The document appears to be a quiz related to sports. It contains 25 questions about various sports topics like cricket players, Formula 1 racing, Olympic events, and more. The questions are multiple choice or require naming a player, team, event, etc. based on clues provided. It establishes rules for the quiz and includes the questions, answers, and sometimes additional context around the answer.
This document appears to be the transcript of a quiz competition called "TEAMSPIRIT FINALS". It consists of 12 multiple choice or fill in the blank questions across 3 rounds. The questions cover a wide range of sports topics including individual athletes, records, events, and competitions. Scoring is based on getting questions correct, with point values increasing for each incorrect team. The quiz tests detailed knowledge of sports facts.
Francesco Totti is considered a "one club man" having played his entire career with Roma. He has won several individual and team awards including helping Italy win the 2006 World Cup. Michelle Pfiffer is related to cricket commentary as her last name, "Fifer", sounds like the cricket term for a 5 wicket haul. Winning the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back is known as a "Channel Slam" and considered very difficult due to the different surfaces between the two tournaments.
Arnold Palmer was born in 1929 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and grew up playing golf at his father's country club, where he was given his first set of clubs at age 4. He attended Wake Forest University on a golf scholarship and turned pro in 1955. Palmer won numerous tournaments, including 4 Masters championships, and became one of the most popular golfers ever with his aggressive playing style and good looks. In addition to his golf career, Palmer founded Arnold Palmer Enterprises and invested in golf courses, equipment companies, and other businesses, making him one of the wealthiest athletes. He remained active in golf into his later years and also supported charitable causes related to children's healthcare.
The document contains a Twitter exchange between two footballers, Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart, jokingly bantering about their teams. It also includes details about a MLB shortstop who has dated several celebrities and has endorsement deals with Gillette and Jumpman. The shortstop is identified through clues as Derek Jeter.
This document provides details about a sports quiz including 15 multiple choice questions covering various sports topics. It provides the rules of the quiz which will have 3 rounds, including a written round and 2 dry pounce rounds where teams can earn points by answering questions correctly. It then lists 15 multiple choice questions about sports topics like cheerleading, cricket, tennis players, and modifications to NBA All-Star game rules.
The document summarizes the rules and format for a university cricket tournament prelims being held on January 11th at the University of Delhi. It states there will be 30 questions, the first 10 worth more in the case of a tie. Questions 16-29 will be visuals to identify cricket personalities. Teams will receive +1 point per correct answer, with no negative marking. The top 8 teams will qualify for the finals.
1. The document contains a cricket world cup quiz with 37 multiple choice questions about various incidents, players, and teams from past World Cups.
2. Question 1 asks about the 1975 match between Pakistan and West Indies where the adjudicator left early, naming Man of the Match prematurely.
3. The questions cover a wide range of topics from different World Cups ranging from 1975 to 2015, testing knowledge of players, teams, innovations, records, and other trivia.
The document appears to be a quiz related to sports. It contains 25 questions about various sports topics like cricket players, Formula 1 racing, Olympic events, and more. The questions are multiple choice or require naming a player, team, event, etc. based on clues provided. It establishes rules for the quiz and includes the questions, answers, and sometimes additional context around the answer.
This document appears to be the transcript of a quiz competition called "TEAMSPIRIT FINALS". It consists of 12 multiple choice or fill in the blank questions across 3 rounds. The questions cover a wide range of sports topics including individual athletes, records, events, and competitions. Scoring is based on getting questions correct, with point values increasing for each incorrect team. The quiz tests detailed knowledge of sports facts.
Francesco Totti is considered a "one club man" having played his entire career with Roma. He has won several individual and team awards including helping Italy win the 2006 World Cup. Michelle Pfiffer is related to cricket commentary as her last name, "Fifer", sounds like the cricket term for a 5 wicket haul. Winning the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back is known as a "Channel Slam" and considered very difficult due to the different surfaces between the two tournaments.
Arnold Palmer was born in 1929 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and grew up playing golf at his father's country club, where he was given his first set of clubs at age 4. He attended Wake Forest University on a golf scholarship and turned pro in 1955. Palmer won numerous tournaments, including 4 Masters championships, and became one of the most popular golfers ever with his aggressive playing style and good looks. In addition to his golf career, Palmer founded Arnold Palmer Enterprises and invested in golf courses, equipment companies, and other businesses, making him one of the wealthiest athletes. He remained active in golf into his later years and also supported charitable causes related to children's healthcare.
