Eldrick Woods, better known as Tiger Woods was born on December 30 1975 in Cypress, California.
He took the nickname ‘Tiger’ after a friend of his father’s in Vietnam.
Tiger Woods at a young age has broken an incredible number of golfing records and his performances up until 2005 were outstanding.
Woods is the only player to have won both the U.S. Junior Amateur and Amateur titles. In fact, he won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and the U.S. Amateur title in 1994, 1995, and 1996.
Tiger Woods played in his first professional tournament in 1992, at 16; and turned pro in 1996.
In 1997, Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters and the youngest-ever No. 1 golfer when he was 21 years old.
He continued to win consistently and in July 2000, Tiger Woods won the British Open, becoming the youngest player ever to win all four major titles: the PGA Championship, the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the British Open.
2004 saw a relative downturn in his fortunes and crtics started to question Woods’ decision to stop working with swing coach Butch Harmon. It was with Harmon that Woods had won his eight majors.
In the 2004 Ryder Cup, there was general amazement when Tiger was paired with Phil Mickelson.
In 2004 Tiger married 24 year old, Elin Nordegren. They first met at the British Open when Elin was nannying for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik in 2001.
Forbes judged Tiger Woods to be the second most powerful celebrity in 2005.
