Tiger Woods Learning Center Tiger Woods Learning Center The Tiger Woods Learning Center was established in 2006 by Tiger Woods to get students thinking about the role education plays in their futures. The learning center is used by several thousand students, with a day program for grades 4-6 and an after schools program for grades 7-12. There is also summer program, weekend and community outreach programs and online learning programs. The centre features extensive multi-media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area. It offers courses that focuses on careers in math, science, technology and language arts. It is housed in a 35,000 square foot
Earl Woods Tiger, comes from Earl Woods' wartime friendship with Colonel Vuong Dang "Tiger" Phong, a courageous pilot who flew in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1972, Woods was stationed at Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton, and learned to play golf, starting at age 42, at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Dyker Heights. From his first experience with golf, Earl Woods was captivated by it, and played a great deal for the remainder of his life. He eventually became a good standard amateur golfer, often scoring in the 70s for 18 holes. Earl claimed to be playing close to scratch