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Tiger Woods

February 16, 2024

For other uses, see Tiger Woods (disambiguation).

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.[4] Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history.[4] He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame.[5]

Tiger Woods
Woods at the White House in May 2019
Personal information
Full nameEldrick Tont Woods
NicknameTiger
Born (1975-12-30) December 30, 1975 (age 48)
Cypress, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Weight185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceJupiter Island, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 2004; div. 2010)​
Children2
Career
CollegeStanford University
(two years)
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins110[a]
Highest ranking1 (June 15, 1997)[2]
(683 weeks)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour82 (Tied-1st all-time)
European Tour41 (3rd all-time)[b]
Japan Golf Tour3
Asian Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia3
Other17
Best results in major championships
(wins: 15)
Masters TournamentWon: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019
PGA ChampionshipWon: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
U.S. OpenWon: 2000, 2002, 2008
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2000, 2005, 2006
Achievements and awards
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golf career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance. He reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Woods was the dominant force in golf. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 consecutive weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 consecutive weeks). During this time, he won 13 of golf's major championships.

The next decade of Woods's career was marked by comebacks from personal problems and injuries. He took a self-imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to early April 2010 in an attempt to resolve marital issues with his wife at the time, Elin. Woods admitted to multiple marital infidelities, and the couple eventually divorced.[6] He fell to number 58 in the world rankings in November 2011 before ascending again to the number-one ranking between March 2013 and May 2014.[7][8] However, injuries led him to undergo four back surgeries between 2014 and 2017.[9] Woods competed in only one tournament between August 2015 and January 2018, and he dropped off the list of the world's top 1,000 golfers.[10][11] On his return to regular competition, Woods made steady progress to the top of the game, winning his first tournament in five years at the Tour Championship in September 2018 and his first major in 11 years at the 2019 Masters.

Woods has held numerous golf records. He has been the number one player in the world for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any golfer in history. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record 11 times[12] and has won the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times. Woods has the record of leading the money list in ten different seasons. He has won 15 professional major golf championships (trailing only Jack Nicklaus, who leads with 18) and 82 PGA Tour events (tied for first all time with Sam Snead).[13] Woods leads all active golfers in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins. Woods is the fifth (after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus) player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest to do so. He is also the second golfer out of two (after Nicklaus) to achieve a career Grand Slam three times.

Woods has won 18 World Golf Championships. He was also part of the American winning team for the 1999 Ryder Cup. In May 2019, Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Trump, the fourth golfer to receive the honor.[14]

On February 23, 2021, Woods was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after a single-car collision and underwent emergency surgery to repair compound fractures sustained in his right leg in addition to a shattered ankle.[15] In an interview with Golf Digest in November 2021, Woods indicated that his full-time career as a professional golfer was over, although he would continue to play "a few events per year".[16] For the first time since the car crash, he returned to the PGA Tour at the 2022 Masters.

Background and family

 
Woods and his father Earl at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2004

Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California,[17] to Earl[18] and Kultida "Tida" Woods.[19] He is their only child, though he has two half-brothers and a half-sister from his father's first marriage.[20] Earl was a retired U.S. Army officer and Vietnam War veteran; he was born to African-American parents and was also said to have had European and Native American descent.[21][22] Kultida (née Punsawad) is originally from Thailand, where Earl met her when he was on a tour of duty there in 1968. She is of mixed Thai, Chinese, and Dutch ancestry.[23] In 2002, ESPN claimed: "For the record, he is one-quarter Thai, one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Caucasian, one-eighth African American and one-eighth Native American."[24] Tiger has described his ethnic make-up as "Cablinasian" (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian).[25]

Woods's first name, Eldrick, was chosen by his mother because it began with "E" (for Earl) and ended with "K" (for Kultida). His middle name Tont is a traditional Thai name. He was nicknamed Tiger in honor of his father's friend, South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong, who had also been known as Tiger.[26] Woods has a niece, Cheyenne Woods, who played for the Wake Forest University golf team and turned professional in 2012 when she made her pro debut in the LPGA Championship.[27]

Early life and amateur golf career

Woods grew up in Orange County, California. He was a child prodigy who was introduced to golf before the age of two by his athletic father Earl Woods. Earl was a single-digit handicap amateur golfer who also was one of the earliest African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University.[28] Woods told reporters he had wanted to be a baseball player like his father but abandoned that goal after tearing his rotator cuff.[29] His father was a member of the military and had playing privileges at the Navy golf course beside the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, which allowed Tiger to play there. Tiger also played at the par 3 Heartwell golf course in Long Beach, as well as some of the municipals in Long Beach.[30]

In 1978, Woods 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 course. At age five, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC's That's Incredible![31] Before turning seven, Woods won the Under Age 10 section of the Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition, held at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress.[32] In 1984 at the age of eight, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships.[33] He first broke 80 at age eight.[34] He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991.[35][36][37][38][39] Woods's father Earl wrote that Tiger first defeated him at the age of 11 years, with Earl trying his best. He lost to Woods every time from then on.[40] Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12.[41]

When Woods was 13 years old, he played in the 1989 Big I, which was his first major national junior tournament. In the final round, he was paired with pro John Daly, who was then relatively unknown. The event's format placed a professional with each group of juniors who had qualified. Daly birdied three of the last four holes to beat him by only one stroke.[42] As a young teenager, Woods first met Jack Nicklaus in Los Angeles at the Bel-Air Country Club, when Nicklaus was performing a clinic for the club's members. Woods was part of the show, and he impressed Nicklaus and the crowd with his skills and potential.[43] Earl Woods had researched in detail the career accomplishments of Nicklaus and had set his young son the goals of breaking those records.[41]

Woods was 15 years old and a student at Western High School in Anaheim when he became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion; this was a record that stood until it was broken by Jim Liu in 2010.[44] He was named 1991's Southern California Amateur Player of the Year (for the second consecutive year) and Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year. In 1992, he defended his title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the tournament's first two-time winner. He also competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Nissan Los Angeles Open (he missed the 36-hole cut), and was named Golf Digest Amateur Player of the Year, Golf World Player of the Year, and Golfweek National Amateur of the Year.[45][46]

The following year, Woods won his third consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur; he remains the event's only three-time winner.[47] In 1994, at the TPC at Sawgrass in Florida, he became the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur, a record he held until 2008 when it was broken by Danny Lee.[48][49] He was a member of the American team at the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships (winning), and the 1995 Walker Cup (losing).[50][51]

Woods graduated from Western High School at age 18 in 1994 and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" among the graduating class. He starred for the high school's golf team under coach Don Crosby.[52] Woods learned to manage his stuttering as a boy.[53] This was not widely known until he wrote a letter to a boy who contemplated suicide. Woods wrote, "I know what it's like to be different and to sometimes not fit in. I also stuttered as a child and I would talk to my dog and he would sit there and listen until he fell asleep. I also took a class for two years to help me, and I finally learned to stop."[54]

College golf career

Woods was heavily recruited by college golf powers. He chose Stanford University, the 1994 NCAA champions. He enrolled at Stanford in the fall of 1994 under a golf scholarship and won his first collegiate event, the 40th Annual William H. Tucker Invitational, that September.[55] He selected a major in economics and was nicknamed "Urkel" by college teammate Notah Begay III.[56] In 1995, he successfully defended his U.S. Amateur title at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island[48] and was voted Pac-10 Player of the Year, NCAA First Team All-American, and Stanford's Male Freshman of the Year (an award that encompasses all sports).[57][58]

At age 19, Woods participated in his first PGA Tour major, the 1995 Masters, and tied for 41st as the only amateur to make the cut; two years later, he won the tournament by 12 strokes. At age 20 in 1996, he became the first golfer to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles[59] and won the NCAA individual golf championship.[60] In winning the silver medal as leading amateur at The Open Championship, he tied the record for an amateur aggregate score of 281.[61] He left college after two years in order to turn professional in the golf industry. In 1996, Woods moved out of California, stating in 2013 that it was due to the state's high tax rate.[62]

Professional career

Main article: Professional golf career of Tiger Woods
 
Woods in 1997

Woods turned professional at age 20 in August 1996 and immediately signed advertising deals with Nike, Inc. and Titleist that ranked as the most lucrative endorsement contracts in golf history at that time.[63][64] Woods was named Sports Illustrated's 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.[65] On April 13, 1997, he won his first major, the Masters, in record-breaking fashion and became the tournament's youngest winner at age 21.[66] Two months later, he set the record for the fastest ascent to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.[67] After a lackluster 1998, Woods finished the 1999 season with eight wins, including the PGA Championship, a feat not achieved since Johnny Miller did it in 1974.[68][69]

Woods was severely myopic; his eyesight had a rating of 11 diopters. In order to correct this problem, he underwent successful laser eye surgery in 1999,[70] and he immediately resumed winning tour events. In 2007, his vision again began to deteriorate, and he underwent laser eye surgery a second time.[71] In 2000, Woods won six consecutive events on the PGA Tour, which was the longest winning streak since Ben Hogan did it in 1948. One of these was the U.S. Open, where he broke or tied nine tournament records in what Sports Illustrated called "the greatest performance in golf history", in which Woods won the tournament by a record 15-stroke margin and earned a check for $800,000.[72] At age 24, he became the youngest golfer to achieve the Career Grand Slam.[73] At the end of 2000, Woods had won nine of the twenty PGA Tour events he entered and had broken the record for lowest scoring average in tour history. He was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, the only athlete to be honored twice, and was ranked by Golf Digest magazine as the twelfth-best golfer of all time.[74]

 
Woods at the 2004 Ryder Cup

When Woods won the 2001 Masters, he became the only player to win four consecutive major professional golf titles, although not in the same calendar year. This achievement came to be known as the "Tiger Slam".[75] Following a stellar 2001 and 2002 in which he continued to dominate the tour, Woods's career hit a slump.[68][76] He did not win a major in 2003 or 2004. In September 2004, Vijay Singh overtook Woods in the Official World Golf Rankings, ending Woods's record streak of 264 weeks at No. 1.[77]

Woods rebounded in 2005, winning six PGA Tour events and reclaiming the top spot in July after swapping it back and forth with Singh over the first half of the year.[78]

Woods began dominantly in 2006, winning his first two PGA tournaments but failing to capture his fifth Masters championship in April.[79] Following the death of his father in May, Woods took some time off from the tour and appeared rusty upon his return at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club, where he missed the cut.[80] However, he quickly returned to form and ended the year by winning six consecutive tour events. At the season's close, Woods had 54 total wins that included 12 majors; he broke the tour records for both total wins and total majors wins over eleven seasons.[81]

 
Woods at the 2006 Masters

Woods continued to excel in 2007 and the first part of 2008. In April 2008, he underwent knee surgery and missed the next two months on the tour.[82] Woods returned for the 2008 U.S. Open, where he struggled the first day but ultimately claimed a dramatic sudden death victory over Rocco Mediate that followed an 18-hole playoff, after which Mediate said, "This guy does things that are just not normal by any stretch of the imagination," and Kenny Perry added, "He beat everybody on one leg."[83] Two days later, Woods announced that he would miss the remainder of the season due to additional knee surgery, and that his knee was more severely damaged than previously revealed, prompting even greater praise for his U.S. Open performance. Woods called it "my greatest ever championship."[84] In Woods's absence, television ratings for the remainder of the season suffered a huge decline from 2007.[85]

 
Woods competing at the third annual Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am (July 1, 2009)

Woods had a much anticipated return to golf in 2009, when he performed well. His comeback included a spectacular performance at the 2009 Presidents Cup, but he failed to win a major, the first year since 2004 that he did not do so.[86] After his marital infidelities came to light and received massive media coverage at the end of 2009 (see further details below), Woods announced in December that he would be taking an indefinite break from competitive golf.[6] In February 2010, he delivered a televised apology for his behavior, saying "I was wrong and I was foolish."[87] During this period, several companies ended their endorsement deals with Woods.[88]

Woods returned to competition in April at the 2010 Masters, where he finished tied for fourth place.[89] He followed the Masters with poor showings at the Quail Hollow Championship and the Players Championship, where he withdrew in the fourth round, citing injury.[90] Shortly afterward, Hank Haney, Woods's coach since 2003, resigned the position. In August, Woods hired Sean Foley as Haney's replacement. The rest of the season went badly for Woods, who failed to win a single event for the first time since turning professional, while nevertheless finishing the season ranked No. 2 in the world.