The document contains a Twitter exchange between two footballers, Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart, jokingly bantering about their teams. It also includes details about a MLB shortstop who has dated several celebrities and has endorsement deals with Gillette and Jumpman. The shortstop is identified through clues as Derek Jeter.
This document provides details about a sports quiz including 15 multiple choice questions covering various sports topics. It provides the rules of the quiz which will have 3 rounds, including a written round and 2 dry pounce rounds where teams can earn points by answering questions correctly. It then lists 15 multiple choice questions about sports topics like cheerleading, cricket, tennis players, and modifications to NBA All-Star game rules.
The document summarizes the rules and format for a university cricket tournament prelims being held on January 11th at the University of Delhi. It states there will be 30 questions, the first 10 worth more in the case of a tie. Questions 16-29 will be visuals to identify cricket personalities. Teams will receive +1 point per correct answer, with no negative marking. The top 8 teams will qualify for the finals.
1. The document contains a cricket world cup quiz with 37 multiple choice questions about various incidents, players, and teams from past World Cups.
2. Question 1 asks about the 1975 match between Pakistan and West Indies where the adjudicator left early, naming Man of the Match prematurely.
3. The questions cover a wide range of topics from different World Cups ranging from 1975 to 2015, testing knowledge of players, teams, innovations, records, and other trivia.
The document is a collection of humorous essays by Joe Ditzel about his golfing experiences and observations, covering topics like slow play, made up mulligan rules with his friends, the extreme heat when playing golf in Palm Springs in the summer, and the conflicting advice found in golf instruction books. It uses comedy and exaggeration to entertain the reader with stories about struggles on the golf course.
The PGA Tour released its top 10 golfers of the past decade on December 1st, 2020. Rory McIlroy was named the best player, having won 18 tournaments in the decade, including 4 major championships. He also won multiple FedExCups, a feat only previously achieved by Tiger Woods. Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, and Dustin Johnson ranked 4th, 3rd, and 2nd respectively. Woods, despite injuries and personal issues, still ranked 5th with 8 wins in 2012-2013 and was named PGA Tour Player of the Year in 2013.
The document describes the rules and questions for a cricket quiz competition involving multiple rounds. The rounds cover identifying cricket players and celebrities based on clues about their cricket involvement, quoting famous cricketers, connecting cricket to other entities in pictures or descriptions, and identifying a common theme across a series of visual clues. The quiz tests participants' knowledge of cricket history, players, and their connections to other fields.
Glove Love - The Cricket Quiz of Cannot PlaceGyaandalf
1. AB de Villiers (AB = AirBud)
widely considered to be one of the
2. MS Dhoni (Thala = Leader)
greatest ever to have played in another
3. Virat Kohli (Cheeku = Chubby Cheeks)
league. X’s coach, during his younger
4. Faf du Plessis (Professor = Professor X)
days, thought that they looked similar.
5. Colin Croft (Colonel Mustard = Cluedo character)
6. Mitchell Starc (Starcasm = Star Wars character)
7. Kumar Sangakkara (Sanga = Cleop
The document describes an annual cricket quiz organized by Well Of Course, including details of the written and clock rounds. The written rounds involve identifying cricketers, incidents and answering questions based on audiovisual clips and pictures. The clock round involves answering 18 questions within the allotted time using a pounce system. Sample questions from both rounds are included covering topics like historic partnerships, player nicknames, controversies and more. Exchange sheets with answers are also provided.
This document outlines the rules and structure for a cricket quiz competition. It is divided into three sections - the Powerplay rounds, Middle Overs rounds, and Death Overs rounds. The Powerplay rounds involve identifying cricketers based on career graphs. The Middle Overs rounds include questions to be answered clockwise and anticlockwise, as well as a long visual connect round. The Death Overs rounds end with another long visual connect round involving IPL stats.
Philip Francis was once considered one of the top junior golf prospects as the number one ranked U.S. junior player. However, after struggling in his first year at UCLA and on the PGA Tour, the sophomore had a strong showing at the John Deere Classic where he shot rounds of 67 and 64 to be within four shots of the lead. While Francis fell back on the final day, finishing tied for 34th, it was still seen as a step in the right direction and a sign he was regaining his former confidence and form.
