World Famous Tiger Woods's Biography

World Famous Biography Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California) is considered one of the leading golfers of all time. In 2006 and had 12 majors, becoming the second largest player in the history of the sport. Tiger Woods has been at the center of many controversies because of their racial (mixed black and Asian part), which has been tested to American culture, to take the leadership of a traditionally white sport. Born in Cypress, Arizona, the marriage of Earl Woods, African American (but with Chinese and Amerindian descent) and veteran of the Vietnam War, and Kultida Woods, from Thailand (although Chinese and Dutch descent). His real name is Eldrick, but was nicknamed 'Tiger' birth in honor of a friend of his father during the war in Vietnam. In 2004 he married Swedish model Elin Nordegren, who was the nanny for Jesper Parnevik, the Swedish golfer who introduced. They were married in a secret ceremony in Barbados before approximately 200 guests. Tiger Woods started playing golf at the age of 2 years. He rose to fame after winning three U.S. Open consecutive Amateurs before turning 20 years old. He decided to turn pro in 1996 and in three months he won two professional tournaments. In 1997, stunned the world by winning the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club incontestably: at just 21 years old, became the youngest person to win a major, with the greatest difference of punches and score more low. His presence in the world of golf revolutionized the game and produced more interest in the sport. He did not win a grand slam tournament to the PGA Championship in 1999, when he defeated the Spanish Sergio Garcia. In 2000, Tiger Woods won three of the four majors of the year, something no one had done since Ben Hogan in 1953 achieved. In Pebble Beach, California, won the U.S. Open by a record margin of fifteen shots and tied the lowest score in tournament history. A month later, in St. Andrews, the home of golf, won the British Open. To round off a tremendous summer, again won the PGA Championship in an unforgettable match against unknown Bob May. With his victory at the 2001 Masters, Woods became the only player to hold all four grand slam trophies at the same time, but got them in different years, so many do not consider a Grand Slam. In 2006, Tiger Woods has won 12 majors in his career, second only to the 18 of Jack Nicklaus. The influence of Tiger Woods caused the tournament prizes grow. For example, when he won his first major in April 1997 earned approximately $ 486,000, and when he won the same tournament in 2005, won $ 1,260,000.00. Thanks to its high contracts, Woods finished 2005 as the highest paid athlete in the world according to Forbes, with $ 87 million. In 2006, Tiger missed the cut in a major for the first time in his career. It happened at the U.S. Open and was barely a month after the death of his father.