Tiger Woods

He married former Swedish model Elin Nordegren in 2004. They had two children.

In 2009 reports of his extramarital affairs with multiple women began surfacing. Even though he denied it in the beginning he eventually accepted his transgressions. This led to the couple’s divorce in 2010.

He was born as Eldrick Tont Woods to Earl Woods and Kultida; he was nicknamed Tiger in honour of his father’s friend. He has three half-siblings through his father’s previous marriage. He is of mixed ancestry. His father was a Vietnam War Veteran.

He was introduced to golf when he was just two by his father who had himself been an amateur golfer. He excelled in golf and went on to win the Junior World Golf Championships six times.

He attended Western High School from where he graduated in 1994. He became a U.S. Junior Amateur champion when he was 15 years old. He would win the championship three times.

He enrolled at Stanford University under a golfing scholarship in 1994. He left after two years to pursue golfing as a career.

After becoming a professional golfer in 1996 he was immediately offered deals with Nike, Inc., and Titleist as he had become famous because of his collegiate career.

He won the Masters, his first major tournament in 1997. He was ranked No.1 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the PGA Championship in 1999.

He had a great start to the new millennium with six consecutive wins in 2000. One of his victories for the year was the U.S. open where he broke or equaled nine records.

He won several golfing titles that season and by winning the 2001 Masters Tournament, he became the first player to win all four major professional titles at the same time.

The next two seasons were not that great for him. However his form returned in 2005 and he won six official PGA Tour money events. He closed the 2006 season with 54 wins.

With 79 official PGA Tour events, he had been hailed as the “greatest closer in history”. He was the youngest among the few players to have won all four professional major championships. He is also the only one to have completed the Career Grand Slam in a row.