Tiger Woods is famously known as one of the best golfers of all time. He was born in Cypress, California, in December 1975. He was considered a child prodigy in the game of golf, as his father, Earl Woods, introduced him to it at the age of two. Tiger was playing full rounds of golf at the age of three.
Woods continued developing his game throughout his childhood, which led to him becoming the youngest United States Junior Amateur in 1990 when he was just 15 years old. He competed in his first Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour event just two years later, in 1992. That same year, he won the US Junior Amateur again and was also named the Golf World Player of the Year. He repeated as the US Junior Amateur winner again, the only golfer to three-peat in the event.
After graduating from high school, Woods attended Stanford University. He won his first collegiate event before being voted the Pac-10 Player of the Year and an NCAA First Team All-American. That year, he also won his second US Amateur title. He was just 19 when he participated in his first PGA Tour major, the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, and made the cut. He won the NCAA individual golf championship the following year and then decided to turn professional at just 20 years old.
This began one of the most illustrious golf careers of all time. Over the years, Woods has won 82 official PGA Tour events, which is tied for first all-time. This includes 15 major championships, which is second all-time. He has won all four major championships in his career and was the youngest to do so. Woods also spent the most consecutive weeks atop the world rankings, has the longest streak of top-10 finishes, and has made the most consecutive cuts, among many other records in golf.