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Tiger Woods

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1. How old was Tiger Woods when he started playing golf?
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2. What was his best score as a 3-year-old?

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3. When did he become professional and how old was he at the time?
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4. What were the terms of his first contract with Nike?
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5. What was a major reason for him being so marketable?
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1. What did Tiger Woods achieve when he was 24?
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2. Who is the only person to win more majors than Tiger Woods as of 2019?
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3. What happened to Tiger Woods in late 2009?
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4. What was the business impact of this occurrence?
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5. What did he achieve in 2019?
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Discussion Questions
1. Who do you think are some of the most marketable sports stars inJapan and abroad? Why are they so marketable?
2. How do you feel about sports stars receiving huge endorsement
deals from companies?

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You may not know the name Eldrick Woods, but you probably know him by his nickname, Tiger.
Tiger Woods is arguably the most famous golfer in the world for both his professional successand his personal problems. He was born and raised in the Orange County area of California in
the United States. His father, Earl, started teaching him how to play golf when he was only oneyear-old. When he was 2, he appeared on a TV talk show and showed the host how he could
drive a ball and putt. At the age of 3, he managed to shoot 48 for nine holes.

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He also signed endorsement deals with other companies such as General Motors, Titleist, andAmerican Express. He was guaranteed tens of millions of dollars before he even played his
first tournament as a professional. One of the reasons he was so marketable was his ethnicity.
Woods is a mixture of Thai, Chinese, Dutch, African-American, and Native American, which
made him stand out from the mostly Caucasian players on the PGA tour.
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As a teenager, he won numerous tournaments and awards for being the best amateur player ofthe year. In 1994, he enrolled at Stanford University and won several tournaments in his 2-yearcollege career. He turned pro at the age of 20 in August of 1996 and at his press conference toannounce his decision, he famously said “Hello world.” Nike built an entire advertisingcampaign around that quote after signing Woods to a 5-year, $40 million contract.

As a professional, Tiger Woods has gone on to have one of the most successful careers of alltime. In professional golf, there are 4 major championships: the Masters, the US Open, theOpen Championship, and the PGA Championship. As of July 2015, only 6 players had everachieved the career Grand Slam, which means winning each of the major championships atleast once. Tiger Woods was the youngest to achieve it, which he did when he was only 24years old. Only Jack Nicklaus has won more major titles than Tiger Woods as of 2019. Also asof August 2019, Woods had won 81 USPGA Tour events, which is the second-best all-time toSam Snead, who won 82.
In November 2009, a tabloid accused him of having an affair with a nightclub manager. Twodays after that, Woods had a car accident in the middle of the night. In the weeks after that,
more than a dozen women claimed to have also had affairs with Woods. In December, headmitted cheating on his wife. Following his admission, Accenture, AT&T, Gatorade, and GM
all cancelled their sponsorship deals with him. Woods and his wife, Elin, got divorced in August
2010.

55In 2010 and 2011, he did not win a single tournament. He rebounded in 2012 and 2013,
winning 8 tournaments, but none of them were majors. He broke his major drought by winningthe prestigious Masters tournament in 2019.