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tiger_woods_and_parents Tiger Woods was born in Cypress, California father Earl Woods born 1932 died 2006 and mother Kultida Woods nickname Tida born 1944. Tiger is the only child of their marriage but has two half-brothers, Earl Jr. born 1955 and Kevin born 1957, he has one half-sister as well, Royce born 1958 from the former marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray. earl_woods Tigers father Earl, a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mixed African American (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent) and Native American (25 percent) ancestry. tida_woods Tigers mother Kultida, originally from Thailand, is of mixed Thai (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent), and Dutch (25 percent) ancestry. This makes Woods himself one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch. Since his mother is Thai, when world famous golfer Tiger Woods came to Thailand for a tournament in 2000, the Thai authorities tried to bestow on him royal decorations. The government even offered him Thai citizenship since his mother is Thai. Tiger was given the names "Eldrick" and "Tont" at birth. tiger_panthera_tigris_tigris_bengal He got his nickname from a Vietnamese soldier friend of his father, Vuong Dang Phong, to whom his father had also given the "Tiger" nickname. Tiger became generally known by that name and by the time he had achieved national prominence in junior and amateur golf, he was simply known as "Tiger" Woods. He grew up in Orange County, California and graduated from Western High School in Anaheim in 1994. He has said that his faith was acquired from his mother and that it helps control both his stubbornness and impatience.
tiger_woods_elin_woods1 Tiger Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model in November 2003. They were introduced by Jesper parnevik the famous Swedish golfer during The Open Championship in 2001. In October 5, 2004 Tiger and Elin got married at the Sandy Lane resort on the Caribbean island of Barbados and live at Isleworth, a community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida. They also have homes in Jackson, Wyoming, California, and in Sweden. They purchased a $39 million residential property in Jupiter Island, Florida in January 2006, which they intend to make their primary residence. Among their neighbors at Jupiter Island are include fellow golfers Greg Norman, Gary Player and Nick Price, as well as singers Alan Jackson and Celine Dion.
tiger-woods_and_family Elin gave birth to the couple's first child early in the morning of June18, 2007, in Orlando, a daughter, Sam Alexis Woods. The birth occurred just one day after Woods finished tied for second in the 2007 US Open. Tiger named his daughter Sam because his father said that Tiger looked more like a Sam. On February 8, 2009 Elin gave birth to the couple's second child, this time a boy named Charlie Axel.
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