(1/) I think I’d like to do a tweet thread about Tiger Woods.
(2/) I am the prime age for whom Tiger Woods defined for an entire generation not just the game of golf itself, but also determination, grit, suaveness, and sheer athletic dominance.
(3/) Tiger was, above anyone else, my childhood/coming-of-age sporting hero. I first picked up a golf club in fourth grade, around the time Tiger out-dueled Sergio at the ’99 PGA. Like so many others, I would immediately try to emulate him.