Steve Williams and renowned golf journalist Evin Priest offer an extraordinary look at a twelve-year collaboration that transformed the world of golf, taking readers behind-the-scenes of Williams’s years with the legendary Tiger Woods.
Sharing personal, never-before-told moments of their relationship on and off the course, the book goes beyond golf to explore what it takes to forge an enduring legacy, and the human bonds that shape those unforgettable moments.
Among the never-before-reported details included in the book:
- Exclusive material about Williams’s whirlwind 12 years carrying the clubs for Tiger Woods, from their hilarious first encounter, to their icy split and their eventual reconnection.
- Inside the moment Woods and Williams reconnected for the first time in 12 years after their very public split in 2011. Williams opens up about the emotional toll of his estrangement from Woods, and how he longed for their silence to end.
- Woods’s role reversal to caddie for Williams at a local golf course—and his role as co-best man—on the day of Williams’s 2006 wedding. Williams shares the untold, touching moments from Woods’s best man speech, and world-exclusive pictures of Woods and Williams on the wedding day.
- The publicized professional breakup of golf’s greatest partnership, including Williams’s acknowledgement of a decision that cost him his job with the golf star, as well as his regrets in the aftermath.
- Woods’s spats with rivals, including Stephen Ames and Phil Mickelson.
- Insight into the 2000 Open Championship at St.Andrews, on the historic moment’s 25-year anniversary. Williams reveals previously unheard details about a reconnaissance mission that changed the course of Woods’s shot at the Open, and the moving message Woods wrote to his caddie on the 18th green flag after. Williams and Appleby share new, fly-on-the-wall insights into the private jet ride home from Scotland after Woods won the career grand slam.
- Inside Woods’s captivating 2005 Masters win,which celebrates its 20-year anniversary in 2025, including previously unheard and hilarious stories from DiMarco and Williams about Woods’s famous chip-in on the par-3 16th at Augusta National.
- Inside Woods’s most emotional victory, the 2006 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, two months after the death of his father, Earl, including rare insights from Williams and emotional recollections from his runner up, DiMarco.
- Never-before-seen pictures of Woods’s and Williams’s partnership, from the rare and valuable vintage Ford Woods once gifted Williams after a win, to the golf bags he gave Williams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, to the final-hole flags from each of the major championship wins they enjoyed together—upon which Woods wrote heartfelt messages.
- Statistics from Woods’s famous “Tiger Slam,” and his prime years overall, that Williams wrote each day by hand before official records began. These include Woods’s months-long streaks without three-putting, to data Williams personally compiled for Woods that contributed directly to his four major wins in a row and ongoing performance.
- The most raw and honest insights Williams has ever shared into his friendship with Woods.Williams opens up like never before on how their incredibly unique way of communicating was key to their success, as well as analysis such as: how long it took to develop a bond with Woods, exactly how they became almost telepathic in the early and mid-2000s, how Williams tried to maintain distance despite a burgeoning friendship, and the generous gifts and rewards Woods gave Williams after moments like the 2008 U.S. Open victory together.
- Hilarious anecdotes about Woods’s and Williams’s partnership, like the prank image Woods made for his caddie after their first major win together, to a wild and near-impossible marathon Williams once ran at a famous golf course, to the curious sandwiches Williams used to make for Woods, and even the bets the pair made on and off the course.
- A look at the unique messaging system Wiliams and Woods adopted before they took to cell phones.
- Woods’s pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 major championships, including the real goal Woods and Williams discussed and vivid details on the exact moment the two put that goal in writing.
An invitation into the inner circle of golf greatness,TOGETHER WE ROARED offers readers a chance to walk alongside Williams and Woods in their relentless pursuit of excellence. More than just than a memoir, the book stands as a tribute to friendship, teamwork, and the unyielding spirit of champions.
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