Tiger Woods’ former agent opens up on ‘worst part’ of relationship with golfer

Tiger Woods \ ‘Former agent begins in the worst relationship with golf

The first Hughes Norton Super Gens Golf Course represented Tiger Woods in the first two years since becoming an expert.

Tiger Woods in the United States left the 18th green after the round of the Masters 2024 tournament finals.

Tiger Woods has not contacted his former Hughes Norton agent since he rejected him in 1998.

Tiger Woods’ first agent in Hughes Norton criticized his previous client’s social skills, despite his no 15 major winners since he was fired.

Hughes represented Woods for two years since the summer of 1996, and their official relationship began with the fact that 20 years old became an expert. He first met Woods and his father, Earl, who he hired as a junior talent scout at IMG seven years ago.

This super agent had been working for a particularly famous golfer for 11 years and called Greg Norman a client. Hughes signed a record sponsorship deal with Woods early in his life but never worked with him again, as his firing soon led to a lawsuit by IMG.

Woods remained with the sports agency and was represented by Mark Steinberg, who continues to represent him. But Hughes was sworn to secrecy for 10 years as part of his largesse and could not compete with the company.

Although he never returned to this work, he talks about this period in his recently published memoir, The Rainmaker. Hughes hasn’t hidden his memories of his breakup with Woods.

“The worst part, honestly, was there was no explanation,” Norton told Today’s Golfer. “It’s strange the way Tiger breaks up with people in his life: his caddy, his girlfriend, his manager. You can sit down with Tiger today and say, ‘What do you remember from 25 years ago, and why?’ I wish I had a bath. For the latest US news, politics, sport and showbiz, visit The Mirror US.

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“You never let me know that something was wrong or that you were unhappy.” “It was very hard to swallow and I feel betrayed,” he said, before adding, “It was very disingenuous of me to say ‘see you later’ in such a short period of time.” .

Hughes added: “Tiger was incredibly self-centered. From a young age, he was focused on one thing: becoming the greatest golfer in the history of the sport. “He was quite selfish. Only his needs mattered. He never learned how to relate to people, so he had a complete lack of empathy,” says the former agent. “Tiger stood there expressionless, like a zombie,” while announcing the news, he recalled. Tiger Woods sets schedule for next 3 months after Masters performance