Тайгер Вудз
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Элдрик Тонт «Тайгер» Вудз (англ. Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods; 30 декабря 1975, Сайпресс, Калифорния, США) — знаменитый американский гольфист, 14-кратный победитель турниров «мейджор» (второе место в истории вслед за Джеком Никлаусом с 18 победами). Спортсмен года Laureus World Sports Awards: 2000, 2001.
Начал играть в гольф в возрасте 2.5 лет.
В августе 1996 году Вудз начал карьеру профессионального гольфиста и в этом же году выиграл два турнира PGA Tour.
В апреле 1997 выиграл свой первый мейджор Masters.
Всего за карьеру выиграл 77 турниров PGA Тура и занимает по этому показателю второе место в истории гольфа, после Сэма Снида, 3 место у Джека Никлауса.
Победы в мейджорах (14):
Masters: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
U.S. Open: 2000, 2002, 2008
The Open Championship: 2000, 2005, 2006
PGA Championship: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
Выиграл подряд 4 турнира серии мейджор, но Большой Шлем The Grand Slam не получил, т.к. победы были в двух сезонах.
Важнейшие награды и премии:
PGA Tour 1996
Rookie of the Year 1996
PGA Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
PGA Tour leading money winner 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Vardon Trophy 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Byron Nelson Award 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
FedEx Cup Champion 2007, 2009
Рекорд продолжительности пребывания на верхней строчке Official World Golf Ranking: 281 неделя за период с июня 2005 по ноябрь 2010 года.
Награды и премии:
1990 1st Team - Rolex Junior All-American Southern California Player of the Year
1991 1st Team - Rolex Junior All-American American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year Golf Digest Amateur Player of the Year GolfWeek National Amateur of the Year Southern California Player of the Year
1992 1st Team - Rolex Junior All-American American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year Golf Digest Amateur Player of the Year GolfWeek National Amateur of the Year Southern California Player of the Year Golf World Player of the Year
1993 1st Team - Rolex Junior All-American Southern California Player of the Year Golf World Player of the Year
1994 Golf World Man of the Year L.A. Times Player of the Year Orange County Player of the Year
1995 Pac-10 Player of the Year NCAA First Team All-American GolfWeek Preseason First Team All-American for 1995-96 Stanford University's Male Freshman of the Year
1996 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" Stanford University Collegiate Player of the Year Fred Haskins Award
1997 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
1998 Mark H. McCormack Award ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete (for 1997)
1999 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year Anderson Consulting Medal for best performance in WGC events Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
2000 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Laureus World Sports Awards (for 1999) Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year Royal Canadian Golf Association Triple Crown Trophy Palm Performance Award as leading money winner on PGA Tour West Coast Swing PricewaterhouseCoopers Fall Finish Award as leading money winner on PGA Tour's fall schedule Anderson Consulting Medal for best performance in WGC events Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete (for 1999) 2001 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Laureus World Sports Awards (for 2000) ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete (for 2000) Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2002 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete (for 2001) Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2003 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2004 Mark H. McCormack Award
2005 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2006 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2007 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award FedEx Cup Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year
2008 Mark H. McCormack Award
2009 PGA Tour Player of the Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Money Leader Vardon Trophy Byron Nelson Award Mark H. McCormack Award FedEx Cup Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year Associated Press Athlete of the Decade
2010 Mark H. McCormack Award