 
Woods at a Chevron World Challenge charity event (2011)

In 2011, Woods's performance continued to suffer; this took its toll on his ranking. After falling to No. 7 in March, he rebounded to No. 5 with a strong showing at the 2011 Masters, where he tied for fourth place.[91] Due to leg injuries incurred at the Masters, he missed several summer stops on the PGA Tour. In July, he fired his longtime caddie Steve Williams (who was shocked by the dismissal), and replaced him on an interim basis with friend Bryon Bell until he hired Joe LaCava.[92] After returning to tournament play in August, Woods continued to falter, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of #58.[8] He rose to No. 50 in mid-November after a third-place finish at the Emirates Australian Open, and broke his winless streak with a victory at December's Chevron World Challenge.[8][93][94][full citation needed]

Woods began his 2012 season with two tournaments (the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) where he started off well but struggled on the final rounds. Following the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, where he was knocked out in the second round by missing a 5-foot putt,[95] Woods revised his putting technique and tied for second at The Honda Classic, with the lowest final-round score in his PGA Tour career. After a short time off due to another leg injury, Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first win on the PGA Tour since the BMW Championship in September 2009. Following several dismal performances, Woods notched his 73rd PGA Tour win at the Memorial Tournament in June, tying Jack Nicklaus in second place for most PGA Tour victories;[96] a month later, Woods surpassed Nicklaus with a win at the AT&T National, to trail only Sam Snead, who accumulated 82 PGA tour wins.[97]

The year 2013 brought a return of Woods's dominating play. In January, he won the Farmers Insurance Open by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour win. It was the seventh time he won the event.[98] In March, he won the WGC-Cadillac Championship, also for the seventh time, giving him his 17th WGC title and first since 2009.[99] Two weeks later, he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, winning the event for a record-tying 8th time. The win moved him back to the top of the world rankings.[100] To commemorate that achievement, Nike was quick to launch an ad with the tagline "winning takes care of everything".[101]

During the 2013 Masters, Woods faced disqualification after unwittingly admitting in a post-round interview with ESPN that he took an illegal drop on the par-5 15th hole when his third shot bounced off the pin and into the water. After further review of television footage, Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty for the drop but was not disqualified.[102] He finished tied for fourth in the event. Woods won The Players Championship in May 2013, his second career win at the event, notching his fourth win of the 2013 season. It was the quickest he got to four wins in any season of his professional career.

 
Woods practicing in a bunker prior to the start of the 2014 Quicken Loans National

Woods had a poor showing at the 2013 U.S. Open as a result of an elbow injury that he sustained at The Players Championship. In finishing at 13-over-par, he recorded his worst score as a professional and finished 12 strokes behind winner Justin Rose. After a prolonged break because of the injury, during which he missed the Greenbrier Classic and his own AT&T National, he returned at the Open Championship at Muirfield. Despite being in contention all week and beginning the final round only two strokes behind Lee Westwood, he struggled with the speed of the greens and could only manage a 3-over-par 74 that left him tied for 6th place, five strokes behind eventual winner Phil Mickelson. Two weeks later, Woods returned to form at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, recording his 5th win of the season and 8th win at the event in its 15-year history. His second-round 61 matched his record score on the PGA Tour and could easily have been a 59 were it not for some short missed birdie putts on the closing holes. This gave him a seven-stroke lead that he held onto for the rest of the tournament. But at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, Woods never was in contention, making 2013 his fifth full season where he did not win a major; he was in contention in only two of the four majors in 2013.

After a slow start to 2014, Woods sustained an injury during the final round of The Honda Classic and was unable to finish the tournament. He withdrew after the 13th hole, citing back pain.[103] He subsequently competed in the WGC-Cadillac Championship but was visibly in pain during much of the last round. He was forced to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the end of March 2014,[104] and after undergoing back surgery, he announced on April 1 that he would miss the Masters for the first time since 1994.[105] Woods returned at the Quicken Loans National in June, however he said that his expectations for the week were low. He struggled with nearly every aspect of his game and missed the cut. He next played at The Open Championship, contested at Hoylake, where Woods had won eight years prior. Woods fired a brilliant 69 in the first round to put himself in contention, but shot 77 on Friday and eventually finished 69th. Despite his back pain, he played at the 2014 PGA Championship where he failed to make the cut. On August 25, 2014, Woods and his swing coach Sean Foley parted ways. In the four years under Foley, he won eight times but no majors. He had previously won eight majors with Harmon and six with Haney. Woods said there was currently no timetable to find a replacement swing coach.[106]

On February 5, 2015, Woods withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open after another back injury.[107] Woods stated on his website that it was unrelated to his previous surgery and he would take a break from golf until his back healed.[108] He returned for the Masters, finishing in a tie for 17th. In the final round, Woods injured his wrist after his club hit a tree root. He later stated that a bone popped out of his wrist, but he adjusted it back into place and finished the round.[109] Woods then missed the cut at the 2015 U.S. Open and Open Championship, the first time Woods missed the cut at consecutive majors, finishing near the bottom of the leaderboard both times.[110] He finished tied for 18th at the Quicken Loans National on August 2.[111] In late August 2015, Woods played quite well at the Wyndham Championship finishing the tournament at 13-under, only four strokes behind the winner, and tied for 10th place.[112] Woods offered only a brief comment on the speculation that he was still recovering from back surgery, saying it was "just my hip" but offering no specifics.[113]

 
Woods practicing a chip-shot at the 2018 U.S. Open

Woods had back surgery on September 16, 2015. In late March 2016, he announced that he would miss the Masters while he recovered from the surgery;[114] he had also missed the 2014 Masters due to a back problem.[115] "I'm absolutely making progress, and I'm really happy with how far I've come," he explained in a statement. "But I still have no timetable to return to competitive golf."[116] However, he did attend the Masters Champions Dinner on April 5, 2016.[117] For the first time in his career, he missed all four majors in one year due to problems with his back. In October 2016, he told Charlie Rose on PBS that he still wanted to break Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 major titles.[118] Woods underwent back surgery in December 2016 and spent the next 15 months off the Tour. He made his return to competitive golf in the Hero World Challenge.[119]

Woods's back problems continued to hinder him in 2017. He missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January and pulled out of a European Tour event in Dubai on February 3. On March 31, Woods announced on his website that he would not be playing in the 2017 Masters Tournament despite being cleared to play by his doctors. Woods said that although he was happy with his rehabilitation, he did not feel "tournament ready."[120][121] Woods subsequently told friends, "I'm done".[122] On April 20, Woods announced that he had undergone his fourth back surgery since 2014 to alleviate back and leg pain. Recovery time required up to six months, meaning that Woods would spend the rest of the year without playing any professional golf.[123] Woods returned to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. He shot rounds of 69–68–75–68 and finished tied for 9th place. His world ranking went from 1,199th to 668th, which was the biggest jump in the world rankings in his career.

On March 11, 2018, he finished one-shot back and tied for second at the Valspar Championship in Florida, his first top-five finish on the PGA Tour since 2013.[124] He then tied for sixth with a score of five under par at the 2018 Open Championship.[125] At the last major of the year, the 2018 PGA Championship, Woods finished second, two shots behind the winner Brooks Koepka. It was his best result in a major since 2009 (second at the 2009 PGA Championship) and moved him up to 26th in the world rankings. His final round of 64 was his best-ever final round in a major.[126][11]

Woods returned to the winner's circle for the 80th time in his PGA Tour career on September 23, 2018, when he won the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club for the second time and that tournament for the third time. He shot rounds of 65–68–65–71 to win by two strokes over Billy Horschel.[127]

On April 14, 2019, Woods won the Masters, which was his first major championship win in eleven years and his 15th major overall. He finished 13 under par to win by one stroke over Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka.[128] At age 43, he became the second oldest golfer ever to win the Masters, after Jack Nicklaus who was 46 when he triumphed in 1986.[129] In August 2019, Woods announced via social media that he underwent knee surgery to repair minor cartilage damage and that he had an arthroscopic procedure during the Tour Championship. In his statement, Woods also confirmed that he was walking and intends on traveling and playing in Japan in October.[130]

Woods played in his first 2020 PGA Tour event at the Zozo Championship in October 2019, which was the first-ever PGA Tour event played in Japan. Woods, who played a highly publicized skins game earlier in the week at the same course as the Championship, held at least a share of the lead after every round of the rain-delayed tournament, giving him a three stroke victory over Hideki Matsuyama.[131] The win was Woods's 82nd on Tour, tying him with Sam Snead for the most victories all time on the PGA Tour.[132][133]

In December 2020, Woods had microdiscectomy surgery on his back for the fifth time.[134] The operation was to remove a pressurized disc fragment that was pinching his nerve and causing him pain during the PNC Championship. Woods returned to play in his first professional tournament since his 2021 motor vehicle crash at the 2022 Masters Tournament. He made the cut and finished in 47th place at 13-over par, 23 shots behind the winner Scottie Scheffler.[135]

In August 2022, Woods, Rory McIlroy, Mike McCarley, and the PGA Tour announced the formation of TGL, a six-team virtual golfing league.[136] In November 2023, Woods revealed himself as an co-owner and player for Jupiter Links Golf Club, founded with investments by David Blitzer.[137]

Honors

 
Woods receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in May 2019

On August 20, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver announced that Woods would be inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He was inducted December 5, 2007 at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento.[138] In May 2019, following his 2019 Masters Tournament win, Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump.[139]

 
Wax statue of Woods at Madame Tussauds, London

In 2000 and 2001, Woods was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, becoming the inaugural recipient of the award.[140] In 2000 he received the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, an award given to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport.[141] Domestically, Woods has also been recognized by U.S. publications. He was named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, was named "Athlete of the Decade" by the Associated Press in 2009, and is one of only two people to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year more than once.[142][143]

Since his record-breaking win at the 1997 Masters, Woods has been the biggest name in golf and his presence in tournaments has drawn a huge fan following. Some sources have credited him for dramatically increasing prize money in golf, generating interest in new PGA tournament audiences, and for drawing the largest TV ratings in golf history.[65][144] His recognition as one of the most famous athletes in modern history includes being depicted in a wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds.[145]

Endorsements

During the first decade of his professional career, Woods was the world's most marketable athlete.[146] Shortly after his 21st birthday in 1996, he signed endorsement deals with numerous companies, including General Motors, Titleist, General Mills, American Express, Accenture, and Nike. In 2000, he signed a 5-year, $105 million contract extension with Nike, which was the largest endorsement package signed by a professional athlete at that time.[147] Woods's endorsement has been credited with playing a significant role in taking the Nike Golf brand from a "start-up" golf company earlier in the previous decade to becoming the leading golf apparel company in the world and a major player in the equipment and golf ball market.[146][148] Nike Golf is one of the fastest growing brands in the sport, with an estimated $600 million in sales.[149] Woods has been described as the "ultimate endorser" for Nike Golf,[149] frequently seen wearing Nike gear during tournaments, and even in advertisements for other products.[147] Woods receives a percentage from the sales of Nike Golf apparel, footwear, golf equipment, golf balls,[146] and has a building named after him at Nike's headquarters campus in Beaverton, Oregon.[150]

 
Woods visiting aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) in the Persian Gulf before participating in the 2004 Dubai Desert Classic

In 2002, Woods was involved in every aspect of the launch of Buick's Rendezvous SUV. A company spokesman stated that Buick was happy with the value of Woods's endorsement, pointing out that more than 130,000 Rendezvous vehicles were sold in 2002 and 2003. "That exceeded our forecasts," he was quoted as saying, "It has to be in recognition of Tiger." In February 2004, Buick renewed Woods's endorsement contract for another five years, in a deal reportedly worth $40 million.[147]

Woods collaborated closely with TAG Heuer to develop the world's first professional golf watch, which was released in April 2005.[151] The lightweight, titanium-construction watch, designed to be worn while playing the game, incorporates numerous innovative design features to accommodate golf play. It is capable of absorbing up to 5,000 Gs of shock, far in excess of the forces generated by a normal golf swing.[151] In 2006, the TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch won the prestigious iF product design award in the Leisure/Lifestyle category.[152]

 
Woods preparing for a photo shoot in 2006

Woods also endorsed the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games; he has done so since 1999.[153] In 2006, he signed a six-year contract with Electronic Arts, the series' publisher.[154]

In February 2007, Woods, Roger Federer, and Thierry Henry became ambassadors for the "Gillette Champions" marketing campaign. Gillette did not disclose financial terms, though an expert estimated the deal could total between $10 million and $20 million.[155]

In October 2007, Gatorade announced that Woods would have his own brand of sports drink starting in March 2008. "Gatorade Tiger" was his first U.S. deal with a beverage company and his first licensing agreement. Although no figures were officially disclosed, Golfweek magazine reported that it was for five years and could pay him as much as $100 million.[156] The company decided in early fall 2009 to discontinue the drink due to weak sales.[157]

In October 2012, it was announced that Woods signed an exclusive endorsement deal with Fuse Science, Inc, a sports nutrition firm.[158]

In 1997, Woods and fellow golfer Arnold Palmer initiated a civil case against Bruce Matthews (the owner of Gotta Have It Golf, Inc.) and others in the effort to stop the unauthorized sale of their images and alleged signatures in the memorabilia market. Matthews and associated parties counterclaimed that Woods and his company, ETW Corporation, committed several acts including breach of contract, breach of implied duty of good faith, and violations of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.[159] Palmer also was named in the counter-suit, accused of violating the same licensing agreement in conjunction with his company Arnold Palmer Enterprises.

