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Pr
o gol
f
er Ti
ger Woods was
bor
n i
n Cy
pr
es
s
, Cal
i
f
or
ni
a,
i
n 1975. He won t
he U.
S.
Mas
t
er
s at
Augus
t
a i
n 1997
wi
t
h a r
ec
or
d s
c
or
e at age
21, mak
i
ng hi
m t
he
y
ounges
t man and t
he f
i
r
s
t
Af
r
i
c
an Amer
i
c
an t
o ear
n
t
he t
i
t
l
e. Woods won
anot
her 13 maj
or
s and was
named t
he PGA Pl
ay
er of
t
he Year 10 t
i
mes ov
er t
he
nex
t 12 y
ear
s
, but he
s
t
r
uggl
ed t
o r
egai
n hi
s t
op
f
or
m af
t
er per
s
onal
pr
obl
ems s
ur
f
ac
ed i
n 2009.
At
hl
et
e El
dr
i
c
k T
ont Woods
, bet
t
er k
nown as
Ti
ger Woods
, was bor
n on Dec
ember 30, 1975,
i
n Cy
pr
es
s
, Cal
i
f
or
ni
a, t
he onl
y c
hi
l
d of an
Af
r
i
c
an-
Amer
i
c
an Ar
my of
f
i
c
er f
at
her and a Thai
mot
her
. When Woods was a c
hi
l
d, hi
s f
at
her
began c
al
l
i
ng hi
m "
Ti
ger
" i
n honor of a f
el
l
ow
s
ol
di
er and f
r
i
end who had t
he s
ame moni
k
er
.
Ar
ound t
hi
s s
ame t
i
me, Woods l
ear
ned t
o pl
ay
gol
f
. Hi
s f
at
her
, Ear
l
, s
er
v
ed as hi
s t
eac
her and
ment
or
.
Ar
ound t
he age of 8, Woods had
bec
ome ex
t
r
emel
y pr
of
i
c
i
ent at t
he game, ev
en
s
howi
ng of
f hi
s s
k
i
l
l
s on t
el
ev
i
s
i
on s
hows s
uc
h
as Good Mor
ni
ng Amer
i
c
a.
t
udi
ed at St
anf
or
d Uni
v
er
s
i
t
y
, and won
W oods s
a number of amat
eur U.
S. gol
f t
i
t
l
es bef
or
e
t
ur
ni
ng pr
of
es
s
i
onal
i
n 1996. He s
hot t
o f
ame
af
t
er wi
nni
ng t
he U.
S. Mas
t
er
s at
Augus
t
a i
n
1997—wi
t
h a r
ec
or
d s
c
or
e of 270—at t
he age
of 21. Woods was t
he y
ounges
t man t
o ear
n
t
he t
i
t
l
e, and t
he f
i
r
s
t
Af
r
i
c
an-
Amer
i
c
an t
o
ac
c
ompl
i
s
h t
hi
s f
eat
.
I
n hi
s f
i
r
s
t appear
anc
e at t
he Br
i
t
i
s
h Open l
at
er
t
hat y
ear
, Woods t
i
ed t
he c
our
s
e r
ec
or
d of 64.
The nex
t f
ew y
ear
s br
ought ev
en mor
e
s
uc
c
es
s
es
, i
nc
l
udi
ng f
our U.
S. PGA t
i
t
l
es
, t
hr
ee
U.
S. Open wi
ns
, t
hr
ee Open Champi
ons
hi
p
wi
ns
, and t
hr
ee U.
S. Mas
t
er
s wi
ns
.
I
n 2003, among Woods
'
s f
i
v
e wi
ns wer
e t
he
Bui
c
k I
nv
i
t
at
i
onal
and t
he Wes
t
er
n Open. The
nex
t y
ear
, Woods won onl
y one of
f
i
c
i
al
PGA
T
our c
hampi
ons
hi
p. Whi
l
e he may hav
e had
s
ome c
hal
l
enges on t
he c
our
s
e, hi
s per
s
onal
l
i
f
e was r
unni
ng s
moot
hl
y
. Woods mar
r
i
ed hi
s
l
ongt
i
me gi
r
l
f
r
i
end El
i
n Nor
degr
en, a Swedi
s
h
model
, i
n Oc
t
ober of 2004.
Ret
ur
ni
ng t
o domi
nat
e t
he s
por
t
, he won s
i
x
c
hampi
ons
hi
ps i
n 2005 and was v
ot
ed t
he PGA
T
our Pl
ay
er of Year f
or t
he s
ev
ent
h t
i
me i
n ni
ne
y
ear
s
.
The Ret
ur
n of
GER WOODS
TI