Biography
American golfer who is perhaps the best young golfer in history. On April 13, 1997 he
catapulted to fame when he gave a record-setting performance the likes of which golf had never
seen. With a record-setting score of 270, he became the youngest winner and the first person of
mixed race in the 61-year history of the Masters to achieve such glory. He followed his victory
with several more. In 1999, he won the World Cup for both individual and team performance. With
his eight-stroke victory at the British Open, Woods became the youngest player to complete a
Grand Slam on July 24, 2000, winning all four major championships: the Masters, the U.S. Open,
the British Open and the PGA. In his unprecedented career, he is the first player since 1937 to
repeat a win in the PGA Championships. With his victory in Augusta, GA on April 8, 2001, Tiger
Woods swept modern golf's four major championships. No one has succeeded in this sport more
quickly or decisively than Woods.
Before his 1996 professional debut, he was the youngest player to win the U.S. Junior Amateur
title at the age of 15 and the first to win three of them. He left his amateur status and moved
on to the pro circuit on August 28, 1996. In December 1996 and in 2000, he was named Sports
Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, becoming the first athlete to ever be accorded that honor
twice. In 1997 he signed endorsements with both Nike and Titleist that were worth $60 million
over five years. His coach since 1992 is Butch Harmon (born August 28, 1943 in Detroit, MI).
Woods is known as a fine man who was raised with love, rules, respect, confidence, and pride
in his heritage that includes one-eighth Black, one-eighth American Indian, one-fourth White,
one-fourth Chinese and one-fourth Thai, an All-American mixture. His parents raised their only
child to take a productive place in society. His father Earl Woods, a retired military man, gave
him his first golf club at the age of three and taught him concentration. When Tiger practiced
as a kid, his dad would shout, wave things, run around and do whatever he could to distract him,
from which the young Woods learned to focus. Now as a professional on the green, he will smile
and wave at people, but when he turns his attention to his game, he moves into a zone that is
focused. Earl Woods wrote a book about his famous son aptly named "Training a Tiger," published
in June 1997.
A Buddhist, Woods confirms that he meditates, but not as much as he used to. Though his world
has become a glittering succession of private jets, chauffeured limos and room service, friends
say that he is still his own easy-going, video-game-loving young self. Before his 25th birthday,
Tiger broke up with former girlfriend Joanna Jogoda and his dad remarked that he'd probably not
marry before 30. Young Woods had other things on his mind that year, including his game. In
October his book, "How I Play Golf," was published. Showing that he enjoys a good time, he dyed
his hair blond on a short-lived whim while he was partying at a resort with his pal Michael
Jordan over New Year's.
On April 14, 2002, at Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club, the golfing great captured his
third Masters crown -- joining Jack Nicklaus (who won in 1965 and '66) and Nick Faldo ('89 and '90)
as the only men to win back-to-back Masters tournaments. With a final round 71, Woods shot
12-under-par 276 for the tournament and collected $1,008,000. Later that year, in July, Tiger
met his new girlfriend, Elin Nordegren, 22, a gorgeous blond model and nanny. On November 25,
2003, they became engaged at a game reserve in South Africa, and they married on October 5, 2004
at Sandy Lane Beach resort in Saint James Parish, Barbados. The couple said "I do" at 5:40 PM
local time according to a Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation reporter quoted on CNN.
In 2004, Woods lost his #1 world ranking to Vijay Singh, but he continues to astound. By
late 2004, Woods had accumulated over $53,000,000 in prize money alone. He won his first ever
championship match in Japan on November 21, 2004, bringing to 10 the number of countries in
which he has won a title. Still a young man, he has many more matches to win and records to break.
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For Tiger Woods, 2004 was a mixed bag. He lost his #1 world ranking but married a beautiful
woman whom he loves. This year started out well; Woods came in first in the Buick Invitational
on January 20, 2005, and he is preparing to defend his title in the WGC - Accenture Match Play
Championship on February 23rd. Whether he can regain his momentum remains to be seen, but win or
lose, he remains a fascinating study. Let's look at his chart this week.
- Tiger Woods is a young golf phenomenon, the likes of which the sport has not seen. Like
other athletes Gauquelin studied, Woods' Mars is in the 9th house near the MC. What can we
tell about Woods' style of athleticism from this particular Mars, in Gemini, retrograde,
opposite his Moon?
- Where else in this chart do you see his drive to win, his focus, discipline and his
early rise to fame and fortune?
- Just after he won his first Masters tournament, Tiger Woods immediately turned to his
dad for an emotion-filled hug. His father Earl has been the young man's disciplinarian,
teacher, friend, coach and ardent supporter. Astrologers have had differing views over which
parent is represented by the 4th house and which is described by the 10th. In this chart,
which house best represents his dad? What other astrological factors describe their close
relationship
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