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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and as one of the most famous athletes in modern history. Woods is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, holds numerous golf records, and is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at age 20. In April 1997 he won his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by 12 strokes in a record-setting performance. He reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in June 1997, less than a year after turning professional. At the 2000 U.S. Open Woods won by a major record 15 strokes which is regarded by many as the greatest performance in golf history. After winning the 2001 Masters he became the only player to win four consecutive major championships in a one-year period in a feat known as the "Tiger Slam". Woods dominated men's golf throughout the first decade of the 21st century, holding the world's top ranking from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 consecutive weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 consecutive weeks). The following decade was marked by comebacks from personal issues and injuries. He took a self‑imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to April 2010 to address marital problems. Woods fell to number 58 in the world rankings in November 2011 before returning to the number‑one position between March 2013 and May 2014. Injuries led to four back surgeries between 2014 and 2017, and he competed in only one tournament between August 2015 and January 2018, dropping out of the world's top 1,000 players. After returning to regular competition, he won the Tour Championship in September 2018—his first victory in five years—and the 2019 Masters, his first major in 11 years. Woods holds numerous golf records. He has spent the most consecutive weeks and the most total weeks as the world's number‑one player. He has been named PGA Player of the Year a record 11 times, and he led the PGA Tour money list in 10 seasons. He has won 15 major golf championships (second only to Jack Nicklaus's 18) and 82 PGA Tour events (tied with Sam Snead for the all-time record). Woods is one of six men to complete the career Grand Slam, along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Nicklaus, and Rory McIlroy. He is the youngest to do so, and one of two golfers—along with Nicklaus—to achieve the career Grand Slam three times. He was a member of the winning United States team at the 1999 Ryder Cup and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in May 2019. Woods was awarded AP Athlete of the Year four times and AP Athlete of the Decade of the 2000s. He was also awarded Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year three times and the Laureus World Sports Sportsman of the Year twice. Woods was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2004, 2009 and 2019, which is tied for the second most selections for a professional athlete. He has been listed by Forbes as the highest paid athlete in the world for a record 11 years, including for 10 straight years from 2002 to 2011. As of April 2026, his net worth was estimated at US$1.5 billion by Forbes. On February 23, 2021, Woods was hospitalized after a single‑car collision and underwent emergency surgery for compound fractures in his right leg and a shattered ankle. In a November 2021 interview with Golf Digest, he stated that his full‑time professional career was over, though he intended to play a limited schedule. He returned to the PGA Tour at the 2022 Masters. In 2026, Woods was involved in another car crash and reached a plea deal for willful reckless driving.

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• Tiger Woods | Biography, Majors, Masters, Car Accident, Leg Injury, & Family

  Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975, Cypress, California, U.S.) is an American golfer who dominated professional golf in the late 1990s and early 2000s, becoming the first player to win the four major tournaments consecutively. In 1997, Woods, one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, became the first golfer of either African American or Asian descent to win the Masters Tournament, one of the most prestigious events in the sport. He would win it four more times, putting him behind only Jack Nicklaus for most Masters’ victories. ## Childhood and amateur career [...] By the 1990s it seemed inconceivable that any single player would come along to challenge Nicklaus’s dominance, Palmer’s popularity, or Hogan’s precision. The inconceivable happened in 1997 with the emergence of Tiger Woods. Heavily touted in the press for years as a child prodigy (he is reported to have shot 48 for nine holes at age three), Woods at age 21 fulfilled his promise by winning the 1997 Masters with a record score of 270 and by a record margin of 12 strokes. At his young age he was already one of the most powerful and disciplined players in golf history, his game exhibiting no weaknesses in any area. Woods went on to achieve within the next four years what many top golfers can only dream of accomplishing within a lifetime. At age 24 he utterly dominated the U.S. Open and Open [...] On July 23, 2000, Woods became the fifth player in golf history, and the youngest, to complete the career Grand Slam of the four major championships by winning the British Open. (In 1930, when Bobby Jones won the only calendar-year Grand Slam, the four major tournaments were the U.S. Open, the British Open, the U.S. Amateur, and the British Amateur championships.) Woods’s victory by a comfortable 8 strokes was a record-setting 19 strokes under par. He won back-to-back Masters titles in 2001 and 2002. With his victory at the 2001 Masters, Woods became the first player to win consecutively the four major tournaments of golf—the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open (Open Championship), and the PGA Championship. The feat was named the “Tiger Slam.”

