'''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. |