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Tiger Woods lecture summaryIn their 2018 biography Tiger Woods, authors Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian write that “in 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendental star of almost unfathomable fame and fortunate living what appeared to be the perfect life. Married to a Swedish beauty and the father of two young children, he was the winner of fourteen major golf championships and earning more than 100 million dollars annually. But it was all a carefully crafted illusion. As it turned out, Woods had been living a double life for years – one that unraveled in the aftermath of a Thanksgiving night car crash that exposed his serial infidelity hat sent his personal and professional lives over a cliff.”Their book, based on hundreds of interviews with people from every facet of Woods’s life, and extensive and careful research, the authors have uncovered new and surprising details about the man behind the myth. The resulting biography—upon which Benedict’s presentation is based—presents a sweeping, revealing, and defining biography of an American icon.Speaker: Jeff BenedictJeff Benedict is a New York Times bestselling author of fifteen non-fiction books, aspecial features writer for Sports Illustrated, and a television and film producer. He hasalso written for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and his stories have beenthe basis for segments on 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, 20/20, 48 Hours, GoodMorning America, Dateline, NFL Network, HBO Real Sports, and Discovery Channel. Heis the founder and director of Institute for Writing and Mass Media at Southern VirginiaUniversity.Jeff is executive producer for the 2018 movie "Little Pink House" - starring Oscar-nominatedCatherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, with music by David Crosby. It'sbased on Jeff's book by the same title. Jeff is also a producer on "The System," atelevision drama that's being developed by Starz and is based on his 2013 nationalbestseller by the same title.In 2013 Jeff wrote a memoir for an Islamic fundamentalist-turned Christian titled MyName Used to be Muhammad. It was a Book of the Year finalist. Jeff also wrote Hall ofFame quarterback Steve Young's bestselling autobiography QB: My Life Behind theSpiral. The book was the basis of "Steve Young: A Football Life," a documentary thatJeff helped write and produce for NFL Films. Jeff’s most recent book is Tiger Woods, thebiography of the golfer whom many consider to be the best who ever lived. ................
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