| 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 |
| 1979 | Shoots a 48, over nine holes, at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California |
| 1981 | Featured in Golf Digest magazine and on television in 'That's Incredible'. |
| 1984 | Wins the Optimist International Junior World Golf Championships
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| 1985 | Wins the Optimist International Junior World Golf Championships |
| 1988 | Wins the Optimist International Junior World Golf Championships |
| 1989 | Wins the Optimist International Junior World Golf Championships |
| 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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