Tiger Woods

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American golfer who is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In 2005, at the age of 29, he reached the milestone of winning a tenth major golf championship, placing him third on the all time list behind Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen. Including his three U.S. Amateur Championship wins he and Bobby Jones are the only golfers to win thirteen majors before age 30. He has won more times on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer and he holds the PGA Tour record for most consecutive tournament cuts made with 142.

Major Championships

Woods' major championship victories are as follows:

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• The Masters (known in Great Britain as the US Masters)(1997, 2001, 2002, 2005)
• US Open (2000, 2002)
• The Open Championship (known in North America as the British Open) (2000, 2005)
• PGA Championship (1999, 2000)

With his victory in The Masters in 2001, he became the only man to have held all four professional majors at once, although this did not occur in a calendar year, and is therefore not recognized by some as a true Grand Slam. The achievement has been nicknamed "The Tiger Slam".

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Woods holds at least a share of the record for lowest 72-hole score in relation to par in all four majors, and at least a share of the low-72 holes record in two of them. The "to par" and "low 72-holes" records are not always the same because while most championship golf course have a par of 72, or 288 for four rounds, some have a par of 71 or 70:

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• The Masters: -18 (270), 1997 (outright to-par and low 72 holes record)
• US Open: -12 (272), 2000 (outright to par record)
• Woods shares the low 72-holes record with Jack Nicklaus, Lee Janzen, and Jim Furyk.
• The Open Championship: -19 (269), 2000 (outright to-par record)
• Greg Norman holds the low 72-holes record at 267.
• PGA Championship: -18 (270), 2000 (to-par record shared with Bob May)
• David Toms holds the low 72-holes record at 265.

The above performances have also given him the record victory margin in two majors:

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• The Masters: 12 strokes, 1997
• US Open: 15 strokes, 2000 (record for all majors)

Tiger also is one of the few players to have finished in the Top 5 and Top 10 in All 4 Majors in a year. He has done this twice, first in 2000 and then in 2005.

Related Topics:
2000 - 2005

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Results

DNP = did not play

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WD = withdrew

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CUT = missed the half way cut

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"T" indicates a tie for a place.

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