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The Tiger Slam

The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played (Tiger Woods in 2000–2001)

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WINNER OF THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARD GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

"A captivating tale." —Kirkus Reviews
  • "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, as every schoolchild knows, 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.

    We join Tiger at the beginning of his Slam: the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach. In a notoriously grueling tournament designed to bring golfers to their knees, who could even dream of winning by a record margin of fifteen strokes? Tiger could. We follow him to the hallowed grounds of St. Andrews a few weeks later for the 2000 Open Championship, where he transforms his game to meet the singular demands of the links. Still only twenty-four, he leaves the Old Course as the youngest player ever to complete a career Grand Slam.

    We proceed with Tiger to the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, where he fights a spectacular Sunday duel with a player he grew up idolizing, ending with a playoff that changes the course of golf history. Finally, we return to legendary Augusta National, site of his record-breaking first major championship, to see if he can be the first to sweep all four majors. Dogged by reports of an early-season slump, facing a supposedly "Tiger-proofed" course, golf's superstar tees off against his two fiercest adversaries in an unforgettable final round.

    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.
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      • Publisher's Weekly

        October 28, 2024
        In this meticulous if dry account, Cook (Waco Rising), the former editor-in-chief of Golf magazine, details the 16 months in the early 2000s when Tiger Woods won golf’s four major championships in succession. Cook recounts, sometimes stroke-by-stroke, Woods’s performances, describing how he navigated windy conditions to win the U.S. Open, beat Bob May in a playoff round to nab the PGA, and maintained focus in the face of immense hype to come out on top at the Masters. Presenting Woods as a consummate perfectionist constantly looking for an edge over the competition, Cook notes that he asked the manufacturer of his custom putter to make it lighter than their standard model by the “weight of a sheet of printer paper.” The match recaps are immersive (“Tiger’s tee shot... flew past, missing the flag by inches, then hopped and checked back to ten feet. As he and May headed to the green, waving to acknowledge the crowd, a leather-lunged fan yelled, ‘Tiger, Tiger!’ ”), but the well-known outcome leaves little room for suspense, and even the occasional hiccup (Tiger’s caddie forgot to pack enough balls for the U.S. Open, putting Tiger at risk of incurring a two-stroke penalty if they ran out) doesn’t add much excitement. The result is a lukewarm overview of one of golf’s great hot streaks. Photos. Agent: David Halpern, David Halpern Literary.

      • Kirkus

        December 1, 2024
        Golf history up close and personal. Cook's third book on golf is a captivating tale of what many thought impossible: winning the game's four majors in a row. In a breezy, assured style, Cook begins with a brief biography of Tiger Woods and his family and an insightful short history of golf balls, including Woods' switch to a new brand. His swing guru, Claude Harmon, thought "that his prize pupil might be about to take golf to a higher level." The rough at the Pebble Beach Golf Links would be very thick for the 100th U.S. Open, held in 2000. Word was, even par may win. Woods started with a 65. He finished his second with only one ball (he didn't know that) and a six-shot lead. After the windy third, it jumped to 10. Cook creates suspense even when readers know the outcome, a win, 15 strokes ahead of the next player. The British Open was at hallowed St. Andrews. After the first round, Ernie Els led by one over Woods, who took the lead after round two, then the third, by six shots. He beat his friend, David Duval, to win, using only one tee--the youngest to win all four majors. At Kentucky's lackluster Valhalla Golf Club, he would also be the PGA's defending champion. An opening 66 had him tied for the lead. A 67 resulted in a 36-hole scoring record. Woods battled the competitive journeyman Bob May in a playoff to win his third major in a row. The Masters and his fourth major were 10 months away. Amid the fans' roars he barely beat Phil Mickelson and Duval. Jack Nicklaus called it the "most amazing feat in the history of golf." Chock-full of fascinating golf trivia, pithy profiles of players, and fairway dramas.

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