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He began third round nine strokes behind 36-hole leader Ted Tryba. W ith Torrey Pines South C ourse record 62, took onestroke lead heading into final round. A closing 65 earned him a share o f tournam ent record (266) set by G eorge B um s in 1987... · 4 1 -w eek re ig n a to p O fficial W orld G o lf R anking end ed w hen D avid D uval w on T H E PLAY ERS C ham pionship... · T ig er's run longest since G reg N orm an held top spot for record 96 w eeks in 1995-97... · equaled C ottonw ood Valley course record with 61 in first round o f G T E B yron N elson C lassic, w here he finished T7. T he 61 is his career low, and the low est first-round score since B ob L ohr shot 61 to open 1994 A nheuser-B usch G o lf Classic... · in May, earned third international victory at European T our's D eutsche B ank-S A P O pen in Germany... · earned ninth T O U R victory at M em orial Tournam ent defeating Vijay Singh by tw o strokes... · had first top-10 ev er at U.S. O pen w ith a T3.. · regained No. 1 position in O fficial W orld G o lf R anking follow ing third victory o f season and 10th o f career at M otorola W estern O pen. T h e w in w as his second at C og Hill G & C C (1997)... · on a M onday night in A ugust on prim e-tim e television, defeated D uval 2&1 and earned $1.1 m illion ($200,000 o f w hich w ent to charity) at M otorola Show dow n at Sherw ood... · becam e youngest player since Seve B allesteros to win tw o m ajors w ith h is v icto ry at PG A Cham pionship. T h e victory w as his 11 th career title. T he $630,000 payday lifted him to the top o f T O U R m oney list and allow ed him to jo in D avid D uval as the only players to earn $3 m illion in a season ... · after one w eek out o f top spot in O fficial W orld G o lf R anking, again took over top spot... · becam e the first player since N ick Price in 1994 to w in five T O U R events in one season with his w in at W orld G o lf C h a m p io n sh ip s-N E C Invitational. T h e $1 m illion paycheck vaulted him over $4 m illion in season's earnings... · w on his next start at N ational C a r R ental G o lf Classic jR W alt D isney W orld R esort to becom e first player since Tom W atson in 1980 to w in six official TO U R titles in season... · the next w eek w on his third consecutive start at T H E T O U R C ham pionship. H e becam e the first player since D avid D uval in 1997 to accom plish that feat. T h e $900,000 payday put him o ver $10 m illion for his career, m aking him the fastest to do so. T he victory w as his 11th in-a-row in w hich he led o r shared the lead entering the final round... · put cap on am azing season by w inning final official event, the W orld G o lf C ham pionshipsFU LL NAM E: H E IG H T : W E IG H T : B IR T H D A T E : B IR T H P L A C E : R E S ID E N C E : F A M IL Y : COLLEGE: IN T E R E S T S : T U R N E D PRO: JO IN E D T O U R : E ld r i c k T . W o o d s 6 ' 2" 160 D e c e m b e r 30, 1975 C y p re ss, C A O r la n d o , F L S in g le S ta n f o r d U n iv e r s ity B ask etb all, fishing, all sports 1996 1996 A m erican E xpress C ham pionship. He becam e first player since Johnny M iller in 1974 to win eight tim es in one year and the first since Ben Hogan in 1953 to w in four consecutive starts It w as his 15th victory in 70 career PG A T O U R starts... · after the official season, he w on the PG A G rand Slam o f G o lf and along with M ark O 'M eara w on the W orld C up o f G o lf for the U nited States. He w on the individual portion o f that event by nine strokes... · led the T O U R in five o f ten categories: scoring (68.43), greens in regulation (71.4), birdies (4.46), total driving (52) and all-around (120)... · w on Vardon T rophy with 68.43 scoring aver age, the low est adjusted scoring average since such records began in 1988... · his 16 top-10s w ere the m ost in a single season since Payne Stew art had 16 in 1986... · w on A ndersen C onsulting M edal for best com b in ed p erfo rm an ce in the three W orld G o lf C ham pionships events. A nd that w as ju st for 1999 ... C A R E E R H IG H L IG H T S T iger shouldered high expectations in joining PG A T O U R follow ing one o f the best am ateur careers ever... · posted tw o victories and three other top-10 fin ishes in only eight starts after turning professional at 1996 G reater M ilw aukee O pen, w here he finished