Easter

Names used in other languages. The publicity which activists are able to attract for their views about an individual are proportionate to the individual's fame, so it could be considered that this negative publicity says little about Woods' personal ethics relative to those of other golfers, or of members of the general public. Names derived from the Hebrew Pesach (Passover):. Specific criticisms of things he has done personally have included those of his endorsement of an SUV (the 2002 Buick Rendezvous) deemed second-most-dangerous by the IIHS, and of mutual funds which do not meet certain activists' ethical investment criteria. Names related to Eostremonat (Eostre Month):. Some of these criticisms concern golf in general, and the mention of Woods is a device to attract publicity by utilising the name of a top celebrity. Some suggest an etymological relationship between Eostre and the Sumerian goddess Ishtar ([1] (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t020.html) [2] (http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html) [3] (http://www.pathlights.com/theselastdays/tracts/tract_22n.htm) [4] (http://www.tiral.com/2004/04/the_origins_of_.html)) and the possibility that aspects of an ancient festival accompanied the name, claiming that the worship of Bel and Astarte was anciently introduced into Britain, and that the hot cross buns of Good Friday and dyed eggs of Easter Sunday figured in the Chaldean rites just as they do now. Some activists have criticised him on certain social and environmental issues.

They were a widespread symbol of rebirth and resurrection and thus might have been adopted from any number of sources. As mentioned above he has funded university scholarships and is founding a learning centre. However, the giving of eggs at spring festivals was not restricted to Germanic peoples and could be found among the Persians, Romans, Jews and the Armenians. Page wrote, "That works out fine for his bank account, but, for too many others it only reinforces the wrongheaded notion that academics should take a back seat to athletics." Others see the inclusion of Woods in this debate as inappropriate, arguing that his main responsibility was to make the right decision for his own career, that he had the backing of his parents, who are certainly not feckless, and that subsequent events suggest he timed his entry to professional golf appropriately. This practice might explain the incorporation of Eostre traditions into the Christian holiday. Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune decried the "racially charged, money-linked sports obsession" fueled by a "fixation in which the riches and fame of such sports heroes as Michael Jordan have caused a wildly disproportionate number of young black Americans, in particular, to focus on the brass ring of professional sports at the expense of more realistic and productive career paths." Woods dropped out of Stanford after two years to pursue his golf career. The Pope sanctions such conversion tactics as biblically acceptable, pointing out that God did much the same thing with the ancient Israelites and their pagan sacrifices. It should be noted that Woods is only one quarter African American, and has said that he does not regard it as his primary identity.

The Pope suggests that (http://www.englishheathenism.homestead.com/popesletter.html) converting heathens is easier if they are allowed to retain the outward forms of their traditional pagan practices and traditions, while recasting those traditions spiritually towards the one true God instead of to their pagan gods (whom the Pope refers to as "devils"), "to the end that, whilst some gratifications are outwardly permitted them, they may the more easily consent to the inward consolations of the grace of God". Woods has also been mentioned in relation to certain wider controversies, including the debate about the role of sport in the aspirations of American youth, especially African American youth, which some consider to be unhealthy. Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ("Ecclesiastic History of the English People") contains a letter from Pope Gregory I to Saint Mellitus, who was then on his way to England to conduct missionary work among the heathen Anglo-Saxons. The mainstream view is that Woods' success is one of the most positive things that has ever happened to golf. He also cites various place names in Germany as being evidence of Ostara, but critics contend that the close etymological relationship between Ostara and the words for 'east' and 'dawn' could mean that these place names referred to either of those two things rather than a goddess. As of 2005 it is no longer heard. Amongst other traditions, Grimm connected the 'Ostern Hare' (Easter Bunny) and Easter Eggs to the goddess Ostara/Eostre. However, Woods was unable to keep up the winning streak, and the increases in television ratings and prize money which have occurred since Woods arrived on the golf scene have discredited the negative view of his impact on the game.

Others point to Grimm's stated intent to gather and record oral traditions which might otherwise be lost as explanation for the lack of further documentation. At first, some feared that Woods could drive all spirit of competition out of the game of golf, by obsoleting existing courses, and having no competitors. Again, because of a lack of written documentation, critics suggest that Grimm took Bede's mention of a goddess Eostre at face value and constructed the goddess Ostara around existing Germanic customs which may have arisen independantly. This issue was most prominent in around 2001-02 when he was at his most dominant game level. "The question has been asked, seriously, and more than once: Isn't Tiger Woods actually bad for golf?" - commented Bill Lyon of Knight-Ridder, before going on to argue that he wasn't. Jakob Grimm took up the question of Eostre in his Deutsche Mythologie of 1835, noting that Ostaramanoth was etymologically related to Eostremonat and writing of various landmarks and customs related to the goddess Ostara in Germany. Early in Woods' career a small number of golf experts expressed concern about his impact on the competitiveness and thus the public appeal of professional golf. The debate receives considerable attention because the name 'Easter' is derived from Eostremonat, and thus, according to Bede, from the pagan goddess Eostre. Tiger Woods has established several charitable and youth projects.

