Name: Tiger Woods
Country: United States
Birthday: December 30, 1975
Born Place: Cypress, California
Height: 188 centimeters (6 feet 2 inches)
Weight: 81 kilograms (178 pounds)
Enter the professional game Year: 1996
Tiger Woods showed extraordinary golf talent as a child. He shot a 9-hole score of 48 when he was 3 years old, and then appeared in "Golf Digest" when he was 5 years old. Magazine. He became the youngest U.S. Amateur champion at the age of 18, then completed an unprecedented hat trick in 1994, 1995 and 1996. After that, he turned professional at the 1996 Milwaukee Open, finishing 60th. In the following 8 competitions, he won 2 times and entered the top 10 3 times.
Next, the little tiger was out of control. At only 21 years, 3 months and 15 days old, he dominated the Masters with a record 12 strokes advantage and became the youngest champion in Augusta. His winning score, an 18-under 270, was also a new record. With four wins and nine top-10 finishes, he eventually ranked No. 1 in the world that year and was selected as the 1997 PGA Tour Player of the Year.
At the end of 1999, he became the focus of the world. He won nine of 13 games, including a major, and earned $7.6 million in prize money. He won five of his last six PGA Tour events that year, and his last four victories made him the first player to achieve this feat since Hogan in 1953, winning four consecutive PGA Tour events. His eight PGA Tour titles also make him the player with the most wins since Miller in 1974. At the end of 1999, he was ranked No. 1 in the world and topped the PGA Tour money list with $6,616,585 in 21 events.
After the retirement of the previous generation's golf king, "Golden Bear" Nicklaus, Tiger has become the undisputed king in today's golf world.
Main winning experiences:
2007 US PGA Championship
2005 Buick Invitational, Ford Championship, Masters, British Open
2004 Essen-Tulle Match Play Championship
2003 American Express Championship, Western Open, Hill Bay Invitational, Buick Invitational, Essen-Tulle Match Play Championship
2002 U.S. Open, Masters, Grand Slam, American Express Championship, Buick Open, Deutsche Bank-SAP European Open, Hill Bay Invitational
2001 Masters, World Challenge, NEC Invitational, Memorial Tour, Deutsche Bank-SAP European Open, Players Championship, Hill Bay Invitational, Johnnie Hoga Classic
2000 U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship, Majors, Canadian Open, Mercedes Championship, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Hill Bay Invitational, Memorial Tour, NEC Invitational
1999 PGA Championship , American Express Championship, Buick Invitational, Memorial Tour, Western Open, NEC Invitational, Disney Classic, Tour Championship, Deutsche Bank-SAP European Open
1998 BellSouth Classic, Johnnie Hoja Classic
1997 Masters, Mercedes Championship, Byron Nelson Classic, Western Open
1996 Las Vegas Invitational, Disney Classic
Xinhuanet, Bangkok, November 14 (Reporter Yang Qingchuan) Tiger Woods, the world’s number one golf player, returned to his mother’s hometown of Thailand on the 14th and was immediately awarded an honorary doctorate in sports science by the Agricultural University of Thailand. Bachelor of Science. But as soon as he walked out of the degree awarding ceremony, he was surrounded by about 100 protesters.
These protesters are employee representatives who were fired by the Thai branch of Nike. They said Tiger Woods should listen to their complaints about Nike's layoffs since he signed a $100 million contract with Nike to serve as the company's face.
According to protesters, the Nike factory in Thailand laid off more than 1,000 employees in September this year, and compensation totaling more than US$930,000 has still not been paid.
During the entire protest, Tiger Woods said nothing and just left the scene in a hurry under the protection of bodyguards. Although the 24-year-old Tiger Woods is only half Thai and an American citizen, many Thais regard him as an idol and hero, and every time he returns to his "natal home", he will receive a warm welcome, so that day The protest scene must have been something he didn't expect.
Tiger Woods came to Thailand mainly to participate in the Joni Walker Golf Tournament and to receive an honorary doctorate at the same time. Relevant parties in Thailand hope to use him to increase Thailand's popularity as a venue for major golf events in the world.
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His reputation and wealth have snowballed. According to the list released by Forbes this month, he ranked first among sports stars with an annual income of US$83,700,288. The influence of sports and entertainment celebrities ranks second.
There are as many as 244,000 pieces of information about "Tiger" Woods; the latest survey by "European Business" magazine pointed out that Woods' current personal assets are US$500 million. It only took nine years to create this successful "Tiger Dynasty", the first black golf professional on the PGA Tour in history. He is the myth of black people and the miracle of common people. As his name means? "Tiger of the Jungle".
