In a remarkable revelation (at least to anyone not familar with the First Church), ESPN golf writer Ron Sirak revealed that that Tiger Woods once told him he has the “power to will things to happen.”He referenced a quote from 1997 in which Tiger complained about being tired after all the hoopla surrounding hs historic Masters win that year. Sirak wrote:

“I asked him how this affected his golf, and he responded with one of the most remarkable answers I’ve ever heard: “I lost my ability to will things to happen,” he said.

From just about anyone else, I would have thrown the b.s. flag and dismissed those words as a lot of hot air, but I had already seen Woods do so many remarkable things I was willing to take the bait. “Give me an example of when you willed something to happen,” I asked.

“At the [1996 U.S.] Amateur,” he said. “That putt on 17 against [Steve] Scott. I told myself there was no way I was going to miss it. I willed that ball into the hole.”"

For the Pastor, this answers a lot of questions.

In Sirak’s column he also writes about a conversation in which Tiger’s late father Earl claims that he communicates
telepathically” with Tiger. For fans of the First Church this is not new information. Sports Illustrated reported in 1999 that Earl took partial credit for Tiger’s PGA win that year for communicating with him “telepathically” while he was over the crutial putt on the 71st hole (interestingly, Tiger gives credit to Steve Williams for making a good read on that putt).

It sounds like the First Church may have yet another media convert.

Source: Ron Sirak column that references the special powers of Tiger and Earl