Tiger Woods

full name:

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods

bio:

Among the greatest golfers of all time, winner of 11 Majors..

also known as:

Tiger. Nicknamed "Tiger" after a Vietnamese soldier who was a friend of his father’s in Vietnam

born:

December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California

family:

• parents are Earl and Kultida Woods
• Tiger is their only child
• Father died in 2006
• Tiger has two half-brothers, Earl Jr.(1955), Kevin (1957), and one half-sister Royce (1958) from the 18 year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gary
• Married to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model, on October 5, 2004

physical profile:

height: 6'2"
weight: approx. 180 lbs

sport:

Golf

achievements:

• won U.S. Junior Ameteur three times also (1991, 92, 93)
• won the U.S. Ameteur three times (1994, 95, and 96)
• Masters 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
  
• U.S. Open 2000, 2002
  
• British Open 2000, 2005, 2006
  
• U.S. PGA 1999, 2000

other interests:

Tiger Woods Foundation, chaired by father Earl, created to provide minority participation in golf and related activities

what you may not know:

• his father Earl Woods was half black, one-quarter American Indian and one-quarter Chinese. His mother Kultida is half Thai, one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter white.
• Tiger putted against Bob Hope on the "Mike Douglas Show" at age 2, shot 48 for nine holes at age 3 and was featured in Golf Digest at age 5.
• Eldrick attended Western High School.
• He was a student at Stanford University, but dropped out to become a professional golfer in his junior year
• He turned pro in 1996
• His first tournament as a pro was on August 29, 1996 at the Greater Milwaukee Open, in which he tied for 60th place.
• His first win was the Los Vegas Invitational in which he defeated Davis Love III in sudden death.
• He is a Buddhist
• He refers to his ethnic make-up as Cablinasian (a portmanteau of Caucasian, Black, American-Indian, and Asian), a term he made up himself.