Tiger Woods

American golfer

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.

Tiger Woods
Personal information
Full nameEldrick Tont Woods
NicknameTiger
Born (1975-12-30) December 30, 1975 (age 48)
Cypress, California
Height6 ft 1 in[1]
Weight185 lb[1]
Nationality United States
ResidenceJupiter Island, Florida
Spouse
(m. 2004; div. 2010)
Children2
Career
CollegeStanford University
(two years)
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins110[a]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour82 (Tied 1st all time)
European Tour41 (3rd all time)[b]
Japan Golf Tour3
Asian Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia3
Other17
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 15)
The Masters TournamentWon: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019
U.S. OpenWon: 2000, 2002, 2008
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2000, 2005, 2006
PGA ChampionshipWon: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame2021 (member page)
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
1996
PGA Player of the Year1997, 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 Trophy1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013
Byron Nelson Award1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
FedEx Cup Champion2007, 2009
Presidential Medal of Freedom2019

Early life

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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]

 
Woods in 1997

He refers to his ethnic make-up as "Cablinasian" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian).[8]

Personal life

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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]

  1. This is calculated by totalling Woods's 82 PGA Tour victories, 8 regular European Tour wins, 2 non co-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour wins, 1 non co-sanctioned Asian Tour win, and the 17 other wins in his career.
  2. These are the 15 majors, 18 WGC events, and his eight tour wins.[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tiger Woods – Profile". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Divorce decree August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  5. His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods, by Tom Callahan, 2010; The Wicked Game, by Howard Sounes, 2004
  6. Earl Woods. Telegraph (June 5, 2006). Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  7. "Earning His Stripes". AsianWeek. October 11, 1996. Archived from the original on January 16, 1998. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  8. "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. 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.

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