The Big Miss
by Hank Haney
My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
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45%
Critic Reviews: 17
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Synopsis
The Big Miss is Hank Haney's candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. He was with Tiger 110 days a year, spoke to him over 200 days a year, and stayed at his home up to 30 days a year, observing him in nearly every circumstance: at... more
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- All Critics: 17
- Positive: 8
- Negative: 9
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Geoff Shackelford | 26 Mar 2012
If I were asked to recommend a book for an aspiring young golfer, The Big Miss would be the first title I’d select if for no other reason than most of today’s Tiger-wannabes will be motivated to work much harder than they currently do. They’ll also learn how not to treat the people closest to them.
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Golfweek | 20 Mar 2012
How much of this is Haney’s insight and how much of this is due to his writing collaborator, Jaime Diaz, can be only a matter of speculation. The result makes for an alarming look at an athlete whose public glories masked a day-to-day existence of profound superficiality.
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Military.com | 2 Apr 2012
In becoming one more mouth to shut, Haney probably has benefited Woods again. The Big Miss is a two-car wreck of a book about a one-man meltdown. The sequel, about the redemption, will have to come from someone else.
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Golf.com | 22 Mar 2012
...whether intended or not, Haney's motivation is evident in his lines and between them, especially in the book's final chapter...Kahn's book reeked of getting even. So does "The Big Miss."
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Bleacher Report | 26 Mar 2012
It's a great read....I think Haney does a great job of simply telling it like it is.
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The Guardian | 29 Mar 2012
Hank Haney's memoir is often compelling but above all it is a betrayal that oversteps common decency
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Golf Channel | 27 Mar 2012
. ..an interesting, if not sometimes wonky and one-sided, glimpse into a complicated relationship and a man thrust into a difficult situation....Haney probably could have taken things even further if he’d chosen to bemalicious, but the finished product here is revealing, insightful and honest.
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Macleans | 26 Mar 2012
...he chose to write his tell-all memoir only after Woods’s world collapsed—and to release it during Masters week, the biggest tournament of the year. And at times, he seems even more petty and self-absorbed than his former friend...
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Kirkus Reviews | 27 Mar 2012
...be warned that the indifferently written narrative is stocked with standard sports clichés, though full of junkie-pleasing stats...Woods has won big and lost bigger, and not just on the green, and he probably merits a more insightful book...
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The Palm Beach Post | 27 Mar 2012
The Big Miss is an entertaining read, and a revealing look at a complex superstar...At its core is the coach-player relationship, which is fascinating on many levels.
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Kingdom of Golf | 10 Apr 2012
It's easy to ask why Haney was so willing to write a book like this about Woods, someone who he described as a friend...I also don't know if the proceeds (financial and otherwise) will prove to be worth it for Haney.
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The Golf Blogger | 10 Apr 2012
A great read with terrific insights into the game and mind of the best golfer of his generation...The Big Miss succeeds for me because it is nearly entirely about golf.
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Links Golf Magazine
If you’re a fan of golf, this is a good book. If you’re really interested in golf, especially how it is played and thought about at the highest levels of the game, then it is required reading.
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The Morning Call
Well, the more I read, the more convinced I became that Haney should've found another way to cash in. We really could've done without this...that Haney went public is unfair to Woods and those players.
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The Tour Report | 20 Apr 2012
My advice is to simply read The Big Miss before passing judgment. You may be surprised by just how much of the book pertains to golf and how little of it has anything to do with the gossipy details of Woods’ personal life.
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Winnipeg Free Press | 14 Apr 2012
The Big Miss might help your golf game, but it tells little about Tiger Woods and nothing about why he so brazenly cheated on his wife. In that sense, it really is a Big Miss.
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LinksLifeGolf | 10 May 2012
When Haney isn’t psychoanalyzing Woods he is busy congratulating himself for being such a great coach....After awhile it got to be unbearable.
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