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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years according to Forbes. Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as world number one. From December 2009 to early April 2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity. His multiple infidelities were revealed by several different women, through many worldwide media sources. This was followed by a loss of golf form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011. He snapped a career-long winless streak of 107 weeks when he captured the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011. After winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, 2013, he ascended to the No.1 Ranking once again. Woods has broken numerous golf records. He has been world number one for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any other golfer.
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975)[4][5] is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years according to Forbes.
Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as world number one. From December 2009 to early April 2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity. His multiple infidelities were revealed by several different women, through many worldwide media sources. This was followed by a loss of golf form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011. He snapped a career-long winless streak of 107 weeks when he captured the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011. After winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, 2013, he ascended to the No.1 Ranking once again.
Woods has broken numerous golf records. He has been world number one for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any other golfer.
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Woods's record is told in ranking weeks. He turned professional in 1996, won his first major at the 1997 Masters in record-breaking performance by April of that year, and reached world number one in June 1997. The 2000s brought two long reigns — 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 — giving him the most consecutive weeks and the greatest total number of weeks at number one of any golfer. The interruption is also on the record: leave from December 2009 to early April 2010, a fall to No. 58 in November 2011, the 107-week winless streak ended at the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011, and the return to No. 1 with the Arnold Palmer Invitational win on March 25, 2013. Forbes has ranked him among the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.
This page gathers Tiger Woods photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each through Bing, Google and YouTube. Woods is one of only two athletes filed in the male directory — marked "(athlete)" in the name list, as David Beckham is marked for sports — and he stands in the T letter of the Male Fashion Celebrities Q-Z range alongside Tobey Maguire, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. A fashion celebrity in this guide is a person with celebrity status who is often watched and judged for what they wear; for a golfer that watching centres on course dress and the sportswear and luxury brands an athlete of his standing brings to a wide audience.
Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters, in a record-breaking performance. He first reached world number one in June 1997.
Through the 2000s Woods spent 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as world number one. He has been world number one for the most consecutive weeks and the greatest total number of weeks of any golfer.
After a career-long winless streak of 107 weeks snapped at the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011, Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, 2013, and ascended to the No. 1 ranking once again.