• Tiger Woods | TGL Player Bio

  Feb 02, 2026 41 sec ## Best of Tiger Woods Mic'd Up vs. LAGC Jan 22, 2026 7:52 min ## Press Conference: Jupiter Links GC | Jan. 20, 2026 Jan 21, 2026 1:12 min ## Tiger Woods' Thoughts on Justin Rose's Albatross Jan 20, 2026 49 sec ## Scott Van Pelt Sits Down With Tiger Woods Jan 20, 2026 ## About Tiger Tiger Woods, born December 30, 1975, is a professional golfer and entrepreneur. Tiger first registered an interest in golf at the age of 6 months, imitating his father’s swing. Since turning professional in 1996, Tiger has built an unprecedented competitive career. He has won 15 majors, second only to Jack Nicklaus, and 82 PGA TOUR events, which is tied for first all time with Sam Snead. Height 6'1" 6 feet 1 inch Cypress, CA Turned Pro Jupiter, FL

• Biography - Tiger Woods

  > He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA TOUR, and is the career money list leader. Tiger is the son of Earl Woods, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, and his wife, Kultida, a native of Thailand. He was nicknamed Tiger after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father, Vuong Dang Phong, to whom his father had also given that nickname. He grew up in Cypress, California. He took an interest in golf at age 6 months, watching as his father hit golf balls into a net and imitating his swing. He appeared on The Mike Douglas Show at age 2, putting with Bob Hope. He shot 48 for nine holes at age 3 and was featured in Golf Digest at age 5. [...] In winning the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews, Woods became the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam of professional major championships and only the fifth ever to do so, following Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus. Tiger was also the youngest Masters champion ever, at the age of 21 years, three months and 14 days, and was the first major championship winner of African or Asian heritage. The 2000 U.S. Open and 2001 Masters victories came by record margins, 15 strokes and 12 strokes, respectively. He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA TOUR, and is the career money list leader. [...] He has 82 PGA TOUR wins, tied with Sam Snead, holding the record for most wins in history. His majors victories include the five Masters Tournaments, four PGA Championships, three U.S. Open Championships, and three British Open Championships. With his second Masters victory in 2001, Tiger became the first golfer ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time.

• Tiger Woods - Wikipedia

  1982 Tom Watson "Tom Watson (golfer)") 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Tom Watson "Tom Watson (golfer)") 1985 Lanny Wadkins 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Paul Azinger 1988 Curtis Strange 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Nick Faldo 1991 Corey Pavin 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Nick Price 1994 Nick Price 1995 Greg Norman 1996 Tom Lehman 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 Tiger Woods 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Tiger Woods 2004 Vijay Singh 2005 Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Tiger Woods 2010 Jim Furyk 2011 Luke Donald 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jordan Spieth 2016 Dustin Johnson 2017 Justin Thomas 2018 Brooks Koepka 2019 Brooks Koepka 2020 Justin Thomas 2021 Jon Rahm 2022 Cameron Smith [...] | | WGC-Invitational | | 1999 Tiger Woods 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 Tiger Woods† 2002 Craig Parry 2003 Darren Clarke 2004 Stewart Cink 2005 Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods† 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Vijay Singh 2009 Tiger Woods 2010 Hunter Mahan 2011 Adam Scott "Adam Scott (golfer)") 2012 Keegan Bradley 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Shane Lowry 2016 Dustin Johnson 2017 Hideki Matsuyama 2018 Justin Thomas 2019 Brooks Koepka 2020 Justin Thomas 2021 Abraham Ancer | | | | WGC-Champions | | 2009 Phil Mickelson 2010 Francesco Molinari 2011 Martin Kaymer 2012 Ian Poulter 2013 Dustin Johnson 2014 Bubba Watson 2015 Russell Knox 2016 Hideki Matsuyama 2017 Justin Rose 2018 Xander Schauffele 2019 Rory McIlroy 2020 Cancelled 2021 Cancelled 2022 Cancelled | | [...] # Tiger Woods

• The Biography of Tiger Woods

  Tiger Woods was the kind of transcendent star that comes around about as often as Haley's Comet by almost any measure he's the most talented golfer who has ever lived and arguably the greatest individual athlete in modern history for a 15-year span from August 1994 when he won his first of three consecutive US amateur championships as an 18-year-old High School senior to the early morning hours of November 27th 2009 when he crashed his SUV into a tree and effectively ended the most dominant run in the history of golf Woods was a human warwind of heart stopping drama and entertainment he was someone no one had ever seen or will ever see again at the height of Tiger's career golf beat the NFL and the NBA in ratings he was mobbed by fans wherever he went Kings and presidents courted him

• Award

  Presidential Medal of Freedom

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Stanford University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  writer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  12/30/1975

• Notable Work

  Albany, New Providence

• Place Of Birth

  Cypress