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The Second Life of Tiger Woods

By: Michael Bamberger
Narrated by: David Morse
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It’s one of the greatest comebacks of all time. And for Tiger Woods, getting back to the winner’s circle was only half the story. Written by a New York Times bestselling author and reporter who “knows the world of professional golf…like few others” (The Wall Street Journal) comes “the most insightful and evenhanded book written yet about one of the signature athletes of the last twenty-five years” (Booklist, starred review).

Tiger Woods’s long descent into a personal and professional hell reached bottom in the early hours of Memorial Day in 2017. Woods’s DUI arrest that night came on the heels of a desperate spinal surgery, just weeks after he told close friends he might never play tournament golf again. His mug shot and alarming arrest video were painful to look at and, for Woods, a deep humiliation. The former paragon of discipline now found himself hopelessly lost and out of control, exposed for all the world to see. That episode could have marked the beginning of Tiger’s end. It proved to be the opposite.

Instead of sinking beneath the public disgrace of drug abuse and the private despair of a battered and ailing body, Woods embarked on the long road to redeeming himself. In The Second Life of Tiger Woods, Michael Bamberger, who has covered Woods since the golfer was an amateur, draws upon his deep network of sources inside locker rooms, caddie yards, clubhouses, fitness trailers, and back offices to tell the true and inspiring story of the legend’s return. Packed with new information and graced by insight, Bamberger’s story reveals how this iconic athlete clawed his way back to the top.

This is a “gripping” (Kirkus Reviews) and intimate portrait of a man who has spent his life in front of the camera but has done his best to make sure he was never really known. Here is Tiger, barefoot, in handcuffs, showing a police officer a witty and self-deprecating side of himself that the public never sees. Here is Tiger on the verge of tears with his children at the British Open. Here is Tiger trying to express his gratitude to his mother at a ceremony at the Rose Garden. In these pages, Tiger is funny, cold, generous, self-absorbed, inspiring—and real.

The Second Life of Tiger Woods is not only the saga of an exceptional man but also a celebration of second chances. Bamberger’s bracingly honest book is about what Tiger Woods did, and about what any of us can do, when we face our demons head-on.
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Great book well read, I would recommend to any golfer or followers of the game.

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Superb insights into Tiger and the comparisons to the other golfing greats behaviours was riveting. I am really looking forward to hearing you being interviewed on OTB golfing podcast. Congratulations Michael it was fantastic!

superb

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Stopped listening half way through, nothing but slander. Un substantial comments, hearsay and gossip.
Disgraceful journalism

Ridiculous slander

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Extremely dismissive and judgemental of Tiger. No balance to the story whatsoever - focused entirely on his failings and downplayed any successes.

Very Poor

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To the extent that I enjoyed this book its was because of my interest in how Tiger Woods a hieves his success. The book itself was disjointed and didn't ha e a flow that I could recognise. I would not recommend it versus the other great books about its subject. Disappointed

Disjointed

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