Others note that Bede's status as "the Father of English History", having been the author of the first substantial history of England ever written, might make the lack of additional mention for a goddess whose worship had already died out by Bede's time unsurprising. He is also notable for playing in more international tourmanents than most top American golfers, although it should be pointed out that this only means two or three a year, besides The Open Championship, and he is said to receive seven figure appearance fees for most of them. Chantepie de la Saussaye, Elizabeth Freeman) have suggested that a lack of supporting documentation for this goddess might indicate that Bede assumed her existence based on the name of the month. He plays fewer tournaments than most professionals (twenty or twenty one a year compared to the typical twenty five to thirty), and focuses his efforts on preparing for and competing in the majors and most prestigious of the other tournaments. In recent years some scholars (Ronald Hutton, P.D. He aims for consistency: although he is better than any other golfer when he is in form, his dominance comes not from having best rounds that are better then the other leading professionals' bests, but from having fewer bad rounds. In his 'De Temporum Ratione' the Venerable Bede wrote that the month Eostremonat was so named because of a goddess, Eostre, who had formerly been worshipped in that month. Although he is considered charismatic, Woods' approach is essentially cautious.

Some Christian fundamentalists reject nearly all the customs surrounding Easter, believing them to be irrevocably tainted with paganism and idolatry. He was involved in a media spat with Harmon, who also works as a golf broadcaster, when Harmon suggested that he was in "denial" about the problems in his game, but they publicly patched up their differences. In Hungary (where it is called Ducking Monday), perfume or perfumed water is often sprinkled in exchange for an Easter egg. Early in his professional career Woods's worked with the leading swing coach Butch Harmon, but since he has been coached by the less-heralded Hank Haney. A similar tradition existed in Poland (where it is called Dyngus Day), but it is now little more than an all-day waterfight. He is largely responsible for a shift to higher standards of athleticism amongst professional golfers, and is known for putting in more hours of practice than most. Some feminists allege it is a disgusting medieval tradition. His driving is generally accurate, his approach play accurate, his recovery and bunker play sometimes brilliant, and his putting is usually reliable.

The habit slightly varies across the Czech Republic. He has instead focused on developing an excellent all-around game. The females can get revenge in the afternoon when they can pour a bucket of cold water on any male. However, while he remains a long driver, he is by no means the longest, and does not attempt to be. A legend says that females should be whipped in order to keep their health and fertility during whole next year. When Woods burst onto the golf scene one the things which made the biggest impact on fans was his long driving. The whipped female gives a coloured egg to the male as a sign of her thanks and forgiveness. Major championships are shown in bold.

Rather, the purpose is for males to exhibit their attraction to females; unvisited females can even feel offended. In 2004 Forbes Magazine estimated that the two men both had an annual income of $80 million. It must be mentioned that while whipping can be painful, the purpose is not to cause suffering. He is one of the two highest earning sports people in the world, alongside Formula One driver Michael Schumacher. The pomlázka consists of eight, twelve or even twenty-four withies (willow rods) and is usually from half a meter to two meters long and decorated with coloured ribbons at the end. Woods makes most of his income from endorsement contracts. In the morning, males whip females with a special handmade whip called pomlázka. In addition to his PGA Tour wins, he has won a number of events on professional tours outside North America, and several professional events which were not part of an official tour schedule.

In the Czech Republic, a tradition of whipping is carried out on Easter Monday. Woods was only a professional for around one third of the 1996 season. Even the milk cartons change to have murder stories on their sides. * Updated 14th June 2005. All the major television channels show crime and detective stories (such as Poirot), magazines print stories where the readers can try to figure out who did it, and many new books are published. DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place. In Norway, in addition to skiing in the mountains and painting eggs for decorating, it is tradition to solve murders at Easter. The above performances have also given him the record victory margin in two majors:.

