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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

The late Earl Woods helped change not only the game of golf through the development of his son Tiger, but how parents groom children as athletes. As golf writer Ron Sirak noted, "The story is well known that Tiger was introduced to the game when, as an infant, Earl plopped his son into a high chair and had him watch his father hit golf balls into a net in their California garage. Earl's theory was to teach the swing osmosis." It was considered a radical measure at the time, but it worked - and ...

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