"With Tiger, after his bad year he started with a new teacher and then he spent 95% of his time on his new swing and not with his putter, " Pelz said.

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That journey started the day he was born on New Year's day 1992, the same day George Graham's "boring, boring" Arsenal were held to a turgid 1-1 draw by Wimbledon and in the same year that England finished bottom of their Euro 92 group and started their fateful 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Reflecting on the year in politics, he said 2012 had been the year in which the National Assembly for Wales had started using new law-making powers - "the latest step on our constitutional journey".

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In late 2006 he started to work at Kampala Ballet and Modern Dance School's new cafe and the following year joined a barista training course held by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority.

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