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In this video, Dan Parker reveals some of the things you may not have already known about Tiger Woods. He is arguably the greatest golfer of all time and this video will help you get to know the man behind the legend that little bit more.
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Tiger Woods is one of the greatest golfers the game has ever produced
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He has transcended the sport since he turned pro in 1996 and is probably the most
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recognisable face for non-golf fans. Despite this we think there's lots of
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interesting facts that you may not know about Tiger Woods. So let's get stuck in
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His full name is Eldrick Taunt Woods. Eldrick because it has his father's initial
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at the start and his mother's initial at the end and Taunt is a traditional Thai name. His father
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was in the army and named his son Tiger because his fellow soldier and friend, Colonel
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Vuong Dang Feng, was also known as Tiger. Sticking with his family and heritage, Tiger's mom, Cotilda, is Thai, while his father, Earl
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was African American. Tiger's interest in the game began when watching his father hit golf balls in the garage
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Tiger was just six months old when he would sit in his high chair and routinely watch Earl
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hit golf balls. Tiger made his first TV appearance on the Mike Douglas show just before his third birthday
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Tiger attended Stanford University on a golf scholarship. However, he never graduated from college as he dropped out to pursue his professional career
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Other famous graduates from Stanford include Tom Watson and Notta Begay. Did you know that Tiger had a stutter as a child
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To overcome this, he took speech classes at school, and he also spoke to his dog at night to practice confident speech
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Tiger Woods broke 80 for the first time at the age of just eight and at the age of 12 he broke 70 for the first time Tiger Woods is a Buddhist He told Sports Illustrated in 1996 that I believe in Buddhism not every aspect but most of it So I taken bits and pieces I don believe that human
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beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment because humans have flaws. Tiger became the first
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billion dollar athlete. He cracked the one billion dollar career earnings mark way back in 2009
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Going some way to help him win this money are his 109 professional wins and 15 major championships
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His sponsorship deal with Nike is also one of the most lucrative deals in the world of sport
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Speaking of wins on tour, Tiger is tied third all time for victories on the European tour
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This seems like an obvious fact, but it becomes more interesting when you find out that Tiger has never played a full season on the European tour
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Tiger has broken countless records in his career. Probably the most striking is the fact that he spent 683 weeks at number one in the official World Golf rankings
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To put some context to that, this is more than double than Greg Norman, who has spent
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the second longest amount of time as men's world number one. Tiger won the US
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amateur and NCAA championship titles both in 1996. Only five men have ever achieved that feat
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They are Bryson DeShambo, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore and Jack Nicholas. So there you have it
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some facts on the greatest golfer of all time, that is Tiger Woods. I hope there was some
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there that you didn't know and you learned a lot about the greatest golfer of all time
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For more facts and statistics on some of your favourite golfers, head to the tour section
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on the Golf Monthly website
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