Tiger Woods is an American golfer who became the highest paid professional athlete in the world. He was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California under the name Eldrick Tont Woods. He was raised by Earl and Kultida Woods. He is the sole child; however, he has two half brothers namely Earl Jr. and Kevin. Woods also has a half sister named Royce. Woods’ father is a retired lieutenant colonel and a Vietnam War veteran. Her mother has a mixed of Thai, Dutch, as well as Chinese ancestry. Woods was raised under the Buddhist religion.

Woods is very famous in the world of golf. His father introduced the game to him at the age of two. At the early age of three, he was able to shot a 48 over nine holes in the Cypress Navy course. He also appeared in “Golf Digest” as well as in “That’s Incredible”. When he was about to turn seven years old, Tiger won the Under Age 10 section held at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress, California. Earl Woods revealed that his son beat him when he was only 11 years old.

Tiger attended his first national junior tournament in the “1989 Big I” at the age of 13.  He became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion in 1991. He became the Southern California Amateur Player of the Year for the second consecutive year as well as “Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year” for 1991. He defended his title in the year 1992 in U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. He was the first multiple winner in his first PGA Tour Event.

In August 1996, Woods became a professional golfer and also signed a $40 million endorsement deals from Nike, Inc. as well as in Titleist worth $20 million. He Played his first professional golf event at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Because of his achievements, Woods was named as the Sportsman of the Year in Sport’s Illustrated in the year 1996 as well as the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

He won in “The Masters” with a record of 18-under-par 270 by a record margin of 12 strokes. This led him as the tournament’s youngest winner. However, Woods’ career started to fade in the late 1997. He stated that he was undergoing changes with his coach Butch Harmon.

By June 1999, he won in Memorial Tournament. He was also voted as the PGA Tour Player of the Year as well as Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year. In the 2000 Open Championship, Woods won by eight strokes and was able to set the record for the lowest score to par (-19). He became the youngest golfer to achieve the Career Grand Slam at the age of 24.

On May 3, 2006, Tiger’s father died at the age of 74 because of prostate cancer. This leads him to take a break in his golf career for the span of nine weeks from the PGA Tour. Woods’ father was his mentor and inspiration in his golf career.

Woods’ engagement with Elin Nordegren, a Swedish former model, happened on November 2003. They married on October 5, 2004 at the Sandy Lane resort on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Their first daughter named Sam was born on June 18, 2007. Their second son was named Charlie Axel Woods born on February 8, 2009. The marriage ended on August 23, 2010.

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On Sunday, somebody threw a hotdog at Tiger Woods during the final round of the Frys.com open at CordeValle in San Martin, California.  “I turned around and the hot dog was in the air,” Woods said.  “I don’t know how he tried to throw it, but I was kind of focusing on my putt when he started yelling. Next thing I know, he laid on the ground, and looked like he wanted to be arrested.”  “I guess he wanted to be in the news,” he added.  “And I’m sure he will be

Woods missed the shot after the spectator walked under the gallery ropes, ran toward the green yelling “Tiger, Tiger,” and threw a hot dog, which, while the bun fell to his feet, flew across Woods’ putting line and onto playing partner Arjun Atwal‘s putting line. The fan, who got within 40 feet of Woods, was handcuffed and arrested for disturbing the peace but was soon released without doing any hard time.  .”  “He was very cooperative,” Sgt. Jose Cardoza told the AP. “They said, ‘Why did you do this?’ He just shook his head in guilt or remorse. He didn’t give a reason why he did it.”  A spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office told the AP that Brandon’s hot dog toss at Tiger would likely get him a fine and community service.

The man was later identified as the 31-year-old Brandon Kelly of Petaluma, which later said that he was inspired by Ryan Gosling’s movie “Drive” to throw a hot dog at Tiger Woods.  “I threw the hot dog toward Tiger Woods because I was inspired by the movie ‘Drive,’” Brandon Kelly told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, via The Associated Press, after he was arrested on Tuesday for tossing the snack food at the golfer during the Frys.com Open in San Martin, Calif.  “As soon as the movie ended, I thought to myself, `I have to do something courageous and epic. I have to throw a hot dog on the green in front of Tiger,’” Brandon, who claimed he’s a fan of the golfer, told the paper.

He finished the event at 7-under-277 in a tie for 30th.  “Unfortunately, a couple times I kind of didn’t get the momentum going when I had a couple of chances to make putts or I hit a bad shot,” Woods said. “I could have just really got it rolling, and I had a couple opportunities like that, both yesterday and again today.  “I got better every day. And I hit a lot of good putts the last three days, which is good. I felt very comfortable. I just need to keep staying the course. The game’s coming.”

Next up for Woods is a trip to Asia for a series of exhibitions and will be playing later on in the Australian open beginning November 10 followed by the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne.  According to Woods, family obligations will keep him from playing in the final two Tour starts, including the season-ending event at Disney.