On March 12, 2014, a Florida jury found in favor of Gotta Have It on its breach of contract and other related claims, rejected ETW's counterclaims, and awarded Gotta Have It $668,346 in damages.[160] The award may end up exceeding $1 million once interest has been factored in, though the ruling may be appealed.

In August 2016, Woods announced that he would be seeking a new golf equipment partner[161] after the news of Nike's exit from the equipment industry.[162] It was announced on January 25, 2017, that he would be signing a new club deal with TaylorMade.[163] He added the 2016 M2 driver along with the 2017 M1 fairway woods, with irons to be custom made at a later date. He also added his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS, a club he used to win 13 of his 15 majors.[164] Also, in late 2016, he would add Monster Energy as his primary bag sponsor, replacing MusclePharm.[165]

On January 8, 2024, Woods announced that he would be parting ways with Nike after 27 years, ending one of the most lucrative endorsements any athlete has had.[166]

Accumulated wealth

Woods has appeared on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes.[167][168] According to Golf Digest, Woods earned $769,440,709 from 1996 to 2007,[169] and the magazine predicted that Woods would pass a billion dollars in earnings by 2010.[170] In 2009, Forbes confirmed that Woods was indeed the world's first professional athlete to earn over a billion dollars in his career, after accounting for the $10 million bonus Woods received for the FedEx Cup title.[171] The same year, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $600 million, making him the second richest person of color in the United States, behind only Oprah Winfrey.[172] In 2015, Woods ranked ninth in Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes, being the top among Asian Americans or the fourth among African Americans.[173] As of 2017, Woods was considered to be the highest-paid golfer in the world.[174] In 2022, Woods was the first golfer to have a net worth over one billion dollars.[175]

Tiger-proofing

Early in Woods's career, a small number of golf industry analysts expressed concern about his impact on the competitiveness of the game and the public appeal of professional golf. Sportswriter Bill Lyon of Knight Ridder asked in a column, "Isn't Tiger Woods actually bad for golf?" (though Lyon ultimately concluded that he was not).[176] At first, some pundits feared that Woods would drive the spirit of competition out of the game of golf by making existing courses obsolete and relegating opponents to simply competing for second place each week.

A related effect was measured by University of California economist Jennifer Brown, who found that other golfers scored worse when competing against Woods than when he was not in the tournament. The scores of highly skilled golfers are nearly one stroke higher when playing against Woods. This effect was larger when he was on winning streaks and disappeared during his well-publicized slump in 2003–04. Brown explains the results by noting that competitors of similar skill can hope to win by increasing their level of effort, but that, when facing a "superstar" competitor, extra exertion does not significantly raise one's level of winning while increasing risk of injury or exhaustion, leading to reduced effort.[177] Many courses in the PGA Tour rotation (including major championship sites like Augusta National) have added yardage to their tees in an effort to reduce the advantage of long hitters like Woods, in a strategy that became known as "Tiger-proofing".[178] Woods said he welcomed the change, in that adding yardage to courses did not affect his ability to win.[179]

Career achievements

Main article: List of career achievements by Tiger Woods

Woods has won 82 official PGA Tour events, including 15 majors. He is 14–1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. Multiple golf experts have heralded Woods as "the greatest closer in history".[180] He has the lowest career scoring average and the largest career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history.

Woods's victory at the 2013 Players Championship also marked a win in his 300th PGA Tour start.[181] He also won golf tournaments in his 100th (in 2000) and 200th (in 2006) tour starts.[182]

Woods has spent the most consecutive and cumulative weeks atop the world rankings. He is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus) to have won all four major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, and was the youngest to do so.[183] Woods is the only player to have consecutively won all four major championships open to professionals, accomplishing the feat in the 2000–2001 seasons.

Major championships

Wins (15)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1997 Masters Tournament 9 shot lead −18 (70-66-65-69=270) 12 strokes   Tom Kite
1999 PGA Championship Tied for lead −11 (70-67-68-72=277) 1 stroke   Sergio García
2000 U.S. Open 10 shot lead −12 (65-69-71-67=272) 15 strokes   Ernie Els,   Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2000 The Open Championship 6 shot lead −19 (67-66-67-69=269) 8 strokes   Thomas Bjørn,   Ernie Els
2000 PGA Championship (2) 1 shot lead −18 (66-67-70-67=270) Playoff1   Bob May
2001 Masters Tournament (2) 1 shot lead −16 (70-66-68-68=272) 2 strokes   David Duval
2002 Masters Tournament (3) Tied for lead −12 (70-69-66-71=276) 3 strokes   Retief Goosen
2002 U.S. Open (2) 4 shot lead −3 (67-68-70-72=277) 3 strokes   Phil Mickelson
2005 Masters Tournament (4) 3 shot lead −12 (74-66-65-71=276) Playoff2   Chris DiMarco
2005 The Open Championship (2) 2 shot lead −14 (66-67-71-70=274) 5 strokes   Colin Montgomerie
2006 The Open Championship (3) 1 shot lead −18 (67-65-71-67=270) 2 strokes   Chris DiMarco
2006 PGA Championship (3) Tied for lead −18 (69-68-65-68=270) 5 strokes   Shaun Micheel
2007 PGA Championship (4) 3 shot lead −8 (71-63-69-69=272) 2 strokes   Woody Austin
2008 U.S. Open (3) 1 shot lead −1 (72-68-70-73=283) Playoff3   Rocco Mediate
2019 Masters Tournament (5) 2 shot deficit −13 (70-68-67-70=275) 1 stroke   Dustin Johnson,   Brooks Koepka,
  Xander Schauffele

1Defeated May in three-hole playoff by 1 stroke: Woods (3–4–5=12), May (4–4–5=13)
2Defeated DiMarco in a sudden-death playoff: Woods (3), DiMarco (4).
3Defeated Mediate with a par on 1st sudden death hole after 18-hole playoff was tied at even par. This was the final time an 18-hole playoff was used in competition.

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T41LA CUT 1 T8 T18
U.S. Open WD T82 T19 T18 T3
The Open Championship T68 T22LA T24 3 T7
PGA Championship T29 T10 1
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament 5 1 1 T15 T22 1 T3 T2 2 T6
U.S. Open 1 T12 1 T20 T17 2 CUT T2 1 T6
The Open Championship 1 T25 T28 T4 T9 1 1 T12 CUT
PGA Championship 1 T29 2 T39 T24 T4 1 1 2
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T4 T4 T40 T4 T17 T32
U.S. Open T4 T21 T32 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T23 T3 T6 69 CUT T6
PGA Championship T28 CUT T11 T40 CUT CUT 2
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament 1 T38 47 WD
PGA Championship CUT T37 WD
U.S. Open T21 CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT CUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 5 2 1 12 14 18 25 24
PGA Championship 4 3 0 8 9 11 22 18
U.S. Open 3 2 1 7 8 15 22 17
The Open Championship 3 0 2 6 10 15 22 18
Totals 15 7 4 33 41 59 91 77
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 39 (1996 U.S. Open – 2006 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 8 (1999 U.S. Open – 2001 Masters)

The Players Championship

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2001 The Players Championship 2 shot deficit −14 (72-69-66-67=274) 1 stroke   Vijay Singh
2013 The Players Championship (2) Tied for lead −13 (67-67-71-70=275) 2 strokes   David Lingmerth,   Jeff Maggert,
  Kevin Streelman

Results timeline

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T31 T35 T10 2 1 T14 T11 T16 T53 T22 T37 8
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship WD WD T40 1 T69 T11 T30
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

World Golf Championships

Wins (18)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1999 WGC-NEC Invitational 5 shot lead −10 (66-71-62-71=270) 1 stroke   Phil Mickelson
1999 WGC-American Express Championship 1 shot deficit −6 (71-69-70-68=278) Playoff   Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2000 WGC-NEC Invitational (2) 9 shot lead −21 (64-61-67-67=259) 11 strokes   Justin Leonard,   Phillip Price
2001 WGC-NEC Invitational (3) 2 shot deficit −12 (66-67-66-69=268) Playoff   Jim Furyk
2002 WGC-American Express Championship (2) 5 shot lead −25 (65-65-67-66=263) 1 stroke   Retief Goosen
2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a 2 and 1   David Toms
2003 WGC-American Express Championship (3) 2 shot lead −6 (67-66-69-72=274) 2 strokes   Stuart Appleby,   Tim Herron,
  Vijay Singh
2004 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2) n/a 3 and 2   Davis Love III
2005 WGC-NEC Invitational (4) Tied for lead −6 (66-70-67-71=274) 1 stroke   Chris DiMarco
2005 WGC-American Express Championship (4) 2 shot deficit −10 (67-68-68-67=270) Playoff   John Daly
2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (5) 1 shot deficit −10 (67-64-71-68=270) Playoff   Stewart Cink
2006 WGC-American Express Championship (5) 6 shot lead −23 (63-64-67-67=261) 8 strokes   Ian Poulter,   Adam Scott
2007 WGC-CA Championship (6) 4 shot lead −10 (71-66-68-73=278) 2 strokes   Brett Wetterich
2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (6) 1 shot deficit −8 (68-70-69-65=272) 8 strokes   Justin Rose,   Rory Sabbatini
2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (3) n/a 8 and 7   Stewart Cink
2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (7) 3 shot deficit −12 (68-70-65-65=268) 4 strokes   Robert Allenby,   Pádraig Harrington
2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship (7) 4 shot lead −19 (66-65-67-71=269) 2 strokes   Steve Stricker
2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (8) 7 shot lead −15 (66-61-68-70=265) 7 strokes   Keegan Bradley,   Henrik Stenson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Championship 1 T5 NT1 1 1 9 1 1 1 5 T9 T10 WD 1 T25 T10
Match Play QF 2 R64 1 1 R32 R16 R16 1 R32 R64 R32 R64 QF
Invitational 1 1 1 4 T4 T2 1 1 1 1 T78 T37 T8 1 WD T31
Champions T6 T6

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

Season Starts Cuts
made		 Wins (majors) 2nd 3rd Top
10		 Top
25		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank
1992 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – –
1993 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – –
1994 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – –
1995 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 – –
1996 11 10 2 0 2 5 8 790,594 24
1997 21 20 4 (1) 1 1 9 14 2,066,833 1
1998 20 19 1 2 2 13 17 1,841,117 4
1999 21 21 8 (1) 1 2 16 18 6,616,585 1
2000 20 20 9 (3) 4 1 17 20 9,188,321 1
2001 19 19 5 (1) 0 1 9 18 5,687,777 1
2002 18 18 5 (2) 2 2 13 16 6,912,625 1
2003 18 18 5 2 0 12 16 6,673,413 2
2004 19 19 1 3 3 14 18 5,365,472 4
2005 21 19 6 (2) 4 2 13 17 10,628,024 1
2006 15 14 8 (2) 1 1 11 13 9,941,563 1
2007 16 16 7 (1) 3 0 12 15 10,867,052 1
2008 6 6 4 (1) 1 0 6 6 5,775,000 2
2009 17 16 6 3 0 14 16 10,508,163 1
2010 12 11 0 0 0 2 7 1,294,765 68
2011 9 7 0 0 0 2 3 660,238 128
2012 19 17 3 1 2 9 13 6,133,158 2
2013 16 16 5 1 0 8 10 8,553,439 1
2013–14 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 108,275 201
2014–15 11 6 0 0 0 1 3 448,598 162
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
2016–17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
2017–18 18 16 1 2 0 7 12 5,443,841 7
2018–19 12 9 1 (1) 0 0 4 7 3,199,615 24
2019–20 7 7 1 0 0 2 2 2,083,038 38
2020–21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 64,200 223
2021–22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 43,500 225
2022–23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 59,560 226
2024* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Career* 373 338 82 (15) 31 19 199 270 120,954,766 1[184]

*As of January 8, 2024

Playing style

 
Woods practicing before 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan

When Woods first joined the PGA Tour in 1996, his long drives had a large impact on the world of golf,[185] but he did not upgrade his equipment in the following years. He insisted upon the use of True Temper Dynamic Gold steel-shafted clubs and smaller steel clubheads that promoted accuracy over distance.[186] Many opponents caught up to him, and Phil Mickelson even made a joke in 2003 about Woods using "inferior equipment", which did not sit well with Nike, Titleist, or Woods.[187] During 2004, Woods finally upgraded his driver technology to a larger clubhead and graphite shaft, which, coupled with his clubhead speed, again made him one of the tour's longest players off the tee.

