“I don't see myself as the Great Black Hope. I'm just a golfer who happens to be black and Asian. It doesn't matter whether they're white, black, brown or green.”

— Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods,ref; St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture by D. Byron Painter http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201328

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