Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 - May 3, 2006) was an athlete, a US Army infantry officer, (retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel), and the father of golfer, Tiger Woods. Woods was born in Manhattan, Kansas, where he was raised by Maude Carter and Miles Woods. He was the youngest and the only male of four siblings. His second marriage produced his fourth child, Eldrick, who was given the nickname "Tiger." Tiger became a child prodigy in golf by the time he was three years old. Earl Woods shared many of the techniques he used in rearing Tiger in two books: Training a Tiger and Playing Through: Straight Talk on Hard Work, Big Dreams and Adventures with Tiger.
