Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975)^[3][4] is an American professional golfer. His achievements, which include winning 70 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including 14 major championships, make him the best golfer of all time.

Tiger Woods
Personal information
Full name	Eldrick Tont Woods
Nickname	Tiger
Born	(1975-12-30) December 30, 1975 (age 49) Cypress, California
Height	6 ft 1 in[1]
Weight	185 lb[1]
Nationality	United States
Residence	Jupiter Island, Florida
Spouse	Elin Nordegren ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2010)​
Children	2
Career
College	Stanford University (two years)
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins	110[a]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	82 (Tied 1st all time)
European Tour	41 (3rd all time)[b]
Japan Golf Tour	3
Asian Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	3
Other	17
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 15)
The Masters Tournament	Won: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019
U.S. Open	Won: 2000, 2002, 2008
The Open Championship	Won: 2000, 2005, 2006
PGA Championship	Won: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2021 (member page)
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year	1996
PGA Player of the Year	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
PGA Tour Player of the Year	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
PGA Tour leading money winner	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
Vardon Trophy	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013
Byron Nelson Award	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
FedEx Cup Champion	2007, 2009
Presidential Medal of Freedom	2019

Early life

Woods was born in Cypress, California. His parents Kultida (Tida) (born 1944) and Earl Woods (1932–2006). He is the only child of their marriage. He does have two half-brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957) and a half-sister, Royce (born 1958) from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray.^[5] Earl, a retired lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mostly African-American, as well as Caucasian and possible Native American and Chinese ancestry.^[6] Kultida (née Punsawad), originally from Thailand (where Earl had met her on a tour of duty in 1968), is of mixed Dutch, Chinese and Thai ancestry.^[7]

Woods in 1997

He refers to his ethnic make-up as "Cablinasian" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian).^[8]

Personal life

He is brought up as a Buddhist from childhood.

On February 23, 2021, Woods was involved in a serious car accident in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.^[9] He suffered from multiple leg injuries and had surgery for non-life threatening injuries.^[9]

Notes

1. This is calculated by totalling Woods's 82 PGA Tour victories, 8 regular European Tour wins, 2 non co-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour wins, 1 non co-sanctioned Asian Tour win, and the 17 other wins in his career.
2. These are the 15 majors, 18 WGC events, and his eight tour wins.^[2]