Tiger Woods Age, Height, Partner, Net Worth & Biography

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes in modern history. With 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour victories, he transformed golf into a global spectacle and became one of the highest-paid athletes the sport has ever seen. From a child prodigy putting on television at the age of two to a comeback champion winning the Masters at 43, his career is one of the most remarkable in sports. This is his full story.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eldrick Tont Woods
Age	50 years old
Date of Birth	December 30, 1975
Birthplace	Cypress, California, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Professional Golfer
Partner	Vanessa Trump (dating since 2025)
Children	Sam Alexis Woods and Charlie Axel Woods
Net Worth	Approx. $1.3 billion (Forbes, 2024)

Who Is Tiger Woods?

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer. Born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California, he is 50 years old and stands 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) tall. His partner is Vanessa Trump, whom he has been dating since 2025.

Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He has won 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus’s 18, and his 82 PGA Tour victories tie Sam Snead for the most in history. He spent a record 683 weeks ranked world No. 1, including a stretch of 281 consecutive weeks at the top. He won the Masters at 21, held all four major titles at the same time in the famous “Tiger Slam” of 2000 and 2001, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2022. His net worth is estimated at approximately $1.3 billion (Forbes, 2024), making him one of the richest athletes in history. Like fellow sporting icons Michael Jordan and Tom Brady, Woods changed what greatness looks like in his sport.

Early Life & Background

Eldrick Tont Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. His father, Earl Woods, was a retired U.S. Army officer who had played college baseball, and his mother, Kultida Woods, was born in Thailand. His nickname “Tiger” came from a friend of Earl’s, South Vietnamese officer Vuong Dang Phong, who was also called Tiger. Almost from the moment he could walk, Tiger was swinging a golf club, and he appeared on television putting against comedian Bob Hope when he was just two years old.

Woods dominated junior golf like no one before him. He won three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles from 1991 to 1993 and then three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles from 1994 to 1996. He attended Stanford University for two years, winning the NCAA individual title as a freshman in 1996, before turning professional in August 1996 at the age of 20. Within a year, he had won the Masters by a record 12 strokes, becoming the youngest Masters champion ever at 21, and golf would never look the same again.

Career

Woods turned professional in August 1996 and won his first tournament, the Las Vegas Invitational, in only his fifth start. In April 1997, he won the Masters by 12 strokes, the largest margin of victory in the tournament’s history, and became the youngest winner of the green jacket at 21. Between 1999 and 2002, he was unstoppable: he won the PGA Championship in 1999 and 2000, the U.S. Open and The Open Championship in 2000, and then the 2001 Masters, becoming the first golfer to hold all four major titles at once, a feat known as the “Tiger Slam”. He won seven of his 15 majors between 1999 and 2002, and his dominance brought millions of new fans and enormous television audiences to golf.

His second peak came in the late 2000s, with victories at the 2007 PGA Championship and the 2008 U.S. Open, the latter won on a broken leg in a playoff at Torrey Pines. Then came injuries, swing changes and personal turmoil, and he went 11 years without a major title. His comeback reached its peak at the 2019 Masters, where, at 43, he won his fifth green jacket in one of the most celebrated moments in sports history. He tied Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour wins later that year. In February 2021, he survived a serious car accident that badly injured his right leg; he returned to competition at the 2022 Masters, a comeback that drew praise across the sporting world.

Beyond the course, Woods has built a business empire through TGR Ventures, including his golf course design firm TGR Design, the TGR Live events company and his Sun Day Red apparel brand, launched in 2024. He was married to Elin Nordegren from 2004 until their divorce in 2010, and they have two children, daughter Sam and son Charlie, who has played alongside his father at the PNC Championship. Like Cristiano Ronaldo, Woods has shown that a sporting career can become a global brand, and that even the longest layoffs need not end a legend.

Facts About Tiger Woods

• He has won 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus’s 18, and his 82 PGA Tour wins tie Sam Snead for the most in history.
• He spent a record 683 weeks as world No. 1, including 281 consecutive weeks at the top of the rankings.
• He won the 1997 Masters by a record 12 strokes at the age of 21, making him the youngest Masters champion ever.
• He held all four major titles at the same time in the “Tiger Slam” of 2000 and 2001, a feat no other golfer has ever achieved.
• He won his fifth Masters in 2019 at the age of 43, ending an 11-year wait for a major title, and he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2022.

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