Tiger Woods My favorite golfer is Tiger Woods. The name, “Tiger Woods” seems to be synonymous with the word “golf” nowadays. Who exactly is he? What has he accomplished? What makes him so special? These are some of the questions I had, as I wanted to learn more about the man that they call, the “Tiger”. Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born to Earl and Kultida (His mother is a native of Thailand) Woods on December 30, 1975. He received his nickname “Tiger” after a Vietnamese friend of his father that had the same nickname. Tiger went to college at Stanford University in California (but he dropped out in his junior year to play professional golf) and presently resides in Orlando Florida. What inter