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How did Tiger Woods get the name Tiger?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 9/27/2023

His christian name is Eldrick. His father, Earl Woods gave him the nickname Tiger at a young age, and he has since became known by this. The name Tiger is a nickname which Earl had given to a Vietnamese soldier he served with in the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, his friend Tiger was captured an later died in a POW camp.

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∙ 15y ago

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More answers

Tiger's dad gave him the nickname after a Vietnamese soldier that he knew from his Army days who was also nicknamed Tiger.

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

His real name is Eldrick. His Dad called him Tiger, named after a good friend of his from the Vietnam War. The friends name was Nguyen which means Tiger.

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∙ 17y ago

He was nicknamed "Tiger" after Vuong Dang Phong, a friend of his father's

Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

Eldrick "tiger" woods got his name to honor a man that saved his father's life "Earl Woods" in the war!!!!

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∙ 16y ago

He did not, it is a nickname.

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