We all know about the duel against Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines, for example, but Harig insists that nominally smaller achievements, such as simply qualifying for the 2022 Masters and PGA Championship, are just as impressive. Not to mention his improbable 15th major win, 11 years after that, in 2019 at Augusta.”To amass a resume spanning more than 20 years of professional golf, he had to have an inner strength that pushed him,” Harig writes.
an attitude that prevented him from settling for what probably would have been good enough.”Harig joins Tiger’s literary chroniclers, including himself, in the 2022 book Tiger and Phil: Golf’s Most Exciting Rivalry. Drive stands out for its format, which can best be described as a series of vignettes from Tiger’s career, depicting his resilience in the face of self-inflicted and other obstacles. One chapter could focus on his big win at the 1997 Masters, another on his lame win at the 2008 US Open (torn ACL and two stress fractures), and another on his seven-year hitting streak the likes of which we’ll never see. again.\of.
