2. Personal Information Born: December 30, 1975 Birthplace: Cypress, California College: Stanford He has two brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957)

3. Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996. The following April, Woods won his first major, The Masters, with a record score of 18 under par, by a record margin of 12 strokes, becoming the youngest Masters winner and the first African American to do so. Tiger Woods is registered as an independent. In January 2009, Woods delivered a speech commemorating the military at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.

4. Famous because… He has two more Junior World titles than anyone else. He was on TV shows. He was the youngest golfer ever to play in a PGA tour. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record ten times.

5. Interesting Facts When he was 4 years old he was swinging like a touring pro. He was the only African American to play in the PGA tournament. When he was five years old, Tiger appeared on the TV show “That’s Incredible.” Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player.

6. Achievements  Woods has won 71 official PGA Tour events including 14 majors.  He is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus) to have won all four professional major championships in his career  Woods is the only player to have won all four professional major championships in a row,  PGA Tour wins (71)  European Tour wins (38)  Japan Golf Tour wins (2)  Asian Tour wins (1)  PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)  Other professional wins (15)  Amateur wins (21)

7. On November 25, 2009, supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel ‎, a claim she denied.

8. MOST PGA TOUR WINS PRIOR TO 25TH BIRTHDAY: Tiger Woods holds record with 24. Horton Smith is second with 17 (1933). MOST PGA TOUR WINS AFTER 75 STARTS: Tiger Woods holds record with 17. Jack Nicklaus is second with 12. YOUNGEST PLAYER TO ACHIEVE #1 WORLD RANK: Tiger Woods at 21 years, 24 weeks. Previously held by Bernhard Langer (29 years, 31 weeks) in 1986. LARGEST MARGIN AFTER 54 HOLES: 10 strokes in 2000 U.S. Open Championship. LARGEST MARGIN AFTER 36 HOLES: 7 strokes in 2000 WGC NEC Invitational. Etc…