Tiger Woods
Tiger's Real Name: Eldrick Woods.
The nick-name "Tiger" was given to him by his father. It's the same nick-name of a South Vietnamese combat buddy, Nguyen Phong, who saved Tiger's father's life a few times in the Vietnam War.
Rumor had it that Tiger was planning to official change his name to Tiger Woods when he turned 21 this past December but sources say he didn't do it for some reason. Tiger's Dad: Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel Earl Woods served 2 Tours of Duty in the Vietnam War.
Tiger's Mother: Kultida (Tida) Woods. Her maiden name is Kultida Punsawad.
Tiger's parents met in Bangkok, Thailand. They got married in 1969.
Tiger Born: December 30, 1975 Long Beach, California.
Tiger now lives in a new home in Isleworth, Florida. Near the west side of
Orlando. Tiger moved to Florida because of the great golf weather and because he is always flying and time zone changes tired him out as he alway lost time when having to fly back to California.
Tiger's Ethnicity: African, Thai, Chinese, American Indian, and European.
Tiger's Religion: Tiger believes in Buddism. Not every aspect, but most of it.
Tiger was 11-months old when he first started swinging a sawed off golf club in his garage. Some sources say he was actually 10-months old.
Tiger's Education: In the 7th grade Tiger had a GPA of 3.86! (Now there's the real important stuff.)
Tiger spent 2 years at Stanford University in California majoring in Business.
Tiger has 2 half brothers and 1 half sister from his fathers first marriage.
Tiger loves McDonalds (CheeseBurgers) and Taco Bell.
Tiger's Caddy (Guy who carries Tiger's clubs for him): Mike "Fluff" Cowan, used to caddy for another pro, Peter Jacobsen.
Tiger's Driver (Big Golf Club) is only 43-inches long, an inch shorter than most clubs used by other professionals.
Tiger's Driver Club head is moving at an average speed of 122 mph at impact with the ball.
Tiger uses a soft-covered three piece golf ball. My source says he uses the
Titleist Pro 100. Others say he also uses the Titleist Pro 90.
Tiger has a 35-inch sleeve length. (I know everything!)
Tiger has a 28-inch waist size. (He's much stronger than he looks!)
Tiger's Golf Coach: Butch Harmon
Tiger's Agent: Hughes Norton of International Management Group
Most Recent Award: ESPY (ESPN) Award "Breakthrough Athlete of the Year"
Tiger is working on 2 golf books with Warner-Books he's getting paid $2.2
Million for them.
Tiger's first professional win was the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. He won
$297,000.
Tiger's Girlfriend: NONE. Actually, rumor has it that Tyra Banks (The
SuperModel) is interested in him.
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Woods grew up watching his father golf day after day in the garage and anywhere else his father could get his hands on a club. His father was not only his coach but his best friend and when he died a few years down the road, it showed in the way Woods played. Woods had his father as a coach since he was able to stand up on his own and without the encouragement and the talent of both his father and himself the world may have never seen a problem with golf being an all-white game. Woods hadn’t doubted himself since the day he stepped on the green in 1997 to prove everyone wrong about his ability, but the day he had to play without his father was the day it
Like Muhammad Ali is to boxing and Michael Jordan is to basketball, Tiger Woods is considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. Due to his incredible playing on the course, his young age, and the endorsement deals he signed with major advertising companies, Tiger Woods’ fans place him on the “best of the best” list in professional sports. Society places an enormous amount of responsibilities on its champions or favorites. “ Sure, he is good on the course, but how well does he support society? What does he stand for”, the public says. There is more to Tiger Woods than a good golf swing or how well he can say “ Buy these shoes” in front of the advertisers’ cameras. Even though Tiger would never say it, his influence over the game of golf and society as a whole far outreaches the twenty-six years he spent on the planet so far.