Influence: He made golf a global sport
After 41-year-old Vijay Singh replaced "Tiger" as the world's number one, he said: "No one can replace Woods. It was he who made golf a global sport for the first time."
Her father, Earl Woods, is of Indian and black descent, and her mother, Kurtida, is of white, Thai and Chinese descent. .
Superior genetics not only gave Woods a face that is loved by everyone and meets the aesthetic standards of the 21st century, but also made it easier for him to win the support and appreciation of golf fans of all races.
It took Woods less than three years to go from being the first black professional golfer in history to being ranked number one in the world. He also became the person to achieve a golf Grand Slam in the shortest time. youngest player. In his eight-and-a-half-year career, Woods has won 42 PDA Tour championship trophies. He once forced opponents like Mickelson (now ranked third in the world) to "see a psychologist to overcome" before playing against him. fear".
In 2001, Woods landed in China for the first time to participate in the Shenzhen Mission Hills Invitational. According to the "Sanlian Life" report at the time, 10,000 golf fans driving BMW and Mercedes-Benz went to the scene to watch "Tiger" in action. There are less than a million golf fans across the continent. Despite the high cost, Mission Hills Golf Club's operating income tripled in the following year, and it is now the largest golf club in Asia.
Another piece of data illustrating Woods’ influence comes from the New York Times in February of this year. The championship showdown between Woods and Mickelson at the Ford Championship generated a ratings of 5.9 in North America (each percentage point represents 760,000 viewers), and NBC's live broadcast even exceeded the ratings of ABC's simultaneous broadcast of NBA games. Because of Woods, golf defeated the NBA for the first time.
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Before marrying Swedish model Eileen Nordegren, Woods held at least two world No. 1 rankings: ranked professional golfer for 334 consecutive weeks. The world's number one, the world's number one diamond king.
"European Business" magazine commented: "It will take Tiger at most five years to reach the US$1 billion career vow he made in 1997." Since turning professional at the end of 1996, Woods has been the first He earned 6.5 million U.S. dollars in the first year, and the highest in 2003 was more than 120 million U.S. dollars. Including this year's income, Woods's total PGA (Professional Golf) Tour prize money exceeds 45 million, the highest for a player in history. Of course, this is a drop in the bucket for Woods' income. The five-year, $100 million contract with Nike will bring Woods $25 million per year, General Motors will pay $6 million per year in advertising fees, Disney will pay $6 million per year, and Tag Heuer will pay $2 million per year. In addition to these long-term contracts, the brokerage company IMG has operated no less than ten types of single advertisements for him.
Although Woods has declared that "in order to have children as soon as possible, he will reduce his competition by one-third this year," this will not have much impact on the operation of the "money-making machine." In addition to the PGA Tour, other small events must pay a high price if they want to invite "Tiger" to participate. For example, the prices offered by the Japan Phoenix Tour in 2003 and 2004 were US$1.5 million, and the Dubai Invitational was US$2 million. In 2001, Woods' two-day trip to Mission Hills in Shenzhen earned US$2.7 million, and he paid 4.9 million in personal income tax alone. Ten thousand yuan! If a rich or famous person wants to play a friendly match with a top golfer, there's a price tag. Last year's US Open champion Goosen was invited to play against the president of HSBC Asia in Beijing for a price of 500,000. As the undisputed spokesperson of modern golf, Woods is worth US$750,000 per hole!
Luxurious Woods
Like almost all superstars in sports and entertainment, Tiger Woods, a successful young man, also lives a life of luxury that is unimaginable to ordinary people. Even football star Beckham may also Feel sorry for yourself.
On October 5 last year, Woods married his "Cinderella" Erin in the Caribbean island of Barbados and gave out about 10 million US dollars: booking all 122 rooms of the five-star Sandylane Hotel for a week *** spent 1.5 million; the specially decorated bridal chamber cost about 260,000 yuan per night, and the presidential suite used as Erin's "boudoir" cost 32,000 US dollars per night; in order to prevent the paparazzi from taking advantage of it, Woods stayed there for a whole week The only airport on the island was chartered, which cost more than 2 million; for the honeymoon after marriage, "Tiger", who already owned a private jet, specially ordered a 155-foot-long three-story ship from Christensen Shipbuilding Company. The luxury cruise ship cost 3.2 million pounds.
Tiger Woods: I play golf because I love it. My parents never forced me to play golf once.