Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years. More
Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance, winning the tournament by 12 strokes and pocketing $486,000. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as world number one. From December 2009 to early April 2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity. His many extra-marital indescretions were revealed by several different women, through many worldwide media sources. This was followed by a loss of golf form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011. He ended a career-long winless streak of 107 weeks when he captured the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011. After winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, 2013, he ascended to the No.1 ranking once again.
Tiger Woods timeline
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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is born
Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006) and Kultida (Tida) Woods (1944). He is the only child of their marriage but has two... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins his first major at the 61st Masters Tournament
Tiger Woods won his first major championship and Masters Tournament by 12 strokes over Tom Kite. Woods broke the four-day tournament low record... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 81st PGA Championship
Tiger Woods won his first PGA Championship and second overall major by one stroke over 19-year old Sergio García. At the time, many (including... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 100th U.S. Open
As the United States Golf Association wanted to begin the millennium with a memorable tournament, Pebble Beach was moved up several years in the... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 129th Open Championship, becomes youngest golfer to win all four majors
Tiger Woods won his first Open Championship and fourth major championship by eight strokes over Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els. With the victory, Woods... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship
Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major overall in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 65th Masters Tournament
Tiger Woods won his second Masters and sixth overall major championship by two strokes over David Duval. This championship marked the completion of... Read more
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Retief Goosen wins the 101st U.S. Open
The U.S. Open returned to Southern Hills for the first time since 1977, where Hubert Green appeared & won in his first major championship. Players... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 66th Masters
The 2002 Masters Tournament was the 66th Masters Tournament played from April 11-14, 2002 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his third... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 102nd U.S. Open
The tournament was won by the American golfer Tiger Woods, his second U.S. Open victory and eighth major championship win of his career. He won the... Read more
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Rich Beem edges out Tiger Woods to win the 84th PGA Championship
A relatively unknown golfer, Rich Beem, came out of nowhere to win his only major championship by one stroke over Tiger Woods. Read more
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Tiger Woods wins his fourth Masters at the 69th Tournament
I was just trying to throw the ball up there on the hill and let it feed down there and hopefully have a makeable putt. All of a sudden, it looked... Read more
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Michael Campbell holds off Tiger Woods to win the 105th U.S. Open
New Zealand's Michael Campbell held off a late charge by Tiger Woods to win the 105th US Open at Pinehurst. The 36-year-old carded a final-round... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 134th Open Championship
Tiger Woods pulled away from Colin Montgomerie for a five shot victory. The win was his second overall and his second at St. Andrews. Tiger... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 135th Open Championship
Tiger Woods completed one of the best ball-striking weeks of his career to retain his British Open title with an emotional two-shot victory over... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins his 12th major at the 88th PGA Championship
The PGA Championship returned to Medinah for the first time since 1999 when Tiger Woods captured his first PGA Championship. At the longest course... Read more
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Angel Cabrera wins the 107th U.S. Open
The U.S. Open returned to Oakmont for the first time since 1994 when Ernie Els captured his first major championship. Ángel Cabrera won the... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins his fourth PGA Championship
Tiger Woods survived a few anxious moments on the back nine to clinch his fourth U.S. PGA Championship and 13th major title with a two-shot victory... Read more
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Trevor Immelman wins the 72nd Masters
Trevor Immelman won with a score of -8 (280) and became the first winner since Raymond Floyd in 1976 to hold the lead at the end of each of the... Read more
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Tiger Woods wins the 108th U.S. Open
Tiger Woods, in clear agony after his recent left knee operation, completed a staggering U.S.Open victory on Monday by defeating fellow-American... Read more
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Angel Cabrera wins the 73rd Masters
The Masters delivered the show everyone wanted and a champion no one expected. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket... Read more
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Y.E. Yang wins the 91st PGA Championship
Prior to 2009 the last major played at Hazeltine was the 2002 PGA Championship, the 84th PGA Championship, which was won by Rich Beem. The 2009... Read more
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Tiger Woods is Hospitalized After Crashing his Cadillac Escalade
Tiger Woods caused $3,200 in property damage, wasn't wearing a seat belt and was driving erratically outside his Florida home before crashing into... Read more
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Tiger Woods Publicly Apologizes About Alleged Affair
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family... Read more
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Taiwanese Animated Recreation of Tiger Woods Crash Becomes Internet Hit
An animation from Taiwan showing a very Asian-looking Woods crashing his car was an Internet hit, and a country-western song about him was... Read more