Golf in the USA was until quite recently the hobby of old,middle class white men.Not any more.The fact that the class,age and race barriers that existed in the sport have finally been broken down is due almost entirely to two people.Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie. 

Tiger Woods was born in California in 1975 and is one of the greatest golfers of all time.His ethnic background is marvelously rich and varied.His father Earl was of mixed of black,Chinese and Native American ancestry and his mother Kultida,who was originally from Thailand,also had Chinese and Dutch forefathers. 

Woods became a professional golfer in 1996 and,less than a year later,astonished the world easily winning the prestigious Masters Colf Tournament,an annual event which takes place at the Augusta Golf Club in Georgia,USA.At 21,he was the youngest golfer ever to win the tournament,but much more important,he was also the first Asian American to do it. 

Woods'amazing achievement is put into perspective when you realize that until 1990,no non-white American had ever been allowed to join Augusta Golf Club.Even in 2000,it only had two black members.In fact,in 1977,Clifford Roberts,the chairman of the club and founder of the Masters Tournament,proclaimed:"As long as 1 am alive,golfers will be white and caddies 

will be black."Roberts died not long after making this racist remark... 

Fortunately,his views were not shared by his successors and the dramatic appearance of Tiger Woods on the Golf scene radically changed attitudes to the sport and prompted a major surge of interest in the game among ethnic minorities end young people in the USA. 

Michelle Wie,a Korean American born in 1989 whose mother was an amateur golf champion in Korea,will probably became the greatest woman golfer of all time.She's 1.85 meters tall and she can play a golf ball further than most men.Like Woods,she has transformed the world of golf,and wants to do so in even more dramatic ways.She has expressed her determination to play on the men's tournament circuit,not just the women's,and has already appeared in several professional men's tournaments. 

Thanks to Woods and Wie,golf in America will never be the same again.
In what year was Tiger Woods born?
In what state?
What sport does he play?
Is he  mixed race?
What racial background does his father have?
And his mother?
From what country is she?
What is her name?
In what year did Woods start his career in golfing?
Did he win a big award within a year of that?
Where does it take place?
How old was Woods at this time?
Was he the first Asian American to win it?
Who was chairman of the Augusta Golf Club?
What tournament did he establish?
In what year was Michelle Wie born?
What nationality is she?
Was her mother involved in golfing?
1975
1975
California
California
Golf
Golf
ethnic background is marvelously rich and varied
ethnic background is marvelously rich and varied
black,Chinese and Native American
 black,Chinese and Native American
Chinese and Dutch
Chinese and Dutch
Thailand
Thailand
Kultida
Kultida
1996
1996
Masters Colf Tournament
Masters Colf Tournament
Augusta Golf Club in Georgia
Augusta Golf Club in Georgia
21
21
yes
he was also the first Asian American to do it
Clifford Roberts
Clifford Roberts
Masters Tournament
Masters Tournament
1989
1989
1989
1989
Korean American
Korean American