Despite his power advantage, Woods has always focused on developing an excellent all-around game. Although in recent years[when?] he has typically been near the bottom of the Tour rankings in driving accuracy, his iron play is generally accurate, his recovery and bunker play is very strong, and his putting (especially under pressure) is possibly his greatest asset. He is largely responsible for a shift to higher standards of athleticism amongst professional golfers, and is known for utilizing more hours of practice than most.[188][189][190]

From mid-1993 (while he was still an amateur) until 2004, Woods worked almost exclusively with leading swing coach Butch Harmon. From mid-1997, Harmon and Woods fashioned a major redevelopment of Woods's full swing, achieving greater consistency, better distance control, and better kinesiology. The changes began to pay off in 1999.[191] Woods and Harmon eventually parted ways. From March 2004 to 2010, Woods was coached by Hank Haney, who worked on flattening his swing plane. Woods continued to win tournaments with Haney, but his driving accuracy dropped significantly. Haney resigned under questionable circumstances in May 2010[192] and was replaced by Sean Foley.[193]

Fluff Cowan served as Woods's caddie from the start of his professional career until Woods dismissed him in March 1999.[194] He was replaced by Steve Williams, who became a close friend of Woods and is often credited with helping him with key shots and putts.[195] In June 2011, Woods dismissed Williams after he caddied for Adam Scott in the U.S. Open[196] and replaced him with friend Bryon Bell on an interim basis. Joe LaCava, a former caddie of both Fred Couples and Dustin Johnson, was hired by Woods shortly after[197] and has remained Woods's caddie since then.

Other ventures

TGR Foundation

The TGR Foundation was established in 1996 by Woods and his father Earl as the Tiger Woods Foundation with the primary goal of promoting golf among inner-city children.[198] The foundation has conducted junior golf clinics across the country, and sponsors the Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team in the Junior World Golf Championships.[199][200] As of December 2010, TWF employed approximately 55 people.[201][202]

The foundation operates the Tiger Woods Learning Center, a $50-million, 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) facility in Anaheim, California, providing college-access programs for underserved youth.[199][201][203] The TWLC opened in 2006 and features seven classrooms, extensive multi-media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area.[199] The center has since expanded to four additional campuses: two in Washington, D.C.; one in Philadelphia; and one in Stuart, Florida.[203]

 
Woods giving a speech at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (January 2009)

The foundation benefits from the annual Chevron World Challenge and AT&T National golf tournaments hosted by Woods.[201] In October 2011, the foundation hosted the first Tiger Woods Invitational at Pebble Beach.[204] Other annual fundraisers have included the concert events Block Party, last held in 2009 in Anaheim, and Tiger Jam, last held in 2011 in Las Vegas after a one-year hiatus.[201][205]

Tiger Woods Design

In November 2006, Woods announced his intention to begin designing golf courses around the world through a new company, Tiger Woods Design.[206] A month later, he announced that the company's first course would be in Dubai as part of a 25.3-million-square-foot development, The Tiger Woods Dubai.[207] The Al Ruwaya Golf Course was initially expected to finish construction in 2009.[207] As of February 2010, only seven holes had been completed; in April 2011, The New York Times reported that the project had been shelved permanently.[208][209] In 2013, the partnership between Tiger Woods Design and Dubai Holding was dissolved.[210]

Tiger Woods Design has taken on two other courses, neither of which has materialized. In August 2007, Woods announced The Cliffs at High Carolina, a private course in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.[211] After a groundbreaking in November 2008, the project suffered cash flow problems and suspended construction.[209] A third course, in Punta Brava, Mexico, was announced in October 2008, but incurred delays due to issues with permits and an environmental impact study.[209][212] Construction on the Punta Brava course has not yet begun.[209]

These projects have encountered problems that have been attributed to factors that include overly optimistic estimates of their value, declines throughout the global economy (particularly the U.S. crash in home prices), and the decreased appeal and marketability of Woods following his 2009 infidelity scandal.[209]

Writings

Woods wrote a golf instruction column for Golf Digest magazine from 1997 to February 2011.[213] In 2001, he wrote a best-selling golf instruction book, How I Play Golf, which had the largest print run of any golf book for its first edition, 1.5 million copies.[214] In March 2017, he published a memoir, The 1997 Masters: My Story, co-authored by Lorne Rubenstein, which focuses on his first Masters win.[215] In October 2019, Woods announced he would be writing a memoir book titled Back.[216]

NFT

Tiger Woods' "Iconic Fist Pumps Collection" is his first digital Non-fungible token (NFT) collection that launched on the DraftKings Marketplace in collaboration with Autograph.io on September 28, 2021. Autograph is an NFT platform that was co-founded by Tom Brady that helped launch NFT projects with some of the biggest names in sports, including Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal, Wayne Gretzky, and Tony Hawk. Woods' first collection offered 10,000 digital pictures of Tiger Woods' iconic moments ranging from $12 to $1,500, and 300 of those NFTs were also accompanied by his official digital signature.[217] The NFTs launched on the Autograph platform grants fans unique access to exclusive content, first dibs on digital collectibles, custom-made merchandise, and access to private in-person events depending on the varying utility of each NFT.[218]

Sun Day Red

Woods partnered with TaylorMade to launch his golf apparel line, dubbed "Sun Day Red". The line was announced on February 12, 2024, and featured Woods' signature red shirt.[219][220]

Personal life

 
Woods after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019. From left to right: girlfriend Erica Herman, mother Kultida Woods, daughter Sam Woods, son Charlie Woods, and Tiger Woods

Relationships and children

In November 2003, Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish former model and daughter of former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist Thomas Nordegren.[221] They were introduced during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as an au pair. They married on October 5, 2004, at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados, and lived at Isleworth, a community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida.[222][223] In 2006, they purchased a $39-million estate in Jupiter Island, Florida, and began constructing a 10,000-square-foot home; Woods moved there in 2010 following the couple's divorce.[167][223]

Woods and Nordegren's first child was a daughter born in 2007, whom they named Sam Alexis Woods. Woods chose the name because his own father had always called him Sam.[224] Their son, Charlie Axel Woods, was born in 2009.[225]

Infidelity scandal and fallout

In November 2009, the National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with New York City nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel, who denied the claim.[226] Two days later, around 2:30 a.m. on November 27, Woods was driving from his Florida mansion in his Cadillac Escalade SUV when he collided with a fire hydrant, a tree, and several hedges near his home.[227] He was treated for minor facial lacerations and received a ticket for careless driving.[227][228] Following intense media speculation about the cause of the crash, Woods released a statement on his website and took sole responsibility for the crash, calling it a "private matter" and crediting his wife for helping him from the car.[229] On November 30, Woods announced that he would not be appearing at his own charity golf tournament (the Chevron World Challenge) or any other tournaments in 2009 because of his injuries.[230]

On December 2, following Us Weekly magazine's previous day reporting of a purported mistress and subsequent release of a voicemail message allegedly left by Woods for the woman,[231] Woods released a further statement. He admitted transgressions and apologized to "all of those who have supported [him] over the years", while reiterating his and his family's right to privacy.[226][232] Over the next few days, more than a dozen women claimed in various media outlets to have had affairs with Woods.[6] On December 11, he released a third statement admitting to infidelity and he apologized again. He also announced that he would be taking "an indefinite break from professional golf."[6]

In the days and months following Woods's admission of multiple infidelities, several companies re-evaluated their relationships with him. Accenture, AT&T, Gatorade, and General Motors completely ended their sponsorship deals, while Gillette suspended advertising featuring Woods.[88][233] TAG Heuer dropped Woods from advertising in December 2009 and officially ended their deal when his contract expired in August 2011.[88] Golf Digest magazine suspended Woods's monthly column beginning with the February 2010 issue.[234] In contrast, Nike continued to support Woods, as did Electronic Arts, which was working with Woods on the game Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.[235] A December 2009 study estimated the shareholder loss caused by Woods's affairs to be between $5 billion and $12 billion.[236]

On February 19, 2010, Woods gave a televised statement in which he said he went through a 45-day therapy program that began at the end of December. He again apologized for his actions. "I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to," he said. "I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them. I was wrong. I was foolish." He said he did not know yet when he would be returning to golf.[87][237] On March 16, he announced that he would play in the 2010 Masters.[238]

After six years of marriage, Woods and Nordegren divorced on August 23, 2010.[239]

New relationships

On March 18, 2013, Woods announced that he and Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn were dating.[240] They split up in May 2015.[241] From November 2016 to August 2017, Woods was rumored to be in a relationship with stylist Kristin Smith.[242] Between late 2017 and late 2022, Woods was in a relationship with restaurant manager Erica Herman. However, in early 2023, Herman filed suit against Woods in relation to a non-disclosure agreement, alleging that it violates the Speak Out Act. Herman claimed that she was owed $30 million after an oral agreement was breached when Woods' trust's employees "locked her out of the Residence, removed her personal belongings, and informed her she could not return."[243]

2017 DUI arrest

Dashcam video of Tiger Woods's arrest, 29 min 27 sec

On May 29, 2017, Woods was arrested near his home in Jupiter Island, Florida, by the Jupiter Police Department at about 3:00 am. EDT for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He was asleep in his car, which was stationary in a traffic lane with its engine running. He later stated that he took prescription drugs and did not realize how they might interact together.[244] On July 3, 2017, Woods tweeted that he completed an out-of-state intensive program to tackle an unspecified issue.[245] At his arraignment on August 9, 2017, Woods had his attorney Douglas Duncan submit a not guilty plea for him and agreed to take part in a first-time driving under the influence offender program and attend another arraignment on October 25.[246][247]

At a hearing on October 27, 2017, Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving. He received a year of probation, was fined $250, and ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service along with regular drug tests. He was not allowed to drink alcohol during the probation, and if he violated the probation he would be sentenced to 90 days in jail with an additional $500 fine.[248]

2021 car crash

On February 23, 2021, Woods survived a serious rollover car crash in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.[249] The wreck was a single-vehicle collision and Woods was the sole occupant of the vehicle, which was traveling north along Hawthorne Boulevard.[250][251][252]

He was taken to the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center by ambulance.[253][249] The incident was under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which said the car "sustained major damage," and that Woods was driving over 80 mph, nearly twice the speed limit, before he crashed. No charges were filed.[254][249][255][256] Woods's agent later said that he sustained multiple leg injuries and had surgery for non-life-threatening injuries.[249][251][255]

Other pursuits

 
Woods meeting Barack Obama in the Oval Office, April 2009

Woods was raised as a Buddhist. He actively practiced his faith from childhood until well into his adult professional golf career.[257] In a 2000 article, Woods was quoted as saying that he "believes in Buddhism ... not every aspect, but most of it."[258] He has attributed his deviations and infidelity to his losing track of Buddhism. He said, "Buddhism teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously I lost track of what I was taught."[259]

Woods is registered as an independent voter.[260] In January 2009, Woods delivered a speech commemorating the military at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.[261] In April 2009, Woods visited the White House while promoting the golf tournament he hosts, the AT&T National.[262] In December 2016 and again in November 2017, Woods played golf with President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.[263]

Bibliography

  • 2001: How I Play Golf, Warner Books, ISBN 978-0-446-52931-0
  • 2017: The 1997 Masters: My Story (with Lorne Rubenstein), Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4555-4358-8

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This is calculated by totalling Woods's 82 PGA Tour victories, 8 regular European Tour wins, 2 non co-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour wins, 1 non co-sanctioned Asian PGA Tour win, and the 17 other wins in his career.
  2. ^ These are the 15 majors, 18 WGC events, and his eight tour wins.[3]