The Easter Bunny's motives for doing this are seldom clarified. The "to par" and "low 72-holes" records are not always the same because while most championship golf course have a par of 72, or 288 for four rounds, some have a par of 71 or 70:. According to the children's stories, the eggs were hidden overnight and other treats delivered by the Easter Bunny in an Easter basket which children find waiting for them when they wake up. Woods holds at least a share of the record for lowest 72-hole score in relation to par in all four majors, and at least a share of the low-72 holes record in two of them. In the United States, the Easter holiday has been largely secularized, so that many American families participate only in the attendant revelry, central to which is decorating Easter eggs on Saturday evening and hunting for them Sunday morning, by which time they have been mysteriously hidden all over the house and garden. The achievement has been nicknamed "The Tiger Slam". Today it is commercially important, seeing wide sales of greeting cards and confectionery such as chocolate Easter eggs, marshmallow bunnies, Peeps, and jelly beans. With his victory in The Masters in 2001, he became the only man to have held all four professional majors at once, although this did not occur in a calendar year, and is therefore not recognized by some as a true Grand Slam.

Since its origins, it has been a time of celebration and feasting. Woods' major championship victories are as follows:. As with many other Christian dates, the celebration of Easter extends beyond the church. He is the only two-time winner as an individual of Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award (1996, 2000).
. Woods won the "World Sportsman of the Year" award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000 and 2001. For the remainder of the week (known as "Bright Week"), all fasting is prohibited, and the customary greeting is "Christ is risen!", to be responded with "Truly He is risen!" (See also Pascha greeting). Many commentators consider this one of the most remarkable golf accomplishments of all time, given the margin by which he broke the old record (and against much stronger fields than those in Nelson's day) and given that during the streak, the next longest streak by another player was usually only in the 10s or 20s.

In this service, it has become customary during the last few centuries for the priest and members of the congregation to read a portion of the Gospel of John (20:19–25 or 19–31) in as many languages as they can manage. At the 2003 TOUR Championship, he set an all-time record for most consecutive cuts made with 114 (passing Byron Nelson's previous record of 113), and extended this mark to 142 before it ended on 13 May 2005 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Instead, in the afternoon, it is often traditional to hold "Agape vespers". He is one of only five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player) in the history of golf to have won all four professional major championships in his career. The day after, Easter Sunday proper, there is no liturgy, since the liturgy for that day has already been done. To date, Woods has won 43 official money events on the PGA Tour and 15 other professional titles. Immediately after the Pascha liturgy, it is then customary for the congregation to share a meal, essentially an agape dinner (albeit at 2.00 am or later!). Singh and Woods have continued to swap the number 1 position several more times during the 2005 season, with neither able to establish a lasting advantage.

The hymn "Christ is Risen" is sung many times within this service. On 10 April, Woods broke his "drought" in the majors by winning the 2005 Masters in a tie-breaking playoff, which also assured him of returning to Number 1 in the World Rankings once again. Entirely lit by candle, the priest and congregation process around the church building and return for the completion of the liturgy—again entirely lit by candles held by the congregation. On 6 March he won the Ford Championship at Doral and returned to Number 1 in the World Rankings, but just two weeks later, Singh displaced him once again. The Pascha liturgy begins at midnight, with the Priest lighting candles held by deacons or other assistants, who then go to light candles held by the congregation. At the start of the 2005 PGA Tour season, Woods returned to his winning ways. At midnight, the vespers end and all light in the church building is extinguished. At around this time Woods let it be known that he was once again working on changes to his swing, and hoped that once the adjustments were complete he would get back to his best.

Traditionally, on the evening of Holy Saturday, Pascha vespers begin and these services last until midnight (local time). In September 2004, Woods' record streak as the world's top-ranked golfer - 264 consecutive weeks - came to an end at the Deutsche Bank Championship when Vijay Singh won the tournament and overtook Woods in the rankings. In addition to fasting, almsgiving, and prayer, Orthodox are supposed to reduce all entertainment and non-essential activity, gradually eliminating them until Holy Friday. He did not win a major in 2003 or 2004, and fell to second in the PGA Tour money list in 2003 and to fourth on 2004. Celebration of the holiday begins with the "anti-celebration" of Great Lent. The next phase of Woods career saw him remain among the top competitors on the tour, but lose his dominating edge. This is succinctly summarized by the Orthodox Easter hymn "Christ is Risen":. Open.

