Training A Tiger: Now It's Tiger's Turn To Be Earl Woods - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    baxter cepeda

    Tiger seems to be going about things very different from Earl. Both are fine but Tiger is clearly doing things his own way with his kids. Not Earls way.

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      Tom Edrington

      I think Tiger knows Earl was pretty harsh at times; Difference between someone who has been in Special Forces and someone who has not been in the military.

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        baxter cepeda

        Something like that. Not to mention tiger has all the generational money needed in this world. His kids can literally do whatever they want.

        I’ve been more like Earl and never spent a day in the military. Make no mistake tiger will get tough.

        The big difference is Tiger has been extremely patient, waiting for his kids to show interest on their own before starting.

        Earl started right away.

        It’s a fine line.
        There is always a huge advantage for someone to find a passion like golf on their own. But someone focusing them early has become very important in golf.

        Of course With his resources, tigers kids could start at 20 and still have a chance to succeed.

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