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"It's so rare to see a player shut the door on a major in the way Tiger Woods did," said BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
He was the drum major in his Granada Hills High School marching band, he told me, and he’s ready to lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
Bhoopalan’s college-bound daughter, Thea Babith, plans to major in international relations partly because she sees the field as more AI-resistant than her previous career target: finance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The son of a stay-at-home mom and shipyard worker, he got a double major in finance and Chinese from the College of William & Mary, then a master’s in accounting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Washington had been made a major in February 1753, an amazingly high rank for a man who was not quite 21 years old.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
