Tiger Woods

Background

Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, born on December 30, is the son of Earl Woods, an army officer, and Kutilda Woods. He was born in Cypress, California. Unlike most high-performance athletes who focus more on their physical training, Woods attended high school and even enrolled at Stanford. However, he abandoned his studies to devote himself entirely to his passion — golf.

By then, he had already won many amateur championships and participated in and won several professional tournaments. In 1995, when he was only 20 years old, Woods participated in his first Grand Slam, winning two PGA Tour titles in his first season and another five a year later. In addition, a few months later, he won the first green jacket of his career. In the following years, Woods continued to reap victories in different tournaments and championships in America and the world and became one of the highest-paid stars in the world. The beginning of the 21st century brought an even more significant escalation in his career; Woods won all the Grand Slam titles in world golf.

Few golfers in the history of the sport can boast of this achievement. The following years were difficult for Woods as his career oscillated between ups and downs. It was not until 2005 that Woods regained the position he had worked for in previous years and won the 2005 Augusta Masters. For the next four years, he kept winning more and more titles until 2009, when his name was mentioned in the media for reasons far removed from golf. The golfer lost the support of some sponsors and fans when he declared that he was retiring indefinitely from golf. This decision was due to the situation with his wife, which was full of conflict due to Woods’ infidelity.