BOOK REVIEW:
Together We Roared: Alongside Tiger for His Epic Twelve-Year, Thirteen-Majors Run by Steve Williams and Evin Priest
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Evin Priest and Steve Williams began to relive Williams’ time caddying for Tiger Woods on a podcast during the pandemic called Chasing Majors. They had so much fun revisiting their success, major championship by major championship, that they decided a book was the only medium that could deliver the richness and depth it deserved. This book, written in the third person, takes readers inside the room, and on the green, with Woods and Williams with “fly-on-the-wall” detail.
Williams served as Woods’ caddy for twelve and a half seasons. During that time Woods won thirteen major championships. The book takes you through each season in general, and each major championship they worked together in detail, from 1999 until their split in 2011. This includes some of Woods’ most famous shots including his “shot in the dark” and his chip-in on hole 16 in the Masters.

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Reading the book, I was reminded of how dominant Woods was during this time, winning ten major championships before the age of thirty. Their goal was to beat Jack Nicklaus’ record eighteen major championships and reach a total of twenty-one.
I enjoyed the stories Williams shared, such as nearly running out of golf balls at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, picking out a song as a theme for each major championship, writing each other notes of encouragement, constructive feedback and inspiration regularly during tournaments.  Williams kept detailed statistics of each round Woods played, and the book refers to that information often.
Woods’ 2008 U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines, which he won playing on a broken leg, was the last major championship they worked together. Their split was messy when Williams went to caddy for Adam Scott while Woods was injured and unable to play. They had not spoken for twelve years until a brief cordial conversation in 2023. Williams feels at peace with his relationship with Tiger, but would eventually love to sit down and talk over lunch with him someday.
Williams is now happily retired in New Zealand. The song that he feels sums up his whirlwind twelve years with Tiger is “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley.
This is an enjoyable book, with warm remembrances from Williams, that golf fans in general, and Tiger Woods fans in particular, will enjoy.

Study, Savor and Share Scripture: Becoming What We Behold. My wife Tammy has published a book about HOW to study the Bible. The book is available on Amazon in both a Kindle and paperback edition. She writes “Maybe you have read the Bible but want to dig deeper and know God and know yourself better. Throughout the book I use the analogy of making a quilt to show how the Bible is telling one big story about what God is doing in the world through Christ. Quilting takes much patience and precision, just like studying the Bible, but the end result is well worth it.”

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We are reading through Truths We Confess: A Systematic Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith by R.C. Sproul. From the Ligonier description:
“The Westminster Confession of Faith is one of the most precise and comprehensive statements of biblical Christianity, and it is treasured by believers around the world. R.C. Sproul has called it one of the most important confessions of faith ever penned, and it has helped generations of Christians understand and defend what they believe.
In Truths We Confess, Dr. Sproul introduces readers to this remarkable confession, explaining its insights and applying them to modern life. In his signature easy-to-understand style and with his conviction that everyone’s a theologian, he provides valuable commentary that will serve churches and individual Christians as they strive to better understand the eternal truths of Scripture. As he walks through the confession line by line, Dr. Sproul shows how the doctrines of the Bible—from creation to covenant, sin to salvation—fit together to the glory of God. This accessible volume is designed to help you deepen your knowledge of God’s Word and answer the question, What do you believe?”

This week we look at WCF 31: Of Synods and Councils. Here are a few helpful quotes from the chapter:

The Westminster Confession favors a presbyterian form of government.The Westminster Confession affirms that when decisions are made at the local church level with respect to doctrine, behavior, or matters of discipline, there is a court of appeal.