Tiger+Woods

//The Impact of... **Tiger Woods** //

//“You can always become better” – Tiger Woods //

==Overview  ==


Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. At the age of one, Tiger’s father began to teach him how to play the game of golf. By the age of three, Tiger shot a 48 over nine holes at one of his hometown golf courses. This prodigious skill led Woods to appear on television’s “That’s Incredible” and in Golf Digest magazine. Tiger was indeed a child prodigy- he became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Champion in history, a feat he would repeat the following year, making him the only player to ever win more than once. But not only was Woods a golf champion, he enrolled at Stanford Universityat age 19, and competed in and won many golf tournaments.

Central Issue
In August 1996, Tiger became a professional golfer. He started gaining more respect as he was approached by Nike and Titleist to sign endorsement deals worth a total of $60 million. He was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine, and at the age of 21, became the youngest winner of the Master’s Tournament. In 1999, at the age of 23, Tiger entered 21 events and won eight, finishing in the top 10 every 16 times. He then went on to win the U.S. Open, a very prominent golf tournament, by the largest margin of strokes in a major, at 15.


Over the years, Tiger has won 10 Majors, 46 PGA Tournaments, and a combined 36 wins between the Asian Tour, PGA European Tour, World Cup of Golf, and several other unofficial events. Woods has played with the best of the best, including Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, two of the most well-respected golfers of the 21st century. Woods has also established several charity organizations, including the Tiger Woods Foundation, a charity that benefits children, which he created with his father. Its safe to say that Tiger Woods will go down in history as one of the best golfers of all time.  **References** (2009-10.1.2.B) "Tiger Woods Biography." //Starpulse.com - Your Entertainment Destination//. Web. 10 Jan. 2010. .  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">

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