FREE HIS FATHERS SON: EARL AND TIGER WOODS PDF Tom Callahan | 304 pages | 03 Feb 2011 | Mainstream Publishing | 9781845967604 | English | Edinburgh, United Kingdom New book examines the Earl/Tiger dynamic | Golf Digest Earl Dennison Woods March 5, — May 3, was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player, writer, and father of professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively for his first years in His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods sport. Woods was born in Manhattan, Kansas. His father, Miles Woods, had five children by his first wife, Viola, and six more of whom Earl was the youngest by his second, Maude Carter. Miles Woods was an epileptic who worked as His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods street cleaner and caretaker. Although his father was a devout Baptisthe also had a reputation for being able to swear for 30 minutes without interruption. Woods once remarked, "I picked up on that. The skin tone of Woods' siblings ranged from fairly dark to very light; he remembered that his grandmother Carter, who was of mixed race, was "the prettiest blonde you ever saw. However, the family is said to have His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods Native American ancestry. Maude Woods, who was college educated, was determined that her children should make the best of themselves. When her husband died inhowever, she had to go to work as a maid. Woods recalled that it "broke her heart. He graduated from Manhattan High School in Woods attended Kansas State University then known as Kansas State College and played baseball, earning a varsity letter in both and His teammate Larry Hartshorn recalled how Woods once was not allowed to play at a college in Mississippi because of his race. The entire Kansas State baseball team refused to play and left in protest. However, he His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods to continue his education, graduated in with a BS in sociology, [5] and was commissioned an officer in the U. Woods served two combat tours during the Vietnam Warthe first as an infantry officer, and the second with the elite United States Army Special Forces. He retired from active duty in Woods moved to Southern Californiaand became an agent for corporations in defense industry contracting. They married in in BrooklynNew York. Their son Eldrick was born in He eventually became a good standard amateur golfer, often scoring in the 70s for 18 holes. Woods claimed to be playing close to scratch handicap level when his son Tiger was born in late Tiger learned golf first on the U. Woods coached Tiger exclusively until age five, then sought professional assistance from Rudy Duran and John Anselmo, both well-regarded PGA club professionals in the area. Woods retired from his second career in He traveled to Tiger's events as often as possible for the rest of his life. Woods hired Connecticut attorney John Merchant in to help facilitate the path for Tiger to turn professional, and to secure lucrative sponsorship agreements when he did so. Tiger signed deals with NikeTitleistand the International Management Groupwhich made him a multi-millionaire as soon as he declared professional status in late August Tiger's deals broke by a wide margin all records for sponsorship money in golf. Soon after Tiger turned professional, Merchant was fired by Earl Woods. Woods was diagnosed with prostate cancer in He died from a heart attack at his home in Cypress, California in at the age of He was buried at Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan, Kansas. It was host to the first First Tee National Academy in The audio track of the commercial was taken from a interview of Earl for the documentary DVD Tiger: The Authorized DVD Collection[14] in which Earl discussed comparing the "authoritative" nature of his wife, Kultida, to his own "inquisitive" nature. The commercial utilized a sound bite from that interview as a backdrop to the camera capture of Tiger's face, and it was widely interpreted as a skewing of Earl's words His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods posthumously address Tiger's own marital issues, which had recently come to light; the commercial was released on the same day that Tiger had made his anticipated return to competition at the Masters Tournament following a five-month self-imposed absence during the resulting public fallout, and His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods the first to feature Tiger's participation since the scandal broke. Reactions to the commercial varied widely, [15] with criticisms being particularly leveled at His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods for utilizing Tiger's own domestic issues for commercial gain and plaudits being forwarded to Tiger for addressing how the scandal had affected him both in private and public life. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Earl D. Manhattan, Kansas [1]. Tulsa World. Retrieved July 6, Detroit: Gale. GALE H Retrieved February 29, Gale Biography in Context. The Telegraph. May 5, The Met Golfer. Dyker junior links open". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved March 1, Three Rivers Press. Washington Post. Tiger Woods. Professional career Career achievements Tournament performances. The Tiger Woods Story. Mike Cowan former caddie Steve Williams former caddie. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. Official US Army portrait. Lieutenant Colonel. Tiger Woods son Cheyenne Woods granddaughter. His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods by Tom Callahan Ever since he was a two-year-old His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods prodigy, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods has often been viewed less as a human being and more as a ball-striking machine - and His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods carefully guarded image and emotionless persona seemed to guarantee that it would remain that way. Even after his recent bombshell adultery scandal, the public still knows very little about the man behind the golf clubs and multimillion-dollar endorsement deals. But one thing is certain: Earl Woods, Tiger's beloved and now deceased father, knew him better and influenced his life more than anyone. To know the father is to know the son. With unparalleled insight into the man who made Tiger Woods the person that he is, His Father's Son is both a detailed biography and a touching story of an intense father-and-son relationship. Tom Callahan is a former senior writer for Time magazine and columnist for the Washington Post. He lives in St Augustine, Florida. Tom Callahan. Chapter Fifteen. Chapter Sixteen. Chapter Seventeen. Chapter Eighteen. Chapter Twentyone. Chapter Twentyfour. Chapter Twentyseven. Chapter Twentynine. Chapter Twelve. Chapter Thirteen. Chapter Fourteen. Chapter Four. Chapter Five. Chapter Seven. Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine. His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods - Tom Callahan - Google Livres Account Options Connexion. Afficher l'e-book. Tom Callahan. A revealing and intimate biography of the man who influenced Tiger Woods the most-his father, Earl Woods Tiger Woods has been with us since he appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show" as a two-year-old, hitting golf balls for Bob Hope. In the three decades since, he established himself as the most dominant golfer of all time and became the wealthiest athlete on the planet. And beside him was his father and best friend, Earl Woods. Callahan recounts Earl's boyhood in Manhattan, Kansas, his days as a star baseball player at Kansas State, and his military career with the special forces. He details Earl's final tour in Vietnam, where he became close friends with a South Vietnamese operative named Tiger Phong. Earl picked up golf after his retirement from the military, and when he became a father for the last time, his son-another Tiger-would watch him hit balls from his high chair. As soon as Tiger could stand, he was swinging a golf club. Under Earl's tutelage, he went on His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods the most storied amateur career in golf history. His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods was a millionaire the day he announced he was going pro. Callahan follows Tiger through every one of his major championship wins, discussing his complex and ever-changing relationship with his father. He places Tiger into the context of golf history, detailing his chase of Nicklaus's records and his interactions with fellow pros. He reveals that Tiger stepped away from golf after his father's death, His Fathers Son: Earl and Tiger Woods examines Tiger's recent troubles in light of his father's own womanizing. Written in lyric prose and based on interviews with Earl, Tiger, and dozens of insiders, Callahan reveals in His Father's Son the man who made Tiger who he is. He lives in Florida. Informations bibliographiques..