Tiger has been credited with renewing curiosity in the sport of golf. At just twenty-one years previous, he brought youth and liveliness to the game of golf along with his great pastime and his sociable attitude.

Woods was a kid sensation who began to play golf at the age of two. In 1978, he putted alongside comic Bob Hope in an exceedingly television appearance on The Mike Douglas Show. At age three, Woods shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, and at age 5, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC's That is Incredible.

At the age of 15 Tiger Woods became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Open Champion in golf history. He would go on to win the tournament 3 additional times making him the event's solely numerous winner similarly because the youngest. Ongoing his record breaking job, Woods was the youngest to win the U.S. Amateur Championship that bought him a price ticket into the PGA Masters. He tied for 41st creating him the only amateur to make the cut.

His professional job has been just as prolific. Right away upon flip pro, Tiger signed endorsement deals value $60 million with Nike and Titleist. He played his first spherical of skilled golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open. He tied for sixtieth place in his professional introduction, but would persist to win two events in the following 3 months, and meet the requirements for the Tour Championship.

Tiger Woods is the sole golfer to win the PGA Player of the Year award in the year following his rookie season. The following April, Woods won his 1st golf major, The Masters, by a record margin of twelve strokes, became the youngest Masters winner, and the first winner of African or Asian descent.

He finally set a total of twenty Masters records and tied vi others, and has been the best-profile golfer in the world ever since. He would persist to win an extra three PGA Tour events that year, and on June fifteen, 1997, Woods rose to the number one spot within the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. Tiger Woods achieved this in solely his 42nd week as a professional - the greatest ever ascent to the No. 1 ranking.

At this time ranked #1 in the world, there's no doubt about it that Tiger Woods is one in every of the best golfers of all time. He has made the game of golf cool again as we tend to all watch to work out him continue to break records and win tournaments.