Though his world has become a glittering succession of private jets, chauffeured limos and room service, friends say that he is still his own easy-going, video-game-loving young self. Earl Woods wrote a book about his famous son aptly named "Training a Tiger," published in June 1997.Ī Buddhist, Woods confirms that he meditates, but not as much as he used to. Now as a professional on the green, he will smile and wave at people, but when he turns his attention to his game, he moves into a zone that is focused. When Tiger practiced as a kid, his dad would shout, wave things, run around and do whatever he could to distract him, from which the young Woods learned to focus.
His father Earl Woods, a retired military man, gave him his first golf club at the age of three and taught him concentration. His parents raised their only child to take a productive place in society. Woods was raised with love, rules, respect, confidence, and pride in his heritage that includes one-eighth Black, one-eighth American Indian, one-fourth White, one-fourth Chinese and one-fourth Thai. His coach since 1992 is Butch Harmon (born 28 August 1943 in Detroit, Michigan). In 1997 he signed endorsements with both Nike and Titleist that were worth $60 million over five years. In December 1996 and in 2000, he was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, becoming the first athlete to ever be accorded that honor twice. He left his amateur status and moved on to the pro circuit on 28 August 1996. Junior Amateur title at the age of 15 and the first to win three of them. No one has succeeded in this sport more quickly or decisively than Woods.īefore his 1996 professional debut, he was the youngest player to win the U.S. With his victory in Augusta, Georgia on 8 April 2001 Tiger Woods swept modern golf's four major championships. In his unprecedented career, he is the first player since 1937 to repeat a win in the PGA Championships. With his eight-stroke victory at the British Open, Woods became the youngest player to complete a Grand Slam on 24 July 2000, winning all four major championships: the Masters, the U.S. In 1999, he won the World Cup for both individual and team performance. He followed his victory with several more. With a record-setting score of 270, he became the youngest winner and the first person of mixed race in the 61-year history of the Masters to achieve such glory. On 13 April 1997 he catapulted to fame when he gave a record-setting performance the likes of which golf had never seen. He has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes of all time.
Photo: Angela George, license cc-by-sa-3.0 BiographyĪmerican golfer with a controversial private life, he tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
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