Tiger Woods

**Eldrick Tont** "**Tiger**" **Woods** (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. His achievements, which include winning 70 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including 14 major championships, make him the best golfer of all time.

## Early life

Woods was born in Cypress, California. His parents Kultida (Tida) (born 1944) and Earl Woods (1932–2006). He is the only child of their marriage. He does have two half-brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957) and a half-sister, Royce (born 1958) from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray. Earl, a retired lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mostly African-American, as well as Caucasian and possible Native American and Chinese ancestry. Kultida (née Punsawad), originally from Thailand (where Earl had met her on a tour of duty in 1968), is of mixed Dutch, Chinese and Thai ancestry.

He refers to his ethnic make-up as "_Cablinasian_" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from **Ca**ucasian, **Bl**ack, American **In**dian and **Asian**).

## Personal life

He is brought up as a Buddhist from childhood.

On February 23, 2021, Woods was involved in a serious car accident in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. He suffered from multiple leg injuries and had surgery for non-life-threatening injuries.

## Other websites

- Official site

## Infobox (golfer)

- **name**: Tiger Woods
- **image**: TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg
- **fullname**: Eldrick Tont Woods
- **nickname**: Tiger
- **birth place**: Cypress, California
- **height**: 6 ft 1 in
- **weight**: 185 lb
- **residence**: Jupiter Island, Florida
- **children**: 2
- **college**: Stanford University
(two years)
- **yearpro**: 1996
- **tour**: PGA Tour (joined 1996)
- **prowins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#Professional wins (110), 110
- **pgawins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#PGA Tour wins (82), 82 (List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins, Tied 1st all time)
- **eurowins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#European Tour wins (41), 41 (List of golfers with most European Tour wins, 3rd all time)
- **japwins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#Japan Golf Tour wins (3), 3
- **asiawins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#Asian Tour wins (2), 2
- **auswins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3), 3
- **otherwins**: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods#Other wins (17), 17
- **majorwins**: 15
- **masters**: **Won**: 1997 Masters Tournament, 1997, 2001 Masters Tournament, 2001, 2002 Masters Tournament, 2002, 2005 Masters Tournament, 2005, 2019 Masters Tournament, 2019
- **usopen**: **Won**: 2000 U.S. Open (golf), 2000, 2002 U.S. Open (golf), 2002, 2008 U.S. Open (golf), 2008
- **open**: **Won**: 2000 Open Championship, 2000, 2005 Open Championship, 2005, 2006 Open Championship, 2006
- **pga**: **Won**: 1999 PGA Championship, 1999, 2000 PGA Championship, 2000, 2006 PGA Championship, 2006, 2007 PGA Championship, 2007
- **wghofid**: tiger-woods
- **wghofyear**: 2021
- **award1**: PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
- **year1**: 1996
- **award2**: PGA Player of the Year
- **year2**: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
- **award3**: PGA Tour Player of the Year, PGA Tour
Player of the Year
- **year3**: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
- **award4**: PGA Tour#Money winners and most wins leaders, PGA Tour
leading money winner
- **year4**: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
- **award5**: Vardon Trophy
- **year5**: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013
- **award6**: Vardon Trophy, Byron Nelson Award
- **year6**: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- **award7**: FedEx Cup, FedEx Cup Champion
- **year7**: 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs, 2007, 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, 2009
- **award8**: Presidential Medal of Freedom
- **year8**: 2019