The birth name of "Tiger" Woods is Eldrick Tont Woods. Tiger Wood name is given to him by golf fans. This great golf player was born on December 30 ,1975 in Cypress, California and grew up in Orange County, California. He was introduced to golf before the age of two, by his athletic father Earl . When he was attending Western High School in Anaheim at the age of 15, Woods became the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur champion in 1991 ,this record stood untouched until it was broken by Jin Liu in 2010. He is an American professional golfer whose achievements from the time he has started to the present time has rank him among the most successful golfers of all time.
He was actually the World No. 1, Tiger wood is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, he has estimatedly earned US$90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010 only. Tiger Woods has won about 14 professional major golf championships, which is the second highest of any male player . #1 is Jack Nicklaus, who leads with 18. Woods has won 71 PGA Tour events, in which he came third all time behind Sam Snead and Nicklaus.Tiger Woods has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins much more than any other active golfer does. Woods is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and is the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour consequently. Even, Tiger Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, who have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. He has won 16 World Golf Championships. Tiger Woods is on the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the largest total number of weeks of any other golfer. Woods has been awarded PGA Player of the Year for a record ten times, he also got the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in nine diff. seasons. On 31 October, 2010,Tiger Woods lost the world number one ranking to Lee Westwood. On November7, 2011, Woods is ranked #58 in the world. This is his lowest rank Woods ever had, since October 19, 1996, 15 years ago, when Tiger Woods was ranked 61st; he had turned professional in late August 1996. Woods is currently the #23 ranked American golfer. Since mid-November 2009, Woods has been winless worldwide for two years, it is the longest streak without a title of his professional career. Woods is winless on the PGA Tour since September 2009. Tiger Woods is expected to regain his position, in the upcoming year, by his fans.
He was actually the World No. 1, Tiger wood is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, he has estimatedly earned US$90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010 only. Tiger Woods has won about 14 professional major golf championships, which is the second highest of any male player . #1 is Jack Nicklaus, who leads with 18. Woods has won 71 PGA Tour events, in which he came third all time behind Sam Snead and Nicklaus.Tiger Woods has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins much more than any other active golfer does. Woods is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and is the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour consequently. Even, Tiger Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, who have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. He has won 16 World Golf Championships. Tiger Woods is on the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the largest total number of weeks of any other golfer. Woods has been awarded PGA Player of the Year for a record ten times, he also got the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in nine diff. seasons. On 31 October, 2010,Tiger Woods lost the world number one ranking to Lee Westwood. On November7, 2011, Woods is ranked #58 in the world. This is his lowest rank Woods ever had, since October 19, 1996, 15 years ago, when Tiger Woods was ranked 61st; he had turned professional in late August 1996. Woods is currently the #23 ranked American golfer. Since mid-November 2009, Woods has been winless worldwide for two years, it is the longest streak without a title of his professional career. Woods is winless on the PGA Tour since September 2009. Tiger Woods is expected to regain his position, in the upcoming year, by his fans.
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