 mother and, 128, 138, 160, 242 Park and, 158 as player of the year, 220–221, 222, 223 potential of, 154, 238 on Rawls, 158 recruiting of, 124 Shin and, 40, 162 Solheim and, 201, 202, 206, 209, 210, 213–217 Stacy Kim and, 227–228 style of, 37–38 swing of, 38–39, 40, 128, 154 victory for, 63–64, 228, 229 Watts and, 61, 62–63, 157 IBM, sponsorship by, 102 IJGA See International Junior Golf Academy Innisbrook, 28 International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA), 56, 57, 60, 93 International Junior Golf Tour, 56 International Management Group, 52, 56 International Performance Institute, 53 Inverrary Country Club, 26 Jackie Gleason Classic, 26 James II, King, 14 James IV, King, 19 Johnson, Zach, 39 Jones, Bobby, 78, 238 Jones, Dave, 192 Jones, Josh, 189, 191, 192–193 Jordan, Michael, 131 Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsorship by, 98–99 inde x Junior Golf Scoreboard, 139 Junior Professional Golf Association Championship, 25 Junior Solheim Cup, 65, 195, 196, 199, 200, 206, 209–214, 217, 220 college coaches at, 207–208 See also Solheim Cup Kang, Jeffrey, 174 Karsten Creek, 72 Kathy Whitworth Invitational, 116 Kennemer Golf Club, 13 Kerr, Cristie, 188 Kim, Alex Shi Yup, 117, 138, 142, 143, 185 Canon Cup and, 190, 191 practice by, 118 Kim, Benny, 171 Kim, Donald, 107, 109 Kim, Joy, 227 Kim, Kimberly, 116, 189, 227 Solheim and, 195, 213, 215 Kim, Kyung, 97 Kim, Lion, 189 Kim, Sihwan, 117, 118, 138, 188, 243 as All-American, 220 PGA and, 143 victory for, 142–143, 144, 163 Kim, Song Hee, 124 Kim, Stacy, 227–228 Kjellgren, Jörgen, 204 Klein, Emilee, 149, 226 Knight, Bobby, 119 Komline, Brian, 107 Komline, Devin, 97, 107–108, 109, 110, 111, 167, 168–169, 243 struggles of, 169–170 Komline, Keith, 107 on Devin, 167, 168, 169, 170 Komline, Patti, 107 261 Kono, Stephanie, 192, 195, 212, 213, 228 Korda, Jessica, 7, 46–47, 48, 244 Korda, Petr, 7, 46, 47, 51, 168 Korean golfers, 113, 114, 119–120, 142– 143 golf academies and, 117–118 training by, 115 Kristiansen, Anders, 230–231, 232 Kropp, Will, 230, 232 Kurz, Bill, 89 Ladies Open, founding of, 41 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour, 3, 153, 158 African Americans and, founding of, 42 Hurst and, 34, 36, 221, 242 junior golfers and, 123, 154 Korean golfers and, 143 Marika Lendl and, 149 Pressel and, 44 Rah and, 116 Rawls and, 146, 147 Lake Nona Golf Club, 187 Lander, Barbara, 27, 41 Larsson, Lennart, 204, 212 Larsson, Thomas, 246 Lawrence, William G., 20 Leadbetter, David, 90 on Asian mindset, 115 on competitiveness, 52 Hu and, 121, 163–164 on pupils, 56 on Sweden/golf, 203 See also David Leadbetter Golf Academy Lee, Richard, 18, 180 Lee, Seon Hwa, 39 Legacy Golf Club, 53 Lemke, Niklas, 233 262 inde x Lendl, Daniela, 130 Lendl, Isabelle, 35, 58, 154, 244 Canon Cup and, 186, 191, 192 determination of, 149–150 difficulties for, 128, 225–226 encouragement for, 151 golf and, 130, 131, 132–133 oversight of, 159 Solheim and, 200, 201, 210, 213, 214– 215 tennis and, 129 Lendl, Ivan, 35, 47, 51, 58, 148, 168, 200 on AJGA, on Canon Cup, 186 encouragement by, 151, 152, 226 golf and, 130, 131, 132–133 on Hurst, 133 on Isabelle, 128, 149, 150 on Marika, 149, 227 slump for, 150 sports schools and, 54 on talent, 129 Lendl, Marika, 