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Tiger
Woods
began to play golf at age three. While still a small child, he demonstrated his
golf skills in a television appearance with Mike Douglas. In
1984 he won the 9-10 boys' event at the Junior World Golf Championships. He was
only eight years old, but 9-10 was the youngest age group at that time. He went
on to win the US Junior Amateur title in 1991, 1992 and 1993. He remains
the youngest ever winner and the only multiple winner. He followed this with
three consecutive US Amateur titles the next three years. With his first US
Amateur win in 1994, the year that he graduated high school, he became the
youngest man ever to win that event. His five USGA Championships before age 20
qualify him for consideration as the
greatest
golfer of all time under age 20. He went to Stanford University and won one NCAA
individual championship. Woods decided to leave Stanford after two years because
he believed he was ready to succeed as a professional. |
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