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Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods[1][2][3] (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007, having earned an estimated $122 million from winnings and endorsements. According to Golf Digest, Woods made $769,440,709 from 1996 to 2007,[4] and the magazine predicts that by 2010, Woods will become the world's first athlete to pass one billion dollars in earnings.[5]

Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 65 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.

Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus' record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year more than once.

Woods, who is multiracial, is credited with prompting a major surge of interest in the game of golf. He dramatically increased attendance and TV ratings and generated interest among a multicultural audience in a game that used to be considered insular and elitist.[6][7]

After winning the 2008 U.S. Open, Woods is sitting out the rest of the 2008 PGA Tour, missing two major championships and the 2008 Ryder Cup, in order to concentrate on the rehabilitation of his injured left knee.[8]

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  1. ^ Anderson, Dave (2001-05-03). "Sometimes A Nickname Has a Price". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2008-06-15.
  2. ^ Tiger Woods (2008). "Tiger Woods: Biography". Official Website for Tiger Woods. ETW Corp. Woods. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  3. ^ Sounes, Howard (2004). The Wicked Game: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and the Story of Modern Golf. Harper Collins, 120-121,293. ISBN 0-06-051386-1.
  4. ^ Jonah Freedman (2007). "The Fortunate 50". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
  5. ^ Sirak, Ron (February 2008). "The Golf Digest 50", Golf Digest. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
  6. ^ Rick Reilly (1996-12-23). "1996: Tiger Woods". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
  7. ^ Rick Reilly, John Garrity, and Jaime Diaz (1997-04-01). "Tiger 1997: The buzz that rocked the cradle". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  8. ^ Cameron Morfit (2008-06-18). "Woods out for rest of '08". Golf Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-06-18.

[edit] Sources

  • Earl Woods (1999). Training a Tiger: A Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life, G.K. Hall - ISBN 0783886225
  • Tiger Woods (2001). How I Play Golf, Warner Books - ISBN 0446529311
  • Lawrence J. Londino (2005). Tiger Woods: A Biography, Greenwood Press - ISBN 0313331219
  • John Andrisani (1999). The Tiger Woods Way: An Analysis of Tiger Woods' Power-Swing Technique. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-609-80139-2 (Paperback).
  • John Feinstein (1999). The Majors: In Pursuit of Golf's Holy Grail. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-27971-4 (hardcover).
  • Tim Rosaforte (2000). Raising the Bar: The Championship Years of Tiger Woods. St. Martins Press. ISBN 0-312-27212-X (hardcover).
  • Jack Clary (1997). Tiger Woods. Tiger Books International. ISBN 1-85501-954-X (hardcover).

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