35, 58, 138, 145, 154, 200, 244 Canon Cup and, 186, 191 difficulties for, 225–226 encouragement for, 151 golf and, 129–130, 131, 132–133 on Hurst, 158 Kim and, 227 mononucleosis of, 128, 148, 226 oversight of, 159 performance by, 149, 226–227 Lendl, Samantha, 129, 130 Leonard, Justin, 77 Leopold, King, 205 Levine, Marc, 146, 158 Lexus, sponsorship by, 102 Lincicome, Brittany, 196 Lind, Dean, 100 Ljunghusens, 198 Longaberger, 120 “Lookout” hole, 167 Lopez, Nancy, 42, 217 Lorentzen, Charlotte, 207, 210, 211, 213 Love, Davis, III, 25, 73, 74 Lovelady, Tim, 11 Lovelady, Tom, 11 Lowery, Eddie, 99 LPGA tour See Ladies Professional Golf Association tour Lua, Tiffany, 213 Lucas, Jerry, 119 Lupton, John Thomas, 188 Macdonald, C B., 20 MacKenzie, Alistair, 120 Mahan, Hunter, 72, 77 Main, Gregor, 229, 231 Månsson, Nathalie, 207, 213, 215 Mary Queen of Scots, 41 Masson, Caroline, 216 Masters, 2, 3, 22, 25, 120, 237 Match play, 15, 39–40, 163, 170–173, 186, 211, 226 Matthews, Laura, 208 McCurdy, Will, 172–173 McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls Championship, 146–147, 148, 152, 154 Hurst at, 138, 157–158, 162 Marika Lendl at, 130, 227 Thompson at, 155–156 Watts at, 156–157 McEnroe, John, 129 McGann, Michelle, 154–155 McGraw, Mike, 81, 85 on Uihlein, 72, 138, 140–141 McKinney, Pat, 171 inde x Mental toughness, 5, 6, 86 Merion Golf Club, 89, 146 Mickelson, Phil, 3, 29–30, 31, 77 Mid-Amateur Championship, 188 Mirasol Country Club, 3, 37, 38, 43 clubhouse at, 1, criticism of, 21–22 Hurst at, 39–41, 133 Sunset Course at, 33–34 tournament at, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 16–18, 27, 34–35, 39–40, 44–47, 61–62, 65 Watts at, 125, 156, 157 Mirocha, Dan, 162 Mitchell, Lawson, 139–140 Mohawk Club, 103 Monberg, Sara, 207, 210, 213, 215 Montano, Gus, 8, 10, 61, 63, 64, 114, 115 Muirfield Village, 120 Murray, Bill, 104 Nagy, Corey, 83 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 119 junior golfers/expenses and, 80 recruiting rules by, 84–85, 200 tournaments, 188, 237 National Golf Foundation, 22, 203, 204 Nationwide Tour, 45, 114, 141 NCAA See National Collegiate Athletic Association Nelson, Byron, 238 Newport Golf Club, 20 Nicklaus, Jack, 101, 119, 120, 127, 188 childhood of, 23, 24 on specialization, 23 Nike, 86 clothing by, 79 sponsorship by, 4, 81, 125 263 Nilsmark, Catrin, 206, 208, 209, 217 Nobel, Alfred, 199 Nobel, Ludwig, 199 Noh, Seung Yul, 171, 172, 178–179 Norwegian Federation, 231 Oakmont Country Club, 89 Ochoa, Lorena, 34, 37, 244 Octagon, 56 Ogilvy, Geoff, O’Hair, Sean, 71 Ohio State University Golf Club, 113, 114, 120, 134, 141 Lendls at, 130 Watts at, 126 Oklahoma State University, 82, 85 golf at, 71–72, 83, 84 Olympic Club, 118 Omega, endorsements by, Orange Bowl tournament, 240, 241–242 Organization, importance of, 249 Ouimet, Francis, 99, 100 Ouimet Fund, 100 Overton, Jay, 27, 28 Owen, David, 24 Ozoir, 246 Padgett, Don, 25 Pak, SeRi, 115 Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Post, 10 Palmer, Arnold, 23, 124, 163 Paolucci, Anthony, 229 Brannan and, 180–181, 182–183 Uihlein and, 174–176 victory for, 176, 182–183 Paolucci, Mike, 174–175 Paolucci, Victor, 183 Par, defined, 16 264 inde x Parental pressure, xiii, 6–7, 105, 144, 145, 147, 