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Do You Know Who My Uncle Is?

By Tom Friend

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

When the phone call came, when they heard Grandpa Earl had only weeks to live, she and her mom drove the six hours to say good-bye. Uncle Tiger was already there, along with her own dad, Earl Jr., and there was little to do except smile at Grandpa, admire Tiger's Masters trophies and peek out into the dusty garage. And that garage was magic to her. She used to watch Tiger putt on the green rug over here or blast his driver into the frayed net over there, and one day she even snatched one of hi ...

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