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Eldrick Tont Woods: Tiger Woods's Success

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Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Tont Woods in Cypress, California on December 30, 1975 to parents Kultida and Earl Woods. Tiger Woods has a net worth of $640 million. He is a successful golfer who dominated the PGA tour in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

He is a golf prodigy, winning the Junior World Golf Championships 9-10 division in 1984. He would win this championship six times, including four straight from 1988 until 1991. He broke 80 at the age of eight and 70 at the age of 12. When he was 13, he lost to John Daly by one stroke, losing the a national junior tournament. He is also the only three time winner of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

Tiger Woods became a member of the PGA Tour in 1996 at the age of 20, this after a successful

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