Tiger Woods's career in pictures

Tiger Woods introduced himself to the sporting world with a performance on The Mike Douglas show when he was just two years old Photograph: TV Photograph: guardian.co.uk Progress was swift and titles soon came his way - Woods won the Junior World Championship six times before turning professional in 1996 Photograph: Ken Levine/Getty Images North America Photograph: Ken Levine/guardian.co.uk At the age of just 21, Woods became the youngest winner of a Major ever - with a record score of 18 under par Photograph: Stephen Munday/Getty Images Photograph: Stephen Munday/guardian.co.uk Woods's victory at the 2000 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was one of the finest of his career. Seven strokes behind with as many holes remaining, he plundered an unthinkable sequence of eagle, birdie, par, birdie to snatch a two-stroke victory Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images Photograph: Harry How/guardian.co.uk St Andrews marked the scene of his most dominant display - Woods won the 2000 Open Championship by eight strokes, recording a score of 19 under par, the lowest in Major tournament history Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk Success was not sustained though, and Woods failed to win a Major in 2003 and 2004, eventually turning to a new swing coach, Hank Haney, to mastermind his resurgence Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Photograph: Richard Heathcote/guardian.co.uk Woods claimed the 2005 Masters and the 2005 British Open ... Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photograph: Jamie Squire/guardian.co.uk But the death of his father, Earl, rocked Woods and he took a brief break from the game to reflect Photograph: Doug Benc/Getty Images Photograph: Doug Benc/guardian.co.uk Such was Woods's skill and power from the tee, he claimed the 2006 Open Championship despite making only one tee-shot with a driver Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl De Souza/guardian.co.uk Woods triumphed in a play-off at the 2008 US Open - his last Major victory - at the expense of Rocco Mediate Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images Photograph: Harry How/guardian.co.uk Revelations of extra-marital affairs surfaced last November, when Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant near his home. Woods later confirmed that he had cheated on his wife Elin and announced he would be taking a break from golf. Now, after making a televised apology for his actions, Woods is set to return at the Masters on 8 April Photograph: Shaun Best/Reuters Photograph: Shaun Best/guardian.co.uk