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External links

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For other uses see Tiger Woods disambiguation Eldrick Tont Tiger Woods born December 30 1975 is an American professional golfer He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins ranks second in men s major championships and holds numerous golf records 4 Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history 4 He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame 5 Tiger WoodsWoods at the White House in May 2019Personal informationFull nameEldrick Tont WoodsNicknameTigerBorn 1975 12 30 December 30 1975 age 48 Cypress California U S Height6 ft 1 in 185 cm 1 Weight185 lb 84 kg 1 Sporting nationality United StatesResidenceJupiter Island Florida U S SpouseElin Nordegren m 2004 div 2010 wbr Children2CareerCollegeStanford University two years Turned professional1996Current tour s PGA Tour joined 1996 Professional wins110 a Highest ranking1 June 15 1997 2 683 weeks Number of wins by tourPGA Tour82 Tied 1st all time European Tour41 3rd all time b Japan Golf Tour3Asian Tour2PGA Tour of Australasia3Other17Best results in major championships wins 15 Masters TournamentWon 1997 2001 2002 2005 2019PGA ChampionshipWon 1999 2000 2006 2007U S OpenWon 2000 2002 2008The Open ChampionshipWon 2000 2005 2006Achievements and awardsWorld Golf Hall of Fame2021 member page Haskins Award1996PGA TourRookie of the Year1996PGA Tourmoney list winner1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2005 2006 2007 2009 2013PGA TourPlayer of the Year1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2013PGA Player of the Year1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2013Byron Nelson Award1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009Vardon Trophy1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2013PGA TourFedEx Cup winner2007 2009Presidential Medal of Freedom2019 For a full list of awards see here Following an outstanding junior college and amateur golf career Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20 By the end of April 1997 he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major the 1997 Masters which he won by 12 strokes in a record breaking performance He reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in June 1997 less than a year after turning pro Throughout the first decade of the 21st century Woods was the dominant force in golf He was the top ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 264 consecutive weeks and again from June 2005 to October 2010 281 consecutive weeks During this time he won 13 of golf s major championships The next decade of Woods s career was marked by comebacks from personal problems and injuries He took a self imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to early April 2010 in an attempt to resolve marital issues with his wife at the time Elin Woods admitted to multiple marital infidelities and the couple eventually divorced 6 He fell to number 58 in the world rankings in November 2011 before ascending again to the number one ranking between March 2013 and May 2014 7 8 However injuries led him to undergo four back surgeries between 2014 and 2017 9 Woods competed in only one tournament between August 2015 and January 2018 and he dropped off the list of the world s top 1 000 golfers 10 11 On his return to regular competition Woods made steady progress to the top of the game winning his first tournament in five years at the Tour Championship in September 2018 and his first major in 11 years at the 2019 Masters Woods has held numerous golf records He has been the number one player in the world for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any golfer in history He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record 11 times 12 and has won the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times Woods has the record of leading the money list in ten different seasons He has won 15 professional major golf championships trailing only Jack Nicklaus who leads with 18 and 82 PGA Tour events tied for first all time with Sam Snead 13 Woods leads all active golfers in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins Woods is the fifth after Gene Sarazen Ben Hogan Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus player to achieve the career Grand Slam and the youngest to do so He is also the second golfer out of two after Nicklaus to achieve a career Grand Slam three times Woods has won 18 World Golf Championships He was also part of the American winning team for the 1999 Ryder Cup In May 2019 Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Trump the fourth golfer to receive the honor 14 On February 23 2021 Woods was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after a single car collision and underwent emergency surgery to repair compound fractures sustained in his right leg in addition to a shattered ankle 15 In an interview with Golf Digest in November 2021 Woods indicated that his full time career as a professional golfer was over although he would continue to play a few events per year 16 For the first time since the car crash he returned to the PGA Tour at the 2022 Masters Contents 1 Background and family 2 Early life and amateur golf career 3 College golf career 4 Professional career 4 1 Honors 4 2 Endorsements 4 3 Accumulated wealth 4 4 Tiger proofing 5 Career achievements 5 1 Major championships 5 1 1 Wins 15 5 1 2 Results timeline 5 1 3 Summary 5 2 The Players Championship 5 2 1 Wins 2 5 2 2 Results timeline 5 3 World Golf Championships 5 3 1 Wins 18 5 3 2 Results timeline 5 4 PGA Tour career summary 6 Playing style 7 Other ventures 7 1 TGR Foundation 7 2 Tiger Woods Design 7 3 Writings 7 4 NFT 7 5 Sun Day Red 8 Personal life 8 1 Relationships and children 8 2 Infidelity scandal and fallout 8 3 New relationships 8 4 2017 DUI arrest 8 5 2021 car crash 8 6 Other pursuits 9 Bibliography 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksBackground and family nbsp Woods and his father Earl at Fort Bragg North Carolina in 2004Woods was born on December 30 1975 in Cypress California 17 to Earl 18 and Kultida Tida Woods 19 He is their only child though he has two half brothers and a half sister from his father s first marriage 20 Earl was a retired U S Army officer and Vietnam War veteran he was born to African American parents and was also said to have had European and Native American descent 21 22 Kultida nee Punsawad is originally from Thailand where Earl met her when he was on a tour of duty there in 1968 She is of mixed Thai Chinese and Dutch ancestry 23 In 2002 ESPN claimed For the record he is one quarter Thai one quarter Chinese one quarter Caucasian one eighth African American and one eighth Native American 24 Tiger has described his ethnic make up as Cablinasian a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian Black American Indian and Asian 25 Woods s first name Eldrick was chosen by his mother because it began with E for Earl and ended with K for Kultida His middle name Tont is a traditional Thai name He was nicknamed Tiger in honor of his father s friend South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong who had also been known as Tiger 26 Woods has a niece Cheyenne Woods who played for the Wake Forest University golf team and turned professional in 2012 when she made her pro debut in the LPGA Championship 27 Early life and amateur golf careerWoods grew up in Orange County California He was a child prodigy who was introduced to golf before the age of two by his athletic father Earl Woods Earl was a single digit handicap amateur golfer who also was one of the earliest African American college baseball players at Kansas State University 28 Woods told reporters he had wanted to be a baseball player like his father but abandoned that goal after tearing his rotator cuff 29 His father was a member of the military and had playing privileges at the Navy golf course beside the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos which allowed Tiger to play there Tiger also played at the par 3 Heartwell golf course in Long Beach as well as some of the municipals in Long Beach 30 In 1978 Woods 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 course At age five he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC s That s Incredible 31 Before turning seven Woods won the Under Age 10 section of the Drive Pitch and Putt competition held at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress 32 In 1984 at the age of eight he won the 9 10 boys event the youngest age group available at the Junior World Golf Championships 33 He first broke 80 at age eight 34 He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991 35 36 37 38 39 Woods s father Earl wrote that Tiger first defeated him at the age of 11 years with Earl trying his best He lost to Woods every time from then on 40 Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12 41 When Woods was 13 years old he played in the 1989 Big I which was his first major national junior tournament In the final round he was paired with pro John Daly who was then relatively unknown The event s format placed a professional with each group of juniors who had qualified Daly birdied three of the last four holes to beat him by only one stroke 42 As a young teenager Woods first met Jack Nicklaus in Los Angeles at the Bel Air Country Club when Nicklaus was performing a clinic for the club s members Woods was part of the show and he impressed Nicklaus and the crowd with his skills and potential 43 Earl Woods had researched in detail the career accomplishments of Nicklaus and had set his young son the goals of breaking those records 41 Woods was 15 years old and a student at Western High School in Anaheim when he became the youngest U S Junior Amateur champion this was a record that stood until it was broken by Jim Liu in 2010 44 He was named 1991 s Southern California Amateur Player of the Year for the second consecutive year and Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year In 1992 he defended his title at the U S Junior Amateur Championship becoming the tournament s first two time winner He also competed in his first PGA Tour event the Nissan Los Angeles Open he missed the 36 hole cut and was named Golf Digest Amateur Player of the Year Golf World Player of the Year and Golfweek National Amateur of the Year 45 46 The following year Woods won his third consecutive U S Junior Amateur he remains the event s only three time winner 47 In 1994 at the TPC at Sawgrass in Florida he became the youngest winner of the U S Amateur a record he held until 2008 when it was broken by Danny Lee 48 49 He was a member of the American team at the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships winning and the 1995 Walker Cup losing 50 51 Woods graduated from Western High School at age 18 in 1994 and was voted Most Likely to Succeed among the graduating class He starred for the high school s golf team under coach Don Crosby 52 Woods learned to manage his stuttering as a boy 53 This was not widely known until he wrote a letter to a boy who contemplated suicide Woods wrote I know what it s like to be different and to sometimes not fit in I also stuttered as a child and I would talk to my dog and he would sit there and listen until he fell asleep I also took a class for two years to help me and I finally learned to stop 54 College golf careerWoods was heavily recruited by college golf powers He chose Stanford University the 1994 NCAA champions He enrolled at Stanford in the fall of 1994 under a golf scholarship and won his first collegiate event the 40th Annual William H Tucker Invitational that September 55 He selected a major in economics and was nicknamed Urkel by college teammate Notah Begay III 56 In 1995 he successfully defended his U S Amateur title at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island 48 and was voted Pac 10 Player of the Year NCAA First Team All American and Stanford s Male Freshman of the Year an award that encompasses all sports 57 58 At age 19 Woods participated in his first PGA Tour major the 1995 Masters and tied for 41st as the only amateur to make the cut two years later he won the tournament by 12 strokes At age 20 in 1996 he became the first golfer to win three consecutive U S Amateur titles 59 and won the NCAA individual golf championship 60 In winning the silver medal as leading amateur at The Open Championship he tied the record for an amateur aggregate score of 281 61 He left college after two years in order to turn professional in the golf industry In 1996 Woods moved out of California stating in 2013 that it was due to the state s high tax rate 62 Professional careerMain article Professional golf career of Tiger Woods nbsp Woods in 1997Woods turned professional at age 20 in August 1996 and immediately signed advertising deals with Nike Inc and Titleist that ranked as the most lucrative endorsement contracts in golf history at that time 63 64 Woods was named Sports Illustrated s 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 65 On April 13 1997 he won his first major the Masters in record breaking fashion and became the tournament s youngest winner at age 21 66 Two months later he set the record for the fastest ascent to No 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking 67 After a lackluster 1998 Woods finished the 1999 season with eight wins including the PGA Championship a feat not achieved since Johnny Miller did it in 1974 68 69 Woods was severely myopic his eyesight had a rating of 11 diopters In order to correct this problem he underwent successful laser eye surgery in 1999 70 and he immediately resumed winning tour events In 2007 his vision again began to deteriorate and he underwent laser eye surgery a second time 71 In 2000 Woods won six consecutive events on the PGA Tour which was the longest winning streak since Ben Hogan did it in 1948 One of these was the U S Open where he broke or tied nine tournament records in what Sports Illustrated called the greatest performance in golf history in which Woods won the tournament by a record 15 stroke margin and earned a check for 800 000 72 At age 24 he became the youngest golfer to achieve the Career Grand Slam 73 At the end of 2000 Woods had won nine of the twenty PGA Tour events he entered and had broken the record for lowest scoring average in tour history He was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year the only athlete to be honored twice and was ranked by Golf Digest magazine as the twelfth best golfer of all time 74 nbsp Woods at the 2004 Ryder CupWhen Woods won the 2001 Masters he became the only player to win four consecutive major professional golf titles although not in the same calendar year This achievement came to be known as the Tiger Slam 75 Following a stellar 2001 and 2002 in which he continued to dominate the tour Woods s career hit a slump 68 76 He did not win a major in 2003 or 2004 In September 2004 Vijay Singh overtook Woods in the Official World Golf Rankings ending Woods s record streak of 264 weeks at No 1 77 Woods rebounded in 2005 winning six PGA Tour events and reclaiming the top spot in July after swapping it back and forth with Singh over the first half of the year 78 Woods began dominantly in 2006 winning his first two PGA tournaments but failing to capture his fifth Masters championship in April 79 Following the death of his father in May Woods took some time off from the tour and appeared rusty upon his return at the U S Open at Winged Foot Golf Club where he missed the cut 80 However he quickly returned to form and ended the year by winning six consecutive tour events At the season s close Woods had 54 total wins that included 12 majors he broke the tour records for both total wins and total majors wins over eleven seasons 81 nbsp Woods at the 2006 MastersWoods continued to excel in 2007 and the first part of 2008 In April 2008 he underwent knee surgery and missed the next two months on the tour 82 Woods returned for the 2008 U S Open where he struggled the first day but ultimately claimed a dramatic sudden death victory over Rocco Mediate that followed an 18 hole playoff after which Mediate said This guy does things that are just not normal by any stretch of the imagination and Kenny Perry added He beat everybody on one leg 83 