RELIGST 2EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods, Overnight Sensation
21 Apr 2020
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Made celebrity appearance at age of 2. Father enjoyed playing golf and tiger played as well then. Made tiger the best player in the world. Nike gave him a billion dollar contract. One of the first black people to win. Number of fans who surrounded him: website about him, talked how god was walking with him. By 2009 made over 300 million in ads: brought new emphasizes on golf, strength, fitness, training, flexibility, how fans of his created image of him, why do they create such a distance towards themselves and sports. Typically a white sport figure: upper class, when playing gold lots of down time, networking type game. Tiger playing was a stand out for most. Interracial couple and seen as the model couple. All came coming down in 2009 thanksgiving. Victor turner: breech was after thanksgiving dinner, drive away and crashed car, wife used gold clubs to break window.
