The rise of social media gave rise to a generation of influencers and trick shot artists who have worked their way into sponsorships, club deals, hundreds of thousands of followers and the ability to do things with a golf club that not even Woods would have dreamt of. To receive GOLF’s all-new newsletters, subscribe for free here. What’s probably most remarkable about the ad is just how unremarkable it would seem now. Benedict has written 15 books of non-fiction and is currently working on a biography of LeBron James. I can switch and end it.’ “. CHAPTER 11: Tiger sits down with Oprah This commercial really marked the beginning of a cottage industry of golf trick shots. Have a watch, just as a refresher, and then I’ll tell you a few things you might not know about its filming. That ad is another key entry in the Woods canon; his influence turns a group of driving range hackers into stripers for a few glorious moments until he leaves the range and they revert to their shanking ways. So they released the outtakes to Dateline NBC, which aired them as part of a special on the success of the spot. CHAPTER 1: What Tiger’s first-ever TV appearance taught us CHAPTER 6: What was it like to play on Tiger’s high school team? A new episode will be published weekly But now that he's back and is a Masters champion again, it has resumed in full. Chris Zimmerman, Nike Golf’s global marketing director at the time, wanted to take advantage of a precious shoot day with Woods. Golf Central Woods, JT, Rory, Rose in Payne's Valley Cup On his second take, he lost the ball as he was corralling it on the face of the club. Here’s what Earl “trash-talking” Tiger looked like. Today’s episode covers one of Woods’ most popular commercials of all time. After the shoot, Wieden + Kennedy reps showed the footage to Zimmerman, who called the first spot “decent” but then was blown away by the bonus coverage of Woods with his wedge, which he called “magical,” according to a Yahoo News report on the clip. It’s particularly remarkable, then, that his most iconic ad may be his simplest. Tiger Woods YouTube Project, Chapter 13: The story behind the iconic juggling commercial. But it all started with a 30-second spot, executed to near-perfection by a guy on his lunch break, killing time before a Golf Channel hit. The audience agreed. coming soon: tiger woods, the tv show? So he mentioned to one of Nike’s ad directors, Eric Markgraf, that he should try to bank a little extra footage with Woods once he changed outfits. Coincidence or not, Woods shot the director a glare and then executed perfectly on his fourth try, juggling through his legs, behind his back and puring his final wedge shot down the range. 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CHAPTER 4: What’s it like when Tiger comes to your hometown? A ranking of Tiger Woods’ best-ever commercials would make for a worthy project of its own. The only thing they had to contend with was the assertion that they’d faked the action. “As a rabid sports fan," Wheelhouse CEO Brent Montgomery said in a news release, "I had seen Jeff’s byline and read much of his work, always impressed by his insights and access into some pretty rarified worlds, but when I picked up ‘Tiger Woods’ I saw what a true force Jeff really is – and a compelling way to bring the Tiger Woods story to life as one of the most moving in sports history. The trick was that Woods was going to have to execute the timing perfectly to get that single-shot 28-second take. What was it like to play on Tiger’s high school team? use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our visitor agreement (updated 1/1/20), privacy and … CHAPTER 10: Tiger’s first Nike campaign It’s a 30-second spot; 28 seconds of Woods juggling a golf ball and two seconds of “Nike Golf” on the screen. Tiger Woods' son Charlie plays golf and his swing looks sweet. Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas teamed to beat Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose in the first Payne's Valley Cup at Woods' design in Missouri. While YouTube wasn’t yet around, so the clip couldn’t go properly viral, Zimmerman said the spot got a strong positive reaction. “I told him, ‘I can’t believe that of all people you are choking under pressure,’” Liman recalled to CNET in 2008.