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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
By the time he won his fourth major in 2014, at just 25, he was viewed as the heir apparent to Tiger Woods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
Especially because now she has grabbed a cue stick from the pool table and is wielding it like she’s the very proud drum major in a very proud parade.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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