It's never easy living up to the accomplishments of a legend, especially when you're a member of the family.
Cheyenne Woods was raised with lofty expectations on and off the golf course, and not just because she's the niece of Tiger Woods, winner of 14 major tournaments and one of the best to play the game. She is a daughter of Susan and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is Tiger's half-brother.
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Earl Woods Sr. became famous for having an eye for golf talent after traveling the nation with his son. The elder Woods was being paid to recruit for IMG and told that agency about a female golfer they needed to pay attention to, even though she was only 4 years old.
That girl was his granddaughter, Cheyenne. Woods told IMG Cheyenne had the swing and talent to be a star after watching her hit golf balls into a net he set up in his garage. He wrote a letter to IMG explaining her talents.
"Watch out for a four-year-old named Cheyenne Woods! She’ll be an LPGA Tour star one day," Woods said in the letter.
Though he was less aggressive in helping his granddaughter than his son, Woods had an influential role in helping Cheyenne become the golfer she is today.
"I asked him what he had written, and he wouldn't tell me," Cheyenne said during a press conference at this weekend's JTBC Founders Cup. "He's like, 'You'll find out one day when they come to recruit you. You'll be going to the LPGA, and you'll be able to read it.'"
Cheyenne, now 24, graduated from Wake Forest in 2012 and won 30 tournaments as an amateur. She won the ACC Championship in 2012 and became a member of the European Ladies Tour in 2013.
In December 2014, Woods tied for 11th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, earning her Category 12 membership and making her grandfather's words in the letter come true. With that, she gains entry status to most full-field events.
"My grandfather passed away when I was, I think, 14, but I know how much he believed in me," she said. "So, that belief in me really has pushed me throughout the years to really just get through anything."