‘I’ll Make A Deal With You: I Won’t Try To Be His Golf Coach If You Don’t Try To Be His Dad’ – Butch Harmon Tells The Fascinating Story Of How He Became Tiger Woods' Coach

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Tiger Woods lost in the second round of the 1993 US Amateur Championship at Champions Golf Club in Houston. At 17 there was no shame at all, particularly as Woods had just become the first golfer to win the US Junior title three years in a row. Just 12 miles east from Champions GC is the private enclave of Lochinvar Golf Club, where Butch Harmon worked at the time. 

Tiger’s father, Earl, had heard a lot about Harmon, particularly as Harmon’s star pupil, Greg Norman, had just stormed to a famous victory in The Open at Royal St George’s, playing some of the best golf ever seen. Woods Senior was searching for a coach to guide his son from the amateur ranks to the professional and so they paid Harmon a visit.