Pascha (Easter) is the primary act that fulfils the purpose of Christ's ministry on earth—to defeat death by dying and to purify and exalt humanity by voluntarily assuming and overcoming human frailty. Open. During this time, he also broke Old Tom Morris' record for the largest victory margin ever in a major championship, which had stood since 1862, with his 15-shot win in the 2000 U.S. Instead, these events are all seen as necessary but preliminary to the full climax of the Resurrection, in which all that has come before reaches fulfilment and fruition. He won seven out of eleven major championships starting with the 1999 PGA Championship and finishing with the 2002 U.S. This is not to say that Christmas and other elements of the Christian liturgical calendar are ignored. He won seventeen PGA Tour events in two calendar years, and 32 in five, both of them achievements that hadn't been rivaled for several decades, and golf in Woods' era is generally seen as having much more strength in depth than in earlier periods. Eastern Rite Catholics in communion with the Pope of Rome have similar emphasis in their calendars, and many of their liturgical customs are very similar. This was the beginning of a sustained period of dominance of men's golf.

Christmas customs, on the other hand, are usually foreign imports, either from Germany or the USA. In June 1999, Woods won the Memorial Tournament. Easter-connected social customs are native and rich. Woods was careful to avoid using this as an excuse and instead responded to questions about his wavering form with reminders that he was still very young, and was hoping to do better in the future. This is reflected in the cultures of countries that are traditionally Orthodox Christian majority. At this time he was working on modifications to his swing to adapt to the maturation of his physique, and to address concerns that the extremely vigourous and elastic swing he had used in his youth might cause him back problems in the long term and truncate his career. Every other religious festival on their calendars, including Christmas, is at best secondary in importance to the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord. Despite suggestions that the other players would only be competing for second place from now on, Woods' form began to fade in the second half of 1997, and in 1998 he only won once on the PGA Tour.

Easter is the fundamental and most important festival of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox. The inspiration of working closely with a brilliant young talent was widely regarded as a catalyst for O'Meara's own career year in 1998, when he won the only two majors of his career. Some churches read the Old Testament lessons before the procession of the Paschal candle, and then read the gospel immediately after the Exsultet. O'Meara acted as a mentor to him for a time, and the two men won the World Cup together. Some churches prefer to keep this vigil very early on the Sunday morning instead of the Saturday night to reflect the gospel account of the women coming to the tomb at dawn on the first day of the week. Woods formed a close friendship with leading PGA Tour professional Mark O'Meara, who was almost twenty years his senior. Additional celebrations are usually offered on Easter Sunday itself. In the summer of 1997 Woods went to number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time.

The Easter Vigil concludes with the celebration of the Eucharist and Holy Communion. The following April he won The Masters by a record margin of 12 shots, and he has been by far the highest profile golfer in the world since then. This act is often sealed by the sprinkling of the congregation with holy water from the font. He won two events in the three months of the 1996 season that he played as a professional. Whether there are baptisms at this point or not, it is traditional for the congregation to renew the vows of their baptismal faith. Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996 playing his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open (GMO). Anciently, Easter was considered the most perfect time to receive baptism, and this practice is being revived in some circles. Woods decided to leave Stanford after two years because he believed he was ready to succeed as a professional.

Then the focus moves from the lectern to the font. He attended Stanford University and won one NCAA individual championship. A sermon may be preached after the gospel. With his first US Amateur win in 1994, the year that he graduated high school, he became the youngest man ever to win that event. This part of the service climaxes with the singing of the Alleluia and the proclamation of the gospel of the resurrection. Amateur titles the next three years. After this service of light, a number of readings from the Old Testament are read; these tell the stories of creation, the sacrifice of Isaac, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the foretold coming of the Messiah. He followed this with three consecutive U.S.

This, the most important liturgy of the year, begins in total darkness with the blessing of the Easter fire, the lighting of the large Paschal candle (symbolic of the Risen Christ) and the chanting of the Exsultet or Easter Proclamation attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan. He remains the youngest ever winner and the only multiple winner. The traditional, liturgical observation of Easter, as practised among Roman Catholics and some Lutherans and Anglicans begins on the night of Holy Saturday with the Paschal Vigil. Junior Amateur title in 1991, 1992 and 1993. The Easter festival is kept in many different ways among Western Christians. He went on to win the U.S.
. He was only eight at the time, but 9-10 was the youngest age group in those days.

