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Tiger Wins Multiple Events- #1 in the World
Tiger emerged as a very talented & skilled golfer out of Stanford University. He joined many different tours and events and ended up winning consecutive outings. After winning, he quickly became the #1 golfer in the world over Mark O'Meara & Vijay Singh. These vicotires allowed for Tiger to get exposed as the #1 golfer in the world and have people as well as companies look at him not only in raise but as a marketing figure for their product. Now that he is well known he began receiving sponsors, -
Tiger Wins Multiple PGA Awards
In 2000, Tiger won PGA Tour Player of the Year, PGA Player of the Year, & PGA Tour Money Leader. These accomplishes were the most prestigious of them all! With him being out of School for 4 years now, he has already accomplished #1 in the world, along with these awards. These prove to the public and his fans that he is dedicated and very driven towards the sport that he loves. This allows for him to get more spnsors with those such as Nike, Gatorade, Gillette, and Subway. -
Story Breaks Out About Affairs: "Wood's Scandal"
When the story breaks out about Tiger's "scandal" or "affairs" with multiple other women, hs life begins to worsen immediately. He cheated on his wife and ended up hiding it for the world to uncover and let it blow up in Tiger's face. Tiger, from this point on, was not the same Tiger on the golf course. -
Tiger Crashes his SUV
Tiger was involved in a one car crash outside his Florida mansion on midnight on Thanksgiving. This causes him to be in critical condition & sent to the hospital for the night. The truth never came out as to why the crash happended but rumors have it that his wife was chasing him with an iron in a fight between the two of them over his scandal. -
Tiger Releases a Statement
Tiger releases a statement on his website to where he apologizes for his "infidelity" and it is here that he announces that he wil be taking a break for an indefinite amount of time from professional golf. Also, during his statement he states as a response back to a canadian doctor, that he never took performance-enhancing drugs. His reputation and person life, as it disintegrates, becomesa hot topic for late night talk shows. -
Woods Apologizes
Woods emerges from hiding and gives a 13 minute apology speech at the PGA Tour headquarters. Woods admits to spending 45 days in rehab as well as mentioning he will be returning to therapy. However, he gives no direct timestable for when he will be back on the golf course, but instead he is taking the time to save his marriage. At the end, he says," I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again." This impacted his career, for he was asking the public for a 2nd chance. -
Woods Loses Support in the Business World
As more news compiles on his "scandal," the golfer began to lose support in the business world with most of his major companies. Companies like Gatorade, AT&T, Accenture, and Tag Heuer all cut ties with him taking a huge chunk of his yearly income away from him. Nike & EA Sports stood by him during this process, and kept thier deals, but due to his situation, it wouldnt be for a long while until Tiger found a new sponsorship deal. -
Tiger Returns!!
Tiger Woods makes his return to the competitive golf world. He starts his return at The Masters in Augusta.In the evbent he starts with a low 68 to put himslef among the leaders, however at the end he cant pull it out and finishes in 4th. His retrun is what marks his new beginning and the fact that he can show the public, his fans, and companies that he is the smae Tiger as before. -
Woods Gets Back In The Market
After dropping out of many tournaments, missing months due to injury, and missing cuts, Tiger signs a corporate deal with Fuse Science, as well as a sponsorship deal with Rolex. He fills the gaps from the ones who dropped him earlier and makes them a sure fit. -
Tiger Becomes the New #1 Again
Playing the Honda Classic, he puts on a show at the end of the tournment giving him the lowest score of his professional career, It is not enough to catch Rory McIlroy, but it is enough to pass the old #1 and make way for himself to be the new. To ths day, he still remains the world's #1 golfer, and he adds more and more sponsors to he reputoiur.
