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ROARING BACK
The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods
Once hailed as "the greatest closer in history," Woods fell further than any beloved athlete in America's memory, only to swing at the world's wildest expectations and beat the skeptics with his April 2019 championship. ROARING BACK traces his road to Augusta and the improbable, phenomenal comeback of one of the greatest golfers in history.
Sampson details the highs and lows of Tigers's career in three gripping acts. Starting with his startling loss at the 2009 PGA Championship, his detrimental obsession with his swing, and that infamous night involving an ex-wife and a nine-iron, Sampson explores the dark years when adoring fans and lucrative sponsors turned their backs, topped with an arrest and a toxicology report. Finally arriving at Tiger's historic triumph: donning his fifth green jacket as the crowd rumbled in Georgia. Woods' comeback is, in many ways, a medical miracle. The New York Times reported in May 2019 that his recovery from spinal fusion surgery is so rare it is "like winning the lottery." With so many duffers and everyday folks suffering from debilitating back injuries, Sampson will delve into the science behind Woods' rehab to paint a fuller picture of the totality of his historic, inspiring comeback. Sampson also places Woods's defeats and triumphs in the context of historic comebacks by other notable golfers like Ben Hogan, Skip Alexander, Aaron Silton, and Charlie Beljan, finding the forty-three-year-old alone on the green on his trajectory of victory against all odds. As this enthralling book reveals, Tiger never doubted the perseverance of the winner in the mirror.
Curt Sampson is one of America's leading golf writers and the author of thirteen books, among them New York Times bestsellers The Masters and Hogan. Some subjects of his include Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, and Lee Trevino, golf titans in Sampson's orbit since his own golf pro days. He has written for Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, Golf magazine, and Golf world. Come April he's with the crowds in Augusta, Georgia, but otherwise lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas.
Curt Sampson is one of America's leading golf writers and the author of thirteen books, among them New York Times bestsellers The Masters and Hogan. Some subjects of his include Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, and Lee Trevino, golf titans in Sampson's orbit since his own golf pro days. He has written for Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, Golf magazine, and Golf world. Come April he's with the crowds in Augusta, Georgia, but otherwise lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas.
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Published 2019-10-29 by Diversion Books |