January
30 2010
Sports
Review - Eldrick Tont Woods
Eldrick
Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975), better
known as Tiger Woods,[4] 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 was the highest-paid
professional athlete in 2008, having earned
an estimated $110 million from winnings and
endorsements.
Woods has
won 14 professional major golf championships,
the second highest of any male player, and
71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has
more career major wins and career PGA Tour
wins than any other active golfer. He is the
youngest player to achieve the career Grand
Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win
50 tournaments on tour. Additionally, Woods
is the second golfer to have achieved a career
grand slam three times along with Jack Nicklaus.
Woods has won 16 World Golf Championships
and has won at least one event each of the
11 years they have been in existence.
Woods has
held the number one position in the world
rankings for the most consecutive weeks and
for the greatest total number of weeks. He
has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a
record ten times, the Byron Nelson Award for
lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight
times, and has the record of leading the money
list in nine different seasons.
On December
11, 2009, Woods announced he would take an
indefinite leave from professional golf to
focus on his marriage after he admitted to
infidelity.
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