Tiger Woods

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American golfer who is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In 2005, at the age of 29, he reached the milestone of winning a tenth major golf championship, placing him third on the all time list behind Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen. Including his three U.S. Amateur Championship wins he and Bobby Jones are the only golfers to win thirteen majors before age 30. He has won more times on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer and he holds the PGA Tour record for most consecutive tournament cuts made with 142.

Background and family

Woods is from a comfortable social background. He was born in Cypress, California. His father, Earl Woods, is a Vietnam War veteran and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, of mixed African American, Caucasian, and Native American ancestry. He is now the chairman of his son's charitable Tiger Woods Foundation (see section 9 below). Woods' mother Kultida Woods is originally from Thailand, and has mixed Thai and Chinese ancestry.

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Cypress, California - Vietnam War - U.S. Army - Lieutenant colonel - African American - Caucasian - Native American - Thailand - Thai - Chinese

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Woods' actual given name is Eldrick. He was given the nickname Tiger at birth after a Vietnamese war comrade of his father's and became generally known by that name. By the time he was achieving national prominence in amateur golf, he was always called Tiger Woods.

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In 2004, Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model. They were introduced by Swedish golf star Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as a nanny. They married in a sunset ceremony at the Sandy Lane Hotel and Golf Club on Barbados amid armed security before approximately 200 family and friends on October 5, 2004. They presently make their home in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida.

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2004 - Elin Nordegren - Swedish - Jesper Parnevik - Barbados - October 5 - Windermere - Orlando, Florida

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