Coach spills the beans on Woods injury
March 21, 2012, Wednesday
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TIGER Woods' fascination with the Navy SEALs and how he might have incurred his leg injuries are sure to generate plenty of buzz when Hank Haney's book goes on sale next week.
"In Tiger's mind, satisfaction is the enemy of success," Haney writes.
The book goes on sale in the United States on March 27, one week before the Masters.
Haney cites Corey Carroll, one of Woods' closest friends at Isleworth, as saying that Woods injured his right Achilles tendon doing Olympic-style weightlifting as he returned from reconstructive knee surgery in December 2008.
Haney also tells of a woman who approached him during an outing in Minnesota last year. Her husband was a Navy SEAL in California and told her Woods came in for training in 2007 at a Kill House, an urban-warfare simulator, and "got kicked pretty hard in the leg, and I think he hurt his knee pretty bad."
Haney said that matched a story from Carroll, who said Woods revealed to him that the complete tear of his left knee ligaments really happened in a Kill House when he had lost his balance and been kicked in the knee.
Woods has had four surgeries on his left knee.
Woods so badly wanted to be considered a real athlete that he saw injuries as a badge of honor. Haney said Woods tried to empathize with Derek Jeter and Shaquille O'Neal when talking about injuries.
Haney said he was not aware of Woods' extramarital affairs, except for Woods making the occasional comment about a woman he saw in the gallery. He also wrote that Woods told him his ex-wife wanted him to take two years away from golf after his serial adultery was exposed.
He said their second lesson was his first test as a coach. Woods had finished 10 shots behind at Bay Hill, and Haney met him on the range at Isleworth. He said Woods ignored him.
"The message Tiger wanted to send was clear: "When I play bad, when I don't win, it's your fault." He was reminding me that his expectations were going to be incredibly high ..." Haney wrote.
".... I also realized that I was never going to be able to relax with Tiger Woods," he wrote. "He was going to be complicated, and he was going to surprise me with his moods."
"In Tiger's mind, satisfaction is the enemy of success," Haney writes.
The book goes on sale in the United States on March 27, one week before the Masters.
Haney cites Corey Carroll, one of Woods' closest friends at Isleworth, as saying that Woods injured his right Achilles tendon doing Olympic-style weightlifting as he returned from reconstructive knee surgery in December 2008.
Haney also tells of a woman who approached him during an outing in Minnesota last year. Her husband was a Navy SEAL in California and told her Woods came in for training in 2007 at a Kill House, an urban-warfare simulator, and "got kicked pretty hard in the leg, and I think he hurt his knee pretty bad."
Haney said that matched a story from Carroll, who said Woods revealed to him that the complete tear of his left knee ligaments really happened in a Kill House when he had lost his balance and been kicked in the knee.
Woods has had four surgeries on his left knee.
Woods so badly wanted to be considered a real athlete that he saw injuries as a badge of honor. Haney said Woods tried to empathize with Derek Jeter and Shaquille O'Neal when talking about injuries.
Haney said he was not aware of Woods' extramarital affairs, except for Woods making the occasional comment about a woman he saw in the gallery. He also wrote that Woods told him his ex-wife wanted him to take two years away from golf after his serial adultery was exposed.
He said their second lesson was his first test as a coach. Woods had finished 10 shots behind at Bay Hill, and Haney met him on the range at Isleworth. He said Woods ignored him.
"The message Tiger wanted to send was clear: "When I play bad, when I don't win, it's your fault." He was reminding me that his expectations were going to be incredibly high ..." Haney wrote.
".... I also realized that I was never going to be able to relax with Tiger Woods," he wrote. "He was going to be complicated, and he was going to surprise me with his moods."
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