159–160 Parenting styles, 143–144, 145–146, 151, 186, 234, 235 Park, Kristen, 113, 115–116, 117, 133, 134, 143 as All-American, 220 Canon Cup and, 191 Ellenbogen and, 136–137 Hurst and, 158, 220 match play and, 163 as national champion, 162 Solheim and, 207, 210, 211, 213 Parker, Florentyna, 207, 208, 213, 215 Peck, Cameron, 81, 243 Peck, Jim, 81, 82 Pendleton School, 53, 59 Perry, Kenny, 236 Peterson, Dave, Peterson, John, PGA tour See Professional Golf Association tour Philadelphia Country Club, 100 Pickens, T Boone, 72, 77, 230 Pine Needles Resort, 134, 153 Pinehurst, 25, 28, 73 Ping, Solheim Cup and, 196 sponsorship by, 152 Plevyak, Mark, 57 Polo, sponsorship by, 29 Polo Golf Rankings, 34, 162, 221 Polo Junior Golf Classic, 3, 219, 223, 225, 226, 231, 233, 240 Hurst and, 218, 229 Watts and, 224 Polzgar, Judit, 236, 237 Polzgar, Klara, 236 Polzgar, Laszlo, 236–237 Polzgar, Zsofi, 236 Polzgar, Zsuzsa, 236, 237 Popeck, John, 88–89, 91, 95, 97, 113–114, 170 competition for, 89, 90 free equipment for, 80 McCurdy and, 172–173 space for, 159 stumbling by, 92–93 Popeck, Ray, 80–81, 89, 90, 92 Popeck, Sandy, 89, 113 Pressel, Madison, 44 Pressel, Morgan, 34, 37, 122, 148, 229 family of, 43–44 Hurst and, 39 junior golf and, Professional Golf Association (PGA) tour, 2, 3, 6, 25, 68, 71, 72, 84, 88, 114, 177, 236 African Americans and, aspiring for, 238 junior golfers and, 122 Thompson and, 124 Villegas and, 106 Watson and, 24 Wie and, 124 Purdy, Ted, 36 Rah, Jane, 133, 143, 219, 226 as All-American, 220 competitive will of, 116–117 on Marika Lendl, 227 Solheim and, 196, 210, 212, 215 Rajchrtova, Regina, 46–47 Ralph Lauren, 8, 209 Rawls, Elizabeth Earle “Betsy,” 146–147, 158 on golf parenting, 147 junior golf and, 147–148 Ray, Ted, 99 inde x Recruiters, 81–82, 124, 162, 200, 207– 208 cutthroat, 82–83 rules for, 84–85 Red Rock Country Club, 97 Reed, Randi: on Rawls, 147 Reuter, Beth, 189, 197, 210, 218 Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic, 130 River Bend club, 139 Rolex, sponsorship by, 29 Rolex Junior All-Americans, 130, 220, 222 Rolex Players of the Year, 26, 30, 163, 220–222, 223 Rolex Tournament of Champions, 111, 113, 118, 122, 133, 135, 148, 188, 190 AJGA and, 114 Ellenbogen at, 134 Hu at, 163 Isabelle Lendl at, 128 Kim at, 144 Mickelson and, 30 Park at, 115–116 Uihlein at, 138, 222 Watson at, 207 Watts at, 126, 127 Wie at, 125 Roosevelt, Franklin, 238 Ross, Donald, 241 Rössler, Nicola, 207, 209–210, 213, 214, 216, 217 Rotella, Bob, 54 Rotz, Clayton, 121 Royal & Ancient, 20, 41 Royal Bank of Scotland, sponsorship by, 102 Royal Belgian Golf Federation, 205 Rue, Ryan, 161, 177, 178 265 Rule 88 (LPGA), 125 Rules, 14–15, 20–21 Ryder Cup, 151, 152, 184, 186, 187, 194, 196, 198, 199, 206, 234, 236 SAAB Junior International, 247 St Andrews Golf Club, 14, 20, 22 Samsung World Championship, 221 Sanders, David, 93, 94, 95 Scandinavian Enterprise Open, 198–199 Scarlet Course (OSU), 114, 120 Scholarships, 6, 54, 71–72, 84, 108, 147, 156, 157, 208, 224 AJGA, women’s, 42, 43 Scioto Country Club, 23, 120 Seles, Monica, 51 Sellberg, Ove, 199 Shadow Hills Country Club, 97 Shaker Ridge Country Club, 103–106, 109, 167 Shanghai Open, Hu at, 87–88 Sharapova, Maria, 53 Shefter, David, 161 Sheredy, Tim, 227 