Tiger Woods

Pro Golfer Tiger Woods

Happy 30th birthday to Tiger Woods. The champion golfer won his first Masters in 1997, when he was 21, the youngest winner ever. In 2001, he became one of an elite group of golfers to simultaneously hold the four major tournament titles: US Open, British Open, PGA Championship and Masters. By 2005 he had nine major golf championships under his belt. Woods is the only person to be twice named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year, in 1996 and 2000. Woods' real first name is Eldrick; when he was very young, his father nicknamed him Tiger in honor of his friend, a South Vietnamese army officer.

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