Tiger Woods's career in pictures

Tiger Woods introduced himself to the sporting world with a performance on The Mike Douglas show when he was just two years old
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Progress was swift and titles soon came his way - Woods won the Junior World Championship six times before turning professional in 1996
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At the age of just 21, Woods became the youngest winner of a Major ever - with a record score of 18 under par
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Woods's victory at the 2000 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was one of the finest of his career. Seven strokes behind with as many holes remaining, he plundered an unthinkable sequence of eagle, birdie, par, birdie to snatch a two-stroke victory
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St Andrews marked the scene of his most dominant display - Woods won the 2000 Open Championship by eight strokes, recording a score of 19 under par, the lowest in Major tournament history
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Success was not sustained though, and Woods failed to win a Major in 2003 and 2004, eventually turning to a new swing coach, Hank Haney, to mastermind his resurgence
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Woods claimed the 2005 Masters and the 2005 British Open ...
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But the death of his father, Earl, rocked Woods and he took a brief break from the game to reflect
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Such was Woods's skill and power from the tee, he claimed the 2006 Open Championship despite making only one tee-shot with a driver
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Woods triumphed in a play-off at the 2008 US Open - his last Major victory - at the expense of Rocco Mediate
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Revelations of extra-marital affairs surfaced last November, when Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant near his home. Woods later confirmed that he had cheated on his wife Elin and announced he would be taking a break from golf. Now, after making a televised apology for his actions, Woods is set to return at the Masters on 8 April
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