Charlie Wi was born in Seoul but spent much of his childhood in Los Angeles. And it was in Long Beach where Wi remembers first playing against Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods hits from a bunker to the ninth green at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, left, puts his hands on the shoulders of Tiger Woods on the 18th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
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Tiger Woods, right, waits for Phil Mickelson to putt on the seventh green of the Pebble Beach golf links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Pebble Beach, Calif. Mickelson won the tournament.
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Tiger Woods tips his cap after finishing on the 18th hole of the Pebble Beach golf links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
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