Tiger Woods has been a sensation for a long time but possibly longer than many people realize.
He won the Master’s at 22 in an absolute tour de force or perhaps coronation. The only real comparison in terms of guys who had immense hype and lived up to it, at least initially, are Mike Tyson, Zion Williamson (still in his rookie season NBA) and LeBron James (who has lived up to it since entering the NBA).
Like Tyson, Woods’ personal life tripped him up although Woods never went to prison as Tyson did.
Woods was a celebrated golfer at a very early age though: at the age of two, he was already on television, on the Mike Douglas show, where he demonstrated a swing that many grown golfers have not yet mastered.