Born Eldrick Tont Woods, Tiger has been a golfing phenomenon for 12 years at the time of this picture in 1990...when he was 14 [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 22 Mar 201022 Mar 2010
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A six-time Junior World Championships winner, he enters his first PGA Tour event at the age of 16 in 1992 [GALLO/GETTY]
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Three years later, Woods is dominant in the amateur game as he tees off at the British Open at St Andrews [GALLO/GETTY]
Woods wins the US Amateur Championship in August 1996 and immediately turns pro - bagging millions of dollars in endorsements [GALLO/GETTY]
On April 13, 1997, Woods wins the first of 14 professional Majors at the US Masters at Augusta with a record 18 under par and record winning margin of 12 shots [GALLO/GETTY]
An eight-month injury layoff sparks a below-average 2009 but Woods wins the Australian Masters on November 15 [GALLO/GETTY]
On November 21, 2009, Woods holds daughter Sam as he talks to wife Elin at a college football match at his alma mater, Stanford [GALLO/GETTY]
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Just a week later the golfer goes into hiding after crashing his car in an apparent row with his wife as revelations of adultery with more than a dozen women emerge [GALLO/GETTY]
February 2010 and Woods comes out of hiding to apologise for what he calls his "irresponsible and selfish" behaviour [GALLO/GETTY]
And gets in training for his comeback at the US Masters in April - the scene of his first Major triumph [GALLO/GETTY]
