Woods's father Earl wrote that Tiger first defeated him at the age of 11 years, with Earl trying his best
He lost to Woods every time from then on. Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12.
Woods participated in the 1989 Big I, a significant national junior tournament, when he was 13 years old. He was paired with pro John Daly, who was at the time comparatively unknown, in the final round.
The event's format placed a professional with each group of juniors who had qualified. Daly birdied three of the last four holes to beat him by only one stroke.
As a young teenager, Woods first met Jack Nicklaus in Los Angeles at the Bel-Air Country Club, when Nicklaus was performing a clinic for the club's members.
Woods was part of the show, and he impressed Nicklaus and the crowd with his skills and potential.
Earl Woods had researched in detail the career accomplishments of Nicklaus and had set his young son the goals of breaking those records.
Woods was 15 years old and a student at Western High School in Anaheim when he became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion; this was a record that stood until it was broken by Jim Liu in 2010.
He was named 1991's Southern California Amateur Player of the Year (for the second consecutive year) and Golf Digest Junior Amateur Player of the Year.
In 1992, he defended his title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, becoming the tournament's first two-time winner.
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