Tiger Woods - the best golfer in the world

Tiger Woods is a golfer from the United States, one of the wealthiest athletes of all time. The only player who has 14 top ranks in golf.

Childhood

Tiger Woods was born in Cyprece, California in 1975. The real name of the athlete is Eldrick Tont. Tiger was nicknamed his father, who named his son in honor of his colleague, an officer of the Vietnamese army.

Today Woods is known all over the world, but only a fewIn the know that Tiger established his first record when he was only nine months old. Thanks to the activity and desire of the father, the kid scored a ball into the hole. It happened in the USA at one of the tournaments. That episode was filmed by many reporters. Eldrick not only got into the Guinness Book, but also became a favorite of the Americans. Subsequently, the boy was often invited to various TV shows.

The first tournament

In 1984, Tiger Woods, whose biographydescribed in this article, took part in his first golf competition. This championship was held for children aged 10 to 12 years, but for an eight-year-old talent made an exception. A small golfer easily defeated his rivals and won the first trophy.

Transition to professionals

In 1995, a series of numerous victories inThe amateur golf opened Eldrick's doors to the world of professionals. The debut tournament Tiger Woods failed, being on the 60th place. But the golfer won the next two tournaments and was awarded the title of "season beginner".

The first serious results the athlete showed in1997, when he won Masters. This event was repeatedly covered in the press, and Tiger immediately became a favorite of millions of fans. He was favorably distinguished by two factors: the color of the skin (one should thank his multiracial family), and charm and youth (most of his rivals were old rich people).

The best golfer in the world

In the 2000s, Tiger Woods won a number of tournaments,allowed him to become the best golfer in the world. We list the most important: Masters, the US championship, the championship of Great Britain and the championship of PGA. In 2000 and in 2001, Eldrick received a sports Oscar as the world's best athlete.

There was not a single professional tournament,which Tiger Woods would not have won. Golf has become for the athlete the meaning of life. Eldrick for a long time ranked first in the ratings. And only 2004 was a failure for Woods. Then he could not win any competition. But then Tiger concentrated and again took the first line of the players rating.

Few know about the period in Woods's life when heHe was seriously thinking about becoming a military ("sea seal"), like his father. He even went through special military training, but eventually decided to link his life with golf.

The richest sportsman

Besides sporting achievements, Woods is knowntheir high incomes. Over the past ten years, he is in the top 10 of the world's highest paid athletes. And according to the Forbes magazine rating, Eldrick is the highest paid athlete in the world. Most of the proceeds go to the golfer's pocket from sponsorship contracts with Gillette, Buick, Nike, and others.

Record on the prize money

In 2012, Tiger Woods as an athlete establisheda record in the number of prize money. He was the first in the history of golf to earn more than $ 100 million. Now Eldrick is interested not only in participating in tournaments. He is engaged in charity and designing golf courses. Also, the sportsman opened the Golf Development Foundation among the poor.

Personal life

Even at the beginning of his professional career, Woods became an object of hunting beautiful women of all continents. To achieve the location of Tiger, these girls went on numerous tricks.

Duchess Sarah Ferguson suddenly decidedbecome a reporter and went to shoot about Eldrick film. Model Tyra Banks persuaded Woods for a series of lessons on golf under the pretext of charity. But Monica Seles (tennis player) surpassed everyone. She not only lost 9 kilograms, but also threw the billionaire Paul Allen. However, none of them managed to win the heart of a golfer.

The Tiger's Chosen One19-year-old student Joanna Yagoda. According to the American tabloid "Globe", it was in her arms that Woods lost his innocence. Previously, this obstructed the imperious father, reiterated the incompatibility of golf and sex.

In 2004, on the island of Barabados, Tiger marriedon the beautiful Elin Nordegren. Three years later, the couple had a daughter, Sam, and another two - Charlie's son. But in 2010, due to numerous changes Eldrick held a divorce. Since 2013, the golfer meets with the mountain skier Lindsay Vaughn.