| Named Eldrick "Tiger Woods" he was born on December 30, 1975 at Long Beach California. His nickname was given to him from his dad Earl in honor of his Vietnamese combat buddy Nguyen Phong who saved his dads life in the Vietnam War. |
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He know lives in Orlando, Florida at a place called Isle worth. Tiger has a multiethnic background because he is African, Thai, Chinese, American Indian, and European. |
| Tiger Woods golf career didn't start late. He at the age of 3 shot an 48 over 9 holes at the Navy Golf Course at Cypress, California. Then at ages 8,9,12,13,14,and 15 he won the Optimist International Junior Championship. |
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Tiger has two half brothers and one half sister from his father's first marriage. He went to Stanford University where he majored in economics and he played collegiate golf. |
| Tiger was undefeated in 30 Southern California junior golf events. He won the U.S. Amateur at the age of 18 in 1994. He became a pro golfer in August, 1996. In that year he played in 8 official PGA Tour Events and won two of them. He won 790,594 dollars and finished in 21st on the final 1996 money list for pro golfers. |
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| Tiger is sponsored by Nike with a 40 million dollar contract and a 30million dollar contract with American Express. His agent is Hughes Norton. Today he is in golf video games and is one of the most popular golfer and famous ever. |
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In his bag Tiger has a Nike Ignite driver and Nike woods. He uses a Nike Blades custom irons. His putter is Scotty Cameron and he uses a Nike One Golf ball. |
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