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Earl Woods is best known as the father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Additionally, Earl Woods previously served two tours of duty in South Vietnam as an Army infantry officer, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Furthermore, he was also a baseball player during his college days. Cheyenne Woods, his granddaughter, is also a professional golfer.
Early life
Earl Dennison Woods, also known as Earl Woods, was born on March 5, 1932 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America. What’s more, he was 74 years, when he died. Like him he had American nationality and African American ethnicity. Again, he was a Christian by religion and his zodiac sign was Pisces.
Talking about his parents, he was the son of (father) Miles Woods and Maude Carter (mother). His father had five children with his first wife, Viola, and six more with his second wife, Maude Carter (of whom Earl was the youngest). Furthermore, his father was a sweeper and janitor and suffered from epilepsy.
Caption: Earl Woods posing with his son Tiger Woods (Source: Golf Digest)
Earl Woods – Education
Talking about Earl’s educational qualifications, he completed his graduation from Manhattan High School in 1949. He attended Kansas State University and also played baseball. In 1950, he completed his graduation with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
Earl Woods – Death
In 1998 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Furthermore, in May 3, 2006He died of a heart attack at home at the age of 74.
Professional life
Subtitle: Earl Woods during his military service (Source: Wikipedia)
Military career
During the Vietnam War, Earl completed two combat tours, the first as an infantry officer and the second with the elite US Army Special Forces. In addition, he was appointed Military Science and Tactics (Army ROTC) instructor in the City College of New York after graduating from the Defense Information School and being promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1974, he was honorably discharged from the military.
On April 8, 2010, Nike produced a television commercial featuring the sad face of Tiger Woods (depicted in black and white) and the voice of Earl Woods, which was designed by the advertising firm Wieden + Kennedy. Earl was interviewed in 2004 for the DVD documentary Tiger: The Untold Story and the commercial’s audio track was derived from that interview.
tiger forest
Tiger Wood is an American professional golfer. Additionally, he is tied for first in most wins on the PGA Tour, second in men’s major championships and holds a host of other golf records. Woods is widely popular as one of the greatest golfers of all time, as well as one of the most well-known athletes in history. Additionally, the World Golf Hall of Fame has honored him. Furthermore, he started his professional career in 1996 at the age of 20. Since then, he has won several tournaments and tours throughout his professional career.
Achievements and net worth
As part of the US Army, Earl has earned several awards and recognitions throughout his career. Additionally, he has military awards such as the Parachutist Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Amry Occupation Medal, Army Forces Expeditionary Medal and many more.
As a military man, he had earned a decent sum in his career. Additionally, he has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million thanks to his career in the military and other ventures. On the other hand, his son’s net worth is around $800 million and his salary is $50 million a year as a golfer.
Earl Woods – Marital Status
Caption: Earl Woods with his wife Kultida and son Tiger Woods (Source: LiveAbout)
Earl married his first wife Barbara Ann Hart in 1954. With the marriage, they have three children, Earl Dennison Jr, Kevin Dale and Royce Renee. For some reason, the couple separated in 1968. After that, he married Kultida Punsawad, in Thailand in 1966 during her deployment.
Furthermore, Kultida was a mixed ethnicity of Dutch, Chinese and Thai. They married in 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. The couple gave birth to Tiger Wood in 1975.
Talking about his rumors and controversies, he was not a part of them because he was in the army and learned to be disciplined.
Earl Woods has a healthy and fit body, built like an army. Furthermore, he was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed around 98 kg. He had dark brown eyes and black eyes. Apart from that, there is no more information about Dennison’s other body measurements.
Earl Dennison was not active on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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