Tiger Woods
By: Jude Laskey
7B
2-23-17
“One thing that my parents have taught me is to never listen to other people’s expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about” -Tiger Woods, (mactoons.com)
Many believe that Tiger Woods is the greatest golf player of all time. His incredible golf career is legendary to all of golf and even the entire realm of sports. Tiger is known for his career that consists of 105 tournament wins, 14 of those being major titles. Tiger has always loved the sport of golf, and he has been playing since he was 1 year old. His amazing talent and mythical record has brought attention to golf.
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Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Long Beach, California (rolemodel.net). Tiger’s parents are Earl Woods and Kultida Punsawad. They were married in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1969, (rolemodel.net). Wood’s real name is Eldrick, not Tiger. “Even though Earl reluctantly acquiesced to the name, he still intended to deliver his vow to honor Nguyen Phong, his Vietnamese friend. From the cradle, Eldrick Woods was called Tiger,” (Tiger: A biography of Tiger Woods). Tiger was featured on The Mike Douglas Show at age of 2, along with his father, Earl, and Bob Hope (golf.com). Eventually, he showed his skill on the course at age three. He shot a 48 on 9 hole in Cypress, California when he was three. Tiger Woods had a really early start in the sport of …show more content…
“We don't allow our students to exist with the labels or restrictions or stigmas that have been placed upon them. We empower them to exceed any and all expectations,”(tigerwoodsfoundation.org). TGR had been changing lives since November 18, 1996, (tigerwoodsfoundation.org). The Tiger Woods Foundation help children with education and scholarship money. They have been able to help over 130,000 children with their education, (tigerwoodsfoundation.org). Tiger has also started TGR design, a company dedicated to the creation and restoration of golf courses. So far, TGR design has plans for 7 courses, (tigerwoods.com/design/courses). Tiger Woods started the World Challenge tournament to bring funds and awareness to his charity. He donated over 4 million dollars of his own money to keep his tournament going because their title sponsor left them, (golf.com). Tiger has done many things to give back to the sport and community that he