Another book about Tiger Woods will be released Tuesday, but this one will be vastly different from the other 70 or so his agents estimate have been written about him.
For one thing, it’s his.
Woods makes his debut as an author with “How I Play Golf,” an instructional book that includes tips he has given Golf Digest magazine the last several years with fresh reviews, anecdotes and seven secrets to his success.
The expectations are mammoth. Warner Books has printed 1.5 million copies of the 306-page book, which will cost $34.95 and be available in 14 languages.
“A very good first printing for a hardcover, non-fiction book like Tiger’s might be 50,000 to 100,000,” said Rick Wolff, vice president and executive editor at Warner. “This is the level of a John Grisham or a Stephen King.”
Woods wrote the book with Golf Digest editors Pete McDaniel and Guy Yocum.
“He doesn’t claim you’re going to play like him,” McDaniel said. “It’s intended for people to be the best they can be by emulating the best player in the world.”
Say what?
`I don’t feel I’m under any pressure to keep my job. It may turn out that way, but I can’t think that way.’
-Yankees manager Joe Torre
