Tiger Woods

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Tiger Woods was one of the best golfers since his early college days and his success continued in PGA. Woods ran into problems with his car accident in 2009, which led his career to descend to the bottom of the world rankings. He damaged his reputation and lost endorsements when multiple women accused Woods of cheating on wife. Tiger Woods was one of the best golfers in the world; however, his grip on that spot came to an end with injuries and sex scandals. Tiger Woods is not his real name; his real name is Eldrick Tont Woods. Woods was born in December 30, 1975 in California("Tiger Woods."). The parents of Tiger Woods is Earl Woods Sr. and Kultida (Punsawad) Woods (Kelley, Brent.). He studied at Western High School and continued his education at Stanford University. “When woods was a child, his father began calling him”Tiger” in honor of a fellow soldier and friend who had the same moniker”("Tiger Woods."). He was featured on Good Morning America for his golfing skills at eight years old ("Tiger Woods."). At the University of Stanford he won multiple amateur U.S. golf titles. He turned pro …show more content…
There was reports that statied that Elin Nordegren broke the back window of Tiger’s SUV with a golf club to get him out of the locked car. He later withdrew from his charity golf tournament and will not be playing in any other tournaments for the rest of 2009. At the beginning of December of 2009 apologised to his family and fans. After his apology more women rose with evidence to prove what happened. A few days after his first apology he apologized again to his fans. “Several days later, he lost his endorsement deal with management company Accenture, and was suspended from Gillette endorsement. Other companies, including Nike, Tag Heuer and EA Sports, continued to stand by Tiger” ("Tiger

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