Tiger Woods tees off for second round at the Masters after excellent open following long injury layoff

Woods had his first brush with fame when he was simply 2 years previous. The younger {golfing} prodigy appeared on “The Mike Douglas Present” in 1978, profitable a placing contest with comic Bob Hope.

Woods, 6, sizes up a putt in Los Alamitos, California, in 1982. His actual title is Eldrick, however his father nicknamed him “Tiger” after a South Vietnamese soldier he fought alongside with throughout the Vietnam Struggle.

Woods and his father, Earl, rejoice after a 15-year-old Tiger gained the US Junior Beginner Championship in 1991. He gained the occasion in 1992 and 1993 as effectively.

Woods, 16, tees off on the Los Angeles Open in 1992. That was his first style of PGA Tour competitors, albeit as an novice. He missed the 36-hole lower.

Woods performed for the US throughout the World Beginner Crew Cup, which happened in France in 1994.

Woods hits a tee shot throughout the 1995 Walker Cup, a world workforce occasion.

Woods talks to the media after profitable his third-straight US Beginner in 1996. All through his life, Woods has worn purple on the ultimate day of a giant match.

Woods performed two years of school golf at Stanford College. He gained the NCAA particular person golf title in 1996.

Woods turned skilled in August 1996, and it did not take lengthy for him to win his first match. Six weeks after he introduced he was going professional — with a well-known “Whats up, world” advert marketing campaign for Nike — Woods gained the Las Vegas Invitational. That earned him this huge test, a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a spot within the following 12 months’s Masters match.

Woods made historical past on the 1997 Masters, blowing away the sphere by 12 strokes to win his first main. On the time, it was additionally a record-low Masters rating of 18 beneath par.

Woods hugs his father, Earl, after profitable the 1997 Masters. Earl, a former Inexperienced Beret, was broadly credited with creating his son’s prodigious expertise and pushing him to be the last word competitor.

Woods arrives at an airport in Hamburg, Germany, in Could 2000.

Woods performs a shot from the ninth fairway throughout the 2000 US Open in Pebble Seaside, California. Woods gained the match by 15 photographs, a file for any main. It was Woods’ third main title by this level; he had additionally gained the 1999 PGA Championship.

A month after the US Open, Woods gained the 2000 British Open on the Outdated Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. That gave him the profession Grand Slam — a win in every of the 4 completely different majors — on the age of 24.

Woods chips out of the tough on the 2000 PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. All through his profession, Woods has at all times had the most important galleries, with 1000’s of individuals flocking from gap to gap to observe him play. He is additionally been credited with bringing in tens of millions of recent followers to the game.

Woods reacts as he sinks a putt throughout a playoff on the 2000 PGA Championship. Woods defeated Bob Could within the playoff to win his third straight main.

Followers watch Woods tee off on the 18th gap on the 2001 Masters. Woods went on to win the occasion and full what’s now known as the Tiger Slam — 4 consecutive main titles.

Woods chats with golf legend Jack Nicklaus on the Memorial match in June 2001. The 2 are broadly thought-about to be the 2 biggest golfers in historical past, and solely Nicklaus has gained extra main titles than Woods.

Woods arrives in a navy car earlier than a golf exhibition in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2004. Woods spent the week coaching with Military troops earlier than internet hosting a junior golf clinic for his Tiger Woods Basis. Woods’ father, Earl, was stationed on the base within the Nineteen Sixties.

Woods and Phil Mickelson line up their putts throughout the last spherical of the Ford Championship in March 2005. For a lot of Woods’ profession, Mickelson was thought-about his greatest rival.

Woods celebrates along with his caddie, Steve Williams, after his well-known chip-in on the 2005 Masters. Woods went on to win his fourth inexperienced jacket.

Woods hugs Williams after profitable the British Open in Hoylake, England in 2006. It was Woods’ first main win because the loss of life of his father simply a few months earlier.

Woods stands along with his mom, Kultida, and his daughter, Sam, as a statue of him and his father is unveiled on the Tiger Woods Studying Heart in Anaheim, California, in January 2008.

Woods had a fractured tibia and a torn ligament in his knee, however he gutted out a playoff win over Rocco Mediate on the 2008 US Open. It was his third US Open win and his 14th main title.

President Barack Obama hosted Woods within the White Home Oval Workplace in April 2009.

Woods hits a shot throughout a PGA Championship apply spherical in August 2009.

Woods holds his daughter, Sam, as he and his spouse, Elin, attend a Stanford soccer sport in November 2009. Woods married Elin, a mannequin, in 2004. The couple even have a son, Charlie.

Woods performs digital golf with talk-show host Jimmy Fallon in 2011.

Woods jokes with golf nice Arnold Palmer after profitable the Bay Hill Invitational in March 2013 and regaining his spot because the world’s top-ranked golfer.

Woods falls to the bottom in ache after hitting a shot at The Barclays in August 2013. A couple of months later, he would endure again surgical procedure for a pinched nerve.

From left, Woods, Jason Dufner and Mickelson hang around on the Muirfield Village Golf Membership, the place the Presidents Cup was going down in Dublin, Ohio, in October 2013.

Woods kisses his then-girlfriend, snowboarding celebrity Lindsey Vonn, at an occasion in Beaver Creek, Colorado, in 2015. The 2 dated for a few years.

Woods captained the US workforce to a Presidents Cup win in December 2019.

Woods putts throughout the second spherical of the Masters in November 2020.