Who is Tiger Woods?
A: Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer.
Woods is widely regarded as one of what?
A: One of the greatest golfers of all time.
He is one of the most famous athletes in what?
A: Modern history.
Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur
golf career, when did Woods turn professional?
A: In 1996 at the age of 20.
By the end of April 1997, he had won what?
A: Three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997
Masters.
In the 1997 Masters, how many strokes did he win by?
A: He won by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance.
When did he reach number one in the world rankings for
the first time?
A: In June 1997, less than a year after turning pro.
Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Woods
was what?
A: The dominant force in golf.
When was he the top-ranked golfer in the world?
A: From August 1999 to September 2004 (264 consecutive weeks) and again from
June 2005 to October 2010 (281 consecutive weeks).
During this time, he won how many of golf's major
championships?
A: 13.
The next decade of Woods's career was marked by
comebacks from what?
A: Personal problems and injuries.
He took a self-imposed hiatus from professional golf
from December 2009 to early April 2010 in an attempt to resolve what?
A: Marital issues with his wife at the time, Elin.
Woods admitted to multiple what?
A: Infidelities, and the couple eventually divorced.
When did he fall to number 58 in the world rankings?
A: In November 2011 before ascending again to the number-one ranking between
March 2013 and May
2014.
Injuries led him to undergo how many back surgeries
between 2014 and 2017.?
A: Four.
Woods competed in how many tournaments between August
2015 and January
2018?
A: Only one.
On his return to regular competition where did he win
his first tournament in five years?
A: At the Tour Championship in September 2018 and his first major in 11
years at the 2019 Masters.
He has been the number one player in the world for the
most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of what?
A: Any golfer in history.
How many times has he been awarded PGA Player of the
Year?
A: A record 11 times.
How many times has he won the Byron Nelson Award for
lowest adjusted scoring average?
A: A record eight times.
Woods has the record of leading the money list in how
many seasons?
A: 10.
He has won 15 professional major golf championships
trailing only whom?
A: Jack Nicklaus, who leads with 18.
Woods leads all active golfers in career what?
A: Major wins and career PGA Tour wins.
Woods is the fifth (after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary
Player and Jack Nicklaus) player to achieve what?
A: The career Grand Slam, and the youngest to do so.
He is also the second golfer (after Nicklaus) to
achieve what?
A: A career Grand Slam three times.
How many World Golf Championships has he won?
A: 18.
He was also part of the American winning team for the
1999 what?
A: Ryder Cup.
In May 2019, Woods was awarded what?
A: The Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump, the fourth golfer to
receive the honor.