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Is it a coincindence that on January 28th, the Chinese calendar starts
the “year of the Tiger”? Actually, in many ways (at least in the golf universe),
1997 was the year of the tiger. Lorne Rubenstein, GolfWeb editor,
reflects on
[a talk with Tiger](http://www.golfweb.com/library/lorne/lorne971231.html.)

If you’re still not sure, take a look at
[GolfWeb – 1997 Countdown — Your Year in Golf](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/countdown/1997/.)
and see how many times Tiger ended up on the list.