The far more common worldwide name of the holiday, Pascha (or variations thereof) indicates that the holiday most likely arose as a continuation of Passover celebrations, with emphasis upon the Resurrection of Jesus. In 1984 he won the 9-10 boys' event at the Junior World Golf Championships. In addition, Jesus and the Apostles were observing Sukkot (the "Feast of Booths") when the Transfiguration occurred, indicating that he was not immediately opposed to the observance of annual holidays. Woods was a child prodigy who began to play golf at very young age. While still a small child, he demonstrated his golf skills in a television appearance with Bob Hope. Many commentators, however, have interpreted the last supper as a Passover seder at which Jesus presided. They presently make their home in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida. Furthermore, the entirety of the chapter (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf202.ii.viii.xxiii.xml) renders the statement in the context of defending diversity of dates for the holiday, without rejecting or denigrating the celebration. They married in a sunset ceremony at the Sandy Lane Hotel and Golf Club on Barbados amid armed security before approximately 200 family and friends on October 5, 2004.

In addition, if one wishes to take this specific sentence prima faciae, one could just as easily invent a justification for rejecting weekly worship services on Sunday, Saturday, or any other day, rejecting the ownership of church buildings by religious organizations, and rejecting the participation of Christians in any sort of political process, as none of these activities were specifically enjoined by Jesus or the Apostles, either. They were introduced by Swedish golf star Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as a nanny. Nowhere in his history did Socrates Scholasticus state that the observance of Easter was due to pagan influences, however. In 2003, Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model. The ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus attributes the observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of local custom, "just as many other customs have been established", stating that neither Jesus nor his apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. By the time he was achieving national prominence in amateur golf, he was always called Tiger Woods. The observance of any special holiday throughout the Christian year is an innovation postdating the early church. He was nicknamed Tiger at birth after a Vietnamese war comrade of his father's and became generally known by that name.

However, an Easter Homily does survive from the 2nd century which indicates (http://www.preteristarchive.com/Books/0150_melito_pascha.html) that the practice arose quite early in the history of the Church. Woods' actual given name is Eldrick. There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic fathers. Woods' mother Kultida Woods is of Thai and Chinese ancestry. Placing the Paschal Divine Liturgy at midnight guarantees that no Divine Liturgy will come earlier in the morning, ensuring its place as the pre-eminent "Feast of Feasts" in the liturgical year. He is now the chairman of his son's charitable Tiger Woods Foundation. The Paschal Divine Liturgy generally takes place around midnight, into the early morning of Pascha. Army lieutenant colonel, of mixed African American, European, and Native American ancestry.

Easter is immediately followed by Bright Week, during which there is no fasting, even on Wednesday and Friday. His father, Earl Woods, is a Vietnam War veteran and a retired U.S. After Lazarus Saturday comes Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and finally Easter itself, or Pascha (Πασχα), and the fast is broken immediately after the Divine Liturgy. Woods is from a comfortable social background. Lazarus Saturday officially brings Great Lent to a close, although the fast continues for the following week. Woods, who is of mixed race, is credited with prompting a major surge of interest in the game of golf, especially among racial minorities and younger people in the United States. Following the fifth Sunday of Great Lent is Palm Week, which ends with Lazarus Saturday. He also holds the PGA Tour record for most consecutive tournament cuts made with 142.

In Eastern Christianity, preparations begin with Great Lent. In 2005, at the age of 29, he reached the milestone of nine major golf championships at a younger age than any other player. Eastertide, the season of Easter, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts until the day of Pentecost, seven weeks later. Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975, Cypress, California), is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In some countries, Easter lasts two days, with the second called "Easter Monday". Many churches start celebrating Easter late in the evening of Holy Saturday at a service called the Easter Vigil. Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team: An eighteen member team which competes in the annual Junior World Golf Championships. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are sometimes referred to as the Sacred Triduum (Latin for "Three Days"). The event also carries generous prize money, but Woods donates his winnings to his foundation.

Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday respectively commemorate Jesus' entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. Target World Challenge: An annual off-season charity golf tournament. The week before Easter is very special in the Christian tradition: the Sunday before is Palm Sunday, and the last three days before Easter are Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday (sometimes referred to as Silent Saturday). 2005's Tiger Jam VIII will be headlined by Stevie Wonder and Counting Crows. In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of the forty days of Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at Easter Sunday. Tiger Jam: An annual fundraising concert. For example, Quartodecimanism was the practice of setting the holiday on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Nisan, which is the day of preparation for Passover. The center's website states, "Our mission is to provide an interactive enrichment program that will improve individual aptitude in reading, math, science and technology". The centre will feature extensive multi-media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area.

