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Posted on 05/03/2006 2:35:19 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
Earl Woods, who was more determined to raise a good son than a great golfer and became the architect and driving force behind Tiger Woods' phenomenal career, died Wednesday morning at his home in Cypress, Calif. He was 74.
"My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply," Tiger Woods said on his Web site. "I'm overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend. I wouldn't be where I am today without him, and I'm honored to continue his legacy of sharing and caring."
A habitual smoker who had heart bypass surgery in 1986, Woods was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998 and was treated with radiation, but the cancer returned in 2004 and spread throughout his body.
Last month, he was too frail to travel to the Masters for the first time.
The last tournament Woods attended was the Target World Challenge in December 2004, when his son rallied to win and then donated $1.25 million to the Tiger Woods Foundation that his father helped him establish. The Tiger Woods Learning Center, another vision inspired by his father, opened in February.
Earl Woods was more than a golf dad, more than a zealous father who lived vicariously through his son's achievements.
He had played catcher for Kansas State, the first black to play baseball in the Big Eight Conference, and he had been a Green Beret for two tours in Vietnam. But he felt his true purpose was to train Tiger, and he watched his son evolve into the dominant player of his time the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam and one of the most celebrated athletes in the world.
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This is the way it should be between a Godly father and his son(s) and Daughter(s)
Amen!
yep....
He was an athlete, a Green freakin Beret and he coached probably the greatest golf talent ever.
He had a full and successful life.
May he rest in peace but what on earth does the fact that he smoked have to do with anything?
Prayers for Tiger and family to sustain them thru these days..
He sounds like an excellent dad. He raised a go getter.
RIP Mr. Woods.
What about his other three children
I;m sorry too hear of your loss.
There is no finer evaluation then to be seen as an good parent. One's accomplishments elsewhere in the material world are transitory in comparison.
Earl earned praise in both categories and was a man among men.
salvation and a walk with God is not based on smoking or not smoking.
Prayers for Tiger, he loved his Dad so!
May God continue to bless the Woods' family and bring them peace in their sorrow. What a fine example of a man.
what about Jacb's child Esau? or Abraham's children other than Issac, or The Prophet Samuel's children? whether they all serve God or Honor the teaching or wisdom of their father does not take away from their father. They only dishonor themselves before men and before God.
What a great man Earl Woods was. A decorated veteran who raised the greatest golfer and greatest black athlete of all time.
Any chance I could get you guys to take the arguement off of this thread?
Thanks.
Prayers.
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