Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cyprus, California. He is the main kid of an African-American Army officer father and a Thai mother. The point when Woods was a tyke, his father started calling him "Tiger" in distinction of an individual warrior and companion who had the same moniker. Around this same time, Woods figured out how to play golf. His father, Earl, served as his educator and coach. Around the age of 8, Woods had ended up to a great degree capable at the diversion.
In winning the 2000 British Open, Woods turned into the most youthful to finish the vocation Grand Slam of expert major titles and just the fifth ever to do in this way, taking after Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus. Tiger likewise was the most youthful Masters champion ever, at the age of 21 years, three months and 14 days, and was the first major title champ of African or Asian legacy.
Woods has broken various golf records. He has been planet number one for the most continuous weeks and for the most terrific aggregate number of weeks of whatever viable golfer. He has been recompensed PGA Player of the Year a record ten times, the Byron Nelson Award for most reduced balanced scoring normal a record eight times, and has the record of heading the cash record in nine distinctive periods.
Tiger played in his first expert competition in 1992, at age 16, at the Nissan Los Angeles Open and in three more PGA TOUR occasions in 1993. He made the 36-opening cut and tied for 34th spot in the 1994 Johnnie Walker Asian Classic in Thailand and had three extra PGA TOUR manifestations. He entered Stanford University in 1994 and in two years, he won 10 university occasions, finishing up with the NCAA title. His other novice triumphs incorporated the 1994 Western Amateur. He spoke to the United States in the 1994 World Amateur Team Championships in France and the 1995 Walker Cup Match in Wales.
Woods turned into an expert golfer in August 1996, and instantly marked arrangements with Nike, Inc. furthermore Titleist that stacked up as the most lucrative support contracts in golf history around then. Woods was named Sports Illustrated's 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. In April 1997, he won his first major, the Masters, turning into the competition's most youthful ever victor.
Woods' individual life additionally appeared to be getting ugly, as news of a conceivable separation settlement hit media outlets. The supposed $750 million settlement purportedly incorporated lands in Sweden, and the family home in California for Nordegren, in return for his wife's lasting hush on Woods' philandering. Reports likewise said Nordegren held full physical care of their 3-year-old little girl and 1-year-old child, and Woods concurred not to acquaint his kids with another lady unless he wedded her. Assuming that the separation settlement is finished, it will be one of the biggest settlements in history.
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