Historically, other forms of determining the holiday's date were also used. There will also be summer programs, weekend and community outreach programs and online learning programs. In the Western Church, Easter has not fallen on the earliest of the 35 possible dates, March 22, since 1818, and will not do so again until 2285; it fell on the latest possible date, April 25 most recently in 1943, and will next fall on that date in 2038. It is expected to be used by several thousand students each year, with a day program for grades 4 to 6 and an after school program for grades 7 to 12. See computus for a discussion covering both the traditional tabular methods and more exclusively mathematical algorithms such as the one developed by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Tiger Woods Learning Center: This is a 35,000 square foot (3,000 m²) educational facility due to open in Anaheim, California in 2005. The calculations for the date of Easter can be somewhat complicated. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; the Start Something character development program, which had had over one million participants by 2003; and the Tiger Woods Learning Center.

These suggestions have yet to attract significant support, and their adoption in the foreseeable future is deemed unlikely. Further activities added since then include participation include university scholarships, an association with Target House at St. A few clergymen of various denominations have advanced the notion of disregarding the moon altogether in determining the date of Easter; proposals include always observing the feast on the second Sunday in April, or always having seven Sundays between the Epiphany and Ash Wednesday, producing the same result except that in leap years Easter could fall on April 7. Initially these comprised golf clinics (aimed especially at disadvantaged children), and a grant program. See Reform of the date of Easter. It focuses on projects for children. The reform was proposed for implementation starting in 2001, but it was not ultimately adopted by any member body. The Tiger Woods Foundation: The Tiger Woods Foundation was established in 1996 by Tiger Woods and his father Earl.

At a summit in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, the World Council of Churches proposed a reform in the calculation of Easter which would have replaced an equation-based method of calculating Easter with direct astronomical observation; this would have side-stepped the calendar issue and eliminated the difference in date between the Eastern and Western churches. 2004 Dunlop Phoenix (Japan Golf Tour), Target World Challenge (United States - unofficial event). Since western churches now use the Gregorian calendar to calculate the date and Eastern Orthodox churches use the original Julian calendar, their dates are not usually aligned in the present day. 2002 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe (PGA European Tour), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event). Churches in western continental Europe used a late Roman method until the late 8th century during the reign of Charlemagne, when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. 2001 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe (PGA European Tour), Williams World Challenge (United States - unofficial event), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event). Most churches in the British Isles used a late third century Roman method to determine Easter until they adopted the Alexandrian method at the Synod of Whitby in 664. 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic (co-sanctioned by Asian Tour and PGA European Tour), World Cup of Golf: team (unofficial event - with David Duval), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event).

The Church of Rome used its own methods to determine Easter until the 6th century, when it may have adopted the Alexandrian method as converted into the Julian calendar by Dionysius Exiguus (certain proof of this does not exist until the ninth century). 1999 Deutsche Bank Open-TPC of Europe (PGA European Tour), World Cup of Golf: individual (unofficial event), World Cup of Golf: team (unofficial event - with Mark O'Meara), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event). During the Middle Ages this practice was more succinctly phrased as Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox. 1998 Johnnie Walker Classic (co-sanctioned by Asian Tour and PGA European Tour), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event). The practice of this city was to celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the earliest fourteenth day of a lunar month that occurred on or after March 21. 1997 Asian Honda Classic (Asian Tour). Instead, the matter seems to have been referred to the church of Alexandria, which city had the best name for scholarship at the time. 2005 Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, The Masters.

At the First Council of Nicaea in 325 it was decided that Easter would be celebrated on the same Sunday throughout the Church, but it is probable that no method was specified by the Council (unfortunately no verbatim account of the Council's decisions has survived). 2004 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter for contention. 2003 Buick Invitational, WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires, 100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest, WGC-American Express Championship. Instead, they are based on a lunar calendar similar—but not identical—to the Hebrew Calendar. Open, Buick Open, WGC-American Express Championship. Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts, in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars (which follow the motion of the sun and the seasons). 2002 Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires, The Masters, U.S.

The following day, Easter Monday, is recognized as a legal holiday in most countries with a generally Christian tradition, but not as a rule in the United States, except formerly in a few states, all of which had dropped it by the 1980s. 2001 Bay Hill Invitational, The Players Championship, The Masters, Memorial Tournament, WGC-NEC Invitational. In Western Christianity, Easter Day always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25 inclusive. Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC Invitational, Bell Canadian Open. The Easter Bunny is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link. 2000 Mercedes Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational, Memorial Tournament, U.S. According to the 8th century Christian monk and historian Bede, this month was dedicated to the pagan fertility goddess Eostre. 1999 Buick Invitational, Memorial Tournament, Motorola Western Open, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC Invitational, National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney, The Tour Championship, WGC-American Express Championship.