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Tiger Woods to try Special Forces training

Mar-25-2004 » Filed Under: General Military

All I can say is, "interesting."

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By Doug Ferguson
Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods sometimes adds green to his wardrobe in April, but that usually means a jacket from Augusta National — not fatigues from Fort Bragg. The day after the Masters, the world’s No. 1 golfer will swap his spikes for Army boots.

Instead of retreating to his lavish home in Isleworth, Woods will stay in the barracks at Army Special Forces headquarters and spend a week in military training.

“If I was never introduced to golf, I would be doing something like that,” Woods said. “Hopefully, something in the Special Ops arena. It’s the physical and mental challenge of it all. We’ll see what happens.”

No one is more curious than his father, a former Green Beret who trained at Fort Bragg, N.C., during the Vietnam War, and then taught his son to take no prisoners on the golf course.

“He’s a very independent individual, and he plays an individual sport,” Earl Woods told The Associated Press. “Quite frankly, he’s not in the business of people telling him what to do. This will be a broadening experience for him.”

This is clearly a case where father knows best.

Oh, and the day after he's done with the training he'll be holding a golf exhibition at the Stryker Golf Course on Fort Bragg.


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