19 Interesting facts about Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods, an American professional golfer, 15-time major champion, have won the Masters Five times. Here are 19 unbelievable facts about Tiger Woods till now, there is no surprise being aware of these facts already.

1. Fame and controversies are the twin brothers

In 2009, he was ticketed for careless driving, after injured in a car accident. Later, in another accident, it was discovered that he has an affair with many women, which eventually leads to divorce.

2. Impressive!

Woods has won 26.1% of the tournaments on the PGA tours, exactly 79 matches out of 302.

3. The curious case of his marriage

In 2004, he married Elin Nordegren, had two children, but he got divorced in 2010.

He has a daughter named Sam Alexis Woods, and son, Charlie Axel Woods.

4. His Favorite

His favorite movies are Caddyshack, 48 hours, and all James Bond films. His favorite musicians are Janet Jackson, U2, and Boyz II Men.

5. No.1

He has been No.1 in the world for 683 weeks and has 1st, 2nd, 6th and 11th longest streaks at No.1 ever.

6. It’s all about eyesight

His eyesight was 11 before the laser eye surgery in 1999. After that, he won 7 of his next 10 events.

7. Buddhist

Tiger was raised as a Buddhist by his Thai mother, and he actively practiced it.

8. His caddies

Mike Cowan, an 18-year veteran of the PGA Tour, was his first caddy, and Steve Williams is his second caddy.

9. Passionate about writing

Woods loves writing, he wrote a single column for golf magazine from 1997 to 2011. In 2001, he wrote a book “How I Play Golf”, which sold around 1.2 million copies and became the best selling book.

10. meaning to “rich”

His net worth is $640 million, he is the second richest “African-American” after Oprah Winfrey. He is the First athlete to earn a billion dollar from a sport.

11. Kind hearted man

In 1996, he and his father started the tiger woods foundation, to promote golf among inner-city children.

12. Power of red

He always wears Red color in the final day of the tournament, because his mother feels it’s a power color and bring good luck for him.

13. Best friend!

He always considered his father as his best friend. He affected by his father’s death in 2006 after battling prostate cancer.

14. Young Thug

In 1997, he won his major, master and became the youngest ever winner, 2 months later, he set a record fastest ever to be No.1 in the official golf rankings.

15. At age 3

Little Woods got familiar with golf even before the age of 2 through his father. When he was 3, he shot a 48 over nine holes at the Cypress Navy course.

16. Never missed his schooling

Woods did his schooling from the Western High School in Anaheim and graduated from Western High School in 1994.

17. Meaning of 'Tiger'

Initially, his father started calling him “Tiger” in honor of a fellow soldier and friend who had the same moniker. But later, the whole world denoted him this name.