Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He was born in Cypress, California and is mixed race, including Thai and Chinese ancestry. Tiger started playing golf at a young age and was recognized as a child prodigy. When he was 15, he won the U.S. Junior Amateur Champion, becoming the youngest to do so until his record was broken by Jim Liu in 2010. He was later recruited by major college golf teams and chose to play for Stanford University where he won several accolades including the NCAA individual golf championship. In 1996, Tiger left Stanford after two years to pursue a professional career and continued to rack up titles and awards. Among them, he was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. He won his first major in 1997 at the Masters, becoming the tournament’s youngest winner at 21. He is the youngest golfer (and only one of five) to have achieved the Career Grand Slam by winning all four major golf championships and was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2020.

Tiger has been described as a “change agent” for golf and is often credited with bringing the sport to a more mainstream audience.