Talk:Tiger Woods

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Tiger proofing

It never is good when a Wikipedia article is so ignorant like this. Lengthening courses does not remove the advantage from long hitters. Quite obviously so, it givens them MORE of an advantage. Just common sense that a course that plays to your strength will be better for you. And obviously, a course where the shorter hitters are hitting a 6 iron on their second shot while the longer hitters hit 8 iron is better for them than a longer course where they are hitting a 3 iron to their opponents 6 iron. MUCH bigger difference in accuracy/control between a 3 and 6 iron and a 6 and 8 iron. The term "Tiger proofing" was made up by race baiters out of sheer ignorance. Courses desperately WANTED Tiger to play their tournaments. Since it obviously meant more fans and more money. And since Tiger always played a very reduced schedule, basically playing the majors, the Players and WGCs and then whatever tournament were sponsored by companies he had deals with, tournaments bent over backwards to make their course MORE enticing to Tiger. And THAT is why they lengthened their courses. To make it BETTER for Tiger. Because again, plain old common sense should tell you that longer courses favor longer hitters, just as courses with narrow fairways and deep rough favor more accurate hitters. 69.112.239.6 (talk) 02:50, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

• Wikipedia doesn't speculate about the impact of what the management of a course is doing. It's not "ignorant". We are a tertiary source, and as such we write with prose that is supported largely by secondary sources, as the passage you are complaining about has done. If you can find sources that make this article less "ignorant", by all means please provide them in the article supporting prose that contradicts what is already said, or post them here on the talk page and we can do it for you. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:09, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Allegation not supported by evidence

the section on 2021 car crash says that Woods was speeding. The articles linked to this statement do not say he was speeding. They say that that stretch of road sometimes has accidents due to speeding, but not that Woods was speeding. 2A00:23C4:506:C801:415E:6FAD:6061:DA91 (talk) 07:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm confused by your comment. This reference https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-07/la-county-sherriff-says-speeding-caused-tiger-woods-crash (ref 246 currently) says "Tiger Woods was speeding when he crashed an SUV in Southern California less than two months ago, authorities said Wednesday." etc. Nigej (talk) 07:39, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2022

Change "For the record, he is one-quarter Thai, one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Caucasian, one-eighth African American and one-eighth Native American." to "Woods is one-fourth black, one-fourth Thai, one-fourth Chinese, one-eighth white and one-eighth American Indian." because this is the actual quote from the source linked in the article.

However, the reality is closest to this which should be reflected. "He is African American, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter Caucasian, part Chinese, and part Native American."

Sources come from Earl Woods wikipedia page and the fact that his mother was of African and European ancestry, indicating Earl Woods is likely 3/4 African American (1/2 from his father and 1/4 from his mother) meaning Tiger is 3/8 African American. Having so many fractions is confusing, so I have suggested the wording above. Noting the Chinese and Native American ancestry through Earl Woods is so far undocumented.

The sources available suggest Kultida Woods is 1/2 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Caucasian (Dutch). This confirms Tiger Woods is 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Caucasian (1/4 Kultida and 1/4 Earl), but given Earl's Chinese ancestry is undetermined Tiger's is undetermined (minimum 1/8 through Kultida). Bhamdito (talk) 01:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: As there's really no way to find out the exact ethnic admixture, I think using a quote is probably the safest way to handle it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:07, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Change made

The issue was that the citation, which referred to an article about Tiger's appearance on an Oprah show, wasn't the source for the ESPN quote. (Worst, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal article that was cited contains a completely different ethnic breakdown.)

I've now added a citation for the ESPN article and a quotation mark to show the end of the ESPN quote.

(However, note I think the last two sentences really could be deleted as they add very little to the paragraph, which already sets out Woods' ethnic background.) ash (talk) 13:32, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Can we explain the meaning of Eldrick?

Wikipedia doesn't have a separate article about the name, and apparently he is the only notable Eldrick.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:13, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

It's the same name as Ælfric and Eldridge, among others. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 04:11, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Which is not explained anywhere in this article. And the meaning is not explained in those articles either.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:00, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

No particular reason it should be; we don't in general discuss the meaning of people's given names. The article states that it was chosen because it starts with E; is there any WP:RS discussing the name and it's meaning in context of Woods' parents choosing it for him? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:07, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Even if it's left out of this article, there ought to be something on Wikipedia explaining the name. Since "Eldrick" redirects here, that would seem to be the place to start.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:23, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Good idea. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 16:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the sources I found have these cutesy names that make me bout they'll be accepted as sources. So when trying to create a stub article from scratch, that's not helpful.

What would really help is if one of those related names had something.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:46, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2022

Change birthplace from Cypress, California to Los Angeles County, California.

REASON: A simple check of the free California Birth Index will show that Eldrick T Woods, Tiger's legal name, was born in Los Angeles County on 30 Dec 1975.

Source: https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/eldrick_t_woods_born_1975_12791867

Cypress is in Orange County, as even the city's Wikipedia page identifies. It has alwats been part of said county. No hospital has ever existed within the city limits. On 30 Dec 1975, the three closest Orange County hospitals to the Cypress family home would have been Anaheim General (Anaheim; defunct; now Anaheim Community/OC Behavioral Health), Katella/Midwood Community (Stanton; defunct and no longer standing), and Lincoln Community (Buena Park; defunct and no longer standing). 2600:1012:B1BC:66BA:6122:4C7A:8953:714E (talk) 04:12, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 04:14, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2022

Change GF to QF under the Career Achievements tab for the 1999 WGC Matchplay. 161.23.52.215 (talk) 00:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

•  Done Thanks. Nigej (talk) 04:27, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Tiger Woods age

Wikipedia has Tiger born in 1975 but listed as 46 years old. 🤔 2600:8801:225:DC00:6DD2:2F9F:EDE4:C34 (talk) 02:40, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes, his birthday is December 30. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 04:41, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 January 2023

Second sentence in “Background and family” section. Suggested revised sentence: “He is their only child, though he has two half-brothers and a half-sister from his father's first marriage.”

(Added a comma and conjunctive phrase to make sentence grammatically correct). 2600:4040:253C:5500:1D97:E0F9:9563:FA40 (talk) 17:47, 16 January 2023 (UTC)