{"product_id":"tiger-woods","title":"Tiger Woods","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2019\u003cbr\u003e THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE RISE, FALL AND RISE AGAIN OF TIGER WOODS\u003cbr\u003e 'A rattling read...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuperbly written'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Arguably the most serious attempt ever made to get behind golf’s great enigma' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exhilarating, depressing, tawdry and moving... perfectly pitched biography' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on three years of extensive research and reporting, two of today’s most acclaimed investigative journalists, Jeff Benedict of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated \u003c\/i\u003eand eleven-time Emmy Award winner Armen Keteyian, deliver the first major biography of Tiger Woods - sweeping in scope and packed with groundbreaking, behind-the-scenes details of the Shakespearean rise and epic fall of a global icon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2009, \u003cb\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/b\u003e was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life - married to a Swedish beauty and the father of two young children. \u003cb\u003eWinner of fourteen major golf championships\u003c\/b\u003e and seventy-nine PGA Tour events, Woods was the first \u003cb\u003ebillion-dollar athlete\u003c\/b\u003e, earning more than $100 million a year in endorsements from the likes of \u003cb\u003eNike\u003c\/b\u003e, Gillette, AT\u0026amp;T and Gatorade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But it was all a carefully crafted illusion. As it turned out, Woods had been living a double life for years - one that exploded in the aftermath of a late-night crash that exposed his serial infidelity and sent his personal and professional life off a cliff. In \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian dig deep behind the headlines to produce a richly reported answer to the question that has mystified millions of sports fans for nearly a decade: \u003cb\u003ewho is Tiger Woods?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on more than \u003cb\u003efour hundred interviews\u003c\/b\u003e with people from every corner of Woods’s life - friends, family members, teachers, romantic partners, swing coaches, business associates, Tour pros and members of Woods’s inner circle - Benedict and Keteyian construct a captivating psychological profile of an African-American child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to be the 'chosen one', to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well. But at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenedict and Keteyian provide the startling answers in a biography, updated for this edition, destined to make headlines and linger in the minds of readers for years to come.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314458042750,"sku":"NW9781471175398","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471175398.jpg?v=1778690672","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/tiger-woods","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}