Tiger Woods on Washed Up Celebs

Career Milestones [add new]

• 1978

  putted against Bob Hope on The Mike Douglas Show

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• 1978

  shot a 48 over 9 holes on the Cypress Navy course

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• 1980

  appeared in Golf Digest

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• 1984

  won Junior World Golf Championship in the youngest available age group, 9-10

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• 1991

  youngest ever US Junior Amateur Champion at 15

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• 1992

  defends US Junior Amateur Champion title

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• 1993

  wins US Junior Amateur Champion title for a third consecutive year

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• 1994

  youngest ever US Amateur Champion

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• 1994

  graduated from Western High School and voted "Most Likely To Succeed" by his peers

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• 1994

  member of the winning USA team at the Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships

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• 1994

  enrolled at Stanford University on a Golf Scholarship

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• 1994

  undergoes arthroscopic surgery on left knee to remove a benign tumor

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• 1995

  defends US Amateur Champion title

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• 1995

  voted Pac-10 Player of the Year, NCAA First Team All-American and Male Freshman of the Year of Standford University

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• 1995

  tied for 41st as the only amateur to make the cut in his first PGA Tour major at the Masters Tournament

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• 1996

  defends US Amateur Champion title for a third consecutive year

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• 1996

  won NCAA Individual Golf Championship

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• 1996

  ties for 60th place in his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open

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• 1996

  named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the year

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• 1996

  August 1: became professional golfer

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• 1997

  April 1: won first major at The Masters with a record score, by a record margin, as the youngest and first African-American winner

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• 1997

  June 15: becomes the #1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings in 42nd week as a professional with the fastest ever rise to #1

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• 1998

  wins only one PGA tour event claiming his for slump was due to ongoing changes to his swing

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• 1999

  finishes year winning eight majors

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• 1999

  awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year and Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

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• 2000

  won three consecutive majors, six consecutive events, nine PGA tour events and set or tied 27 tour records

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• 2000

  broke or tied nine US Open records including the largest victory margin ever (15 shots) in a major championship, which stood since 1862

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• 2000

  became PGA tour all-time career money leader

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• 2000

  set the record for lowest score to par (−19) in any major tournament at the Open Championship at St Andrews

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• 2000

  finished in the top three in fourteen of the twenty events entered

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• 2000

  the first and only sportsman to be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

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• 2000

  missed out on winning Grand Slam by failing to win the 2000 Masters

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• 2002

  December 1: undergoes second arthroscopic surgery to left knee

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• 2003

  did not win a major tournament for the season

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• 2003

  November 1: becomes engaged to Elin Nordegren

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• 2004

  did not win a major tournament for the season

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• 2004

  September 1: streak as top ranked golfer comes to an end at 264 weeks when Vijay Singh takes top spot

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• 2004

  October 5: marries Swedish former model Elin Nordegren

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• 2005

  broke major winning drought by winning Masters Tournament, regaining #1 ranking in the process

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• 2006

  missed the cut at US Open in his return to golf after the death of his father

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• 2006

  May 3: father, Earl Woods, dies of prostate cancer

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• 2006

  August 1: youngest player to win 50th professional tournament

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• 2007

  became the second golfer to win at least five events on the PGA Tour in eight different seasons.

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• 2007

  June 18: wife Elin gives birth to first child Sam Alexis Woods

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• 2008

  April 15: undergoes third arthroscopic surgery on left knee, missing two months of the PGA tour

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• 2008

  June 15: wins 14th major championship in a nail-biting finale whilst battling pain in his left knee

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• 2008

  June 17: undergoes reconstructive anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery on left knee, forcing him to miss the remainder of the 2008 season

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• 2009

  loses in the second round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after an eight month absence due to injury

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• 2009

  wins 70th career event at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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• 2009

  paid $3.3 million to play in the JBWere Masters at Kingston Heath in Melbourne, Australia

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• 2009

  February 8: wife Elin gives birth to second child Charlie Axel Woods

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• 2009

  September 13: 6 Wins in 2009 season

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• 2009

  November 25: The National Enquirer publishes a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with Rachel Uchitel‎

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• 2009

  November 27: collided with a hedge, a fire hydrant and a tree in his Cadillac Escalade as he was leaving his home at approx 2:30 a.m. and was treated for minor facial lacerations and cited for careless driving

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• 2009

  November 28: rumors continue to build about his alleged affair with Rachel Uchitel and a dispute with wife Elin that led to the accident

