Tiger Woods

Acting

Born 1975-12-30 Cypress, California, USA 27 credits Best Male Golfer ESPY Award 6 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year 2 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award 5

Awards

Nominated for 10 BET Award for Athlete of the Century Awards

BET Award for Athlete of the Century 10 nominated

2010 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2009 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2008 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2007 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2006 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2005 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2004 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2003 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2002 Athlete of the Century Nominated
2001 Athlete of the Century Nominated

Best Male Golfer ESPY Award 6 won · 2 nominated

2013 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won
2010 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Nominated
2009 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won
2004 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Nominated
2003 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won
2002 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won
2001 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won
2000 Best Male Golfer ESPY Award Won

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year 2 won · 5 nominated

2008 Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2007 Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2006 Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2003 Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2002 Sportsman of the Year Nominated
2001 Sportsman of the Year Won
2000 Sportsman of the Year Won

Best Male Athlete ESPY Award 5 won · 1 nominated

2008 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Won
2003 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Nominated
2002 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Won
2001 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Won
2000 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Won
1998 Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Won

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American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur career, Woods was 20 years old when he turned professional at the end of the summer in 1996. By April 1997, he had already won three PGA tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters. Woods won this tournament by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance and pocketed $486,000. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks). Woods took a hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to early April 2010 in order to focus on difficult issues in his personal life. He and his estranged wife Elin eventually divorced. His many alleged extramarital indiscretions were revealed by several 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 ended a career-high winless streak of 107 weeks when he triumphed in 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, holding the top spot until May 2014. Woods had back surgery in April 2014 and September 2015 and has struggled since to regain his dominant form. By March 29, 2015, Woods had fallen to #104, outside of the top 100 for the first time since 1996. In May 2016, Woods dropped out of the world top 500 for the first time in his professional career.[13] In July 2017, the Official World Golf Ranking placed Woods at number 1,005, the worst of his career.