9 Facts You Might NOT Know About Tiger Woods.

Eldrick Tont 'Tiger' Woods was born on the 30th of December 1975 in Cypress, California.

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Woods started golfing at a very young age, and at the age of 8, Tiger broke 80 for the first time. 4 years later, at the age of 12, he broke 70.

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He won the US Amateur Championship3e years in a row from 1994-1996 and remains the only man to do that.

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Woods is a Buddhist.

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'Tiger' was his nickname, which his father gave him, and it was inspired by his father’s fellow soldier who was called by the same name.

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Aged 24, he became the youngest golfer to win the Career Grand Slam.

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Tiger attended Stanford University but did not graduate and left to turn professional before the end of his degree.

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Woods has spent 683 weeks as number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, more than double the next on the list.

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In 2019, Tiger Woods was honored with The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States by Former President Donald Trump.

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