Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont " Tiger " Woods ( born December 30, 1975 is an American professional golfer who was one of the most successful golfers of all time . Woods was born in Cypress , California , to Earl ( 1932 to 2006 ) and Kultida ( Tida ) Woods ( born 1944 ) . first name Woods ' Eldrick , was invented by his mother because he started with " E " ( for Earl ) and ended with " K " ( for Kultida ) . their middle name is Tont Traditional Thai . behalf he was nicknamed Tiger in honor of a friend of his father , Colonel Vuong Dang Phong , who is also known as the Tiger . Woods grew up in Orange County , California . It was a child prodigy , introduced to golf before two years of age , by his athletic father Earl , a single figure handicap amateur player who became one of the first players of African - American college baseball for Kansas State University . in 1978, Tiger placed against comedian Bob Hope an appearance on the Mike Douglas TV Show. age three , he released a 48 over nine holes over the Cypress Navy , and at age five , he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC's That's Incredible . Before turning seven , Tiger won the lower section 10 of the old Drive , Pitch , and Putt competition , held at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress , California . In 1984 , at the age of eight , he won the 9-10 male event , the youngest age group available , at the Junior World Golf Championships . He first broke 80 at age eight . He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times , including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991 . First major national junior tournament Woods ' was the 1989 Big I , when he was 13 years old . Woods was paired with pro John Daly , then relatively unknown , in the final round , the event format placed a professional with each group of juniors who qualify . While attending Western High School in Anaheim at the age of 15 , Woods became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion .
Woods was recruited very heavily by college golf powers , and chose Stanford University , the 1994 NCAA Division I Champions . He enrolled at Stanford University in the fall of 1994 with a golf scholarship , achieving his first collegiate event , the 40th Annual William H. Tucker Invitational , September . At age 20 , in 1996 , he became the first player to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles and won the NCAA individual golf championship . In winning the Silver Medal as leading amateur at The Open Championship , he tied the record for an amateur aggregate score of 281 . He left college after two years and turned professional . In 1996, Woods came out to California , saying in 2013 that was due to charge state tax Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996, and immediately signed deals with Nike , Inc. and Titleist are classified sponsorship contracts as most useful history of golf at that time . Woods was named 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Sports Illustrated . In April 1997, he won his first major , The Masters , becoming the youngest winner of the contest . At age 24 , he became the youngest player to achieve the Career Grand Slam . In late 2000, Woods has won twenty nine PGA Tour events he entered and was broken the record for the lowest average marking the history of the tour . Win Woods ' Masters Tournament in 2001 made him the first player to hold all four major titles in professional golf , at the same time , although not in the same calendar year . In November 2003, became engaged to Elin Nordegren , a former model and daughter of former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist Thomas Nordegren Woods Swedish . They were introduced during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik players , who employed her as an au pair . They married on October 5 , 2004, in Sandy Lane resortin Barbados , and lived at Isleworth , a community in Windermere , a suburb of Orlando , Florida . In 2006 , they bought a mansion for $ 39 million Jupiter Island , Fla. . , And began to build a house of 10,000 square meters ; Woods moved there in 2010 after the couple divorced . Woods and Nordegren first child , a daughter named Sam Alexis Woods was born in 2007 . Woods chose the name because always called him his father Sam . His son, Charlie Axel Woods was born in 2009 .
Woods continued to Excel in 2007 and early 2008 . In April 2008 , he underwent knee surgery and missed the next two months on tour . Woods returned for the 2008 U.S. Open , where he struggled the first day , but later claimed a huge victory over Rocco mediate , which then mediate said : " This man things just not normal by any stretch imagination , " and Kenny Perry added . " He hit everything on one leg " After a long awaited return Woods ' in 2009 , he had a good performance , including a spectacular performance in 2009 Presidents Cup , but failed to win a major , the first year since 2004 he had not done so . After his marital infidelities came to light in late 2009 and received massive media coverage, Woods announced in December that he was taking an indefinite break from competitive golf . In February 2010, he made an apology for his behavior on television . Nowadays, many companies ended their endorsement deal with Woods . Woods returned to competition in April at the Masters Tournament in 2010 , where he finished in a tie for fourth place . Performance Hood continued to suffer in 2011 , taking its toll on your ranking . After falling to No. March 7, recovered her not . 5 , with a strong presence in 2011 Masters Tournament , where he tied for fourth . Woods began his 2012 season with two tournament ( Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro - Am ) , where he started well but struggled in the final rounds . After the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship , where he was knocked out in the second round to miss a putt 5 feet of 2013 will bring a return of the dominant game Woods ' . He won the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2013 by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour victory . It was the seventh time he has won the event . In March , he won the WGC - Cadillac also the seventh time , giving him 17 title and first since 2009 WGC . Two weeks later , he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational , winning the event for a record tying eighth time . The victory brought him back to the top of the world rankings 2013 bring a return of the dominant game Woods . He won the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2013 by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour victory . It was the seventh time he has won the event . In March , he won the WGC - Cadillac also the seventh time , giving him 17 title and first since 2009 WGC . Two weeks later , he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational , winning the event for a record tying eighth time . The victory brought him back to the top of the world rankings . Woods has had a poor showing at the U.S. Open in 2013 , as a result of an elbow injury sustained in The Player Championship . After an extended vacation due to injury , which he lost himself Greenbrier Classic and AT & T National , he returned to the Open Championship at Muirfield . Despite being in contention all week and start the final round just two stokes behind Lee Westwood , he struggled with the speed of the greens and got a 3 - over - par 74 that left him tied for sixth place , five strokes behind eventual winner Phil Mickelson . After a slow start in 2014 , Woods was injured during the Honda Classic and was unable to finish, leaving after 13 holes of the final round citing back pain . Then he competed in the WGC - CA , but was visibly in pain for much of the final round . He was forced to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational in late March 2014 and April 1, announced it would miss the Masters Tournament , the first time since 1994, after undergoing a microdiscectomy .
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