 Professional
golfer, born Eldrick Woods on December 30, 1975, in Orlando, Florida.
Early on, Tiger's parents, Earl and Kultilda Woods, introduced their
only child to the sport he has come
to dominate, giving him a sawed-off
putter to practice with as soon as he could stand
up on his own. At the age of 8, he won the first of six Optimist
International Junior World Titles. After perhaps the most remarkable
amateur career ever-he won the U.S.
Junior Amateur Championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and the U.S.
Amateur title in 1994, 1995, and 1996-and two years at Stanford University,
where he won the NCAA title, Woods turned pro in the summer of 1996.
His potential seemed unlimited, especially when he won 2 titles and
finished in the top 10 five times out of his first 8 Professional
Golf Association tour events. In 1997, at the age of 21, Woods became
the youngest player ever to win the Masters (by
the largest margin in a major championship in this century),
and the first person of African or Asian descent to win a major golf
championship. That year, his first full year on the tour, Woods was
chosen as the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN Male
Athlete of the Year and became the youngest player ever to hold the
No. 1 ranking in professional golf.
Woods' first title in 2001 came at the Bay Hill Invitational in March,
when he beat Phil Mickelson by one stroke to end a nine-tournament
winless streak. With a win at the Masters on April 8, 2001, Woods
became the first player in history to sweep all four
major tournaments in a row, further cementing
his place in the history books and his status as the best golfer
in the world. |
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note:
only
child: 獨(dú)生子
come to dominate:
成為主宰
sawed-off putter:
被鋸短了的高爾夫球輕擊棒
stand up on his own:
獨(dú)自站立
amateur: 業(yè)余的
by the largest margin:
以最大的懸殊比分
four major tournaments:
4項(xiàng)重要錦標(biāo)賽， 即名人賽、
美國公開賽、英國公開賽和
PGA錦標(biāo)賽
in a row: 連續(xù)的
cement his place: 鞏固地位
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Updated: 2001-06-27 01:00