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Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Tiger Woods
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Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No. 1, he is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, having earned an estimated $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010. Here are ten other things you didn't know about him:
| 1. | Woods has won 71 official PGA Tour events, third all time behind Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus. |
| 2. | Woods has won 14 majors, second all time, behind Jack Nicklaus. |
| 3. | Woods is 14-1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. |
| 4. | Woods owns the lowest career scoring average in PGA Tour history. |
| 5. | Woods has amassed the most career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history (even after inflation is considered). |
| 6. | Woods is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player) to have won all four professional major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, and was the youngest to do so. |
| 7. | Woods is the only player to have won all four professional major championships in a row, accomplishing the feat in the 2000-2001 seasons. This feat became known as the "Tiger Slam". |
| 8. | Woods set the all-time record for most consecutive cuts made, with 142. The streak started in 1998, he set the record at the 2003 Tour Championship with 114 (passing Byron Nelson's previous record of 113 and Jack Nicklaus at 105) and extended this mark to 142 before it ended on May 13, 2005 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Many consider this to be one of the most remarkable golf accomplishments of all time, given the margin by which he broke the old record and given that during the streak, the next longest streak by any other player was usually only in the 10s or 20s. |
| 9. | Woods has won a record 27.7% (71 out of 256) of his professional starts on the PGA Tour |
| 10. | Woods is the only golfer to have won the U.S. Amateur three consecutive times (1994–96). |
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