Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time, whose dominance in the sport during the late 1990s and 2000s dramatically increased golf's mainstream popularity.
Woods turned professional in 1996 after a highly decorated amateur career, and won his first major championship, the Masters, in 1997 by a record margin at just 21 years old, becoming the tournament's youngest-ever champion.
Over the following decade, Woods dominated professional golf, holding the world No. 1 ranking for a record total of over 680 weeks and winning 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus's all-time record of 18.
Woods's career faced a significant setback following personal scandal in 2009 and a series of injuries that limited his play, but his dramatic 2019 Masters victory, over a decade after his previous major win, was widely celebrated as one of the great comebacks in sports history.