Raising a Child First, Then a Champion

Tida and Earl Woods's goal was not to raise the world's greatest golfer; it was to rear a child who was free from worry, said Rudy Duran, (Woods's golf instructor from ages 5 to 10).

While Tida Woods was her son's chaperone, scorekeeper and disciplinarian, when he was growing up; and Earl spent hours playing golf with him, Woods was the one in love with competition.

The influence of the parents on the son remains evident on the eve of the 2012 Masters, which begins next Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.

                                      “FOLLOW THE ROAR”