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• 2009

  November 29: in a statement says his wife "acted courageously" in helping him out of the car after the accident and criticizes "unfounded and malicious rumors"

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• 2009

  November 30: pulls out of the Chevron World Challenge, which benefits his foundation

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• 2009

  December 1: cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs is reportedly paid $150,000 by Us Weekly for her story about an affair with Woods that lasted nearly three years

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• 2009

  December 2: makes a statement via his website that he apologies for "transgressions"

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• 2009

  December 3: Rachel Uchitel's scheduled press conference, where she is expected to admit an affair with Woods, is cancelled amid rumors she had been paid by Woods to keep silent regarding the affairs

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• 2009

  December 5: Jamie Jungers and Mindy Lawton identified as mistresses

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• 2009

  December 6: Cori Rist identified as a mistress

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• 2009

  December 7: mistress count allegedly at nine according to ABC News, including porn star Holly Sampson

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• 2009

  December 8: mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg collapses and is rushed to hospital with stomach pains and released 11 hours later

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• 2009

  December 8: reports surface that Elin has purchased a home in Sweden for $2.5mil

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• 2009

  December 8: porn star Joslyn James identified as mistress

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• 2009

  December 11: announces taking indefinite leave of absence from professional golf "to focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person"

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• 2009

  December 13: Accenture withdraws sponsorship of Woods

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• 2009

  December 13: Tag Heuer announce they will continue to sponsor Woods

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• 2009

  December 14: The New York Post identifies Orlando waitress Julie Postle as a mistress

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• 2009

  December 14: Nike and Electronic Arts announce they will continue to sponsor Woods

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• 2009

  December 16: Dr. Anthony Galea is arrested and charged for selling performance enhancing drugs. Dr. Galea had treated Woods in the past

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• 2010

  January 20: photo published with claims Woods is outside the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services building in Mississippi

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• 2010

  February 19: speaks publicly for the first time, not answering questions from reporters. Apologizes to his wife, his family, his business associates and fans in a 13-minute speech

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• 2010

  February 27: returns to his Isleworth mansion after a week of therapy in Arizona

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• 2010

  March 18: Porno actress Joslyn James releases Woods' sexually explicit text messages: "I want to treat you rough," Tiger wrote, "Throw you around, spank and slap you," with Woods texting his desire to "choke" James

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• 2010

  April 7: reported to have had affair with 21 year old neighbour

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• 2010

  April 30: misses the cut at Quail Hollow Championship

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• 2010

  May 11: reports that wife Elin has filed for divorce

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• 2010

  June 1: reports that wife Elin will get as much as $750mil from divorce from Woods

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• 2010

  June 17: reports that Woods is not the father of alleged mistress Devon James' child

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• 2010

  July 2: reports that wife Elin will get $100mil from a divorce settlement after initial estimates at $750mil

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• 2010

  August 23: finally divorces Elin Nordegren, with her walking away with a reported $100 million settlement

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• 2011

  February 10: Was paid $55.4 million by United Arab Emirates to promote a never-completed golf course in Dubai

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• 2011

  February 15: Woods fined for spitting on green at Dubai Desert Classic

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• 2011

  April 10: Places 4th at 2011 Masters Tournament

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• 2011

  May 12: Withdraws from Players Championship after shooting 6-over 42 for nine holes, triple-bogey 7 on the fourth hole

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• 2011

  May 20: Falls out of Top 10 in World Golf Rankings

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• 2011

  July 8: Summarily fires long-time caddy Steve Williams

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• 2011

  August 12: Misses cut at 2011 PGA Championship, 10 over par, worst-ever performance in a major

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• 2011

  September 8: Sir Nick Faldo states Woods' fragile mental condition means he will never pass Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors

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• 2011

  September 27: Makes 2011 Presidents' Cup Team after being chosen as Captain's Pick by Fred Couples

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• 2011

  October 2: Falls out of Top 50 in World Golf Rankings for first time in 15 years

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• 2011

  October 9: Attacked by food-throwing fan at Frys.com Open, hot dogs hurled at Woods on 7th green during final round

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• 2011

  November 4: Ex-caddy Steve Williams mocks Woods with "racial slur" at awards ceremony in Shanghai

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• 2011

  November 13: Places 3rd at Australian Open

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• 2011

  November 17: Loses match 7 and 6 at Presidents Cup, to Adam Scott and KJ Choi, his worst-ever defeat in match play. Poor showing given having been generously included in the team by Fred Couples

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