Tiger Woods is a professional golfer.
The Masters Tournament , also known as The Masters or The US Masters , is one of the four major championships in professional golf . The PGA Tour ( officially rendered in all capital letters , as PGA TOUR ) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America . The Open Championship , often referred to as The Open or the British Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf . Tiger Woods . Throughout the 2000s , Woods was the dominant force in golf ; from August 1999 to September 2004 ( 264 weeks ) and from June 2005 to October 2010 ( 281 weeks ) , Woods was the top-ranked men 's golfer in the world . The World Golf Championships ( WGC ) are a group of four annual events for professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours .