1. Tiger has three siblings. His brothers are Earl Jr. and Kevin. He has a sister named Royce.

2. His real name is Eldrick Tont Woods.

3. His college teammates called him “Urkel”.

4. Tiger refers to his ethnic makeup as “Cablinasian”. This stands for Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian.

5. Woods is Buddhist.

6. He was introduced to his wife Elin by Jesper Parnevik. Elin worked for Jesper as his au pair.

7. He and his wife also own homes in Wyoming,  California and Sweden.

8. Tiger majored in Economics at Stanford for two years where he won NCAA medalist honors and Stanford’s Freshman of the Year(for all sports).

9. He named his first born Sam(girl), because his dad said he looked more like a Sam than a Tiger.

10. Woods has not only a foundation but also The Tiger Woods Learning Center. This is a 35,000-square-foot educational facility in California with seven classrooms, multi-media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area.

Contributing source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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