This is Vinoo Mankad.
The interesting connect between Vinoo Mankad and Ian Healy is:
- Vinoo Mankad is famous for running out Bill Brown at the non-striker's end in 1947, which is now called 'Mankading'.
- Ian Healy, during his career, dismissed the most number of batsmen (11 times) stumped off the bowling of Shane Warne.
So both Vinoo Mankad and Ian Healy have connections to unusual/interesting dismissals - Mankad with running out the non-striker and Healy with stumpings off Warne.
Barefoot Lite 2019 - Set on Test Match cricketAniket Mishra
This document contains a 40 question cricket quiz covering various facts, feats, and milestones from the history of Test cricket. The questions cover topics like the first woman to score in Test cricket, record individual scores, captains taking 5-wicket hauls in the same match, cricketers with the longest names or scoring the first ever Test triple century in Australia.
The document is a cricket quiz with 30 multiple choice questions and answers. Some of the questions are about famous cricketers like Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, and Shane Warne. Others reference specific matches and incidents like the underarm bowling controversy of 1981. The questions cover a wide range of topics relating to players, teams, statistics, and history of the sport of cricket.
This document contains questions from a cricket quiz covering various topics like batters, bowlers, records, World Cups, Ashes series, and IPL. Each section has 5 multiple choice questions with the answer provided on safety slide after each question. The questions test knowledge of players, matches, performances, and statistics from international and domestic cricket.
Arul Suppiah holds the world record for best bowling figures in a T20 match. He took 6 wickets for 5 runs. Dilip Sardesai scored 642 runs in a test series against West Indies in 1971, placing him third on the list of most runs by an Indian in a test series. Yohan Blake was pictured ringing the bell at Lord's cricket ground to signal the start of play for a test match.
Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and showed early talent for basketball. Jordan enjoyed great success at the University of North Carolina before being drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. As a Bull, Jordan led the team to six NBA championships and established himself as a global sports icon through his athletic ability and business success. After retiring and briefly playing baseball, Jordan returned to basketball and led the Bulls to three more championships before retiring again in 1999.
The document is a quiz about the ICC World Cup qualifier tournament and associate cricket. It contains 27 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about teams, players, venues, and memorable moments from ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments throughout history. The questions provide images and context clues to help identify the correct answers related to qualifier matches, records, controversies and more from the lesser known world of associate international cricket.
Here are the connections for the final round:
A) These players have scored the fastest centuries for their respective nations.
B) These players have hit centuries as a Nightwatchman.
C) These players have played Test Matches for more than 1 country.
D) No connection provided to answer.
The document discusses source credibility and the use of celebrity endorsements. It notes that celebrity endorsements can boost sales by an average of 4% in the 6 months after starting an endorsement deal. Tiger Woods was seen as the perfect celebrity endorser due to his success, age, ethnicity, and uniqueness. However, in 2009 his affairs were revealed publicly, which caused him to lose $22 million in endorsements and damaged his credibility. The document recommends that companies prioritize their own brand over individual endorsers and closely monitor endorsers' behaviors.
This PowerPoint is mainly organized by Carole Zhou. However, my other teammates have participated in correction or revising. Please contact me when concerning the copyright issue.
Tiger Woods was once the most dominant and marketable athlete in the world due to his "squeaky clean" public image and record-breaking golf success. However, his image and multi-million dollar sponsorship deals were destroyed in 2009 when his multiple extramarital affairs were exposed after his infamous car accident triggered an avalanche of negative social media buzz and speculation. Within weeks, nearly a dozen women came forward and Tiger lost most of his major sponsors as the scandal overwhelmed social media platforms and shifted focus to the corporate fallout.
The document summarizes key concepts from the book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind" by Al Ries and Jack Trout. It discusses how positioning a brand in the consumer's mind is crucial for marketing success. First, it explains techniques for positioning a brand as the leader by being first to market or finding an open niche. Second, it outlines strategies for followers to position themselves by identifying gaps left by leaders. Third, it provides steps for establishing and maintaining a strong brand position over time through focused messaging.
