Eldrick Tont Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to Earl Woods, a U.S. Army infantry officer and Kultida Woods, a Thai citizen.
Tiger was introduced to golf by his father Earl at the age of 2. He soon became a child prodigy decimating all his opponents in the under 10 group competition held at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress. He went on to win the junior world championships 6 times. He turned professional at the age of 20 and won his first Masters title on April 13, 1997 at the age of 23. He followed it up with the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship making Tiger Woods the only player in history to have won all four major professional golf championships in the same year. For this reason this achievement is also called the ‘Tiger Slam’.
Woods’ performance was touted to be the greatest by a professional golfer in 100 years. He was the youngest golfer to win the Masters and the first African-American to win a major title.
Wood’s margin of 12 strokes was the highest recorded in the 20th century. By June 1997, Tiger Woods became world number 1. In a short time it was clear that not only was Tiger Woods the best in the world at golf but also arguably the best in the history of golf.
2022 marks 25 years since Tiger’s iconic Masters win.
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