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Name: Tiger Woods - Eldrick Tiger Woods
Sport: Golf
Date of Birth: December 30th, 1975
Hometown: Cypress, California
Marital Status: Married to Swedish Model Elin Nordegren

Since his professional debut, Tiger Woods has undisputedly climbed the ladder of success to make himself known as the best golfer the world has ever seen. He has won 61 PGA tours, and has a total of 81 total tournament wins in his short, but extremely successful career. As of 2006, Tiger Woods was the richest athlete in the world.

Childhood:

Earl and Kultida Woods gave birth to a son on December 30th, 1975 and gave him the name Eldrick Tiger Woods. A friend of Earl continually called Eldrick “Tiger” and the name stuck, especially as Woods’ fame climbed.

When Tiger was a boy, he played golf with his father, and is well known for his appearance on the Mike Douglas Show at the age of 2, showing promise even as a toddler. And he has the accomplishments to back it up. He made his first hole-in-one at age 6, and at the age of 14, he got 2nd place in the PGA National Junior Championship.

College Career:

Tiger attended Stanford University; where he won several colligate events, the William Tucker Invitational and other awards. In 1995, he was named Stanford’s Male Freshman of the Year (an award that didn’t just limit him to golf, but all sports). He also participated in the Masters, his first PGA tournament, and he was the only amateur to make the grade, and tied for 41st.  Tiger did not finish Stanford, but went on to play professional golf after two years at the University.

Professional Career:

Tiger’s professional career officially started in 1996. He signed two endorsement deals right off of the bat with Nike ($40M) and Titleist ($20M). On top of these two major deals, He was named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and PGA Rookie of the Year after tying 60th in his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open.

In the following April, Tiger set a record win of 12 strokes at the Masters, his first Major win in the professionals. Later that year, he gathered up three major wins at three other PGA events, and within 42 short weeks, he was already ranked as number one on the Official World Golf Rankings.

From 1999 and on until 2003 marked the very pinnacle of success for Woods, accumulating over 30 PGA tour wins, and 7 of them being major PGA events. He was named the PGA Tour Player of The Year from 1999 – 2003.

The following year didn’t seem to contain the same Tiger Woods as the previous years, and although Woods won 6 PGA tour events between the year 2003 and 2004, he did not win one single major PGA event. Although rumors of Tiger’s sudden sloppiness was due to a personal issue, but he later clarified that he would be back on top after he was finished tending to the new swing technique he was trying to develop.

In 2005, Tiger found his stride again, and he began pulling in the wins. However, this streak was interrupted by the death of his father, Earl, in May of 2006. Tiger took a break to be with his family. He returned with force and accuracy, hitting 92% of his shots in the Open Championship on the fairway. After his father’s death, he won 6 consecutive PGA events.

In 2007, the world saw the same old Tiger. He was named PGA player of the year again for the 9th time in his career, he was the PGA Tour money leader, and he also won his 7th Vardon Trophy.  Tiger Woods has been called one of the most amazing athletes of his time, and he has the successful (and rather condensed) career to prove it.

Major Events:

In Orlando, Florida, Elin gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter, Sam Alexis Woods on June 18, 2007.

Awards:

1996:

• PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
• Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year”
• Stanford University Collegiate Player of the Year
• Fred Haskins Award

1997:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
• Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

1998:

• Mark H. McCormack Award
• ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete

1999:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award
• Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
• Anderson Consulting Medal for best performance in WGC events
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

2000:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award
• Laureus World Sports Awards
• Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year”
• ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
• Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
• Royal Canadian Golf Association Triple Crown Trophy
• Palm Performance Award as leading money winner on TOUR West Coast Swing
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Fall Finish Award as leading money winner on TOUR’s fall schedule
• Anderson Consulting Medal for best performance in WGC events
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality
• ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete

2001:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award
• Laureus World Sports Awards
• ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete

2002:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award
• ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete

2003:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award

2004:

• Mark H. McCormack Award

2005:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award

2006:

• PGA Tour Player of the Year
• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Byron Nelson Award
• Mark H. McCormack Award
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

2007:

• PGA Player of the Year
• PGA Tour Money Leader
• Vardon Trophy
• Byron Nelson Award

Websites:

www.TigerWoods.com