The document is a collection of humorous essays by Joe Ditzel about his golfing experiences and observations, covering topics like slow play, made up mulligan rules with his friends, the extreme heat when playing golf in Palm Springs in the summer, and the conflicting advice found in golf instruction books. It uses comedy and exaggeration to entertain the reader with stories about struggles on the golf course.
The PGA Tour released its top 10 golfers of the past decade on December 1st, 2020. Rory McIlroy was named the best player, having won 18 tournaments in the decade, including 4 major championships. He also won multiple FedExCups, a feat only previously achieved by Tiger Woods. Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, and Dustin Johnson ranked 4th, 3rd, and 2nd respectively. Woods, despite injuries and personal issues, still ranked 5th with 8 wins in 2012-2013 and was named PGA Tour Player of the Year in 2013.
The document describes the rules and questions for a cricket quiz competition involving multiple rounds. The rounds cover identifying cricket players and celebrities based on clues about their cricket involvement, quoting famous cricketers, connecting cricket to other entities in pictures or descriptions, and identifying a common theme across a series of visual clues. The quiz tests participants' knowledge of cricket history, players, and their connections to other fields.
Glove Love - The Cricket Quiz of Cannot PlaceGyaandalf
1. AB de Villiers (AB = AirBud)
widely considered to be one of the
2. MS Dhoni (Thala = Leader)
greatest ever to have played in another
3. Virat Kohli (Cheeku = Chubby Cheeks)
league. X’s coach, during his younger
4. Faf du Plessis (Professor = Professor X)
days, thought that they looked similar.
5. Colin Croft (Colonel Mustard = Cluedo character)
6. Mitchell Starc (Starcasm = Star Wars character)
7. Kumar Sangakkara (Sanga = Cleop
The document describes an annual cricket quiz organized by Well Of Course, including details of the written and clock rounds. The written rounds involve identifying cricketers, incidents and answering questions based on audiovisual clips and pictures. The clock round involves answering 18 questions within the allotted time using a pounce system. Sample questions from both rounds are included covering topics like historic partnerships, player nicknames, controversies and more. Exchange sheets with answers are also provided.
This document outlines the rules and structure for a cricket quiz competition. It is divided into three sections - the Powerplay rounds, Middle Overs rounds, and Death Overs rounds. The Powerplay rounds involve identifying cricketers based on career graphs. The Middle Overs rounds include questions to be answered clockwise and anticlockwise, as well as a long visual connect round. The Death Overs rounds end with another long visual connect round involving IPL stats.
Philip Francis was once considered one of the top junior golf prospects as the number one ranked U.S. junior player. However, after struggling in his first year at UCLA and on the PGA Tour, the sophomore had a strong showing at the John Deere Classic where he shot rounds of 67 and 64 to be within four shots of the lead. While Francis fell back on the final day, finishing tied for 34th, it was still seen as a step in the right direction and a sign he was regaining his former confidence and form.
This is Vinoo Mankad.
The interesting connect between Vinoo Mankad and Ian Healy is:
- Vinoo Mankad is famous for running out Bill Brown at the non-striker's end in 1947, which is now called 'Mankading'.
- Ian Healy, during his career, dismissed the most number of batsmen (11 times) stumped off the bowling of Shane Warne.
So both Vinoo Mankad and Ian Healy have connections to unusual/interesting dismissals - Mankad with running out the non-striker and Healy with stumpings off Warne.
Barefoot Lite 2019 - Set on Test Match cricketAniket Mishra
This document contains a 40 question cricket quiz covering various facts, feats, and milestones from the history of Test cricket. The questions cover topics like the first woman to score in Test cricket, record individual scores, captains taking 5-wicket hauls in the same match, cricketers with the longest names or scoring the first ever Test triple century in Australia.
The document is a cricket quiz with 30 multiple choice questions and answers. Some of the questions are about famous cricketers like Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, and Shane Warne. Others reference specific matches and incidents like the underarm bowling controversy of 1981. The questions cover a wide range of topics relating to players, teams, statistics, and history of the sport of cricket.
This document contains questions from a cricket quiz covering various topics like batters, bowlers, records, World Cups, Ashes series, and IPL. Each section has 5 multiple choice questions with the answer provided on safety slide after each question. The questions test knowledge of players, matches, performances, and statistics from international and domestic cricket.