Two days later Woods announced that he would miss the remainder of the season due to additional knee surgery and that his knee was more severely damaged than previously revealed prompting even greater praise for his U S Open performance Woods called it my greatest ever championship 84 In Woods s absence television ratings for the remainder of the season suffered a huge decline from 2007 85 nbsp Woods competing at the third annual Earl Woods Memorial Pro Am July 1 2009 Woods had a much anticipated return to golf in 2009 when he performed well His comeback included a spectacular performance at the 2009 Presidents Cup but he failed to win a major the first year since 2004 that he did not do so 86 After his marital infidelities came to light and received massive media coverage at the end of 2009 see further details below Woods announced in December that he would be taking an indefinite break from competitive golf 6 In February 2010 he delivered a televised apology for his behavior saying I was wrong and I was foolish 87 During this period several companies ended their endorsement deals with Woods 88 Woods returned to competition in April at the 2010 Masters where he finished tied for fourth place 89 He followed the Masters with poor showings at the Quail Hollow Championship and the Players Championship where he withdrew in the fourth round citing injury 90 Shortly afterward Hank Haney Woods s coach since 2003 resigned the position In August Woods hired Sean Foley as Haney s replacement The rest of the season went badly for Woods who failed to win a single event for the first time since turning professional while nevertheless finishing the season ranked No 2 in the world nbsp Woods at a Chevron World Challenge charity event 2011 In 2011 Woods s performance continued to suffer this took its toll on his ranking After falling to No 7 in March he rebounded to No 5 with a strong showing at the 2011 Masters where he tied for fourth place 91 Due to leg injuries incurred at the Masters he missed several summer stops on the PGA Tour In July he fired his longtime caddie Steve Williams who was shocked by the dismissal and replaced him on an interim basis with friend Bryon Bell until he hired Joe LaCava 92 After returning to tournament play in August Woods continued to falter and his ranking gradually fell to a low of 58 8 He rose to No 50 in mid November after a third place finish at the Emirates Australian Open and broke his winless streak with a victory at December s Chevron World Challenge 8 93 94 full citation needed Woods began his 2012 season with two tournaments the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the AT amp T Pebble Beach National Pro Am where he started off well but struggled on the final rounds Following the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship where he was knocked out in the second round by missing a 5 foot putt 95 Woods revised his putting technique and tied for second at The Honda Classic with the lowest final round score in his PGA Tour career After a short time off due to another leg injury Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational his first win on the PGA Tour since the BMW Championship in September 2009 Following several dismal performances Woods notched his 73rd PGA Tour win at the Memorial Tournament in June tying Jack Nicklaus in second place for most PGA Tour victories 96 a month later Woods surpassed Nicklaus with a win at the AT amp T National to trail only Sam Snead who accumulated 82 PGA tour wins 97 The year 2013 brought a return of Woods s dominating play In January he won the Farmers Insurance Open by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour win It was the seventh time he won the event 98 In March he won the WGC Cadillac Championship also for the seventh time giving him his 17th WGC title and first since 2009 99 Two weeks later he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational winning the event for a record tying 8th time The win moved him back to the top of the world rankings 100 To commemorate that achievement Nike was quick to launch an ad with the tagline winning takes care of everything 101 During the 2013 Masters Woods faced disqualification after unwittingly admitting in a post round interview with ESPN that he took an illegal drop on the par 5 15th hole when his third shot bounced off the pin and into the water After further review of television footage Woods was assessed a two stroke penalty for the drop but was not disqualified 102 He finished tied for fourth in the event Woods won The Players Championship in May 2013 his second career win at the event notching his fourth win of the 2013 season It was the quickest he got to four wins in any season of his professional career nbsp Woods practicing in a bunker prior to the start of the 2014 Quicken Loans NationalWoods had a poor showing at the 2013 U S Open as a result of an elbow injury that he sustained at The Players Championship In finishing at 13 over par he recorded his worst score as a professional and finished 12 strokes behind winner Justin Rose After a prolonged break because of the injury during which he missed the Greenbrier Classic and his own AT amp T National he returned at the Open Championship at Muirfield Despite being in contention all week and beginning the final round only two strokes behind Lee Westwood he struggled with the speed of the greens and could only manage a 3 over par 74 that left him tied for 6th place five strokes behind eventual winner Phil Mickelson Two weeks later Woods returned to form at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational recording his 5th win of the season and 8th win at the event in its 15 year history His second round 61 matched his record score on the PGA Tour and could easily have been a 59 were it not for some short missed birdie putts on the closing holes This gave him a seven stroke lead that he held onto for the rest of the tournament But at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club Woods never was in contention making 2013 his fifth full season where he did not win a major he was in contention in only two of the four majors in 2013 After a slow start to 2014 Woods sustained an injury during the final round of The Honda Classic and was unable to finish the tournament He withdrew after the 13th hole citing back pain 103 He subsequently competed in the WGC Cadillac Championship but was visibly in pain during much of the last round He was forced to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the end of March 2014 104 and after undergoing back surgery he announced on April 1 that he would miss the Masters for the first time since 1994 105 Woods returned at the Quicken Loans National in June however he said that his expectations for the week were low He struggled with nearly every aspect of his game and missed the cut He next played at The Open Championship contested at Hoylake where Woods had won eight years prior Woods fired a brilliant 69 in the first round to put himself in contention but shot 77 on Friday and eventually finished 69th Despite his back pain he played at the 2014 PGA Championship where he failed to make the cut On August 25 2014 Woods and his swing coach Sean Foley parted ways In the four years under Foley he won eight times but no majors He had previously won eight majors with Harmon and six with Haney Woods said there was currently no timetable to find a replacement swing coach 106 On February 5 2015 Woods withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open after another back injury 107 Woods stated on his website that it was unrelated to his previous surgery and he would take a break from golf until his back healed 108 He returned for the Masters finishing in a tie for 17th In the final round Woods injured his wrist after his club hit a tree root He later stated that a bone popped out of his wrist but he adjusted it back into place and finished the round 109 Woods then missed the cut at the 2015 U S Open and Open Championship the first time Woods missed the cut at consecutive majors finishing near the bottom of the leaderboard both times 110 He finished tied for 18th at the Quicken Loans National on August 2 111 In late August 2015 Woods played quite well at the Wyndham Championship finishing the tournament at 13 under only four strokes behind the winner and tied for 10th place 112 Woods offered only a brief comment on the speculation that he was still recovering from back surgery saying it was just my hip but offering no specifics 113 nbsp Woods practicing a chip shot at the 2018 U S OpenWoods had back surgery on September 16 2015 In late March 2016 he announced that he would miss the Masters while he recovered from the surgery 114 he had also missed the 2014 Masters due to a back problem 115 I m absolutely making progress and I m really happy with how far I ve come he explained in a statement But I still have no timetable to return to competitive golf 116 However he did attend the Masters Champions Dinner on April 5 2016 117 For the first time in his career he missed all four majors in one year due to problems with his back In October 2016 he told Charlie Rose on PBS that he still wanted to break Jack Nicklaus s record of 18 major titles 118 Woods underwent back surgery in December 2016 and spent the next 15 months off the Tour He made his return to competitive golf in the Hero World Challenge 119 Woods s back problems continued to hinder him in 2017 He missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January and pulled out of a European Tour event in Dubai on February 3 On March 31 Woods announced on his website that he would not be playing in the 2017 Masters Tournament despite being cleared to play by his doctors Woods said that although he was happy with his rehabilitation he did not feel tournament ready 120 121 Woods subsequently told friends I m done 122 On April 20 Woods announced that he had undergone his fourth back surgery since 2014 to alleviate back and leg pain Recovery time required up to six months meaning that Woods would spend the rest of the year without playing any professional golf 123 Woods returned to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas He shot rounds of 69 68 75 68 and finished tied for 9th place His world ranking went from 1 199th to 668th which was the biggest jump in the world rankings in his career On March 11 2018 he finished one shot back and tied for second at the Valspar Championship in Florida his first top five finish on the PGA Tour since 2013 124 He then tied for sixth with a score of five under par at the 2018 Open Championship 125 At the last major of the year the 2018 PGA Championship Woods finished second two shots behind the winner Brooks Koepka It was his best result in a major since 2009 second at the 2009 PGA Championship and moved him up to 26th in the world rankings His final round of 64 was his best ever final round in a major 126 11 Woods returned to the winner s circle for the 80th time in his PGA Tour career on September 23 2018 when he won the season ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club for the second time and that tournament for the third time He shot rounds of 65 68 65 71 to win by two strokes over Billy Horschel 127 On April 14 2019 Woods won the Masters which was his first major championship win in eleven years and his 15th major overall He finished 13 under par to win by one stroke over Dustin Johnson Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka 128 At age 43 he became the second oldest golfer ever to win the Masters after Jack Nicklaus who was 46 when he triumphed in 1986 129 In August 2019 Woods announced via social media that he underwent knee surgery to repair minor cartilage damage and that he had an arthroscopic procedure during the Tour Championship In his statement Woods also confirmed that he was walking and intends on traveling and playing in Japan in October 130 Woods played in his first 2020 PGA Tour event at the Zozo Championship in October 2019 which was the first ever PGA Tour event played in Japan Woods who played a highly publicized skins game earlier in the week at the same course as the Championship held at least a share of the lead after every round of the rain delayed tournament giving him a three stroke victory over Hideki Matsuyama 131 The win was Woods s 82nd on Tour tying him with Sam Snead for the most victories all time on the PGA Tour 132 133 In December 2020 Woods had microdiscectomy surgery on his back for the fifth time 134 The operation was to remove a pressurized disc fragment that was pinching his nerve and causing him pain during the PNC Championship Woods returned to play in his first professional tournament since his 2021 motor vehicle crash at the 2022 Masters Tournament He made the cut and finished in 47th place at 13 over par 23 shots behind the winner Scottie Scheffler 135 In August 2022 Woods Rory McIlroy Mike McCarley and the PGA Tour announced the formation of TGL a six team virtual golfing league 136 In November 2023 Woods revealed himself as an co owner and player for Jupiter Links Golf Club founded with investments by David Blitzer 137 Honors nbsp Woods receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in May 2019On August 20 2007 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver announced that Woods would be inducted into the California Hall of Fame He was inducted December 5 2007 at The California Museum for History Women and the Arts in Sacramento 138 In May 2019 following his 2019 Masters Tournament win Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump 139 nbsp Wax statue of Woods at Madame Tussauds LondonIn 2000 and 2001 Woods was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year becoming the inaugural recipient of the award 140 In 2000 he received the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year an award given to a non British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport 141 Domestically Woods has also been recognized by U S publications He was named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record tying four times was named Athlete of the Decade by the Associated Press in 2009 and is one of only two people to be named Sports Illustrated s Sportsman of the Year more than once 142 143 Since his record breaking win at the 1997 Masters Woods has been the biggest name in golf and his presence in tournaments has drawn a huge fan following Some sources have credited him for dramatically increasing prize money in golf generating interest in new PGA tournament audiences and for drawing the largest TV ratings in golf history 65 144 His recognition as one of the most famous athletes in modern history includes being depicted in a wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds 145 Endorsements During the first decade of his professional career Woods was the world s most marketable athlete 146 Shortly after his 21st birthday in 1996 he signed endorsement deals with numerous companies including General Motors Titleist General Mills American Express Accenture and Nike In 2000 he signed a 5 year 105 million contract extension with Nike which was the largest endorsement package signed by a professional athlete at that time 147 Woods s endorsement has been credited with playing a significant role in taking the Nike Golf brand from a start up golf company earlier in the previous decade to becoming the leading golf apparel company in the world and a major player in the equipment and golf ball market 146 148 Nike Golf is one of the fastest growing brands in the sport with an estimated 600 million in sales 149 Woods has been described as the ultimate endorser for Nike Golf 149 frequently seen wearing Nike gear during tournaments and even in advertisements for other products 147 Woods receives a percentage from the sales of Nike Golf apparel footwear golf equipment golf balls 146 and has a building named after him at Nike s headquarters campus in Beaverton Oregon 150 nbsp Woods visiting aircraft carrier USS George Washington CVN 73 in the Persian Gulf before participating in the 2004 Dubai Desert ClassicIn 2002 Woods was involved in every aspect of the launch of Buick s Rendezvous SUV A company spokesman stated that Buick was happy with the value of Woods s endorsement pointing out that more than 130 000 Rendezvous vehicles