T 60. His second event w as at the Bell C anadian O pen at G len A bbey in O akville w here he finished 11th ... · .first to p -10 cam e at Q uad C ity Classic, w here he finished T5... · began final round o f L as Vegas Invitational four strokes back. He closed with a 64 to force play o ff w ith D avis L ove III, then parred first extra hole for first T O U R win. He collected $297,000 in becom ing the first sponsor's exem ption to w in a T O U R event since Phil M ickelson at 1991 N orthern Telecom Open... · finished third the follow ing w eek at L aCantera Texas O pen... · at W alt D isney W orld/O ldsm obile Classic, shot closing 66 for one-stroke win... · nam ed PG A T O U R R ookie o f the Year ... also nam ed Sports Illustrated's Sportsm an o f the Year, becom ing youngest to receive honor since gym nast M ary Lou R etton in 1984... · nam ed PG A T O U R Player o f the Year for 1997, a season that included four victories and nine top-10 finishes... · m ade 20 o f 21 cuts and finished no low er than T 43. T he h ighlight o f y e ar cam e at M asters Tournam ent, where rounds o f 70-66-65-69-270 set 72-hole record. A nd the 12-stroke m argin o f victo ry, another M asters record, was fourth best in T O U R history... · won first event o f 1997 season at rain-short ened M ercedes C ham pionships, defeating Tom L ehm an on first playoff hole... · m em ber o f 1997 Ryder C up Team... · nam ed PG A o f A m erica and G o lf W riters A ssociation o f A m erica Player o f the Year for 1997.. . · concluded year with A ssociated Press nam ing his M asters win top sports story o f 1997, follow ed by his designation as A P 's M ale A thlete o f the Year (first golfer to be so honored in 26 years)... · earned second international victory in 1998 at Johnnie W alker C lassic in Thailand, defeating Ernie E ls on second playoff hole. H e overcam e eightstroke deficit to force playoff with Els... · earned seventh T O U R victory with one-stroke w in over Jay D on Blake at B ellSouth Classic. He stood one o ff second-round lead after opening 69- 6 7 .. . · third-round 63 at T P C at Sugarloaf gave him lead he w ould not relinquish... · runner-up to M ark O 'M eara at C isco W orld M atch Play Cham pionship... · defeated Vijay Singh to win PG A G rand Slam o f Golf... · le d TO U R in to p -10 finishes with 13 in 1998... · w on 1991,1992 and 1993 U.S. Junior A m ateur C ham pionships w hen no one before o r since has won m ore than one... · in 1994, at T PC at Saw grass, becam e youngest w inner o f U .S. A m ateur. T he follow ing year, becam e first to successfully defend U.S. A m ateur title since Jay Sigel in 1993... · in 1996, becam e first player to win three c o n secutive U.S. A m ateur titles... · ow ns U.S. A m ateur records for consecutive m atch-play victories (18) and w inning percentage (.909)... · his six consecutive years o f w inning a U SG A cham pionship are second only to Bobby Jo n es' eight... · m ade cut in four o f six m ajor cham pionships as am ateur and w as low am ateur at 1995 M asters and 1996 British O pen... · nam ed y e ar's top am ateur player by G o lf D igest and G olfw eek in 1992 and G o lf W orld in 1992 and 1993...G olf W orld's "M an o f the Year" in 1994.. .won 1996 N C A A C ham pionship and was nam ed C ollegiate Player o f the Year...joined Jack N icklaus and Phil M ickelson as the only players to w in N CA A and U.S. A m ateur in sam e year. *denotes Monday quali fiers ttdenotes Canadian @denotes Amateur PersonaHy · N icknam ed 'T iger" after a Vietnamese soldier who was a friend o f his father's in Vietnam... · putted against Bob Hope on the Mike Douglas Show at age two, shot 48 for nine holes at age three and was featured in G olf Digest at age five... · i n Feb. 1998, named to Blackwell's BestDressed List... · eighth athlete to be named W heaties perm a nent rep, follow ing Bob Richards (1958), Bruce Jenner (1977), M ary Lou Retton (1984) , Pete Rose (1985) , Walter Payton (1986), Chris Evert (1987) and M ichael Jordan (1988)... · Tiger W oods Foundation, chaired by father Earl, cre ated to provide m inority participa tion in golf and related activities... · in 1997 won Sports Star o f the Year Award, given to athletes who combine excellence in their sports with significant charita ble endeavors... 2000 To Go 3be 2001 models are rolling in. 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