Tiger Woods - World's No. 1 Golfer - Profile

Tiger Woods
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Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
Nationality United States
Birth December 30, 1975
Cypress, California
Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lbs (84 kg)
Residence Jupiter Island, Florida
College Stanford University (for two years)
Turned Pro 1996
Current tour PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins 75 (PGA Tour: 54, other individual: 19, 2-man team: 2)
Major Championship results
Wins: 12
Masters Won 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
U.S. Open Won 2000, 2002
British Open Won 2000, 2005, 2006
PGA Championship Won 1999, 2000, 2006
Awards
Rookie of the Year 1996
PGA Tour
Money Winner 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
PGA Tour
Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Vardon Trophy 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Byron Nelson Award 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Mark H. McCormack Award 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2005, having earned an estimated $87 million.[1] In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his eleventh and twelfth professional major golf championships[2] and has more wins on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer. He is the only active golfer currently in the top 10 in either career major wins or career PGA Tour wins.

Woods, who is multiracial, is credited with prompting a major surge of interest in the game of golf among minorities and young people in the United States.
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