How Tiger Woods changed golf forever

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    Tiger Woods changed golf forever. He made golf cool. He exploded its economics. He challenged what was previously thought possible on the tee.
    And here’s how he did it.
    Seb Stafford-Bloor writes. Philippe Fenner illustrates.
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  • @sp4cem4n70
    @sp4cem4n70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    Before Tiger Woods, the only golf I knew was a Volkswagen.

    • @YaYguy123
      @YaYguy123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @charlieadams5241
    @charlieadams5241 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    also his iconic nike sponsership made apparall in golf a staple

  • @DdotRay86
    @DdotRay86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Tiger IS golf today. Every inch of the game now is what it is, because of Tiger.
    No one man has ever done for an entire sport, what Woods has done for golf.
    And no one ever shagged as much, doing it.

  • @akamiguelsanchez9985
    @akamiguelsanchez9985 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I remember watching the 2001 Masters with my dad; neither of us ‘liked’ golf but Woods was just box office. It felt special it watch him

  • @tommetcalfe2069
    @tommetcalfe2069 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Tiger woods played golf in 2000 better than anyone had done anything, greatest sportsman ever.

  • @charlieadams5241
    @charlieadams5241 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    I dont think another golfer will ever captivate the world the way tiger did truely one of the greats

    • @JayBigDadyCy
      @JayBigDadyCy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Completely agree. I've never even been able to describe why he is so compelling to watch. One of a kind. There will never be another.

    • @sandman1347
      @sandman1347 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      His son is playing gold now and apparently he's got a lot of potential. If he's as great as his dad, all of Tiger's old fans will instantly have a new favorite golfer.

  • @Jayson_Tatum
    @Jayson_Tatum 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    And now golf is facing this same phenomenon in Bryson Dechambeau. He's hitting 350-400 on drives and is laser accurate too. This happens in any sport. An essential power creep where players keep getting better and better than the previous ones.

  • @skojuzija
    @skojuzija 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    "You were a dork if you played golf while in school". Bruh I would consider that person to be rich

    • @blister11
      @blister11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Rich dudes are dorks

    • @surindersingh724
      @surindersingh724 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Other kids wouldn’t care about your status. If you told them you were playing golf after school, you were a dork. End of.

    • @hakc97again
      @hakc97again 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A rich dork. Like Walter the softie

  • @Sevendaymay
    @Sevendaymay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Truly the Michael Jordan of Golf. Tiger didn't win the most championships ever & had some trouble off the course, but there's no doubt he is the most influential player of all time just like MJ.

    • @Tyler_roberts_is_cute
      @Tyler_roberts_is_cute 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tiger woods is the tiger woods of golf.

    • @Sevendaymay
      @Sevendaymay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Tyler_roberts_is_cute Yes just how MJ is to basketball

  • @makingmiracleshappen
    @makingmiracleshappen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "Tiger proof the courses" by making it harder...doesnt that just make the course harder for the other players aswell lol?

    • @Csks
      @Csks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes but it was more to protect the historic scores of those competitions. Tiger pushed competition scoring records at many events when the weather and conditions should’ve made it even harder than usual(i.e. 2000 US Open at pebble beach.)

  • @miche1df
    @miche1df 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Grew up near Augusta, started golfing after watching Tiger win the Masters in 1997. 🐅=🐐

  • @8acun
    @8acun 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A timeless icon. The greatest sport goat of any sport. period. Single handedly revitalised a dying game.

  • @Caleb-Williams69420
    @Caleb-Williams69420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tiger woods with the mid 2000s video games and play is the only reason I got into golf as a kid.

  • @user-nz9uy4cx5d
    @user-nz9uy4cx5d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Please made all videos with this voice

  • @Fpl8646
    @Fpl8646 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Woods was the only Golfer to get me to Tune into golf. The 🐐

  • @drakebaxter957
    @drakebaxter957 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    And inflation? $1 in 1997 is worth $2 today... So the 500k prize is more like $1,000,000 today.

  • @288theabe
    @288theabe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There will never be another like him

  • @YellowBrickGoodbye
    @YellowBrickGoodbye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And the games!

  • @mylesfecundo8240
    @mylesfecundo8240 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And he transcend fitness golf as well

  • @LivingNomad
    @LivingNomad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does anyone who actually watch the golf have any tips on who to bet on for the masters?

  • @selimevrengil7445
    @selimevrengil7445 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Who is this video supposed to be targeting? Most of the people that are interested in golf related content all ready know this stuff

    • @BoxOfOranges84
      @BoxOfOranges84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Use a little bit of your brain to figure out the rest. You're halfway there 🤡
      Here's a hint: why are you here?

  • @uwaislorgat9081
    @uwaislorgat9081 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +286

    thanks for not having the american narrating

    • @fprv
      @fprv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      Tiger Woods, golf GOAT, AMERICAN!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

    • @usxnews1834
      @usxnews1834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@fprv this is why it's better to not have an american narrating

    • @TH-el1dr
      @TH-el1dr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@fprvproving his point

    • @Bulldog07jsjclsss
      @Bulldog07jsjclsss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      This is why y’all lost the revolutionary war, too soft! USA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @brzk_
      @brzk_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      finished the video and immediately paused because and looked into the comments just to read what i had on my mind as the first comment 😂

  • @whodouthinkuare
    @whodouthinkuare 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice video. Can you do one on how Evander Kane wins every fight he has in ice hockey lol.

  • @BatMan-oe2gh
    @BatMan-oe2gh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Even Phil stated that Tiger brought the million-dollar paydays.