were sold in 2002 and 2003 That exceeded our forecasts he was quoted as saying It has to be in recognition of Tiger In February 2004 Buick renewed Woods s endorsement contract for another five years in a deal reportedly worth 40 million 147 Woods collaborated closely with TAG Heuer to develop the world s first professional golf watch which was released in April 2005 151 The lightweight titanium construction watch designed to be worn while playing the game incorporates numerous innovative design features to accommodate golf play It is capable of absorbing up to 5 000 Gs of shock far in excess of the forces generated by a normal golf swing 151 In 2006 the TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch won the prestigious iF product design award in the Leisure Lifestyle category 152 nbsp Woods preparing for a photo shoot in 2006Woods also endorsed the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games he has done so since 1999 153 In 2006 he signed a six year contract with Electronic Arts the series publisher 154 In February 2007 Woods Roger Federer and Thierry Henry became ambassadors for the Gillette Champions marketing campaign Gillette did not disclose financial terms though an expert estimated the deal could total between 10 million and 20 million 155 In October 2007 Gatorade announced that Woods would have his own brand of sports drink starting in March 2008 Gatorade Tiger was his first U S deal with a beverage company and his first licensing agreement Although no figures were officially disclosed Golfweek magazine reported that it was for five years and could pay him as much as 100 million 156 The company decided in early fall 2009 to discontinue the drink due to weak sales 157 In October 2012 it was announced that Woods signed an exclusive endorsement deal with Fuse Science Inc a sports nutrition firm 158 In 1997 Woods and fellow golfer Arnold Palmer initiated a civil case against Bruce Matthews the owner of Gotta Have It Golf Inc and others in the effort to stop the unauthorized sale of their images and alleged signatures in the memorabilia market Matthews and associated parties counterclaimed that Woods and his company ETW Corporation committed several acts including breach of contract breach of implied duty of good faith and violations of Florida s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act 159 Palmer also was named in the counter suit accused of violating the same licensing agreement in conjunction with his company Arnold Palmer Enterprises On March 12 2014 a Florida jury found in favor of Gotta Have It on its breach of contract and other related claims rejected ETW s counterclaims and awarded Gotta Have It 668 346 in damages 160 The award may end up exceeding 1 million once interest has been factored in though the ruling may be appealed In August 2016 Woods announced that he would be seeking a new golf equipment partner 161 after the news of Nike s exit from the equipment industry 162 It was announced on January 25 2017 that he would be signing a new club deal with TaylorMade 163 He added the 2016 M2 driver along with the 2017 M1 fairway woods with irons to be custom made at a later date He also added his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS a club he used to win 13 of his 15 majors 164 Also in late 2016 he would add Monster Energy as his primary bag sponsor replacing MusclePharm 165 On January 8 2024 Woods announced that he would be parting ways with Nike after 27 years ending one of the most lucrative endorsements any athlete has had 166 Accumulated wealth Woods has appeared on Forbes list of the world s highest paid athletes 167 168 According to Golf Digest Woods earned 769 440 709 from 1996 to 2007 169 and the magazine predicted that Woods would pass a billion dollars in earnings by 2010 170 In 2009 Forbes confirmed that Woods was indeed the world s first professional athlete to earn over a billion dollars in his career after accounting for the 10 million bonus Woods received for the FedEx Cup title 171 The same year Forbes estimated his net worth to be 600 million making him the second richest person of color in the United States behind only Oprah Winfrey 172 In 2015 Woods ranked ninth in Forbes list of world s highest paid athletes being the top among Asian Americans or the fourth among African Americans 173 As of 2017 Woods was considered to be the highest paid golfer in the world 174 In 2022 Woods was the first golfer to have a net worth over one billion dollars 175 Tiger proofing Early in Woods s career a small number of golf industry analysts expressed concern about his impact on the competitiveness of the game and the public appeal of professional golf Sportswriter Bill Lyon of Knight Ridder asked in a column Isn t Tiger Woods actually bad for golf though Lyon ultimately concluded that he was not 176 At first some pundits feared that Woods would drive the spirit of competition out of the game of golf by making existing courses obsolete and relegating opponents to simply competing for second place each week A related effect was measured by University of California economist Jennifer Brown who found that other golfers scored worse when competing against Woods than when he was not in the tournament The scores of highly skilled golfers are nearly one stroke higher when playing against Woods This effect was larger when he was on winning streaks and disappeared during his well publicized slump in 2003 04 Brown explains the results by noting that competitors of similar skill can hope to win by increasing their level of effort but that when facing a superstar competitor extra exertion does not significantly raise one s level of winning while increasing risk of injury or exhaustion leading to reduced effort 177 Many courses in the PGA Tour rotation including major championship sites like Augusta National have added yardage to their tees in an effort to reduce the advantage of long hitters like Woods in a strategy that became known as Tiger proofing 178 Woods said he welcomed the change in that adding yardage to courses did not affect his ability to win 179 Career achievementsMain article List of career achievements by Tiger Woods Woods has won 82 official PGA Tour events including 15 majors He is 14 1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead Multiple golf experts have heralded Woods as the greatest closer in history 180 He has the lowest career scoring average and the largest career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history Woods s victory at the 2013 Players Championship also marked a win in his 300th PGA Tour start 181 He also won golf tournaments in his 100th in 2000 and 200th in 2006 tour starts 182 Woods has spent the most consecutive and cumulative weeks atop the world rankings He is one of five players along with Gene Sarazen Ben Hogan Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus to have won all four major championships in his career known as the Career Grand Slam and was the youngest to do so 183 Woods is the only player to have consecutively won all four major championships open to professionals accomplishing the feat in the 2000 2001 seasons PGA Tour wins 82 European Tour wins 41 Japan Golf Tour wins 3 Asian PGA Tour wins 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins 3 Other wins 17 Amateur wins 21 Major championships Wins 15 Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner s up1997 Masters Tournament 9 shot lead 18 70 66 65 69 270 12 strokes nbsp Tom Kite1999 PGA Championship Tied for lead 11 70 67 68 72 277 1 stroke nbsp Sergio Garcia2000 U S Open 10 shot lead 12 65 69 71 67 272 15 strokes nbsp Ernie Els nbsp Miguel Angel Jimenez2000 The Open Championship 6 shot lead 19 67 66 67 69 269 8 strokes nbsp Thomas Bjorn nbsp Ernie Els2000 PGA Championship 2 1 shot lead 18 66 67 70 67 270 Playoff1 nbsp Bob May2001 Masters Tournament 2 1 shot lead 16 70 66 68 68 272 2 strokes nbsp David Duval2002 Masters Tournament 3 Tied for lead 12 70 69 66 71 276 3 strokes nbsp Retief Goosen2002 U S Open 2 4 shot lead 3 67 68 70 72 277 3 strokes nbsp Phil Mickelson2005 Masters Tournament 4 3 shot lead 12 74 66 65 71 276 Playoff2 nbsp Chris DiMarco2005 The Open Championship 2 2 shot lead 14 66 67 71 70 274 5 strokes nbsp Colin Montgomerie2006 The Open Championship 3 1 shot lead 18 67 65 71 67 270 2 strokes nbsp Chris DiMarco2006 PGA Championship 3 Tied for lead 18 69 68 65 68 270 5 strokes nbsp Shaun Micheel2007 PGA Championship 4 3 shot lead 8 71 63 69 69 272 2 strokes nbsp Woody Austin2008 U S Open 3 1 shot lead 1 72 68 70 73 283 Playoff3 nbsp Rocco Mediate2019 Masters Tournament 5 2 shot deficit 13 70 68 67 70 275 1 stroke nbsp Dustin Johnson nbsp Brooks Koepka nbsp Xander Schauffele1Defeated May in three hole playoff by 1 stroke Woods 3 4 5 12 May 4 4 5 13 2Defeated DiMarco in a sudden death playoff Woods 3 DiMarco 4 3Defeated Mediate with a par on 1st sudden death hole after 18 hole playoff was tied at even par This was the final time an 18 hole playoff was used in competition Results timeline Results not in chronological order in 2020 Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Masters Tournament T41LA CUT 1 T8 T18U S Open WD T82 T19 T18 T3The Open Championship T68 T22LA T24 3 T7PGA Championship T29 T10 1Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Masters Tournament 5 1 1 T15 T22 1 T3 T2 2 T6U S Open 1 T12 1 T20 T17 2 CUT T2 1 T6The Open Championship 1 T25 T28 T4 T9 1 1 T12 CUTPGA Championship 1 T29 2 T39 T24 T4 1 1 2Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Masters Tournament T4 T4 T40 T4 T17 T32U S Open T4 T21 T32 CUT CUTThe Open Championship T23 T3 T6 69 CUT T6PGA Championship T28 CUT T11 T40 CUT CUT 2Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023Masters Tournament 1 T38 47 WDPGA Championship CUT T37 WDU S Open T21 CUTThe Open Championship CUT NT CUT Win Top 10 Did not play LA Low amateur CUT missed the half way cut WD withdrew T indicates a tie for a place NT No tournament due to COVID 19 pandemic Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 5 2 1 12 14 18 25 24PGA Championship 4 3 0 8 9 11 22 18U S Open 3 2 1 7 8 15 22 17The Open Championship 3 0 2 6 10 15 22 18Totals 15 7 4 33 41 59 91 77Most consecutive cuts made 39 1996 U S Open 2006 Masters Longest streak of top 10s 8 1999 U S Open 2001 Masters The Players Championship Wins 2 Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner s up2001 The Players Championship 2 shot deficit 14 72 69 66 67 274 1 stroke nbsp Vijay Singh2013 The Players Championship 2 Tied for lead 13 67 67 71 70 275 2 strokes nbsp David Lingmerth nbsp Jeff Maggert nbsp Kevin StreelmanResults timeline Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009The Players Championship T31 T35 T10 2 1 T14 T11 T16 T53 T22 T37 8Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019The Players Championship WD WD T40 1 T69 T11 T30 Win Top 10 Did not play WD withdrew T indicates a tie for a place World Golf Championships Wins 18 Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner s up1999 WGC NEC Invitational 5 shot lead 10 66 71 62 71 270 1 stroke nbsp Phil Mickelson1999 WGC American Express Championship 1 shot deficit 6 71 69 70 68 278 Playoff nbsp Miguel Angel Jimenez2000 WGC NEC Invitational 2 9 shot lead 21 64 61 67 67 259 11 strokes nbsp Justin Leonard nbsp Phillip Price2001 WGC NEC Invitational 3 2 shot deficit 12 66 67 66 69 268 Playoff nbsp Jim Furyk2002 WGC American Express Championship 2 5 shot lead 25 65 65 67 66 263 1 stroke nbsp Retief Goosen2003 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship n a 2 and 1 nbsp David Toms2003 WGC American Express Championship 3 2 shot lead 6 67 66 69 72 274 2 strokes nbsp Stuart Appleby nbsp Tim Herron nbsp Vijay Singh2004 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship 2 n a 3 and 2 nbsp Davis Love III2005 WGC NEC Invitational 4 Tied for lead 6 66 70 67 71 274 1 stroke nbsp Chris DiMarco2005 WGC American Express Championship 4 2 shot deficit 10 67 68 68 67 270 Playoff nbsp John Daly2006 WGC Bridgestone Invitational 5 1 shot deficit 10 67 64 71 68 270 Playoff nbsp Stewart Cink2006 WGC American Express Championship 5 6 shot lead 23 63 64 67 67 261 8 strokes nbsp Ian Poulter nbsp Adam Scott2007 WGC CA Championship 6 4 shot lead 10 71 66 68 73 278 2 strokes nbsp Brett Wetterich2007 WGC Bridgestone Invitational 6 1 shot deficit 8 68 70 69 65 272 8 strokes nbsp Justin Rose nbsp Rory Sabbatini2008 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship 3 n a 8 and 7 nbsp Stewart Cink2009 WGC Bridgestone Invitational 7 3 shot deficit 12 68 70 65 65 268 4 strokes nbsp Robert Allenby nbsp Padraig Harrington2013 WGC Cadillac Championship 7 4 shot lead 19 66 65 67 71 269 2 strokes nbsp Steve Stricker2013 WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8 7 shot lead 15 66 61 68 70 265 7 strokes nbsp Keegan Bradley nbsp Henrik StensonResults timeline Results not in chronological order before 2015 Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Championship 1 T5 NT1 1 1 9 1 1 1 5 T9 T10 WD 1 T25 T10Match Play QF 2 R64 1 1 R32 R16 R16 1 R32 R64 R32 R64 QFInvitational 1 1 1 4 T4 T2 1 1 1 1 T78 T37 T8 1 WD T31Champions T6 T61Cancelled due to 9 11 Win Top 10 Did not play QF R16 R32 R64 Round in which player lost in match play WD withdrew NT No tournament T tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009 PGA Tour career summary Season Starts Cutsmade Wins majors 2nd 3rd Top10 Top25 Earnings Moneylist rank1992 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1995 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1996 11 10 2 0 2 5 8 790 594 241997 21 20 4 1 1 1 9 14 2 066 833 11998 20 19 1 2 2 13 17 1 841 117 41999 21 21 8 1 1 2 16 18 6 616 585 12000 20 20 9 3 4 1 17 20 9 188 321 12001 19 19 5 1 0 1 9 18 5 687 777 12002 18 18 5 2 2 2 13 16 6 912 625 12003 18 18 5 2 0 12 16 6 673 413 22004 19 19 1 3 3 14 18 5 365 472 42005 21 19 6 2 4 2 13 17 10 628 024 12006 15 14 8 2 1 1 11 13 9 941 563 12007 16 16 7 1 3 0 12 15 10 867 052 12008 6 6 4 1 1 0 6 6 5 775 000 22009 17 16 6 3 0 14 16 10 508 163 12010 12 11 0 0 0 2 7 1 294 765 682011 9 7 0 0 0 2 3 660 238 1282012 19 17 3 1 2 9 13 6 133 158 22013 16 16 5 1 0 8 10 8 553 439 12013 14 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 108 275 2012014 15 11 6 0 0 0 1 3 448 598 1622015 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n a2016 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n a2017 18 18 16 1 2 0 7 12 5 443 841 72018 19 12 9 1 1 0 0 4 7 3 199 615 242019 20 7 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 083 038 382020 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 64 200 2232021 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 500 2252022 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 59 560 2262024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n aCareer 373 338 82 15 31 19 199 270 120 954 766 1 184 As of January 8 2024Playing style nbsp Woods practicing before 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township MichiganWhen Woods first joined the PGA Tour in 1996 his long drives had a large impact on the world of golf 185 but he did not upgrade his equipment in the following years He insisted upon the use of True Temper Dynamic Gold steel shafted clubs and smaller steel clubheads that promoted accuracy over distance 186 Many opponents caught up to him and Phil Mickelson even made a joke in 2003 about Woods using inferior equipment which did not sit well with Nike Titleist or Woods 187 During 2004 Woods finally upgraded his driver technology to a larger clubhead and graphite shaft which coupled with his clubhead speed again made him one of the tour s longest players off the tee Despite his power advantage Woods has always focused on developing an excellent all around game Although in recent years when he has typically been near the bottom of the Tour rankings in driving accuracy his iron play is generally accurate his recovery and bunker play is very strong and his putting especially under pressure is possibly his greatest asset He is largely responsible for a shift to higher standards of athleticism amongst professional golfers and is known for utilizing more hours of practice than most 188 189 190 From mid 1993 while he was still an amateur until 2004 Woods worked almost exclusively with leading swing coach Butch Harmon From mid 1997 Harmon