What pressure is it to be a

タイガー・ウッズは 憧れの的です

golf icon

そのことで プレッシャーを感じますか？

to kids?

特に意識はしていません

I mean kids who wanna play

若者の躍進を 嬉しく思っています

and they look up to Tiger Woods

私が高校生の頃は ゴルフは人気がなく

I mean is that a lot of pressure when you play?

「へぇ ゴルフをするんだ」 などと言われたものでした

No its not but I think it’s exciting

今や時代が変わり

that we are now seeing a younger demographic

私の存在や マイケル・ジョーダンなど

come out to the game of golf.

人気のスポーツ選手が

When I played high school golf

ゴルフをするようになったおかげで

golfers were looked down upon

子供たちも やってみたいと思うのでしょう

You weren’t cool, "You play golf ?" Oh!

大会に参加する 子供たちも増加し

But that’s now changing

ツアーイベントも すっかり 家族向けに変わっています　

and I think what’s facilitated it is obviously my participation

12才以下は入場無料など ファミリープランもあるほどです

in the game but also I think other athletes

私たちはゴルフ界により多くの若者を 取り込んでいきたいと願い

playing the game of golf,

ツアーイベントに 子供たちを呼び込むなど

i.e the coolest athlete

興味を持ってもらえるようなことを 考えています

that we’ve ever seen in my generation was Michael Jordan.

あなたが数年前に設立した タイガー・ウッズ財団は

All he does is play golf!

順調に 発展しているようですね

And kids pick up on that

どのよう成果が生まれていますか

and they say “hey you know if he’s doing that,

財団は恵まれない子供たちに

you know maybe I should give it a try”

希望を与え 夢を実現させるための手段を 提供しています

I think that’s

子供たちは 財団独自の学習プログラムや

why you’re seeing so many young kids now playing golf

科学 技術 工学 数学の授業に 参加できます　

some of the young kids out at golf tournaments

ハーバードやUCLAなど 多くの子供たちが一流大学に進学しています　

and on top of that there’s been a big switch

家族の中で初めて大学に進学した という子も大勢いて

at tour events to cater to families.

大きな成果を挙げています

Family packages, kids get in free from twelve and under.

ゴルファーになりたい子供がいれば 当然援助をしますが

We are trying to get more youth involved in the game

それだけがゴールではありません

and in order to do that lets get them inspired by coming out to Tour events

私も子供の頃は学業優先で ゴルフは二の次でした

and I think that’s what’s helped

スタンフォードに進学したのも 勉強のためです

grow the game of golf at a younger age.

財団は発足したばかりですが 今後の発展を期待してください

Tell us about the Tiger Woods foundation.

この先ますます事業を 拡大していく予定です

An incredible foundation

that you’ve started, launched for a few years now

and it's going extremely well.

Great work, tell us about it.

Well we’ve taken underserved kids

and given them hope

but also the tools to follow their dreams.

Kids who learn, who go through the programme, they learn

the stem - science, technology, engineering and math.

We’ve seen some amazing results around the country

and they’ve gone on to Harvard, UCLA, SC, CAL.

For a lot of these kids no one in their family has ever gone to college

and now they’re the first ones to ever go,

To me, that’s incredible

and if they wanna go and become a golfer,

so be it we’ll help them in that regard as well

but it’s not the end of all things if you don’t become a golfer.

Golf

was down the list when I was growing up as a kid

it was always school came first.

It's one of the reasons why I went to Stanford

instead of other Universities

it because school always came first

and so we’ve done some amazing things so far

but we’re just getting started on this is now

starting to get rolling.

We’re starting to get some pretty good momentum

so I’m very excited about that.

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