Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Eldrick Tont Woods |
Nickname | Tiger |
Born | December 30, 1975 Cypress, California |
Height | 6 ft 1 in[1] |
Weight | 185 lb[1] |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Jupiter Island, Florida |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
College | Stanford University (two years) |
Turned professional | 1996 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 1996) |
Professional wins | 110[a] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 82 (Tied 1st all time) |
European Tour | 41 (3rd all time)[b] |
Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
Asian Tour | 2 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 |
Other | 17 |
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 15) | |
The Masters Tournament | Won: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019 |
U.S. Open | Won: 2000, 2002, 2008 |
The Open Championship | Won: 2000, 2005, 2006 |
PGA Championship | Won: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 |
Achievements and awards | |
World Golf Hall of Fame | 2021 (member page) |
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year | 1996 |
PGA Player of the Year | 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 |
PGA Tour Player of the Year | 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 |
PGA Tour leading money winner | 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 |
Vardon Trophy | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 |
Byron Nelson Award | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
FedEx Cup Champion | 2007, 2009 |
Presidential Medal of Freedom | 2019 |
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975)[3][4] is an American professional golfer. His achievements, which include winning 70 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including 14 major championships, make him the best golfer of all time.
Early life
[change | change source]Woods was born in Cypress, California. His parents Kultida (Tida) (born 1944) and Earl Woods (1932–2006). He is the only child of their marriage. He does have two half-brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957) and a half-sister, Royce (born 1958) from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray.[5] Earl, a retired lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mostly African-American, as well as Caucasian and possible Native American and Chinese ancestry.[6] Kultida (née Punsawad), originally from Thailand (where Earl had met her on a tour of duty in 1968), is of mixed Dutch, Chinese and Thai ancestry.[7]
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He refers to his ethnic make-up as "Cablinasian" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian).[8]
Personal life
[change | change source]He is brought up as a Buddhist from childhood.
On February 23, 2021, Woods was involved in a serious car accident in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.[9] He suffered from multiple leg injuries and had surgery for non-life threatening injuries.[9]
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tiger Woods – Profile". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ↑ 2009 European Tour Official Guide Section 4, p. 577 PDF 21. European Tour. Retrieved April 21, 2009. Archived January 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sounes, Howard (2004). The Wicked Game: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and the Story of Modern Golf. Harper Collins. pp. 120–121, 293. ISBN 0-06-051386-1.
- ↑ Divorce decree August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ↑ His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods, by Tom Callahan, 2010; The Wicked Game, by Howard Sounes, 2004
- ↑ Earl Woods. Telegraph (June 5, 2006). Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Earning His Stripes". AsianWeek. October 11, 1996. Archived from the original on January 16, 1998. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Woods stars on Oprah, says he's 'Cablinasian'". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Associated Press. April 23, 1997. Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Porter, Kyle (February 23, 2021). "Tiger Woods involved in serious car wreck, pulled out with jaws of life with major damage to vehicle". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 23, 2021.