tigerwoods
Tiger Woods is the winner of 14 of golf’s major championships and is the sport’s biggest superstar since Jack Nicklaus. [1]
The JBWere Masters - better known by its pre-sponsor name of Australian Masters - was the site in 2009 of Tiger Woods ‘ first tournament Down Under since 1998. [2]
Here we index our major Tiger Woods articles and features, including a biographical profile and photo galleries. [...] Tom Watson’s comments in a Golf Digest imply that he wrote a note to Tiger Woods scolding Tiger for bad behavior on the golf course. [3]
Before he became a grown-up celeb, Woods was a kiddie phenomenon: his father Earl allegedly introduced Tiger to golf at age 9 months, and at age 2 the youngster made a now-famous appearance putting with Bob Hope on The Mike Douglas Show. [1]
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. [4]
If you are looking for Tiger Woods on About.com, you’ve found Tiger Woods Central. [...] Here is the list of career PGA Tour victories by Woods, numbered from the first (1997 Las Vegas Invitational) to the most recent, and organized by year. [3]
He won the 1997 Masters in his first attempt as a pro and later won the PGA Championship (1999), the British Open (2000) and the U.S. Open (2000) to become one of the few golfers to win all four major tournaments during their careers. [...] In April of 2001 Woods won the Masters again, becoming the first golfer in the modern era to hold all four major tournament titles at once (2000 U.S Open, British Open and PGA Championship, and 2001 Masters). [...] In 2000, Woods won the U.S. and British opens and PGA Championship, setting or tying several records in the process and becoming the youngest of only five golfers to achieve a career Grand Slam. [...] In just seven weeks, he went from his debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open, where he finished in 60th place, to coming “within range of his stated goal of making the top 125 on the money list and earning a PGA Tour exemption [meaning he would not have to play in the 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament],” according to Gary Van Sickle in Sports Illustrated. [1]
He plays fewer tournaments than most professionals (15′21 per year, compared to the typical 25′30), and focuses his efforts on preparing for (and peaking at) the majors and the most prestigious of the other tournaments. [4]
When you’re finished browsing this gallery, return to the Tiger Woods Pictures index for more, or to the Golfer Pictures index for galleries of other golfers. [2]
Since his mother is Thai, when Woods came to Thailand for a tournament in 2000, the Thai officials tried to bestow on him royal decorations, and even offered him Thai citizenship. [4]
Sources:
[1] Tiger Woods: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Tiger Woods 2009 Australian Masters Photo Gallery
[3] Tiger Woods - All About Golfer Tiger Woods
[4] Tiger Woods - Wikipedia