DRIVE

This latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win, is perfect for readers of Alan Shipnuck's Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar and Mike Sielski's The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality.

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 Asian-American player to win a major. History had been made - and would continue to be made over the next 15 years. Woods transformed the game, turning golf geeks into keen observers, casual golf fans into ardent followers and even indifferent sports fans into curiosity mavens. He will undoubtedly be known for the raw numbers: 82 PGA Tour titles, 15 major championships, and according to Forbes, a billionaire who amassed more than $110-million in official PGA Tour earnings. Woods has proven to be a complicated figure through his decades in the spotlight. Plagued by marital scandal, a DUI arrest, and severe back injuries that resulted in what even he believed would be a career-ending spinal fusion surgery in 2017, Woods' career finally seemed to be coming to an end. That all changed through 2018 and into 2019 as Woods returned slowly from the surgery. In 2019, on the same course where he won for the first time in 1997, Tiger Woods made history once again, winning the Masters one final time. The 2019 Masters brought together all the qualities that ultimately make up someone who has been an enduring figure for 30 years. In this captivating and emotional portrait of one of the most famous figures in sports, Bob Harig brings readers the true story of the grit and perseverance of Tiger Woods in the final years of his career. DRIVE will show that Woods' true legacy is one of resolve and redemption. Sports Illustrated golf writer Bob Harig, formerly at ESPN and the Tampa Bay Times, has covered Tiger Woods since the very beginning of his career and has had dozens of one-on-one interviews with him. He holds degrees in journalism and history from Indiana University and is an active member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA).