Cameron Kittle's I Am Tiger Woods

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Cameron Kittle, an Executive Editor from the University of New Hampshire describes his love for golf and for Tiger Woods in his article “ I am Tiger Woods”. The author recalls as a five year old boy receiving his very first gold club; a rusty old sawed off five-iron. He went out to his backyard in Canton, Michigan to hit his very first golf balls. He says “The second those Top Flite dimples whisked into the high grass behind our house, I was hooked for life” Cameron would practice putting into a plastic cup with his grandfather's old 10-iron on their carpet every time he would visit them in Oregon. Kittle tells of how his parents spent so much money on clubs, balls, and green fees and his best putts, hits, and scores. His best was a 72 and

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