    • @INoticeTooMuch1
      @INoticeTooMuch1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He certainly accelerated it but the million dollar paydays were coming regardless. Prize money was going up by somewhere between 2.5x-2.8x the two decades before his rookie year.
      (Just to clarify, each of the two decades before 1996 the prize money had gone up 2.5x or more over 10 years. Not that it had doubled every year)
      From 96-05 it went up by around 3.3x if I remember correctly. So obviously Tiger played a part in that jump. However, money earned in every sport was increasing at the same time. Tiger can’t be the reason starting pitchers and franchise QB’s were earning bigger salaries.

  • @karlmartin9947
    @karlmartin9947 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    How can you say 139 players make 1 millions+ in 2023 with an asterisk noting Saudi sports washing has doubled that number in recent years. Hardly an organic increase in prize money.

    • @John-xn4gb
      @John-xn4gb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      LIV is not the PGA tour, bud

    • @INoticeTooMuch1
      @INoticeTooMuch1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@John-xn4gbThe PGA events have been forced to increase their purses by a bunch because of the Saudi involvement.

  • @j.s3300
    @j.s3300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One more won, cat...one more

  • @aidangriffiths5075
    @aidangriffiths5075 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Tiger didn't wear slim fit clothing 😂

    • @laulakh
      @laulakh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's all relative

  • @d.b.cooper1
    @d.b.cooper1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Proper chap

  • @danpreston564
    @danpreston564 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Was Tiger ever accurate off the tee? I remember him always being a bit wild, but with an uncanny knack of getting out of trouble.

    • @daveg4014
      @daveg4014 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Incredibly accurate, he got close to 70% fairways in the late 90s, it's just his escapes from bad drives made highlight reels

    • @danpreston564
      @danpreston564 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@daveg4014 I looked at the stats. It was the downturn in the 2000s, where his whole game dropped off, but especially his driving was brought up time and time again.

    • @ibrodinho
      @ibrodinho 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@daveg4014Tiger has been mediocre off the tee since 2004.

    • @thatsawrap5235
      @thatsawrap5235 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Tiger's revamped swing from 1999-2002 under Butch made him one of the more accurate drivers, and he led total driving. When he switched his swings under Haney and Foley, his accuracy went downhill.

    • @daveg4014
      @daveg4014 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Had a look at the strokes gained, he was top five every year bar one where he was 6th till 2008, that's when it dropped off

  • @ynkybomber
    @ynkybomber 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I will never forget watching the 97 Masters. It was a magical week.

  • @miggygetright6344
    @miggygetright6344 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🐯🐯

  • @marcelinoroxas1627
    @marcelinoroxas1627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    why wasn't the amount in prize money adjusted for inflation...?

    • @BoxOfOranges84
      @BoxOfOranges84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Adjusted for inflation, his 1997 check would be $800K in 2019. His actual 2019 check was $2M
      3:50

  • @kiroolioneaver8532
    @kiroolioneaver8532 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What Caitlan Clark will do to the WNBA is the potentially the next impact a player will have on changing the perception around their sport.

  • @samjackson416
    @samjackson416 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    How do you not mention race

    • @joelmonteiro1419
      @joelmonteiro1419 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Watch the video before commenting.

    • @usxnews1834
      @usxnews1834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@joelmonteiro1419 tbh they barely mention it and it's a crucial part of his story, if you know about how he got into the sport etc.

    • @kiroolioneaver8532
      @kiroolioneaver8532 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah it's mentioned almost in passing but it was a huge factor. Like Jeremy Lin's "Linsanity" rise in 2012 with the New York Knicks or P.K. Subban's popularity with the Montreal Canadiens; "looking different" (for better or worse) while being good gets people to pay attention. If Tiger Woods was not "Cablanasian" he's nowhere near as big. That's (ironically) sometimes one of the benefits of being a member of a disadvantaged group lol

    • @BoxOfOranges84
      @BoxOfOranges84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@kiroolioneaver8532 if you have the 2nd msot Majors in PGA history, you're going to be a big deal regardless.
      Tiger has 15, and the closest person who played in his era is Phil with 6. Literally a generational great. You have to go back to the 70s to find comparable achievements

    • @kiroolioneaver8532
      @kiroolioneaver8532 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BoxOfOranges84 Sure but his background is what enabled him to breakthough as a cultural phenonomna and grow golf into what it is today. Lots of demographics never paid attention to golf before Tiger. It's like hockey. If Auston Matthews (Mexican American) had played in a big American market like New York or LA he'd help bring a lot of new fans into hockey.

  • @therealking6202
    @therealking6202 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OUCH. Going from Joe to whomever that Sasquatch was at the end literally hurt my ears.

  • @sutejasastra
    @sutejasastra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    but Golf-big money soon meet its end cuz limited airing and kid nowadays rarely watch sport that aint scoring lots of points.

    • @n0body550
      @n0body550 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No. Not true at all.

  • @larry6400
    @larry6400 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And They did everything to bring him down over the years - the treatment he got was terrible at best, in contrast to a Micheal Jordan i.e. …
    Which makes what he has done … all the more impressive

  • @edonis2787
    @edonis2787 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He may have done everything you’ve mentioned except the 1 thing, he really didn’t make it cool. It’s literally the most uncool sport next to darts.

    • @scotkimlin5627
      @scotkimlin5627 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If I was making over 1million for 4 days work I would.

  • @charlieadams5241
    @charlieadams5241 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    first

  • @kenroh3694
    @kenroh3694 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He was not the first non white person to win masters….vijay Singh won it in 2000. Blacker than tiger lol (tiger half Asian)

    • @BoxOfOranges84
      @BoxOfOranges84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tiger won in 1997, which was before 2000.
      And neither Black nor Asian qualify as "white".