Tiger Woods, an American professional golfer, has a net worth of $800 million. Tiger Woods has earned more than $1.8 billion in his professional career since 1996. Adjusted for inflation, his career profits certainly exceed $2 billion. He is the highest-paid golfer of all time and was the world’s highest-paid celebrity for many years.
Who is Tiger Woods?
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California, to Earl and Tida Woods. He’s their only child. He has two half-brothers, Earl Jr. and Kevin, and a half-sister, Royce, from his father’s first marriage.
Tiger’s mother is originally from Thailand. Tiger identifies as Cablinasian, which stands for Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian. He was nicknamed Tiger after his father’s buddy, Colonel Vuong Dang Phong, who was also known as Tiger.
Woods grew raised in Orange County, California. His father, Earl Woods, introduced him to golf before he was two years old. Earl was a single-digit handicap amateur golfer. He was also among the first African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University.
How old is Tiger Woods?
He is currently 48 years old.
What is Tiger Woods’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $800 million.
What is Tiger Woods’s career?
Tiger faced off against comedian Bob Hope on “The Mike Douglas Show” in 1978. At the age of three, he shot 48 over nine holes. At the age of five, he appeared in “Golf Digest” and ABC’s “That’s Incredible!” Tiger won the Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition for children under the age of ten at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress, California, when he was six.
When he was eight years old, he won the 9-10 boys’ event at the Junior World Golf Championships, the youngest age category eligible. That year, he broke 80 for the first time. Tiger won the Junior World Championship six times, including four straight years from 1988 to 1991.
Woods initially defeated his father when he was 11, and Earl was determined to win that game. Earl lost against Tiger every time since then. Woods was 15 years old and a student at Western High School in Anaheim when he won the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion, a record that remained until 2010. He was named the Southern California Amateur Player of the Year in 1990 and 1991.
He was named the 1991 “Golf Digest” Junior Amateur Player of the Year. When Woods successfully defended his U.S. Junior Amateur Championship title in 1992, he became the first person to win it twice. That same year, he competed in the Nissan Los Angeles Open, his first PGA Tour tournament. He was selected the 1992 “Golf Digest” Amateur Player of the Year, the Golf World Player of the Year, and the “Golfweek” National Amateur of the Year.
Woods went professional in August 1996, at the age of 20, and immediately secured advertising contracts with Nike and Titleist, which were among the most lucrative endorsement deals in golf history at the time. Woods was selected “Sports Illustrated’s” 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
On April 13, 1997, he won his first major, the Masters, by 12 shots in a record-breaking performance, making him the tournament’s youngest winner aged 21. Two months later, he broke the record for the quickest rise to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. After a disappointing 1998, Woods concluded the 1999 season with eight victories, including the PGA Championship.
From 2000 until 2010, Woods dominated golf. He was the world’s number one golfer from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks), then again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks). During this time, he won 13 major championships.
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