Tiger Woods Goes for Army Training

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – Playing in the Masters might seem like a vacation compared with what Tiger Woods has planned after his week at Augusta National – training with the Army.

Woods said Tuesday he will take part in four days of military training at Fort Bragg, N.C., before hosting a junior golf clinic April 16 at the army base about 75 miles southeast of Raleigh.

Woods' father, Earl, was a Green Beret during the Vietnam War. He asked base officials last year if they could arrange a training visit on behalf of his son, who wanted to share some of his father's military experience.

"It's an honor to walk in my father's footsteps by training with the service men and women at Fort Bragg," Woods said.

The Tiger Woods Foundation Junior Golf Clinic will feature personal golf instruction for 75 children of Fort Bragg soldiers.

"Tiger's interest in exploring the military firsthand means a great deal to me, especially since he's chosen my former training ground," Earl Woods said.

The Masters, where Woods is a three-time champion, is April 8-11.

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