My “Before They Were Stars” postings don’t just apply to entertainers, but can be used on professional athletes as well. One of the reasons that Tiger Woods became the greatest golfer of all time is because his father practically handed the kid a putter the moment he left his mother’s womb. When he was only two years old, Tiger’s dad took him onto The Mike Douglas Show to play a little golf with Bob Hope and a major child prodigy was unveiled to the world.