BEHIND THE MYSTIQUE. BEYOND THE HEADLINES. A STORY WE THOUGHT WAS ALREADY EMBEDDED IN OUR NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS. A TRANSCENDENT SPORTS FIGURE WHOSE IMPACT ON HIS GAME AND OUR WORLD—THE INTENSITY, THE ELECTRICITY, THE MAGIC—DEFIED THE ODDS. THIS IS THE JOURNEY OF THE COMPLETE GOLFER. THE ICON. AS IT’S NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE.
Tiger Woods was a superstar from day one.
Before he had even stepped foot in a Kindergarten classroom, he was showing off his talents on “The Mike Douglas Show” and “That’s Incredible!” trading shots with Sam Snead or Bob Hope or some other awe-struck adult who quickly became enthralled with the golf prodigy who would certainly take the golf world by storm. One day.
He was just different from normal people. Completely fearless. Effortlessly handling the pressures of celebrity from a very young age. Never complacent. Always striving for better. Lower scores. Bigger wins. Embracing the hype. Embracing the responsibility of being exceptional golfer who just happens to be black. And young. And so very talented. And everything else that we had never seen before. In due course, he pushed the racial boundaries and barriers surrounding his sport and broke down so many more outside of it. Tiger willed it with his great intensity. Ferocity. Electricity. And the magical moments too many to count. Golf would never be the same.
This summer, James Patterson will present the entire journey of one of the most transcendent figures in sports history with the release of the eagerly anticipated new biography “TIGER, TIGER: His Life, As It’s Never Been Told Before” (Little, Brown and Company, July 15, 2024), a comprehensive collection of anecdotes and moments that brings to life a story that we believed was already embedded in the national sports consciousness. There is so much more to tell. TIGER, TIGER takes readers behind the mystique and beyond the headlines of what began as an American success story and went on to be an American comeback story many times over, culminating in one of the most iconic scenes in sports history on the 18th green at the Augusta National Golf Club in 2019, at age 43, when he captured his fifth Masters title with his son and daughter in attendance as well as dozens of the young men he had inspired over the years to become champions in their own right.
It’s impossible to measure his impact on the game since announcement to turn pro in 1996. Instantly, Tiger was one of the biggest names on Tour. He shocked crowds with his tremendous distance. He broke records with his athleticism. He racked up win after win, major after major, with his control. His concentration. His limitless focus. His ability to compartmentalize his emotions. His primal ability to intimidate rivals and mobilize magnificent galleries everywhere in the world. Tiger was the complete golfer. The icon. The force to be reckoned with who thought about winning and nothing else and then went out and did it. His accomplishments set a new standard of sporting dominance, while he made golf more accessible to the masses at the same time. Tiger is also the source of a positive public “mania” that has barely calmed in nearly 30 years.
So, with a storybook career that reads like great fiction, is it any wonder that it takes James Patterson to flesh out the full story of this true legend? Arguably the greatest athlete ever.
About the Author
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, and collaborated most recently with Michael Crichton on the blockbuster Eruption. He has told the story of his own life in James Patterson by James Patterson and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
About the Book
Title: “TIGER, TIGER: His Life, As It’s Never Been Told Before”
Author: James Patterson
Release Date: July 15, 2024
Details: Hardcover / 448 pages / $32.99
ISBN-13: 978-0316438605
