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Summary: Raising The Bar
Review: Boring. Boring. Boring.I almost gave up on the book after about 30 pages, but it was given to me as a gift and I like to finish that which I start. If this book had to be written (?) then it should have been written by someone who could at least hold your attention, if not excite. Tim Rosaforte shows little writing talent and one wonders what he is doing to raise his own bar. His readers and Tiger deserve better. Having read John Feinstein and having grown up with the writings of Jim Murray perhaps my bar is set too high. To anyone who wants to take a chance on this book I recommend the public library.
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Summary: Tiger Woods
Review: I enjoyed the book simply because I enjoy reading just about anything about Tiger. That said, I must say I was rather disapointed in this particular read. Not much original thought or insight to be found here. I was rather amused at the author's efforts to use every arcane and obscure golf term he could think of. He was a bit like a "name dropper" but in this case, he used "golf jargon" rather than celebrities. I also found I extremely difficult to follow the sequence of events. The chronology did not always work out. (I do wonder why publishers do not use editors anymore???? If I had one I certainly would not be misspelling so many words). Often times I found one event or one bit of information referred to differently, even in the same paragraph. All in all, I have read better.
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Summary: SHALLOW STUFF HERE
Review: I enjoyed the book simply because I enjoy reading just about anything about Tiger. That said, I must say I was rather disapointed in this particular read. Not much original thought or insight to be found here. I was rather amused at the author's efforts to use every arcane and obscure golf term he could think of. He was a bit like a "name dropper" but in this case, he used "golf jargon" rather than celebrities. I also found I extremely difficult to follow the sequence of events. The chronology did not always work out. (I do wonder why publishers do not use editors anymore???? If I had one I certainly would not be misspelling so many words). Often times I found one event or one bit of information referred to differently, even in the same paragraph. All in all, I have read better.
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Summary: Even Tiger Junkies Will Be Disappointed
Review: I found this entertaining book very well written and insightful. We have witnessed the maturing of a very special golfer (maybe the best ever) and Tim Rosaforte's book showed us from inside the ropes the making of a legend. Readers should enjoy this book even if they are not fans of golf. Tiger Woods is portrayed as a very intelligent and introspective young man. All of us can learn about focus and dedication by perusing the pages of this book. What he has done these past few years is so amazing. We (who love the game of golf) have witnessed history in the making. Thank you Mr. Rosaforte for your written record of a very talented and gifted Tiger Woods.
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Summary: Very Good Read
Review: I was enticed into reading this through an arcticle in Golf Magazine, but wound up a bit disappointed. Read the other reviews about the typo's, and yes, they're all true. Was an editor ever consulted? I'm sure Tim Rosaforte is a great writer, but he should have taken more care in this piece. Besides the typo's, time lines of events jumped around so often, that at some points, I didn't even know who won the event. The book was entertaining, but nearing the end, I kept counting how many pages I had left to read to be finished with the book...and that's not in a good way.
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Summary: Hats off to Rosaforte
Review: Raising the Bar was an excellent and easy read, but I didn't expect anything less from Tim Rosaforte. People who follow the game of golf extremely closely may not find out much more about Woods than they already know by reading Raising the Bar. However, Rosaforte takes a different approach to his work, which makes it very enjoyable. Rather than spit out strictly facts about Woods, Rosaforte's book goes in-depth with people, besides himself, who have chronicled Woods' career by sharing anecdotes with people like Mark Steinberg (Woods' agent), Butch Harmon (Woods' coach), Scott Van Pelt (The Golf Channel field reporter and Golf Central anchor), Jeff Rude (Golf Week columnist) and various touring professionals, including Mark O'Meara. Perhaps my favorite anecdote involved the Golf Channel's Peter Kessler, a noted golf historian. At the beginning of the book, Kessler talked about what it was like to follow Tiger around Pebble Beach during the 2000 U.S. Open: "I was just keenly aware of what I was witnessing," he said. "I missed Bobby Jones in his prime, and I never saw Hogan, but I did see Arnie, Gary, Jack, Lee, Tom, Seve, Greg, Nick and Nick. It was my sense after following him 50 holes in the U.S. Open, that this was the best that anybody had ever played golf, and I got to see it. I felt so lucky and honored, and because I had an appreciation for what it meant historically, I started to cry. His mom hugged me and comforted me like I was two years old and then Joanna started crying because I was crying, then Kultida started crying because Joanna was crying, and then Tiger emerges from the scoring tent. Tiger looks at both of them and looks at me and says, 'It's Peter's fault, he was crying first,' as we were sharing my handkerchief. Tiger hugged the girls and hugged me, and laughed at me, and went out to get his U.S. Open trophy." The entire book was enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the sport of golf at any level and is mesmerized by the unparalleled success of Woods. For those who haven't followed Tiger's career closely, don't worry; you'll be at the edge of your seat. Rosaforte makes Raising the Bar an easy and interesting read, by catching the golf-novice up to date. For those avid golf followers who already know about Tiger's career, Rosaforte's use of anecdotes will leave you unable to put the book down.
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Summary: Tiger Woods
Review: Rising The Bar is a book about a famous golfer named Tiger Woods by Tom Rosaforte. This book follows Tiger as he makes his professional golf career. Tiger was 2 when he started picking up the game of golf. He would watch his father when he would go golfing. When Tiger was 12 he won his first state golf tournament and by the time he was 19 he was in the Junior PGA (professional golf association). By the time Tiger reached the age of 23 he won his first professional golf title. This book is a very easy book to read, even though it's a big book. Tim uses very easy words to understand. This book follows Tiger through every championship starting from his first one. I would recommend this book to people who like sports and seeing people do well even though they weren't expected too. I'm the kind of person that likes books that shows how good people do coming from a not so good background. I give this book *** because if follows every detail of Tiger starting when he was a kid.
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Summary: Hardly Any New Stuff Here
Review: This is a wonderful book if you have a cursory knowledge of Tiger Woods and his brief career. But if you're a die-hard golf fan who has read EVERYTHING written about Tiger over the last 3 years, you'll find that "Raising the Bar" contains hardly any new stuff. Almost everything is a re-hash of the quotes we've all read. There are some exceptions, but not many. If you read the book's excerpts in the Jan. 2001 issue of GOLF DIGEST and found them compelling and intriguing -- as I did -- you'll be very disappointed with the book. You can't blame the author for this; Tiger and his team hardly ever reveal anything about themselves.
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