on Isabelle Lendl, 132, 226 Uihlein and, 68, 231 on Watts, 61, 225 Shin, Jenny, 40, 162, 190 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 20 Sieman, Jim, 104 Silva, Marta, 212 Simpson, Tom, 205 Singh, Vijay, 87 Skandia Cup, 204 Skandia Invitational, 245 Small, Mike, 82 Smith, Digger, 26–27 Smith, Randy, 77 Snead, Sam, 23 266 inde x Social barriers, golf and, 238 Social life, 59–60 Soderstrom, Eric, 71, 83 Solheim Cup, 151, 152, 153, 155, 195– 196, 203, 209 See also Junior Solheim Cup Solvay, Edmond, 205 Sony, 4, 125 Sörensen, Kaspar, 245, 246 Sorenstam, Annika, 34, 37, 41, 202, 204, 222, 223, 244 South Padre Island, 221 Sparling, Brad, 82 Sponsorships, 4, 8, 28, 29, 79, 81, 98–99, 102, 125, 152 Sports psychologists, 9, 53, 59, 60, 119, 139 Sportsmanship, 21, 140–141, 192–193, 222 Stanford University, 71, 135, 143, 144 Stark, Douglas, 99 Stella McCartney, 79 Stenson, Henrik, 202 Stewart, Payne, 38 Strege, John, 31 Stricker, Steve, 236 Stroke play, 15, 162–163, 171, 223 Stultz, Scott, 180, 182, 229 Sunset Course (Mirasol), 16–17, 33–34 Suntree Country Club, 39, 228 Swedish Golf Federation, 202, 204, 212, 214 Swedish Open, 200 Tacoma Country and Golf Club, 97, 101, 162 Tamulis, Kris, 124 Tanco, Victoria, 244 Tattersall, Bevan, 198 Taylor, A J H., 199 Taylor, Jack, 165 Tees, 15, 41 Texas Restaurant Association, 27 Texas State Amateur Championship, 78 That’s Incredible, Woods on, 31 Thayer, Mac, 139 Thompson, Alexis (Lexi), 45–46, 60, 134, 137, 155, 162, 219, 243 as All-American, 220 Canon Cup and, 191 on golf, 236 qualification by, 122–123 scholarship for, 156 Thompson, Nicholas, 45, 123–124 Thompson, Scott, 45, 155 Canon Cup and, 191 on Ellenbogen, 137 itinerary by, 46 Solheim and, 156 Thompson, Travis, 79 Timing, importance of, 47–48 Title IX, 42, 147 Titleist, 192, 193 AJGA and, 67–68 balls by, 8, 69, 80 equipment by, 79–81, 88 sponsorship by, 29, 79 Uihlein and, 67–68, 69–70 Tournament of Champions (AJGA), 26 Tournament Players Club, 166 Tournaments, ix, xii, 20 anonymity of, 10 playing in, 26, 249 spending on, 8–9 Tracy, Ethan, 171 Training a Tiger (Woods), 128 Traveler’s Championship, 71 Traviglione, Ray, 56, 57 Tryon, Ty, 71 Tufts, Richard, 102 inde x Tway, Bob, 163 Tway, Kevin, 163, 180 Uihlein, Peter, 65, 67, 84, 97, 118, 120– 121, 163, 165, 167, 170, 172, 188, 189, 219, 241, 248 as All-American, 220, 222 Canon Cup and, 190, 191, 192, 194, 222 conservative approach of, 93–94 development of, 67–69, 76, 77, 96 emotional control and, 222, 232, 242 future of, 231–232, 237, 238 Graham and, 139–140 Hamrick and, 173–174 Hu and, 88–89 Jones and, 192–193 Kristiansen and, 230–231 Paolucci and, 174–176 as player of the year, 221–222, 223 poor sportsmanship by, 140–141, 192–193, 222 qualification by, 111 quintuple bogey for, 75–76, 92, 171 victory for, 94–96 Yun and, 72–73 Uihlein, Tina, 67, 71, 141, 175, 189, 193 Uihlein, Wally, 71, 141, 175 on Peter, 72 on Sheredy, 231 Titleist and, 67, 69–70, 79 United States Amateur Championship, 100, 188, 242 United States Golf Association (USGA) AJGA and, 102, 103 approach of, 101 Bentley and, 25, 26 caddies and, 104, 105 charter members of, 20 criticism by, 101–102 267 criticism of, 26 females and, 98 formation of, 20 junior championships of, 65, 162 junior