 |  | | Full Name: | Eldrick Woods | | | Birthday: | 12/30/1975 | | | Sign: | Capricorn | | | Eye Color: | Brown Height: 6' 1" | | | Hometown: | Tiger was born in Cypress, California. He currently lives in Florida. | | | | | Relationship Status: | Tiger married Swedish model,Elin Nordegren,on October 5, 2004. | | | Big Break: | Tiger’s first year as a professional golfer was 1996. That very first year, he won the Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year” title and was named the PGA Rookie of the Year. In April 1997, Tiger won The Masters golf tournament by a record 12 strokes, and was soon thereafter recognized as the #1 golfer in the world. He has occupied the #1 sport for more weeks than anyone in history. | | | Best Known For: | Tiger is one of the most successful golfers of all time. He has more career major wins than any other active player. In 2005, when he earned $87 million, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in the world. | | | Cool Facts: | Tiger is well known for his ability to hit his way out of sand traps and other obstacles by making shots that other golfers would not even dream of attempting. In the 14th hole of the second round of the 2006 British Open Championship, standing in a location where he could not even see the hole, Tiger hit a ball more than 200 yards into the cup. In one 2000 tournament, he made a perfect shot while playing in total darkness. Tiger wears a red shirt to symbolize aggressiveness in the final round of most tournaments he plays. | | | Quick Bio: | Tiger Woods was born to Earl Woods, a retired U.S. army lieutenant colonel and Kutilda Woods, a native of Thailand, on December 30, 1975. He took up the sport of golf when he was still in diapers, before his second birthday. From the time Tiger came down off his high chair to try his hand at putting, his father did everything possible to nurture and encourage his phenomenally talented son. At the age of two, Tiger was invited onto the “Mike Douglas Show” to demonstrate his putting skills in a contest with comedian Bob Hope. ABC featured him at age five in a show called “That’s Incredible.” Tiger won his first Junior World Golf Championship
at the age of eight, his first of six such titles. As a young man, Tiger won numerous amateur gold championships. Tiger entered Stanford University in 1994, but quit after two years to become a professional golfer. Since 1996, his remarkable debut year on the PGA Tour, Tiger has gone on to have one of the most remarkable careers in the history of professional sports. In 2001, he became the first player in history to hold all four major championship titles at the same time. Since not all four titles were won in the same calendar year, this achievement was nicknamed “The Tiger Slam.” In addition to his golf earnings, Tiger has made hundreds of millions of dollars for product endorsements and commercials for companies including Nike, American Express, General Motors and General Mills. Tiger has been very active in sharing his good fortune and raising money to help underprivileged children. In 1996, Wood and his father created The Tiger Woods Foundation, which sponsors golf clinics and university scholarships. The programs and activities of this foundation have served over one million children around the country. | | | Other Notes: | Want to have some fun with Tiger? Check out his word search puzzle! | | | |
