Tiger Woods was considered one of the best golfer to ever play the game. Following his outstanding amateur and two-year college career, he soon turned pro at age 20 in 1996. April 1997 he won his first major, the 1997 Masters. He first reached number 1 position in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as World Number One. Woods has broken numerous golf records. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record eleven times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in ten different seasons. He has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any player. Also 79 PGA Tour events. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. From December 2009 to early April 2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity, but he and his wife Elin Nordegren eventually divorced. His many extramarital indiscretions were revealed by several different women, through many worldwide media sources. This was followed by a loss of golf form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011.He ended a career-high winless streak of 107 weeks when he captured the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011.
From December 2009 to early April 2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he admitted infidelity, but he and his wife Elin Nordegren eventually divorced. This incident struck a total downhill slide from his golf game. Woods was all over the media, rumours were floating around, he started to get older which did not help his golf game. This was followed by a loss of golf form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011. He had a career-high winless streak of 107 weeks. April 2014 Woods would undergo back disc surgery and has struggled since to regain his dominant form. By March 29, 2015, Woods had fallen to #104, outside of the top 100 for the first time since the week prior to his first Tour title win in 1996.
People would say and facts back it up, when Woods was in his prime he was the most dominate golfer to ever play the game. But in my opinion his life outside of golf is what hurt him. If he could of stayed the golfer he was and kept a clean rep he wouldn't be recognized as a washed up has been with a bad rep. Woods had potential to be named the best golfer to ever play the game but he messed that up with his personal life.
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