| Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was born December 30, | | | | African-American and Asian-American descent. |
| 1975. Currently the world's #1 American | | | | Woods went on to win three PGA Tour events |
| professional golfer is ranked among the most | | | | that same year. |
| successful golfers of all time. He is | | | | |
| also the highest paid athlete estimated worth | | | | The following season Woods continued |
| $122 million in winnings and endorsements. It | | | | dominating throughout all of the tournaments. |
| is also believed that he will be the first | | | | Wood's six professional major championships |
| American athlete to surpass the $1 billion | | | | and three U.S amateur championship titles |
| dollar earning estimate. | | | | totaled nine major championships through age |
| | | | 25. He achieved No. 1 on the Official World |
| Tiger Woods began to play golf at the age of | | | | Golf Ranking for the most rapid progression |
| two. A "natural" for the game of golf, he | | | | to that position ever recorded. |
| went on to win the Junior World Championships | | | | |
| six times- an unprecedented accomplishment | | | | Throughout his career, Wood's has established |
| for such a young boy. | | | | several charitable and youth projects which |
| | | | include; The Tiger Woods Foundation, In The |
| In 1996 he became a professional golfer and | | | | City Golf Clinics and Festivals, The |
| signed with Nike Inc. - an endorsement worth | | | | Tiger Woods Learning Center, The Tiger World |
| $40 million and with Titleist Inc. worth $20 | | | | Challenge and Tiger Woods Foundation National |
| million. Woods was named Sports | | | | Junior Golf Team. In 2001 Wood's wrote |
| Illustrated 1996 Sportsman of the Year and | | | | a-best selling golf instruction book "How I |
| PGA Rookie of the Year. Woods went on to win | | | | Play Golf" and has written a golf instruction |
| his first tournament The Masters in April, | | | | column for Golf Digest Magazine since 1997. |
| becoming the youngest Masters winner of | | | | |