The Legend of Tiger Woods

When we think of golf, often times there are one player that pops into our head as the staple of golf. Look up golf in the dictionary and there he’ll be. I am referring to Eldrick Tont Woods, or as many are more familiar with; Tiger Woods. The only professional golfer who has won 4 PGA tournaments in his first ten seasons on tour, and has been victorious in 71 tours overall. These tours range from the Las Vegas Invitational in 1996 to the most recent this year at the BMW Championship. That is 14 years in counting of a continuously successful career. Before he won’t his first Championship, Tiger won three consecutive amateur titles starting in 1994. To step back even further, as many viewers discovered on the “Mike Douglas Show,” young Tiger made his first public debut when he was two years old putting with Bob Hope.

There is no doubt Woods has lived, ate and breathed golf since he was very young. He is a true master at his craft. So much so, major companies want to endorse him. Some of Tiger’s endorsements include General Motors, Titleist, General Mills, American Express, Accenture and his most well known; Nike (Tiger signed a $40 million check with Nike in 2004). In 2002 Tiger was involved in the launching the Buick’s Rendezvous SUV, which sold more than 130,000 in 2002 and 2003. Though out his career Tiger has done some amazing things in the world of Golf and that never went unrecognized. He was induction into the California Hall of Fame and the California museum of History in 2007. That same year he received the honor of having his own brand of sports drink from Gatorade which debuted early last year entitled “Gatorade Tiger.” Many endorsements and achievements like these ranked him number one. Having earned $110 million from winnings and endorsements by 2008, he is ranked the highest paid professional athlete of our time. Most recently, he was granted the Honor to speak at the We are one: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. He gave a speech commemorating the Military and all of their efforts. He is truly an inspiration to many as not only an amazing athlete but a humanitarian as well.