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Woods grew up in Orange County, California. He was a child prodigy,
introduced to golf before the age of two, by his athletic father Earl, a
single-figure handicap amateur golfer who had been one of the earliest
African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University.[19] In
1978, Tiger putted against comedian Bob Hope in a television appearance on
The Mike Douglas Show. At age three, he shot a 48 over nine holes over the
Cypress Navy course, and at age five, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC'
s That's Incredible.[20] Before turning seven, Tiger won the Under Age 10
section of the Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition, held at the Navy Golf
Course in Cypress, California.[21] In 1984 at the age of eight, he won the 9
–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf
Championships.[22] He first broke 80 at age eight.[23] He went on to win
the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins
from 1988 to 1991.[24][25][26][27][28]
Woods' father Earl wrote that Tiger first beat him when he was 11 years old,
with Earl trying his best. Earl lost to Tiger every time from then on.[29][
30] Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12.[31]
Woods' first major national junior tournament was the 1989 Big I, when he
was 13 years old. Woods was paired with pro John Daly, then relatively
unknown, in the final round; the event's format placed a professional with
each group of juniors who had qualified. Daly birdied three of the last four
holes to beat Woods by only one stroke.[32] As a young teenager, Woods
first met Jack Nicklaus in Los Angeles at the Bel-Air Country Club, when
Nicklaus was performing a clinic for the club's members. Woods was part of
the show, and impressed Nicklaus and the crowd with his skills and potential
.[33] Earl Woods had researched in detail the career accomplishments of
Nicklaus, and had set his young son the goals of breaking those records.[31]
While attending Western High School in Anaheim at the age of 15, Woods
became the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur champion (a record which stood
until it was broken by Jin Liu in 2010).[34] He was named 1991's Southern
California Amateur Player of the Year (for the second consecutive year) and
Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year. In 1992, he defended his
title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the first multiple
winner; competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Nissan Los Angeles Open (
he missed the 36-hole cut); and was named Golf Digest Amateur Player of the
Year, Golf World Player of the Year, and Golfweek National Amateur of the
Year.[35][36]
The following year, Woods won his third consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur
Championship; he remains the event's only three-time winner.[37] In 1994, at
the TPC at Sawgrass in Florida, he became the youngest-ever winner of the U
.S. Amateur Championship, a record that stood until 2008 when it was broken
by Danny Lee.[38] He was a member of the American team at the 1994
Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships (winning), and the
1995 Walker Cup (losing).[39][40]
Woods graduated from Western High School in 1994 at age 18, and was voted "
Most Likely to Succeed" among the graduating class. He had starred for the
high school's golf team under coach Don Crosby.[41]
introduced to golf before the age of two, by his athletic father Earl, a
single-figure handicap amateur golfer who had been one of the earliest
African-American college baseball players at Kansas State University.[19] In
1978, Tiger putted against comedian Bob Hope in a television appearance on
The Mike Douglas Show. At age three, he shot a 48 over nine holes over the
Cypress Navy course, and at age five, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC'
s That's Incredible.[20] Before turning seven, Tiger won the Under Age 10
section of the Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition, held at the Navy Golf
Course in Cypress, California.[21] In 1984 at the age of eight, he won the 9
–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf
Championships.[22] He first broke 80 at age eight.[23] He went on to win
the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins
from 1988 to 1991.[24][25][26][27][28]
Woods' father Earl wrote that Tiger first beat him when he was 11 years old,
with Earl trying his best. Earl lost to Tiger every time from then on.[29][
30] Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12.[31]
Woods' first major national junior tournament was the 1989 Big I, when he
was 13 years old. Woods was paired with pro John Daly, then relatively
unknown, in the final round; the event's format placed a professional with
each group of juniors who had qualified. Daly birdied three of the last four
holes to beat Woods by only one stroke.[32] As a young teenager, Woods
first met Jack Nicklaus in Los Angeles at the Bel-Air Country Club, when
Nicklaus was performing a clinic for the club's members. Woods was part of
the show, and impressed Nicklaus and the crowd with his skills and potential
.[33] Earl Woods had researched in detail the career accomplishments of
Nicklaus, and had set his young son the goals of breaking those records.[31]
While attending Western High School in Anaheim at the age of 15, Woods
became the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur champion (a record which stood
until it was broken by Jin Liu in 2010).[34] He was named 1991's Southern
California Amateur Player of the Year (for the second consecutive year) and
Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year. In 1992, he defended his
title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the first multiple
winner; competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Nissan Los Angeles Open (
he missed the 36-hole cut); and was named Golf Digest Amateur Player of the
Year, Golf World Player of the Year, and Golfweek National Amateur of the
Year.[35][36]
The following year, Woods won his third consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur
Championship; he remains the event's only three-time winner.[37] In 1994, at
the TPC at Sawgrass in Florida, he became the youngest-ever winner of the U
.S. Amateur Championship, a record that stood until 2008 when it was broken
by Danny Lee.[38] He was a member of the American team at the 1994
Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships (winning), and the
1995 Walker Cup (losing).[39][40]
Woods graduated from Western High School in 1994 at age 18, and was voted "
Most Likely to Succeed" among the graduating class. He had starred for the
high school's golf team under coach Don Crosby.[41]
