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Tiger was born Eldrick Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. Woods started as a young golf wunderkind who grew up to become a master player.

The son of an African American Army officer father and a Thai mother, he learned to play as a child. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor. Around the age of eight, Woods showed off his skills on such television shows as Good Morning America.

He studied at Stanford University and won a number of amateur U.S. golf titles before turning professional in 1996. Woods shot to fame after winning the U.S. Masters at Augusta in 1997