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• Deanna Larmond
• Period 4
• Due Date February 10, 2005

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• Name Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
• Age 30
• Born December 30, 1975, Long Beach California
• Nickname "Tiger" -- given him by his dad, in
  honor of his dad's South Vietnamese combat buddy,
  Nguyen Phong, who saved Tiger's father's life in
  the Vietnam War.
• Home Orlando, Florida. Tiger lives in Isleworth,
  a development on the west side of Orlando.
• High School Western HS (Anaheim, Calif.)
• College Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.)
• Parents Earl Kultida Woods

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• Father Earl Woods was a lieutenant colonel in
  the Army and a former Green Beret. He served two
  tours of duty in Vietnam.
• Mother Kultida (Tida) Woods. Her maiden name is
  Kultida Punsawad.
• Parents met in Bangkok, Thailand, and were
  married in 1969.
• Ethnic background African, Thai, Chinese,
  American Indian, and European.

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• Tiger Woods is a professional Golf player,
  dominating every opponent in his path.
• Since he competes in competitions frequently he
  is found to be traveling all over the globe. Some
  places are
• France
• Wales
• Thailand

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• Youngest to complete the career Grand Slam of
  professional major championship.
• Most impressive amateur records in golf history,
  winning six USGA national championships.
• Tiger holds the record for the low score in
  relation to par in each of the four major
  championships. His records are 270 (18 under par)
  in the Masters, 272 (12 under par) in the U.S.
  Open.

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• Tiger is famous for being one of the first Ethnic
  people for winning the PGA Tour.
• We should remember that Tiger has dreams and
  fulfills them, that is what makes him the man he
  is today.
• He leads a path for other Ethnic dreamers.

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• If I could ask Tiger one question it would have
  to be
• Why Golf?

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• Tiger Woods has formed a Tiger Woods Foundation
  in 2000.
• He also does plenty of commercials for companies.
  

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• Tiger Woods was the youngest ever to win the U.S.
  Junior Amateur and the youngest ever to win the
  U.S. Amateur.

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Born Dec 30, 1975
1976 Sees father hitting golf club, imitates his
swing.
1981 Appears in Golf Digest magazine and on
ABC's That's Incredible.
1978 Appears on the Mike Douglas Show and putts
against comedian Bob Hope.
1984 Wins the Optimist International Junior
Championship. He would repeat this win at age 9,
12, 13, 14, and 15.
1991 Becomes the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur
Champion in golf history. Voted Southern
California Amateur Player of the Year for the
second consecutive year. Also voted Golf Digest
Amateur Player of the Year.
1996 Becomes the first golfer in history to win
three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles.
1994 Wins the U.S. Amateur Championship at the
TPC at Sawgrass, becoming the youngest winner
ever. Enrolls at Stanford University and wins
first collegiate event, the William Tucker
Invitational.
1997Wins first major championship, The Masters,
Becomes youngest Masters winner ever, and the
first of African or Asian descent. Voted PGA
Player of the Year and Associated Press Male
Athlete of the Year.
2000 Becomes the fifth player in history (and
youngest ever) to complete the career Grand Slam
by winning the British Open by eight strokes.
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2001 In April, wins the Masters tournament,
becomes the first golfer to be reigning champion
of all four majors simultaneously. Wins five
overall PGA events and takes home PGA Player of
the Year honors for the third consecutive year.
2002 Wins second consecutive Masters. Becomes
the youngest golfer in history to win seven PGA
majors.
2004 Early in the year, Tiger became the first
player to pass the 40 million mark in career
earnings. A tough year for Tiger, he loses his
number one ranking to a hot Vijay Singh after
Singh, Woods, and Adam Scott battle it out at the
Deutsche Bank Championship over the Labor Day
weekend. Tiger had been at the top since Aug.
1999a record 264 weeks.
2005 In January, Tiger wins the Buick
Invitational, ending a slump that started in
2003. The last full-field PGA tournament he won
was the Western Open in July 2003.
Present
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• Other than that fact that I learned that Tiger
  has amazing talents, I have also learned that you
  can do anything that you put your mind too.
• Tiger Woods wanted to golf since he was a
  toddler, and now he is one of the most triumphant
  men I know.

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• What month was Tiger Woods born?
• What state was Tiger Woods born?
• What year was Tiger Born?
• Name a place where Tigers traveled during one of
  his tours?

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• http//www.golfstarsonline.com/W/Tiger_Woods/
• http//www.allstarz.org/tigerwoods/index.htm
• http//www.hollywoodauditions.com/Biographies/tige
  r_woods.htm