golfers/expenses and, 80 minority group funding by, national championship and, 20 Ouimet and, 100 rules by, 20–21, 193 schedule by, 3–4 slogan of, 161 sponsorship by, 152 United States Junior Amateur Championship, 4, 90, 97, 102, 103, 110, 111, 117, 118, 122 caddies and, 104 Kim at, 144 Komline at, 167, 169 organization of, 99 Ouimet at, 100 Uihlein at, 96, 163, 165 USGA and, 166 Whitsett at, 186, 243 United States Junior Girls Championship, 4, 97–98, 100, 101, 157, 161, 207, 223, 244 United States Open, 2, 3, 20, 89, 99, 100, 102, 135, 174, 180 Ellenbogen at, 136 junior golfers and, 122 Nicklaus at, 23 United States Tennis Open, 129, 131, 151, 200 United States Women’s Amateur, 116, 191 United States Women’s Open, 44, 101, 153, 207, 244 Ellenbogen at, 134 Hurst at, 39, 124 junior golfers at, 122, 126 268 inde x United States Women’s Open (continued) qualifying for, 122–123 Rawls at, 147 Thompson at, 46, 155 Wie at, 125 University of Central Florida, Marika Lendl at, 149, 150, 226 University of Florida, 82, 221 Hu at, 88, 243 Watts at, 224, 244 University of Michigan Golf Course, 100 University of Texas, 82, 183 USGA See United States Golf Association USGA Journal, 102 Van Hengel, Steven, 13 Vardon, Harry, 99 Vare, Glenna Collett, 100 Vasatorps Golf Club, 198, 199 Venturi, Ken, 100 Verplank, Scott, 72 Villegas, Camilio, 106 Volvo China Open, Hu and, 243 Vongvanij, Arnond, 189 Wadkins, Lanny, xii Wadkins, Tucker, xii Wake Forest University, 73, 83, 221 Wakonda Club, 121 Walton, Robin, 85 Watson, Graehme, 209 Watson, Sally, 207, 209, 210, 213 Watson, Tom, 24, 25, 188 Watts, Andrea, 48, 49, 55, 57–58, 132, 223–244 competition for, 58, 61–65 Hurst and, 61, 62–63, 157 improvement by, 225 introspection by, 60 on mother, 127, 156 quadruple bogey for, 127 relocating by, 50–51 scholarship for, 157, 224 on social life, 60 struggles of, 58, 125–127, 236 swing of, 61, 127–128 on Thompson, 46 on Wie, 125 Watts, Sunee, 49–51, 57–58, 156–157, 223–225 on swing, 127–128 Weiskopf, Tom, 119 Western Amateur tournament, 188 Western Golf Association, 98 Western Junior Championship, Gribble at, 121, 177 Wheelan, David, 54, 55–56, 231 White, Allie, 189, 214, 216, 227 White, Tim, 214, 216 White Manor Country Club, 153, 158 described, 146 Lendls at, 148–149, 150, 227 Watts at, 156–157 Whitsett, Cory, 161, 184, 186, 189, 219, 230, 243 as All-American, 220 caddy for, 177 Canon Cup and, 191 conservative style of, 178 Graham and, 179–180 Paolucci and, 183 Whitsett, Geoff, 177–178, 179, 186, 230 Widegren, Pontus, 233 Wie, Michelle, 156, 237 junior golf and, rise/fall of, 124–125, 147 sponsorship for, 4, 125 Williams, Robin, 22 inde x Wolferts Roost Country Club, 105 Wong, Kristina, 191 Wood, Willie, 26 Woods, Cheyenne, 44 Woods, Earl, 31–32, 35, 128, 151 death of, 36 Woods, Kultida, 35, 36 Woods, Tiger, xiii, 9, 57, 93, 98, 101, 111, 117, 124, 151, 162, 172, 173, 176, 180, 222, 237, 243, 249 Cabrera and, 174 Canon Cup and, 187 childhood of, 30–31 clothing and, 79 family of, 31–32, 35–36 Hu and, 87 269 impact of, 6, 23, 184, 239 junior golf and, 3, 31–32, 68, 95, 105, 163 rise of, 22, 231–232, 238 sponsorship for, 4, 79 World Golf Hall of Fame, 23, 38 World Golf Village, 38, 221 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