Arul Suppiah holds the world record for best bowling figures in a T20 match. He took 6 wickets for 5 runs. Dilip Sardesai scored 642 runs in a test series against West Indies in 1971, placing him third on the list of most runs by an Indian in a test series. Yohan Blake was pictured ringing the bell at Lord's cricket ground to signal the start of play for a test match.
Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and showed early talent for basketball. Jordan enjoyed great success at the University of North Carolina before being drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. As a Bull, Jordan led the team to six NBA championships and established himself as a global sports icon through his athletic ability and business success. After retiring and briefly playing baseball, Jordan returned to basketball and led the Bulls to three more championships before retiring again in 1999.
The document is a quiz about the ICC World Cup qualifier tournament and associate cricket. It contains 27 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about teams, players, venues, and memorable moments from ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments throughout history. The questions provide images and context clues to help identify the correct answers related to qualifier matches, records, controversies and more from the lesser known world of associate international cricket.
Here are the connections for the final round:
A) These players have scored the fastest centuries for their respective nations.
B) These players have hit centuries as a Nightwatchman.
C) These players have played Test Matches for more than 1 country.
D) No connection provided to answer.
The document discusses source credibility and the use of celebrity endorsements. It notes that celebrity endorsements can boost sales by an average of 4% in the 6 months after starting an endorsement deal. Tiger Woods was seen as the perfect celebrity endorser due to his success, age, ethnicity, and uniqueness. However, in 2009 his affairs were revealed publicly, which caused him to lose $22 million in endorsements and damaged his credibility. The document recommends that companies prioritize their own brand over individual endorsers and closely monitor endorsers' behaviors.
This PowerPoint is mainly organized by Carole Zhou. However, my other teammates have participated in correction or revising. Please contact me when concerning the copyright issue.
Tiger Woods was once the most dominant and marketable athlete in the world due to his "squeaky clean" public image and record-breaking golf success. However, his image and multi-million dollar sponsorship deals were destroyed in 2009 when his multiple extramarital affairs were exposed after his infamous car accident triggered an avalanche of negative social media buzz and speculation. Within weeks, nearly a dozen women came forward and Tiger lost most of his major sponsors as the scandal overwhelmed social media platforms and shifted focus to the corporate fallout.
The document summarizes key concepts from the book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind" by Al Ries and Jack Trout. It discusses how positioning a brand in the consumer's mind is crucial for marketing success. First, it explains techniques for positioning a brand as the leader by being first to market or finding an open niche. Second, it outlines strategies for followers to position themselves by identifying gaps left by leaders. Third, it provides steps for establishing and maintaining a strong brand position over time through focused messaging.
The document provides a summary of the key concepts from the book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind" by Al Ries and Jack Trout. It discusses positioning as owning a piece of the consumer's mind rather than what is done to the product. It also covers finding unique positions inside the consumer's mind, positioning strategies for leaders and followers, the importance of simplicity, insight, and creating a distinctive positioning through clear, consumer-focused branding.
The document provides advice on personal branding and networking. It discusses discovering and developing your personal brand through understanding your strengths and goals. It emphasizes the importance of communicating your brand consistently across online and in-person platforms and maintaining your brand over time. Networking and volunteering are presented as ways to meet potential opportunities while strengthening your personal brand.
This document summarizes key points from the book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind" by Al Ries and Jack Trout. It discusses how the mind can be manipulated through positioning and how the modern world results in an overcommunicated and oversimplified mind. It covers topics like differentiating yourself in the market, avoiding common traps like line extensions, and positioning yourself and your career. The summary provides takeaways on how to establish leadership, fight the competition, leverage names and branding effectively, and a six step process to success through optimal positioning.
This particular PowerPoint slideshow was created by another classmate and I for our Public Relations Senior Seminar class. We had to evaluate a case study and present it to the class. This is by far one of the projects I am most proud of from my 4 years at Georgia Southern University.
This document contains a sports quiz with 20 multiple choice questions covering various sports like cricket, football, tennis, badminton, and more. The questions identify players, teams, events, and terms related to these sports.
This document contains a sports quiz with 20 multiple choice questions covering various sports like cricket, football, tennis, badminton, and more. The questions identify players, teams, events, and terms related to these sports.
