Business Insider has the photo of the letter, which apparently resides at Nike's world headquarters along with other Tiger Woods memorabilia and trophies.
Stanford's golf coach, Wally Goodwin, sent the letter to the then 13-year old as a means to get a jump on the competition and offer some sage advice.
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"Here at Stanford I am finding it is never too early to get the word out to you exceptional young men," starts Goodwin, before getting weird, odd, and/or creepy.
"In your best interest, you should strive to achieve a 3.6 or above GPA in your sophomore, junior, and first half of your senior year [at high school]. Freshman year is not really considered."
Hear that, kids?! It's okay to screw around your first year in high school! Any other tips, Wally?
"[Y]ou should know right now that what Stanford looks for is a high level verbal score on the SAT. Now, boys are more inclined to get higher scores on the math part of the test, and girls do better in the verbal...but Stanford is a verbal university."
So 1989 is the last time a university cared about an English program. Good to know.
"I coached at Northwestern University prior to coming out here...Northwestern was a math oriented place. This is verbal!"
So verbal even the golf coach won't shut up about it.
"It takes SAT scores of 1200 or so. Athletes get a bit of a break."
NO! My assumptions of education equality are dashed! Dashed!
"Stanford plays for and wins more national championships than any other university in the country, and we do it with highly talented scholastic kids, not the other kind."
Just make sure it's a verbal talent, kid.
"I am looking for a few tough kids. Winners!"
It's just like the Marines, except with putters.
"The golf facilities here are exceptional, with a glorious golf course."
Stanford has a golf course? No--really--they have a golf course? Thank goodness that alumni money went to build a golf course instead of paying the tuition for a smart, yet poor kid who can't afford to attend Stanford.
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