Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. Earl Woods, Tiger's father, began teaching him the game when he was just 1-year-old. At only 2 years of age, Tiger's skills were so evident that he was featured on the Mike Douglas show in 1978. Woods appeared alongside Bob Hope in a putting contest. At only 3-years-old, he shot an impressive 48 over 9 holes at a hometown golf course and eventually appeared on the TV show “That's Incredible” and was featured in Golf Digest Magazine when he was 5.

After winning 6 junior championships between the age of 8 and 15, Woods went on to become the youngest U.S. Junior Athlete Champion in the country's history. He repeated the following year, making him the only player to ever receive the honor twice. The following year, he won it for an unprecedented third time.

At age 16, Woods competed in the Nissan Los Angeles Open, his first PGA Tour event. And at 18, Tiger won the U.S. Amateur Championship, becoming the youngest player to accomplish this feat. He went on to win the Amateur Championship for 2 more years, winning 3 consecutive.

Tiger turned pro in 1996 and was immediately offered $60-million from Nike and Titleist to endorse their products. Tiger's first year as a pro was impressive, earning him Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors. At just 21 years of age in 1997, Tiger became the youngest player to win the Masters, golf's most prestigious event. He not only won the tournament, he dominated by setting the record for the largest margin of victory (12 strokes), which subsequently helped to proper him to the number-one ranked golfer on tour.

Tiger began to see a minor slump in 1998. Admittedly working on his swing more than working on winning, Tiger's rankings dipped to 4th in the world after only winning one event that year. As 1999 rolled around, everyone was content that Woods' impressive 2 years were a fluke, and the 98 Tiger was their competition.

Tiger quickly proved that these rumors were wrong. He bounced back and won 8 of 21 events he entered, including the final 4 tour stops of the year, and finishing in the top 10 16 times. In 2000, Woods began the season by winning his first 2 events, increasing his win streak to 6, the longest since 1948.

He went on to win the U.S. Open by the largest margin of stokes in a major (15). After only 4 years on tour, Tiger was the all-time money leader, and finished the season by winning 3 consecutive majors, tying Ben Hogan for the record of most majors won in a single season.

In 2001, Tiger won the Masters, and followed up in 2002 to cap his 3rd Masters win. He would experience another slump, and eventually lose his number-one ranking to Vijay Singh in 2004. In 2005, Tiger won his 4th Masters, tying legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, and he regained his number-one ranking that April. As of 2008, Tiger has won 65 PGA Tour events, 22 additional professional titles, 2 team titles, winner of the inaugural FedEx Cup playoffs, and has finished runner-up 24 times. Tiger's dominance of the game has earned him worldwide recognition and respect.