LC control no. | n 95039225 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Woods, Tiger |
Variant(s) | Woods, Eldrick |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1975-12-30 |
Place of birth | Cypress (Calif.) |
Affiliation | Nike (Firm) Stanford University Tiger Woods Foundation U.S. Open (Golf tournament) Professional Golfers' Association of America Augusta National Golf Club |
Profession or occupation | Golfers |
Found in | Tiger Woods, 1995: CIP p. 2-3 (18 yrs. old in 1994; real name is Eldrick) Tiger Woods, c1997: CIP galley (b. 1975) Tiger Woods, 1998: CIP galley (b. Dec. 30, 1975) African American National Biography, accessed September 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Woods, Tiger; Eldrick Woods; golfer; born 30 December 1975 in Cypress, Orange County, California, United States; won U.S. Amateur Championship (1994); enrolled at Stanford University, major in economics (1994); named NCAA First Team All-America; dropped out of Stanford (1996); became professional golfer with $40 million endorsement deal from Nike and $20 million deal with Titleist; won the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club (1997); won the PGA Championship (1999); won the Mercedes Championship and the U.S. Open Championship (2000); won the British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland; won the PGA Championship (2000); retained the Masters and added a second U.S. Open title (2002); established the Tiger Woods Foundation; won the USPGA Championship (2007) and the US Open (2008); PGA Player of the Year and PGA leading money winner (2007) and (2009)) |