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Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was born December 30, 1975. Currently the world's #1 American professional golfer is ranked among the most successful golfers of all time. He is also the highest paid athlete estimated worth $122 million in winnings and endorsements. It is also believed that he will be the first American athlete to surpass the $1 billion dollar earning estimate. Tiger Woods began to play golf at the age of two. A "natural" for the game of golf, he went on to win the Junior World Championships six times- an unprecedented accomplishment for such a young boy. In 1996 he became a professional golfer and signed with Nike Inc. - an endorsement worth $40 million and with Titleist Inc. worth $20 million. Woods was named Sports Illustrated 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Rookie of the Year. Woods went on to win his first tournament The Masters in April, becoming the youngest Masters winner of African-American and AsianAmerican descent. Woods went on to win three PGA Tour events that same year. The following season Woods continued dominating throughout all of the tournaments. Wood's six professional major championships and three U.S amateur championship titles totaled nine major championships through age 25. He achieved No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for the most rapid progression to that position ever recorded. Throughout his career, Wood's has established several charitable and youth projects which include; The Tiger Woods Foundation, In The City Golf Clinics and Festivals, The Tiger Woods Learning Center, The Tiger World Challenge and Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team. In 2001 Wood's wrote a-best selling golf instruction book "How I Play Golf" and has written a golf instruction column for Golf Digest Magazine since 1997. Tiger Woods major championships include 11 amateur wins, 65 PGA Tour wins, 7 European Tour wins and 17 other professional wins. Woods career wins include; The Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, PGA Championships in 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, US Open in 2000, 2002, 2008, The Open Championship in 2000, 2005, 2006.
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