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Tiger Woods was a golf prodigy who became the #1 golfer in the world and earned an estimated $1 billion from endorsements. In 2009, he crashed his car after an argument with his wife and refused to speak to the media for over a month, fueling rumors of infidelity. It was later revealed Woods had affairs with over 100 women. He lost most of his major sponsors and took a break from golf. Woods eventually apologized but many believe he could have handled the scandal better with more transparency.
This document provides a history of golf and discusses the discrimination faced by black golfers. It describes how golf originated in Scotland in the 18th century as a popular leisure activity, but became an exclusive upper-class sport in the late 19th/early 20th century. Black people were excluded from golf clubs and mostly restricted to caddying roles. Figures like Joe Louis and Charlie Sifford helped advocate for inclusion, though discrimination persisted into the 1990s. Tiger Woods' success in the 1990s increased representation, but some clubs still exclude certain groups.
This document provides information about an upcoming sports quiz to be held on February 25th at 12 pm in the seminar room. It outlines the rules of the quiz including the number of questions, scoring system, participating teams and their members. It also includes sample questions from different sports along with their answers. The document promotes participation and encourages teams to refrain from using search engines during the quiz.
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Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, and Illie Nastase won the French Open without dropping a set in 2008, 1978, 1980 and 1973 respectively. Roger Federer and Ken Rosewall achieved this feat in the Australian Open in 2007 and 1971. Solo synchronized swimming was a discontinued Olympic event that was featured in 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Burt Munro's 1967 world record on a 47-year old motorcycle at the Bonneville salt flats still stands today.
John Morris and David Gower were fined and banned from playing for England after they took a brief, 20-minute joyride in a small plane above a cricket ground during a test match between England and Australia in 1990-91. Morris scored a hundred in the match before taking the unauthorized flight with Gower above the stadium. Though it was meant as a lighthearted stunt, the cricket authorities punished them harshly with a fine and permanent ban, which some felt was disproportionate to the minor infraction.
This document contains a sports quiz with 19 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of famous athletes, teams, and events. The questions cover topics in golf, cricket, soccer/football, baseball, and more. Correct answers are provided for identifying players, teams, tournaments, nicknames, stats, and other details referenced in each question.
1. Facts About Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont Woods has won a total of 137 tour titles, which include 14 Majors.
Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975. His pet name 'Tiger' was borrowed from a Vietnamese
soldier and friend of his father. Little did his parents realize that the name would fit like a glove, as
their little Tiger would one day rule the greens.
Tiger's parents are the late Earl Woods and Kultida (Tida) Woods. His father Earl, who retired as a
lieutenant colonel from the United States Army, was also a Vietnam War veteran. He met Kultida, a
native of Thailand, in Bangkok, and the two married in 1969. Tiger is their only child, but he does
have two half-brothers and one half-sister from his father's previous marriage. He grew up in Orange
County, California, and graduated from Western High School in Anaheim, in 1994. He is said to have
been a diligent student, achieving high grades in school.
Tiger as a Child
His penchant for golf received nurturing at a very early age. His father, Earl Woods, is quoted as
saying, "When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net.
He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing."
Three months later, he took his first swing with a golf club. At age three, he shot a 48 over nine
holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, and at age five, he appeared on the television
show 'That's Incredible'. In 1984, at the age of eight' he won the age 9 - 10 boys' event, the youngest
age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He won the Optimist International
Junior tournament six times at ages 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Tiger and His Parents
Tiger has said that, along with Nelson Mandela, his parents were his biggest source of inspiration.
As a kid, his ambition was to beat his father in a game of golf. The world was witness to the close
bond that existed between tiger and his dad Earl. His father was present with him almost constantly
on the greens, at times even caddying for him. Tiger suffered a huge loss, when in 2006, his father
succumbed to prostate cancer. "He was the person I looked up to more than anyone," said Tiger,
following his father's demise. Most golf fans will remember how Tiger broke down in his father's
arms on wining the Masters in 1997. This moment touched our hearts, as did watching Tiger shed
tears in 2005 (Masters T shirt printing anaheim tournament victory), because his dad was too ill to
come to the course.
