Tiger Woods

The Golf Player Tiger Woods

Personal information
Full name: Eldrick Tont Woods

Nickname: Tiger

Born: December 30, 1975 (age 34) Cypress, California

Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight: 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)

Nationality: United States

Residence: Windermere, Florida

Spouse: Elin Nordegren (2004–present)

Children: Sam Alexis (b. 2007), Charlie Axel (b. 2009)

Career
College: Stanford University (two years)

Turned professional: 1996

Current tour(s) :PGA Tour (joined 1996)

Professional wins: 97

Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour: 71 (3rd all time)

European Tour: 38 (3rd all time)

Japan Golf Tour: 2

Asian Tour: 1 P

GA Tour of Australasia: 1

Other: 15

Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 14)
Masters Tournament Won: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005

U.S. Open Won: 2000, 2002, 2008

The Open Championship Won: 2000, 2005, 2006

PGA Championship Won: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007

Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 1996

PGA Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

PGA Tour Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

PGA Tour leading money winner 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

Vardon Trophy 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009

Byron Nelson Award 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

FedEx Cup Champion 2007, 2009

Biography

Th one of the famous celebrities Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American specialized golfer whose accomplishments to date rank him among the most winning golfers of all time. At present the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid specialized athlete in 2008, having earned an predictable $110 million from prize money and supports.Tiger Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player (Jack Nicklaus leads with 18), and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to attain the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and best ever to win 50 competitions on tour. Additionally, Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 16 World Golf contests, and has won at least one of those events each of the 11 years they have been in survival.

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Tiger Woods Divorce Settlement with Elin Nordegren: >$750 million + Full Child Custody Right Compromising

Golfer ace Tiger Woods will pay a hefty price for his sex esplanade with more than a dozen of mistresses.

Tiger Woods's divorce settlement with estranged wife Elin Nordegren has surfaced: it is said he needs to pay his Sweden model wife Nordegren at least $750 million plus fully compromising child custody right of daughter Sam Alexis Woods and son Charlie Axel Woods among other agreements so long as she never speak publicly about his extramarital affairs.

It is reported Tiger Woods and Erin Nordegren will sign divorce papers next week during a court hearing in Orlando, Florida.

Tiger Woods Vanity Fair Cover Photo (February 2010)

Tiger Woods could be found on the February 2010 issue of Vanity Fair magazine!
The 33-year-old champion golfer is photographed shirtless and pumping iron on the new cover of VF.
The never-seen-before photo of a raw Tiger was taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz just weeks before his scandal that surfaced and spiraled out of control since last November.
Check out the full cover story of Tiger on vanityfair.com.