Tiger Woods

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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California) is an American professional golfer who attended Stanford University from 1994 to 1996 before turning professional. Woods describes his own heritage as "Cablinasian" — Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian ancestry — the son of an African American father and a Thai mother, and this record follows his self-identification rather than any single-race label. A prodigy who won three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles (1994–96), he won the 1997 Masters at age 21 by a record 12 strokes and went on to win 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour events, tied for the most tour wins all-time, spending 683 weeks ranked world No. 1. His fifth Masters title, in 2019, ended an eleven-year major drought. He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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• Also known as: Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0174. Firsts disposition: NO 'first' is asserted in the description. Britannica's 'first of African or Asian descent to win the Masters (1997)' rests on that single source in this record, so it is recorded here rather than asserted; his 82 PGA Tour wins are stated as 'tied for the most all-time,' a record claim supported by the PGA Tour source. Heritage is stated as Woods states it himself — 'Cablinasian' (Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian) — sourced to Encyclopedia.com's account of his self-description. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Woods is the rare athlete whose dominance changed his sport's economics and audience at once, and whose career also carries injury, scandal, and comeback in full public view. The record holds both the 15 majors and the self-named identity he insisted on from the start. Photo: CLEARED — Tiger Woods in May 2019.jpg, Public domain.

Relationships

• Charlie Sifford — related to
  Woods named his son Charlie in honor of Sifford, per the PGA Tour's account of Sifford's legacy.
• Lee Elder — related to
  On winning the 1997 Masters, Woods publicly credited Elder — the first Black man to play the tournament, in 1975 — along with Sifford and Ted Rhodes, as having made his win possible.
• Stanford University — affiliated with
  Woods attended Stanford University from 1994 to 1996 before turning professional.

Referenced by

• Stanford University — has alumnus → this record

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Tiger Woods" (summary). Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
• Encyclopedia.com. "Woods, Tiger (1975—)." Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
• PGA Tour. "Celebrating Tiger Woods' 47th birthday with 47 facts." December 30, 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)

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