Faster, Higher, Stronger | Tiger Woods and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are made for each other
- Olympic qualification is ‘big goal’ this year after missing Rio 2016 with injury, while Games want golf’s biggest star
- With four spots per country for Tokyo, Woods ranks sixth among his countrymen but he has until after US Open to improve
“The report of my death was an exaggeration,” wrote Mark Twain in response to a New York Journal correspondent asking of his health when he was in London in 1897.
Tiger Woods might have some sympathy with the oft misquoted line this week after a “Thank You Tiger” hashtag started trending on Twitter.
Many jumped to the conclusion that the 44-year-old, joint record 82-time tournament winner had hung up his golf spikes. They were of the opinion that when it came to Woods and the Olympics, never the twain shall meet.
Woods was not the Tiger in question, of course. The hashtag referred to the New Japan Pro-Wrestling referee Tiger Hattori who gave his last three-count at a special event in Tokyo after 38 years of calling it on the canvas.
Golf fans could breathe a sigh of relief – at least the ones who did not tweet their tributes to the wrong Tiger. However, the hashtag and the Tokyo connection only served to put the golfer’s career into sharper focus in this Olympic year.
