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'''Eldrick Woods was born on Dec. 30, 1975''', in Cypress, Calif., the son of Earl (of part Native American and part African American heritage) and Kultida (of half Chinese and half Thai ancestry) Woods. His father nicknamed him "Tiger" after a South Vietnamese soldier who had fought alongside the elder Woods in the Vietnam War. Tiger Woods started the game as an infant, watching his father hit golf balls into a net in the family garage. He began playing as soon as he could walk and broke 50 for nine holes when he was three years old. At age two he had appeared on The Mike Douglas Show. Improving rapidly, he dominated the junior ranks in every age group.

'''Eldrick Woods was born on Dec. 30, 1975''', in Cypress, Calif., the son of Earl (of part Native American and part African American heritage) and Kultida (of half Chinese and half Thai ancestry) Woods. His father nicknamed him "Tiger" after a South Vietnamese soldier who had fought alongside the elder Woods in the Vietnam War. Tiger Woods started the game as an infant, watching his father hit golf balls into a net in the family garage. He began playing as soon as he could walk and broke 50 for nine holes when he was three years old. At age two he had appeared on The Mike Douglas Show. Improving rapidly, he dominated the junior ranks in every age group.

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Woods won his first national championship''', the U.S. Junior Amateur, in 1991. He recaptured the title in the subsequent two years, an unprecedented feat; no other player had won more than one U.S. Junior title. In 1994 Woods became the youngest player to win the most prestigious amateur tournament in the world, the U.S. Amateur Championship. His dramatic come-from-behind victory over Trip Kuehne in the final round, in front of a national television audience, catapulted him into the popular consciousness. He would ultimately win three consecutive U.S. Amateur championships, the first player to do so.

'''Woods won his first national championship''', the U.S. Junior Amateur, in 1991. He recaptured the title in the subsequent two years, an unprecedented feat; no other player had won more than one U.S. Junior title. In 1994 Woods became the youngest player to win the most prestigious amateur tournament in the world, the U.S. Amateur Championship. His dramatic come-from-behind victory over Trip Kuehne in the final round, in front of a national television audience, catapulted him into the popular consciousness. He would ultimately win three consecutive U.S. Amateur championships, the first player to do so.

'''In fall 1994 Woods matriculated at Stanford University''', where he continued his amateur career in impressive fashion. He captured the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Championship in 1996. His amateur victories earned him invitations to the Masters tournament, where he moved the golf world with his prodigious power, blasting drives in excess of 300 yards.

'''In fall 1994 Woods matriculated at Stanford University''', where he continued his amateur career in impressive fashion. He captured the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Championship in 1996. His amateur victories earned him invitations to the Masters tournament, where he moved the golf world with his prodigious power, blasting drives in excess of 300 yards.