Tiger Woods is the man responsible for bringing evolution to the world of golf. The golf legend started his journey in professional golf when he was barely a teenager. But did you know how Tiger Woods met his first ever coach? And that he was just a kid? Woods’ first golf coach was recently on a podcast and shared the unheard story with the fans.

Tiger Woods met his first coach as a kid

The golf pro had learned to play golf from his father Earl Woods. The two used to practice the game for hours almost every day with limited equipment. Soon Sr. Woods started looking for a professional trainer for his son. Woods was just four years old.

The first person to ever train the golf ace was Rudy Duran, who met Woods quite interestingly. Duran was on an episode of the Bunkered Podcast, where he disclosed how he met Woods for the first time. “Well, Tida and Earl Woods were looking for a coach to help Tiger and they reached out to a friend of theirs who was a golf pro but a retired golf pro,” Duran said.

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Duran had a successful junior program running for golfers and consisted of kids nine or 10 years of age. According to Duran, Woods was the first 4-year-old on his program. He described his first meeting with the player saying he was working in the “pro shop”. “And they brought him in and Tiger could barely see over the counter,” Duran added.

Duran was confused looking at young Woods and decided to test his skills first. He said, “I teed up three balls in a raw farm…And he hit these you want these three perfect tee shots in a row.” Immediately after watching him play, Duran agreed to help Woods with his game.

When did Woods win his first major championship?

Tiger Woods won the Las Vegas Invitational in 1996, which was his first professional victory ever. The golfer received $297,000 after the win along with an invitation to the 1997 Masters. No one knew that it would be a start of a new era of golf, as Woods was about to win his first major championship.

He had made his first professional victory in 1996, and six months later, he won the 1997 Masters title. It has been 25 years since the player has been setting records on the field and currently has 15 major victories registered to his name.
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