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Eldrick Tont " Tiger " Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. [4] Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history. [4]
Woods giving a driving demonstration aboard the USS George Washington. With the announcement "Hello, World." Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996 and signed endorsement deals worth $40 million from Nike, Inc. and $20 million from Titleist. [1] [2] These endorsement contracts were the highest in golf history up to that point.
Woods has hit a hole-in-one 20 times in the course of his lifetime, his first at the age of six. Three have come in PGA Tour competitions—at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open, 1997 Phoenix Open, and 1998 Sprint International. [10] Woods is the only professional golfer to win four majors in a row.
List of world number one male golfers. Tiger Woods, the record holder of most weeks spent as world No. 1. The following is a list of golfers who have been top of the Official World Golf Ranking (originally known as the Sony Ranking), since the rankings started on April 6, 1986. As of June 30, 2024, Scottie Scheffler is the number one ranked golfer.
Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈěːlɪn ˈnûːɖɛˌɡreːn]; born 1 January 1980) [1] is the Swedish-born ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods. Nordegren has worked as a model and nanny.
Earl Woods. Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was the father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively over his first years in the sport. He later published two books about the process.
Full name: Cheyenne Nicole Woods: Born July 25, 1990 (age 33) ... She is a daughter of Susan Woods and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half ...
Woods competed in other events that were tour-sanctioned, earned unofficial money, and earned OWGR points. These were: 1998 Cisco World Match Play Championship (2nd place, US$150,000) 1998 Million Dollar Challenge (2nd place, US$250,000) All World Challenge events beginning in 2010.