According to Tiger’s wife, “when he meet with hostesses, waitresses, and porn stars he had then abandoned his own life.” Turning 39 on Dec. 30, Woods stills sits at 14 majors, the same place he was five years ago when he drove his car into that tree. Continuing his career, he might tie with Sam Snead record of 82 PGA Tour wins, but that was never a main goal for Woods. Aspirations in Tiger Woods life have always seemed to be about the big time, but now he couldn't seem further from it. Concluding the effect his scandalous deeds has taken upon him, if rumors were to surface that Woods has retired sooner than expected - it would be totally
Scandal, divorce, and addiction, Woods has had to deal with all in the public eye. In 2009 He was going through one of sports biggest scandals ever. When the dust settled, Woods was divorced, humiliated by the majority of the ensuing stories that turned out after everything took place, and had to take a leave of absence from the PGA tour after revealing that he was battling an extreme sex addiction. He hasn't won a major championship from that point forward, and most would say that the scandal single handedly changed his career and legacy entirely. When Tigers scandal began to settle, countless mistresses started to come out and make allegations that they were engaged in sexual activity with him. Many stories were different but there was one common theme that was consistent in numerous allegations. Tiger had a sleeping problem and when he could not sleep, he would turn to his sex addiction to entertain himself. These unfortunate moments in Tiger’s life have drastically affected his legacy in a negative
While visiting the hall of fame for a particular sport one would expect to see exhibits, busts, and plaques showcasing the most significant people and various record-holders in the sports history. Thus to the casual observer it may come as a quite shock that the baseball player with the most hits in baseball history is absent from it’s Hall of Fame. The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York contains no mention of the game’s career hit leader because Pete Rose, he of a record 4256 career hits, had been permanently suspended from the game of baseball since 1989. (Rychlak, 1998) On August 24, 1989, Bart Giamatti, the commissioner of the MLB (Major League Baseball) suspended Pete Rose indefinitely for betting on the game of baseball. (Higgins, 1990) Of the reasons for his indefinite suspension, perhaps the most disturbing was Rose’s alleged gambling on games featuring the Cincinnati Reds, a club that he had been managing at the time of his banishment. (Chass, 1989) For the first 15 years of his indefinite suspension Rose would vehemently denied any and every accusation of him having ever bet on baseball, only to finally admit to having done so in his 2004 autobiography My Prison Without Bars. (Dodd, 2004) Pete Rose will not be able to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame until his indefinite suspension ends because the Executive Committee that runs the hall of fame prevents suspended players from appearing on ballots that are sent to the voters at the Baseball Writers Association. (Rychalak, 1998) Baseball’s hesitancy to honor someone who had put it’s credibility at a serious risk is understandable but Rose’s impact on the game of the baseball is so substantial that it’d be a travesty for him to not eventually have at least some ...
Eldrick (Tiger) Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to Earl and Kultida Woods. He was the only child from this particular marriage but had two half-brothers and one half-sister from his parents’ previous marriages. Tiger is a combination of a few different ethnicities (Caucasian, American Indian, Black, and Asian). He labels himself as “Cablinasian“. His father introduced him to golf at the age of 2, and from this early age, he was recognized as a golf prodigy. Tiger appeared on the Mike Douglas Show to showcase his skills in 1978 and progressed in the sport of golf as his father tutored him. He won the 9-10 age group at age 8 in 1982 for the Junior World Golf Championships, and won this tournament an overall amount of six times. He won many tournaments at a young age, some of which include the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, and the U.S. Amateur Championship. Even at this early in Tiger’s career, it was obvious that he would become a great golf legend later in life.
Charles Macdonald was an early founder of American golf. He recalled playing golf in the Chicago area as early as 1875. Another promoter of golf, a young man named Andrew Bell from Burlington, Iowa, was initially exposed to golf when he went to Scotland to attend the University of Edinburgh. Upon his return to the United States in 1883, he laid out four informal golf holes on the family farm and played a few rounds with his friends. In 1884 Colonel Hamilton Gillispie, a former Scotsman who went into the lumber business in Florida, was known to hit golf balls in a field that is now the main street of Sarasota (History of Golf 7). Also in 1884, the Oakhurst Golf Club was formed in North Carolina now famous for it’s first hole from the Club’s Homestead course, celebrated to...
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Born Eldrick T. Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, Calif., golf phenom Tiger Woods has had a career nothing short of spectacular. His father, Earl Woods, began teaching his son the game when he was just a year old. In fact, Tiger's skills were so good at such a young age that it landed him an appearance on the Mike Douglas Show in 1978. The two-year-old Woods' appearance put him up against legendary comedian Bob Hope in a putting contest. At three, he shot a 48 over nine holes at one of his hometown courses. When Tiger was five he appeared on television's "That's Incredible" and in Golf Digest magazine.
Yan Martel and William Blake described the tiger’s appearance, soul, and creation similarly. Both authors felt that tigers are fierce, strong, majestic and so on, however they also said how fearful tigers are.
The white tiger is one of the biggest in the cat family. The white tiger is long it can grow up to 3.3 meters long and weigh as much as 300 kilograms hard to carry. Subspecies of the white tiger like Sumatran Tiger, Amur(or Siberian) Tiger, Indian (or Bengal) tiger, south china tiger, malayan tiger,indo-chinese tiger,bali tiger,javan tiger,caspian tiger thats extinct theres nine subspecies of the white tiger.A lot of subspecies are endangered or extinct because people hunt them for their fur to make jackets or sweaters and destroying their habitat.Some tiger cubs don’t live to be an adult because around half of the cubs die around 2-3 years of age.The cubs leave their mother at around 2 years old they live a long time because their mom taught them what they would know from eating to hiding from people.A group of tigers is called ambush or streak because the group may be hunting.You probably thought these tigers can’t swim because they are in the cat family but if you do you are wrong because ...
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The Bengal tiger is a carnivorous, mammal primarily from India. It lives in habitats such as the coniferous Himalayan Forest, the mangroves of the Sunderbans, the hills of the Indian Peninsula, or the forests of Rajasthan and Northern India. At one time Bengal tigers were scattered throughout Asia. Now they are generally found in India and some regions of Bangledesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar. There is approximately 4,000 alive in the wild now, and about 300 are in captivity in zoos around the world.