TIGER WOODS
Tiger Wood is one of the most popular Golf Player in America and also the best golfer in the world. The world number one golf player Tiger Woods is currently the top earner among the US athletes. The second on the list of top earners is another golf player Mickelson and The top 50 earners includes 22 basketball players, 14 baseball players, nine NFL players, and two NASCAR drivers. Tiger woods earned $5.775 million on last year’s PGA Tour, in comparison to $10.867 million in 2007.
BIOGRAPHY
Tiger Wood was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California. He was the only child of Earl and Kultida Woods. His father Earl Woods was a lieutenant colonel in the Army and a former Green Beret. He was grown up in Orange County, California and his parents identified their son’s talent at an early age. At the age of eight, Woods had become extremely proficient at the game. He had graduated from Western High School in Anaheim in 1994 and had studied at Stanford University, and won a number of amateur U.S. Golf titles before turning professional in 1996. He had won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and the U.S. Amateur title in 1994, 1995, and 1996. He had played his first professional tournament in 1992. Tiger became the professional golfer in 1996. In that year, he had played in eight official PGA tour events and also won two of them. He had won $790,594 and finished 24th on the final 1996 money list for professional golfers. In 1997, he became the youngest player to win the Master and the youngest ever world number one golfer when he was 21 years old. He had also won ‘The Masters’ in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005, the ‘PGA Championship’ in 1999, 2000 and 2006, the ‘British Open’ in 2000, 2005 and 2006, and the ‘U.S. Open’ in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Tiger woods married to 24 year old, Elin Nordegren. They first met at the British Open when Elin was working for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik in 2001. Tiger had a daughter, Sam Alexis Woods and a son Charlie Axel. In June 2006, Tiger Woods has played in the US Open. In 2007, he had won his 13th major victory in the USPGA. In 2008, Tiger Woods won his third ‘WGC Match Play Championship with a record 8 and 7 win over Stewart Cink. It was his sixth straight tournament success. In the same year, he has won the ‘US Open’, and it was his 14th Major title. On 29th March 2009, Woods won his first title of the year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he was five strokes behind Sean O’Hair entering the final round. He had also won his second event of 2009 at the Memorial Tournament, and it was his 67th PGA Tour victory. In 109th ‘US Open Golf Championship’, Tiger Woods has finished in 6th place with 4 shots.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Tiger Woods had achieved many awards in his career. He had won the ‘U.S. Junior Amateur Championships’ in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and the ‘U.S. Amateur title’ in 1994, 1995, and 1996. He had also won ‘The Masters’ in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005, the ‘PGA Championship’ in 1999, 2000 and 2006, the ‘British Open’ in 2000, 2005 and 2006, and the ‘U.S. Open’ in 2000 and 2002. He was the best male golfer in 2003 and 2005. Woods won the “World Sportsman of the Year” award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000 and 2001, won his fourth event in the 2000 season, with a five-shot victory over Ernie Els and Justin Leonard. During 1999, Woods picked up his second PGA Tour win, with a two-shot victory over Vijay Singh. Woods was named 1997 ‘PGA Player of the Year’ after four wins. Woods won his first international event in his mother’s homeland, Thailand, with a victory in the Asian Honda Classic.