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Tiger Woods Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Assets, and Awards

Tiger Woods Biography

Tiger Woods was born on 30 December 1975. as Eldrick Tont Woods to Earl Woods and Kultida; he was nicknamed Tiger in honor of his father’s friend. He has three half-siblings through his father’s previous marriage. He is of mixed ancestry. His father was a Vietnam War Veteran.

He was introduced to golf when he was just two by his father, who had himself been an amateur golfer. He excelled in golf and went on to win the Junior World Golf Championships six times.

Tiger Woods Age, Physical Appearance, and Height

Tiger Woods was born on 30 December 1975, and according to the calculation, his current age is 46 years.

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status as the main things for the Sports Industry. Fans also attract the Height, Weight & Physical Status of Tiger Woods is 185 cm and 1.85 m and feet inches- 6′ 1″. His weight is in kilograms- 79 kg. Weight.

Tiger Woods has a Waist Size of 30 Inches and a chest of 38 Inches, And biceps of 12 Inches. he has Black color hair and Black color eyes. Besides this, he is wearing shoe size 11.

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Tiger Woods Education

Tiger Woods attended Western High School, from where he graduated in 1994. He became a U.S. Junior Amateur champion when he was 15 years old. He would win the championship three times.

He enrolled at Stanford University under a golfing scholarship in 1994. He left after two years to pursue golf as a 

Tiger Woods Personal Life

Tiger Woods married former Swedish model Elin Nordegren in 2004. They had two children. In 2009 reports of his extramarital affairs with multiple women began surfacing. Even though he denied it initially, he eventually accepted his transgressions. This led to the couple’s divorce in 2010.

Tiger Woods Career

After becoming a professional golfer in 1996, he was immediately offered deals with Nike, Inc., and Titleist as he had become famous because of his collegiate career.

Tiger Woods won the Masters, his first major tournament, in 1997. He was ranked No.1 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the PGA Championship in 1999.

He had a great start to the new millennium with six consecutive wins in 2000. One of his victories for the year was the U.S. Open, where he broke or equaled nine records.

He won several golfing titles that season, and by winning the 2001 Masters Tournament, he became the first player to win all four major professional titles simultaneously.

The next two seasons were not that great for him. However, his form returned in 2005, and he won six official PGA Tour money events. He closed the 2006 season with 54 wins.

Tiger Woods great form continued through the next couple of years. However, knee surgery in the latter part of 2008 forced him to take a short break.

He was enthusiastically welcomed back to golf in 2009. He did not disappoint his fans and performed well, winning the 2009 Presidents Cup with an amazing performance.

There had been some scandals and controversies involving his personal life in late 2009, which hampered his performance in 2010. His sponsors canceled their contracts, and his rankings also fell. For the first time in his career, he could not win a single event.

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In 2011 his dismal performances continued. He fell to No.7 rank by March. Over the year, his personal, professional, and health woes continued, and he fell to No. 58.

The 2012 season was better for him — he won two tournaments initially. He went on to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament.

By 2013 he was back to Tiger Woods original form. He won the Farmers Insurance Open in January and the WGC-Cadillac Championship in March. A win in the Arnold Palmer Invitational re-established his position as the World No.1.

Tiger Woods Major Works

With 79 official PGA Tour events, he had been hailed as the “greatest closer in history”. He was the youngest among the few players to have won all four professional major championships. He is also the only one to have completed the Career Grand Slam in a row.

Tiger Woods Net Worth

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer with a net worth of $800 million. Every year Tiger earns $50-60 million. For example, between June 2019 and June 2020, he earned $63 million from his various endeavors. Since turning pro in 1996, Tiger’s career earnings top $1.5 billion. That’s the same as around $1.8 billion after adjusting for inflation. He is the highest-earning golfer of all time and was the world’s highest-earning celebrity for many years.

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Tiger Woods Assets

· Tiger owns a $25 million yacht named “Privacy”. He sometimes sleeps on the yacht during tournaments that are near water.

· His PGA tour Pension plan is worth at least $20 million.

· He owns a $54 million Gulfstream G550 private jet. The only time Tiger has flown commercially in the last 15 years was in January 2017, when he was traveling from Los Angeles to Dubai.

· The previously mentioned a 12-acre ocean-front property in Jupiter, Florida, is worth at least $75 million

· In the wake of the 2009 financial crisis and his career slowdown, Tiger launched a course design business. He has designed courses worldwide with plenty of work on his plate.

Tiger Woods Awards

  1. He was inducted into The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento in 2007.
  2. The Associated Press named him the “Athlete of the Decade” in December 2009.

Tiger Woods Car Collection

  1. CADILLAC CLIMBING
  2. LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO
  3. Lamborghini Murcielago
  4. PORSCHE CARRERA GT
  5. BUICK VELITO
  6. MERCEDES-BENZ S65

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Riya Kapoor writes about lifestyle, entertainment, news and gadgets. She has been in this industry for almost 4 years now. She is a graduate from Delhi University with English Hons and had deep connection with writing since her childhood.

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