Tiger Woods

 

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods is a professional golfer from the United States. He is tied for first most PGA Tour victories, second in men's major championships, and boasts a slew of other golf records. Woods is generally recognized as one of the all-time great golfers and one of the most renowned sportsmen in contemporary history. The World Golf Hall of Fame has inducted him.

Woods went professional in 1996 at the age of 20 after an impressive junior, college, and amateur golf career. He had won three PGA Tour tournaments by the end of April 1997, in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by a record-breaking 12 shots. In June 1997, little than a year after going pro, he became world number one for the first time. Woods was the dominating force in golf throughout the first decade of the twenty-first century. From August 1999 to September 2004, and again from June 2005 to October 2010, he was the world's number one golfer. During this period, he won 13 major championships in golf.

Woods has a slew of golf records. He has been the world's number one player for the most weeks in a row and for the most weeks overall of any golfer in history. He has won the PGA Player of the Year title an unprecedented 11 times and the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average an unprecedented eight times. Woods has won the most money in 10 separate seasons. He has won 15 major professional golf tournaments and 82 PGA Tour events. Woods has the most major and PGA Tour victories of any current golfer. Woods is the youngest player in history to complete the career Grand Slam. He is also the second golfer in history to complete the Grand Slam three times in his career.