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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2with gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and garyplayer as winners of the career grand Slam. Became theyoungest to do so at age 24...Joined Ben Hogan (1953) asthe only men to win three professional majors in one season...Was53-under in four majors, next-best mark was18-under by Ernie Els...Nine tour victories most in oneseason since Sam Snead won 11 in 1950...20th career winat the u.S. open made him youngest in tour history to win20 times...Season-opening victories at mercedeschampionship and at&t pebble Beach National pro-amgave him wins in six consecutive starts, most since Hoganin 1948. Beat Ernie Els in a playoff at mercedes, then camefrom seven strokes back with seven holes to play at pebbleBeach, keyed by an eagle-birdie-par-birdie finish, for a 64and a two-stroke win. Finished t2 at Buick Invitational...Inmasters, started 75-72 and finished fifth. In first round,made double bogey on 10 and triple bogey on 12...at u.S.open, won by a major championship record 15 strokes (oldrecord: tom morris Sr., 13 at 1864 British open) at pebbleBeach. His 12-under 272 total tied the open record of JackNicklaus and Lee Janzen and broke the open mark in relationto par...completed career grand Slam with eightstrokevictory at British open. His 19-under total at St.andrews broke the British open and major championshiprecord in relation to par...In head-to-head battle with fellowcalifornia junior star Bob may, won pga in three-holeplayoff. Became first player since Denny Shute in 1936-37to defend pga title. Woods and may each played the finalroundback nine in 31, with Woods birdieing the final twoholes to force the three-hole playoff. Woods went birdiepar-parto win. He finished 18-under, giving him a share ofthe pga most under-par record with may...Won World golfchampionships-NEc Invitational the next week by a record11 strokes. 21-under 259 total a record for FirestoneSouth...In next start, out of a fairway bunker on the par-572nd hole, faded a 6-iron from 213 yards over water towithin 15 feet to secure a one-stroke victory over grantWaite. outdueled third-round co-leader Waite 65-66 onfinal day. Joined Lee trevino (1971) as only players to winu.S., British and canadian opens in same year...NamedSports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, the first two-timerecipient (also won in 1996) in the 46-year history of theaward. also named associated press male athlete of theYear, becoming only three-time winner of that award. 1999:Earned a tour-record $6,616,585, nearly $3 million morethan his nearest competitor, David Duval. Was namedplayer of the Year, pga of america and gWaa player of theYear for second time...Earned his eighth career tour titleand first since 1998 BellSouth classic with two-stroke victoryin Buick Invitational...Earned ninth tour victory atmemorial tournament, defeating Vijay Singh by twostrokes...Became youngest player since Seve Ballesteros towin two majors with his victory at pga championship atmedinah. Won by one stroke over Sergio garcia...BecameTiger Woods (Continued)first player since Nick price in 1994 to win five tour eventsin season with his win at World golf championships-NEcInvitational...Won his next start at National car rental golfclassic at Walt Disney World resort to become first playersince tom Watson in ‘80 to win six official tour titles inseason...the next week won his third consecutive start attHE tour championship, becoming the first player sinceDuval in ‘97 to accomplish that feat...Following week wonthe World golf championships-american Expresschampionship and became first player since Johnny millerin ‘74 to win eight times in year and first since Ben Hoganin ‘53 to win four consecutive starts. 1998: Earned secondinternational victory at Johnnie Walker classic in thailand,defeating Ernie Els on second playoff hole, overcomingeight-stroke deficit to force playoff with Els...Earned seventhtour victory with one-stroke win over Jay Don Blakeat BellSouth classic. 1997: pga tour player of the Year, aseason that included four victories and nine top-10 finishes...Highlightof year came at masters, where rounds of70-66-65-69—270 set 72-hole record. Won by 12 strokes...In first start after masters, won gtE Byron Nelson classicand later in summer captured motorola Western open...prior to masters, won first event of season at rain-shortenedmercedes championships, defeating tom Lehman onfirst playoff hole...Named pga of america and golf Writersassociation of america player of the Year. associatedpress chose his masters win top sports story of 1997, andfollowed by his designation as ap’s male athlete of theYear (first golfer to be so honored in 26 years). 1996: turnedprofessional at greater milwaukee open, where he finishedt60, and followed with two victories (Las VegasInvitational and Walt Disney World/oldsmobile classic)and three top-10s in only eight starts...Beat Davis Love III ina playoff at Las Vegas Invitational for first tour win...Named pga tour rookie of the Year. also named SportsIllustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, becoming youngest toreceive honor since gymnast mary Lou retton in 1984.Amateur: Won ‘91-93 u.S. Junior amateurs when no onebefore or since has won more than one...In ‘94, at tpcSawgrass, became youngest winner of u.S. amateur at age18. the following year, became first to successfully defendu.S. amateur title since Jay Sigel in ‘93. In ‘96, becamefirst player to win three consecutive u.S. amateur titles.owns u.S. amateur records for consecutive match-playvictories (18) and winning percentage (.909). His six consecutiveyears of winning a uSga championship are secondonly to Bobby Jones’ eight...made cut in four of sixmajor championships as amateur and was low amateur at1995 masters and 1996 British open...Named year’s topamateur by golf Digest and golfweek in ‘92 and golfworldin ‘92 and ‘93. golf World’s “man of the Year” in 1994...Won 1996 Ncaa championship at Stanford and wasnamed collegiate player of the Year...Woods, JackNicklaus, phil mickelson and ryan moore are the only playersto win Ncaa and u.S. amateur in same year.PeRSonAL:Nicknamed “tiger” after a Vietnamese soldier who wasa friend of his father’s in Vietnam…putted against BobHope on the “mike Douglas Show” at age 2, shot 48 fornine holes at age 3 and was featured in golf Digest at age5…Eighth athlete to be named Wheaties permanent rep,following Bob richards (1958), Bruce Jenner (1977), maryLou retton (1984), pete rose (1985), Walter payton (1986),chris Evert (1987) and michael Jordan (1988)…Since 1996,the tiger Woods Foundation has reached more than 10million young people by delivering unique experiences andinnovative educational opportunities for youth worldwide.programs of the Foundation include the tiger WoodsLearning center, a one-of-a-kind educational facility custombuilt for the underserved youth of Southern california;tiger’s action plan, a nationwide character developmentprogram based on Earl D. Woods’ book entitled “StartSomething”; and the Earl Woods Scholarship program.more information on the tiger Woods Foundation and itsprograms can be found at tigerwoodsfoundation.org…Serves as the official host of the at&t National held nearphiladelphia and the chevron World challenge in thousandoaks, ca. proceeds from both tournaments benefit thetiger Woods Foundation…announced the creation of tigerWoods Design, a golf-course design company, in 2006.the first course, to be located in Dubai, u.a.E., is calledal ruwaya. the first u.S. course, a walkable mountaincourse, is called the cliffs at High carolina and locatedeast of asheville, Nc. a third course, punta Brava, inEnsenada, mexico, is an ocean-front course…Web site istigerwoods.com.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.32Driving Distance ...........................................295.8Driving accuracy percentage .......................57.21%greens in regulation percentage ................64.07%putting average ...........................................1.751(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recentDeutsche Bank championship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–3 times, mostrecent 2005 Buick open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,400,000–2009 World golf championships–Bridgestone Invitational/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/12-220 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com