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Also known as Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods, Tiger, Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, Woods

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

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Eldrick Tont Woods, known by the nickname Tiger, is a male professional golfer and writer from the United States. Born in Cypress in 1975 to father Earl Woods, he is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. He is affiliated with the ethnic groups of African Americans and Thai Americans and follows Buddhism. Woods began his work period in 1996 and has been educated at Stanford University.

His notable works include *Tiger Woods and the 1997 Masters*, *How I Play Golf*, and several untitled memoir editions. He has been recognized in the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection. His awards include the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, the BBC World Sport Star of the Year, and the California Hall of Fame. He has also received the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year and was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year.

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  • Tiger Woods and the 1997 Masters
  • How I Play Golf
  • Comment je joue au golf
  • Untitled Tiger Woods Memoir (Spanish Edition)
  • Untitled Tiger Woods Memoir

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Cypress, California, USA

American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur career, Woods was 20 years old when he turned professional at the end of the summer in 1996. By April 1997, he had already won three PGA tour events in addition to his first major, the…

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  • The Tiger Effect — Self2023
  • Spirit of Golf — Self2023
  • The Match VII — Self2022
  • Tiger Woods: Icon2021
  • 25 Years of Tiger — Self2021
  • Tiger — Self2021
  • U.S. Open Epics: Tiger Woods: Perfection at Pebble Beach — Self2019
  • Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk — Self (archive footage)2019
  • U.S. Open Epics: Michelle Wie: Breakthrough at Pinehurst — Self (archive footage)2019
  • U.S. Open Epics: Tiger and Rocco — Self2018

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Instance of
human
Family name
Woods
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cypress
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Buddhism
Country for sport
United States
Mass
84
Official website
tigerwoods.com
Image
Tiger Woods in May 2019.jpg
Height
185
Significant event
Panama Papers
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Tiger Woods
date of birth
1975-12-30
topic's main category
Category:Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods
birth name
Eldrick Tont Woods إلدريك تونت وودز' "iildirik tunt wudz"
ethnic group
Thai Americans
ranking
1
start of work period
1996-00-00
nickname
Tiger
pseudonym
Tiger Woods
unmarried partner
Vanessa Trump
social media followers
6595797
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
medical condition
stuttering
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