Tiger Woods Accomplishments

Rush Hewes

Ms. Farragut

English 1 Period 4

14 February 2023

Tiger Woods and His Influence on Golf Tiger Woods has made one of the greatest influences on golf ever. He did this by achieving many different accomplishments and awards. He achieved a countless amount of accomplishments and worked extremely hard to achieve so many of them. He also started off playing the sport when he was very young. This is one of the many reasons why he is so skilled and successful as a golfer. Since his accomplishments, he has changed the game and how it was played. Tiger Woods is known to many as one of the most influential athletes of all time. He changed the way that people thought about golf and the many unfair stigmas surrounding it. He made it one of the

Tiger himself was becoming a celebrity almost immediately and drawing people to the sport. He became everyone’s favorite player very quickly. When he played his style of golf was exciting and unlike any other pro. He was unlike any other player on the tour. After his first few tours, he was starting to draw every golf fan towards him. His style of play was so different from the average pro and made people want to watch the sport. Most professional players receive a few wins and become satisfied with their performance. Tiger never felt like he could improve his game. Even if he won a lot, he wanted to win every single time. Tiger was known to play a tournament then go and practice right after to improve his skills. This clearly worked, because he won 5 major tournaments, an accomplishment achieved by less than 5 people in golf history. That is one of the many accomplishments that he has achieved. For example, “He (Tiger Woods) is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA Tour.”(Woods. Together We Can Make the Future Shine Bright!) Most PGA Tour players aren’t ever close to sharing a career like his. To this day, Tiger Still works extremely hard through ups and downs. Since 1997, his first tournament, He has still played a tournament at least every three years and has a twenty percent win percentage. This means that If he plays four major tournaments he will win at least

He has drawn so many people to the sport just by his reputation. Many people say that he is their favorite golfer. Even people who don’t play golf know who Tiger Woods is and know of his winning reputation. Tiger not only influences people to play and learn about the sport, but he also influences people to buy the products that he uses. For example, “Approximately fifty-seven percent of Nike’s investment of a $181 million contract was recovered in the U.S. golf balls alone.”(Economic Value of Celebrity Endorsements) This shows how impactful Tiger is as a player. He influenced millions and millions of people to buy Nike golf balls. Nearly every brand who partnered with Tiger Woods has had an increase in sales because of him. Millions of people a year watch golf tournaments online and on TV. Even at a young age he had so many wins. For example, “In 1991, at age 15, he became the youngest winner of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.” (Tikinan 32) Tiger having so many wins means that he is on TV so much. Because of this, the brands that he wears and uses are also shown with him. This is the reason for why brands who he partners with receive so many sales. Tiger Woods has the impact on golf as a celebrity does to a movie. For many people Tiger made golf cool and interesting, especially for a younger audience. He also made it exciting and thrilling to a sport nearly anyone felt was thrilling