Tiger's Real Name: Eldrick Woods. The nick-name 'Tiger' was given to him by his father. It's the same nick-name of a South Vietnamese combat buddy, Nguyen Phong, who saved Tiger's father's life a few times in the Vietnam War. Rumor had it that Tiger was planning to official change his name to Tiger Woods when he turned 21 this past December but sources say he didn't do it for some reason. Tiger's Dad: Green Beret Lieutenant …showed first 75 words of 603 total…

…showed last 75 words of 603 total…he's carrying an extra burden along with him, to succeed and expand across all racial barriers.' To this quote author Tim Rosaforte added, 'I admire him, too, for establishing a new plateau, a higher ground, if you will. I really do believe he was put here for a bigger reason than just to play golf. I don't think that he is a god, but I do believe that he was sent by One.'