and Woods fashioned a major redevelopment of Woods s full swing achieving greater consistency better distance control and better kinesiology The changes began to pay off in 1999 191 Woods and Harmon eventually parted ways From March 2004 to 2010 Woods was coached by Hank Haney who worked on flattening his swing plane Woods continued to win tournaments with Haney but his driving accuracy dropped significantly Haney resigned under questionable circumstances in May 2010 192 and was replaced by Sean Foley 193 Fluff Cowan served as Woods s caddie from the start of his professional career until Woods dismissed him in March 1999 194 He was replaced by Steve Williams who became a close friend of Woods and is often credited with helping him with key shots and putts 195 In June 2011 Woods dismissed Williams after he caddied for Adam Scott in the U S Open 196 and replaced him with friend Bryon Bell on an interim basis Joe LaCava a former caddie of both Fred Couples and Dustin Johnson was hired by Woods shortly after 197 and has remained Woods s caddie since then Other venturesTGR Foundation The TGR Foundation was established in 1996 by Woods and his father Earl as the Tiger Woods Foundation with the primary goal of promoting golf among inner city children 198 The foundation has conducted junior golf clinics across the country and sponsors the Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team in the Junior World Golf Championships 199 200 As of December 2010 TWF employed approximately 55 people 201 202 The foundation operates the Tiger Woods Learning Center a 50 million 35 000 square foot 3 300 m2 facility in Anaheim California providing college access programs for underserved youth 199 201 203 The TWLC opened in 2006 and features seven classrooms extensive multi media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area 199 The center has since expanded to four additional campuses two in Washington D C one in Philadelphia and one in Stuart Florida 203 nbsp Woods giving a speech at We Are One The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial January 2009 The foundation benefits from the annual Chevron World Challenge and AT amp T National golf tournaments hosted by Woods 201 In October 2011 the foundation hosted the first Tiger Woods Invitational at Pebble Beach 204 Other annual fundraisers have included the concert events Block Party last held in 2009 in Anaheim and Tiger Jam last held in 2011 in Las Vegas after a one year hiatus 201 205 Tiger Woods Design In November 2006 Woods announced his intention to begin designing golf courses around the world through a new company Tiger Woods Design 206 A month later he announced that the company s first course would be in Dubai as part of a 25 3 million square foot development The Tiger Woods Dubai 207 The Al Ruwaya Golf Course was initially expected to finish construction in 2009 207 As of February 2010 only seven holes had been completed in April 2011 The New York Times reported that the project had been shelved permanently 208 209 In 2013 the partnership between Tiger Woods Design and Dubai Holding was dissolved 210 Tiger Woods Design has taken on two other courses neither of which has materialized In August 2007 Woods announced The Cliffs at High Carolina a private course in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville North Carolina 211 After a groundbreaking in November 2008 the project suffered cash flow problems and suspended construction 209 A third course in Punta Brava Mexico was announced in October 2008 but incurred delays due to issues with permits and an environmental impact study 209 212 Construction on the Punta Brava course has not yet begun 209 These projects have encountered problems that have been attributed to factors that include overly optimistic estimates of their value declines throughout the global economy particularly the U S crash in home prices and the decreased appeal and marketability of Woods following his 2009 infidelity scandal 209 Writings Woods wrote a golf instruction column for Golf Digest magazine from 1997 to February 2011 213 In 2001 he wrote a best selling golf instruction book How I Play Golf which had the largest print run of any golf book for its first edition 1 5 million copies 214 In March 2017 he published a memoir The 1997 Masters My Story co authored by Lorne Rubenstein which focuses on his first Masters win 215 In October 2019 Woods announced he would be writing a memoir book titled Back 216 NFT Tiger Woods Iconic Fist Pumps Collection is his first digital Non fungible token NFT collection that launched on the DraftKings Marketplace in collaboration with Autograph io on September 28 2021 Autograph is an NFT platform that was co founded by Tom Brady that helped launch NFT projects with some of the biggest names in sports including Usain Bolt Rafael Nadal Wayne Gretzky and Tony Hawk Woods first collection offered 10 000 digital pictures of Tiger Woods iconic moments ranging from 12 to 1 500 and 300 of those NFTs were also accompanied by his official digital signature 217 The NFTs launched on the Autograph platform grants fans unique access to exclusive content first dibs on digital collectibles custom made merchandise and access to private in person events depending on the varying utility of each NFT 218 Sun Day Red Woods partnered with TaylorMade to launch his golf apparel line dubbed Sun Day Red The line was announced on February 12 2024 and featured Woods signature red shirt 219 220 Personal life nbsp Woods after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 From left to right girlfriend Erica Herman mother Kultida Woods daughter Sam Woods son Charlie Woods and Tiger WoodsRelationships and children In November 2003 Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren a Swedish former model and daughter of former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist Thomas Nordegren 221 They were introduced during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik who had employed her as an au pair They married on October 5 2004 at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados and lived at Isleworth a community in Windermere a suburb of Orlando Florida 222 223 In 2006 they purchased a 39 million estate in Jupiter Island Florida and began constructing a 10 000 square foot home Woods moved there in 2010 following the couple s divorce 167 223 Woods and Nordegren s first child was a daughter born in 2007 whom they named Sam Alexis Woods Woods chose the name because his own father had always called him Sam 224 Their son Charlie Axel Woods was born in 2009 225 Infidelity scandal and fallout In November 2009 the National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with New York City nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel who denied the claim 226 Two days later around 2 30 a m on November 27 Woods was driving from his Florida mansion in his Cadillac Escalade SUV when he collided with a fire hydrant a tree and several hedges near his home 227 He was treated for minor facial lacerations and received a ticket for careless driving 227 228 Following intense media speculation about the cause of the crash Woods released a statement on his website and took sole responsibility for the crash calling it a private matter and crediting his wife for helping him from the car 229 On November 30 Woods announced that he would not be appearing at his own charity golf tournament the Chevron World Challenge or any other tournaments in 2009 because of his injuries 230 On December 2 following Us Weekly magazine s previous day reporting of a purported mistress and subsequent release of a voicemail message allegedly left by Woods for the woman 231 Woods released a further statement He admitted transgressions and apologized to all of those who have supported him over the years while reiterating his and his family s right to privacy 226 232 Over the next few days more than a dozen women claimed in various media outlets to have had affairs with Woods 6 On December 11 he released a third statement admitting to infidelity and he apologized again He also announced that he would be taking an indefinite break from professional golf 6 In the days and months following Woods s admission of multiple infidelities several companies re evaluated their relationships with him Accenture AT amp T Gatorade and General Motors completely ended their sponsorship deals while Gillette suspended advertising featuring Woods 88 233 TAG Heuer dropped Woods from advertising in December 2009 and officially ended their deal when his contract expired in August 2011 88 Golf Digest magazine suspended Woods s monthly column beginning with the February 2010 issue 234 In contrast Nike continued to support Woods as did Electronic Arts which was working with Woods on the game Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online 235 A December 2009 study estimated the shareholder loss caused by Woods s affairs to be between 5 billion and 12 billion 236 On February 19 2010 Woods gave a televised statement in which he said he went through a 45 day therapy program that began at the end of December He again apologized for his actions I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to he said I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me I felt I was entitled Thanks to money and fame I didn t have to go far to find them I was wrong I was foolish He said he did not know yet when he would be returning to golf 87 237 On March 16 he announced that he would play in the 2010 Masters 238 After six years of marriage Woods and Nordegren divorced on August 23 2010 239 New relationships On March 18 2013 Woods announced that he and Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn were dating 240 They split up in May 2015 241 From November 2016 to August 2017 Woods was rumored to be in a relationship with stylist Kristin Smith 242 Between late 2017 and late 2022 Woods was in a relationship with restaurant manager Erica Herman However in early 2023 Herman filed suit against Woods in relation to a non disclosure agreement alleging that it violates the Speak Out Act Herman claimed that she was owed 30 million after an oral agreement was breached when Woods trust s employees locked her out of the Residence removed her personal belongings and informed her she could not return 243 2017 DUI arrest source source source source source source source Dashcam video of Tiger Woods s arrest 29 min 27 secOn May 29 2017 Woods was arrested near his home in Jupiter Island Florida by the Jupiter Police Department at about 3 00 am EDT for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs He was asleep in his car which was stationary in a traffic lane with its engine running He later stated that he took prescription drugs and did not realize how they might interact together 244 On July 3 2017 Woods tweeted that he completed an out of state intensive program to tackle an unspecified issue 245 At his arraignment on August 9 2017 Woods had his attorney Douglas Duncan submit a not guilty plea for him and agreed to take part in a first time driving under the influence offender program and attend another arraignment on October 25 246 247 At a hearing on October 27 2017 Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving He received a year of probation was fined 250 and ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service along with regular drug tests He was not allowed to drink alcohol during the probation and if he violated the probation he would be sentenced to 90 days in jail with an additional 500 fine 248 2021 car crash On February 23 2021 Woods survived a serious rollover car crash in Rancho Palos Verdes California 249 The wreck was a single vehicle collision and Woods was the sole occupant of the vehicle which was traveling north along Hawthorne Boulevard 250 251 252 He was taken to the Harbor UCLA Medical Center by ambulance 253 249 The incident was under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department which said the car sustained major damage and that Woods was driving over 80 mph nearly twice the speed limit before he crashed No charges were filed 254 249 255 256 Woods s agent later said that he sustained multiple leg injuries and had surgery for non life threatening injuries 249 251 255 Other pursuits nbsp Woods meeting Barack Obama in the Oval Office April 2009Woods was raised as a Buddhist He actively practiced his faith from childhood until well into his adult professional golf career 257 In a 2000 article Woods was quoted as saying that he believes in Buddhism not every aspect but most of it 258 He has attributed his deviations and infidelity to his losing track of Buddhism He said Buddhism teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint Obviously I lost track of what I was taught 259 Woods is registered as an independent voter 260 In January 2009 Woods delivered a speech commemorating the military at the We Are One The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 261 In April 2009 Woods visited the White House while promoting the golf tournament he hosts the AT amp T National 262 In December 2016 and again in November 2017 Woods played golf with President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach 263 Bibliography2001 How I Play Golf Warner Books ISBN 978 0 446 52931 0 2017 The 1997 Masters My Story with Lorne Rubenstein Grand Central 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Retrieved April 7 2021 a b Harig Bob February 23 2021 Tiger Woods hospitalized after vehicle rolls over in crash ESPN Retrieved February 23 2021 Shapiro Emily February 23 2021 Tiger Woods hurt in rollover crash in California Sheriff ABC News Retrieved February 23 2021 Tiger Woods makes emotional apology for infidelity BBC News London February 19 2010 Retrieved February 26 2010 Wright Robert July 24 2000 Gandhi and Tiger Woods Slate Retrieved August 13 2007 Tiger Woods Returns to Buddhism ISKCON News February 20 2010 Archived from the original on April 12 2010 Retrieved March 11 2010 Abcarian Robin December 13 2009 How did Tiger keep his secrets Los Angeles Times Retrieved December 13 2009 Tiger to speak at Lincoln Memorial ESPN Associated Press January 16 2009 Retrieved January 20 2009 Tiger Woods gives speech at Obama inauguration Golf Today January 21 2009 Archived from the original on May 26 2011 Retrieved May 4 2009 Montopoli Brian April 23 2009 Tiger Woods in the White House CBS News Archived from the original on April 26 2009 Retrieved May 3 2009 Porter Kyle November 24 2017 President Trump plays post Thanksgiving golf with Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson CBS News Retrieved November 25 2017 Further readingAndrisani John 1997 The Tiger Woods Way An Analysis of Tiger Woods Power Swing Technique New York Three Rivers Press ISBN 0 609 80139 2 OCLC 55124056 Clary Jack 1997 Tiger Woods Twickenham England Tiger Books International ISBN 978 1 85501 954 6 OCLC 40859379 Woods Earl McDaniel Pete 1997 Training a Tiger A Father s Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life New York HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978 0 06 270178 7 OCLC 35925055 Feinstein John 1999 The Majors In Pursuit of Golf s Holy Grail Boston Little Brown ISBN 978 0 316 27971 0 OCLC 40602886 Londino Lawrence J 2006 Tiger Woods A Biography Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press ISBN 978 0 313 33121 3 OCLC 61109403 Rosaforte Tim 2000 Raising the Bar The Championship Years of Tiger Woods New York Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 978 0 312 27212 8 OCLC 45248211 Sampson Curt 2002 Chasing Tiger Atria ISBN 978 0743442121 Benedict Jeff Keteyian Armen 2018 Tiger Woods Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 1501126420 Sampson Curt 2019 Roaring Back The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods New York Diversion Books ISBN 978 1 63576 683 7 Patterson James de Jonge Peter 2024 Tiger Tiger The untold story of the G O A T New York Little Brown and Company ISBN 978 0316438605 External linksTiger Woods at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp News from Wikinews nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote Official website Tiger Woods at the PGA Tour official site a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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