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Tiger Woods, better known as a talented and reknown golfer with credits to acting from the many commercials he has also done, mostly due to his golfing.
His given name, Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods, is a professional golfer, and among the most successful of all time.
Woods was a child prodigy who began to play golf at the age of two. In 1978, he putted against comedian Bob Hope in a television appearance on The Mike Douglas Show.
At age three he shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, and at age five, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC's That's Incredible.
Tiger Woods is currently the World No. 1 golfer, and is the highest paid professional athlete in 2008. He earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time.
He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has also held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks.
Tiger Woods had an auto accident in his own current hometown of Windermere, Florida (near Orlando, Florida). ~ More to follow concerning that! ~ Tiger Woods doubles are par for the course
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Woods wife, Elin Nordegren at Isleworth in Windermere, FL (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Tiger Woods with daughter Sam (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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