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Putting contest with television star Bob Hope on The Mike Douglas Show.Woods got a chance to show his golf talents on live television at the age of 2.
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Woods won the US event six times before entering High School.
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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 impressed Nicklaus with his skills and potential.
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Woods won the 1989 Big I with professional playing partner John Daly and was defeated by Daly by only one stroke.
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While attending Western High School in Anaheim at the age of 15, Woods became the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur champion
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In 1991 Woods was named Southern California Player of The Year.
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Woods broke the record for most consecutive wins in the US Junior Amateur Event with two.
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After being attacked by scholarship offers from top big ten and big east colleges,Woods chose to attend Stanford University on a full ride golf scholarship
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Woods was named PAC-10, First Team All American, and Stanford's Male Freshman of The Year in 1995.
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Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996, and immediately signed endorsements with Nike, and Titleist that ranked as the most endorsement contracts in golf history at that time.
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In 2000, Woods had six consecutive wins, the longest winning streak since 1948. One of the events was the 2000 U.S. Open, where he broke nine tournament records which Sports Illustrated called "the greatest performance in golf history."
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Following the death of his father in May, Woods took a nine-week break from the PGA and appeared unprepared in his return at the U.S. Open and wound up missing the cut at. He quickly returned to his former glory and ended his season by winning six consecutive tour events.
