OSU GOLF COACH MIKE HOLDER makes the interesting comparison between the effect on their sports of Roger Bannister - the first runner to break the 4-minute-mile barrier - and Tiger Woods. "It's similar to when Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute-mile barrier," said Oklahoma State men's golf coach Mike Holder, whose teams have won eight NCAA championships. "It was staggering how many followed soon after Bannister." Nine runners broke 4 minutes within two years of Bannister's feat on May 6, 1954. Holder makes the point that Tiger seems to have broken down a similar, though invisible, barrier in golf that has led to an absolute flood of young talent on tour.
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