Nobody changed their sport like him. Here are his numbers as an extraterrestrial
Numbers aren’t enough to explain Tiger Woods. They can attest to his importance in golf, but how can they tell of a complicated and tormented man who changed the sport about him like perhaps no athlete in history? That he took a niche discipline for rich white gentlemen and made it a pastime for everyone. Who in America has become the pride of minorities, without ever acting as anyone’s spokesperson, indeed refusing any role. Who made an economic sector grow like no one before him. And that he, above all, has broken down any barrier of notoriety. Scottie Scheffler, just to give an example, is a phenomenon but outside of golf who knows his name? Tiger on the other hand is different. Even those who have never seen a green or don’t know what a 7 iron is know perfectly well who it is. A global icon. The numbers are therefore not enough to explain who the Tiger man really is, but without the numbers one cannot understand his exceptional nature as a golfer. Here are ten figures to remember.
