Tiger Woods Eldrick (Tiger) Woods, at 22 years of age has had a remarkable start since becoming a professional golfer in the late summer of 1996. He has won nine tournaments, seven of those on the PGA TOUR, including the 1997 Masters Tournament. At the age of 21 years, three months and 14 clays, Woods was the youngest Masters champion ever. He also was the first major championship winner of African or Asian heritage. In 1998, Woods won two tournaments including the BellSouth Classic on the PGA Tour. Woods started the year with a victory in the Johnnie Walker Classic, a PGA European Tour event in Thailand, when he rallied with 65 in the final round after starting tied for 18th place, eight strokes behind Ernie Els, whom he beat with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Woods had been 11 strokes behind Els after two rounds. His worldwide earnings for 1998 were $2,264,927 including two victories and three finishes in second place or tied for second. He was runner-up to Mark O'Meara in the Cisco World Match Play Championship. He had 13 top 10 finishes in 20 starts on the PGA Tour and official earnings of $1,841,117 for fourth place. Woods' career earnings through 1998 were $5,638,003 including $4,698,544 on the PGA Tour. The Tiger Woods Foundation is actively working to fulfill Tiger Wood's vision of a world where people of varying backgrounds, histories, races, languages and ethnicity can all reach their highest potential and participate fully in the economic and social mainstream of society. The Foundation actively encourages and promotes adult responsibility and involvement in the lives of children. The Foundation works to achieve the objective in the following three ways: - Recognizing the family as the basic, most important unit in society and identifying the role of the parent as the most important teacher in the life of any child. - Conducting golf clinics and exhibitions across the U.S. for young people, historically denied access and exposure to the sport, while also promoting adult involvement in the lives of children. - Implementing and supporting programs that promote educational achievement in the lives of children. Woods' dedication to these objectives and values prompted his initial donation, which provided the necessary capital to establish the Foundation. As a result, Junior Golf Clinics and Exhibitions were held in Orlando, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Memphis and Miami during 1997. Over 12,000 junior golfers participated in the clinics and more than $120,000 has been donated to the National Minority Golf Foundation to be dispersed in the communities where the clinics were held. For further information about Tiger Woods Foundation, Inc. contact: 7506 Slate Ridge Boulevard Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 856-9460