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1975 |
Date of Birth: Born on
December 30 Eldrick T. Woods
Place of Birth : Southern California
Parents: Father - Earl Woods a retired U.S. Army
Lieutenant Colonel
Mother:
Kultida whose homeland was Thailand
Nationality: American
Ancestry: Quarter Chinese, Quarter Thai, Quarter
African, Eighth Native American, Eighth Dutch.
Early Years: Raised in Cypress, California
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1978 |
First TV appearance on the
Mike Douglas Show where he played golf with Bob Hope |
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1979 |
Shoots a 48, over nine holes,
at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California |
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1981 |
Featured in Golf Digest
magazine and on television in 'That's Incredible'. |
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1984 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships
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1985 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships |
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1988 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships |
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1989 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships |
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1990 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships
Voted Southern California Amateur Player of the Year
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1991 |
Wins the Optimist
International Junior World Golf Championships
Voted Southern California Amateur Player of the Year
Amateur Player of the Year by Golf Digest.
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1992 |
Defends title and wins at the
U.S. Junior National Championships
Competes in his first PGA Tour event at the Nissan
Los Angeles Open.
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1994 |
Graduated from Western High
School, Anaheim, California
Attends Stanford University
Wins first collegiate event, the William Tucker
Invitational.
Wins the U.S. Amateur Championship at the TPC at
Sawgrass
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1995 |
Attends Stanford University
Defends title as U.S. Amateur champion
NCAA First Team All-American
Voted Stanford's Male Freshman of the Year
Participates in the Masters, his first PGA major
tournament
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1996 |
August: Drops out of
Stanford University to become a Golf Professional in
August.
PGA Tour win at Las Vegas Invitational, Walt Disney
World/Oldsmobile Classic
NCAA individual men's championship
Voted Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
Advertising Revenue: Signs endorsements worth $40
million from Nike and $20 million from Titleist.
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1997 |
PGA Tour wins at Mercedes
Championships, The Masters, GTE Byron Nelson Golf
Classic, Motorola Western Open
Major Achievements: Becomes the youngest Masters
winner in history and the first of African/Asian
descent.
Voted PGA Player of the Year
Voted Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year.
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1998 |
Wins the PGA BellSouth Classic
Achieves No. 1 world ranking.
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1999 |
PGA Player of the Year
Wins at the Buick Invitational, Memorial Tournament,
Motorola Western Open, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC
Invitational, National Car Rental Golf
Classic/Disney and the Tour Championship
Voted AP Male Athlete of the Year
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2000 |
PGA Player of the Year
PGA Tour wins at the Open Championship, Mercedes
Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am,
Bay Hill Invitational, Memorial Tournament, U.S.
Open, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC Invitational and the
Bell Canadian Open
Major achievement: Becomes the youngest player in
history to complete the career Grand Slam by winning
the British Open by eight strokes.
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2001 |
PGA Player of the Year
Wins the Masters tournament and the Bay Hill
Invitational, The Players Championship, Memorial
Tournament, WGC-NEC Invitational
Tiger meets Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren
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2002 |
Wins second consecutive
Masters
Win his second U.S. Open at Bethpage Black.
Wins the Bay Hill Invitational, U.S. Open, Buick
Open, WGC-American Express Championship
Major Achievements: Becomes the youngest
golfer in history to win seven PGA majors.
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2003 |
Wins the Buick Invitational,
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Bay Hill
Invitational, 100th Western Open and the WGC-American
Express Championship
Tiger becomes engaged to Elin Nordegren
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2004 |
Wins the WGC-Accenture Match
Play Championship
Wins the Dunlop Phoenix (Japan Golf Tour)
Target World Challenge
October: Tiger marries Elin Nordegren in Barbados
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2005 |
Wins the Buick Invitational
Tiger wins the British Open
Wins the Ford Championship at Doral
Wins the Masters for the fourth time.
Achievements: Tiger Woods joined six-time winner
Jack Nicklaus and four-time winner Arnold Palmer as
the only players to win four or more Masters.
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2006 |
Wins the Buick Invitational at
Torrey Pines
British Open
PGA Championship
May: The father of Tiger, Earl Woods sadly died of
cancer at the age of 74
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