Marriage
Tiger met his future wife Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model, in 2001. The Swedish golfer Jesper
Parnevik, who had hired her as a nanny, introduced them during the Open Championship. They were
seen in public for the first time in South Africa in 2003, the time when they got engaged. The
following year, on October 5, 2004, the couple exchanged their vows. A lavish wedding took place at
the Sandy Lane Resort on the Caribbean island of Barbados. On June 18, 2007, they welcomed their
first child, daughter Sam Alexis Woods into the world. They were blessed for a second time with a
baby boy Charlie Axel, on February 8, 2009.
2. Infidelity Scandal
In November 2009, Woods received a ticket for careless driving, after he was injured in a car
accident.
Later, it was revealed that he had multiple affairs with several women. His mistress count rose to
more than a dozen, with evidence to support many claims. Finally, on December 11, 2009, Woods
admitted to infidelity, and apologized to his fans and family.
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He took a break from golf to focus on his marriage and family. He also went into a 45-day therapy
program. In February 2010, he apologized again and said, "I felt that I had worked hard my entire
life, and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and
fame, I didn't have to go far to find them. I was wrong. I was foolish." However, his marriage
crumbled, and Nordegren and Woods were divorced on August 23, 2010.
When you are famous and a role model for many, a bad deed is bound to bring you down. The same
thing happened with Tiger Woods. Everyone targeted him. His form faltered and his popularity went
down. Following the scandal, many companies like Accenture, AT&T, Gatorade, General Motors, and
Tag Heuer ended their sponsorship deals with him. Gillette suspended their Ad that featured Woods
in it. However, Nike and Electronic Arts continued their contracts and supported him.
In March 2013, Woods announced that he was in a relationship with skier Lindsey Vonn.
The Tiger Bounces Back
The years 2010 and 2011 were bad for him. Following the turn of events, Woods' performance
suffered a tremendous blow. He missed several events due to leg injuries, affecting his form and
ranking. Woods lost his form, that slipped his world ranking to an all time low of No. 58, in
November 2011. He won the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011, which broke his streak of
failures. In 2012, he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational PGA tour and the AT&T International.
Finally, he regained his form in 2013, by winning the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2013, and
then the WGC-Cadillac Championship as well as Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2013. These
wins helped him regain his No.1 Spot in the world rankings. He also won The Players Championship
in May 2013.
Golf Achievements
Tiger Woods has an illustrious track record. He turned professional in 1996, and though he was
already well-known in golf circles, he received global recognition when he won the US Masters in
1997. Not only did he set a record score of 270, he became the youngest man to win it at the age of
21. Over the course of time, Woods has won 78 official PGA tour events, including 14 major golf
championships. He has spent a record 281 weeks atop the official World Golf Ranking. He is the
youngest player in the game's history to win the Career Grand Slam, and only the second player to
win it a record three times. According to Forbes Magazine, Tiger Woods has been one of the highest
paid athletes in the world.
Tiger Woods was named 'Athlete of the Decade' in December 2009 by the Associated Press, as well
as 'Athlete of the Year' a record-breaking four times. He is the only person to be twice named
Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. He is credited to increasing the popularity, prize
3. money, and audience base of golf.
Other Interesting Facts
Tiger Woods is a Buddhist.
He appeared on The Mike Douglas Show on TV in 1978. An immensely popular video among all his
fans, it captures an incredibly cute two year old Tiger putting up against comedian Bob Hope.
He attended Stanford University for two years.
Tiger had nine cheeseburgers when he hosted his first Masters dinner.
His eyesight was minus 11, before he underwent a laser eye surgery in 1999, and then another one
in 2007.
His favorite movie is 'Caddyshack'. He also loves '48 Hours', and all James Bond movies, especially
the older one's starring Sean Connery as 007.
Tiger's favorite musicians include: U2, Boyz II Men, and Janet Jackson.
His perfect day is to surf, ski, play golf, and go spear-fishing, all in the same day!
Tiger has four red Nike Golf polo shirts in his closet, and he has won 37 tournaments wearing only
one of them.
Tiger and his dad used to do a trick at the golf clinics they put on for kids. His father Earl would
stand in front of him and keep coming closer as Tiger hit golf balls over his dads head. Finally Earl
would end up just a few feet away, at which point, Tiger would hit a shot that went almost straight
up and landed on his father's head.
These were some major facts about ace golfer Tiger Woods. I sign off with a quote from the legend
himself, "The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I
look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a
better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow."