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The Tiger Slam
The Sports Plus take
When Tiger held all four majors at once.
Kevin Cook, author of Tommy's Honor, goes inside the run from the 2000 U.S. Open to the 2001 Masters, when Tiger Woods won four straight majors and held every one of golf's biggest trophies at the same time. It's a vivid, detailed account of Tiger at his most dominant, and it won the 2025 Charles Tyrwhitt golf book of the year award.
About this book
- Author
- Kevin Cook
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- December 10, 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-10
- 1668043645
- ISBN-13
- 978-1668043646
Book description
WINNER OF THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARD GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
"Masterful." --Mark Frost - "The rare must-read." --Alan Shipnuck - "This book is truly as grand as it gets." --Jim Nantz
Twenty-five years ago, Tiger Woods achieved the greatest feat in golf history: the "Tiger Slam." Now, for the first time, the award-winning author of Tommy's Honor delivers a riveting account of Tiger at his most brilliant--dominating the game in a way we will never see again.
In 1997, Tiger Woods won the Masters by the largest margin in history, becoming the first Black player to win a major championship. Four years later, the world watches with breathless anticipation as he returns to Augusta National, aiming for a milestone no other golfer has ever achieved: four professional Grand Slam triumphs in a row.
In The Tiger Slam, Kevin Cook delivers a gripping, inside-the-ropes account of an astonishing streak of victories that left Woods's rivals scrambling to keep up. Readers will hear from many of golf's biggest names--Tiger's caddie, his coach, his opponents, his idols, and others, all offering fresh insight into the electrifying highs of his victories and the obstacles on and off the course that threatened his relentless pursuit of perfection.
The Tiger Slam is the epitome of greatness in sport, a feat as exhilarating today as it was twenty-five years ago. In fact, it's even more so, now that we know we'll never see its like again--such dominance is unthinkable in modern golf's era of parity. Kevin Cook invites us to close our eyes and remember a young champion at the peak of his powers: unmatched raw strength, single-minded focus, strategic genius, and utter fearlessness. The Tiger Slam takes readers behind the scenes in the thrilling months when Tiger Woods took an ancient game to new heights.
About the author
A former Sports Illustrated senior editor and editor in chief of Golf Magazine, Kevin Cook has written about golf for Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, and talked about the game on ESPN, CNN, and Fox News. His first book, Tommy's Honor, won the US Golf Association's Herbert Warren Wind Award.
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