PGA Tour victories
(22) 1996: Las Vegas Invitational, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. 1997: Mercedes Championships, Masters Tournament, GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Motorola Western Open. 1998: BellSouth Classic. 1999: Buick Invitational, Memorial Tournament,Motorola Western Open, PGA Championship, WGC NEC Invitational, National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney, THE TOUR Championship, WGC American Express Championship. 2000: Mercedes Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational,Memorial Tournament, U.S. Open Championship, British Open Championship, PGA Championship.
International victories 1997: Asian Honda Classic. 1998: Johnnie Walker Classic (Asia). 1999: Deutsche Bank Open - TPC of Europe (Eur).
2000 PGA Tour earnings and ranking
$6,692,821 (1)
2000 PGA Tour best finishes 1st: Mercedes Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational, Memorial Tournament, U.S. Open Championship, British Open Championship, PGA Championship. 2nd: WGC Andersen Consulting Match Play, THE PLAYERS Championship, Buick Invitational. T4th: GTE Byron Nelson Classic. 5th: Masters Tournament
1999 Season
Truly had one of the greatest seasons in PGA TOUR history in
1999. ... his TOUR-record $6,616,585 was nearly $3 million more than his nearest
competitor, David Duval. ... was named PGA TOUR Player of the Year for the second
time in the past three seasons ... also named PGA of America and GWAA Player of
the Year for second time ... PGA TOUR Player of the Month for February, August,
October and November ... made the cut in all 21 tournaments, extending his
TOUR-best streak to 39 consecutive over last two seasons ... earned his eighth
career TOUR title and first since 1998 BellSouth Classic with two-stroke victory in
Buick Invitational ... began third round nine strokes behind 36-hole lead Ted
Tryba ... with Torrey Pines South Course-record 62, took one-stroke lead heading
into final round ... closing 65 brought share of tournament record (266) set by
George Burns in 1987 ... 41-week reign atop Official World Golf Ranking ended when
David Duval won THE PLAYERS Championship ... Tiger's run longest since Greg
Norman held top spot for record 96 weeks in 1995-97 ... equaled Cottonwood Valley
course record with 61 in first round of GTE Byron Nelson Classic, where he finished
T7 ... 61 his career low, and the lowest first-round score since Bob Lohr shot 61 to
open 1994 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic ... in May, earned third international
victoryat European Tour's Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Germany ... earned ninth
TOUR victory at Memorial Tournament defeating Vijay Singh by two strokes ... had
first top-10 ever at U.S. Open with a T3 ... regained No. 1 position in Official World
Golf Ranking following third victory of season and 10th of career at Motorola
Western Open ... win was second at Cog Hill G&CC (1997) ... on a Monday night in
August on prime-time television, defeated Duval 2&1 and earned $1.1 million
($200,000 of which went to charity) at Motorola Showdown at Sherwood ... became
youngest player since Seve Ballesteros to win two majors with his victory at PGA
Championship ... victory was his 11th career title ... $630,000 payday lifted him to top
of TOUR money list and allowed him to join David Duval as the only players to earn
$3 million in a season ... after one week out of top in Official World Golf Ranking
again took over top spot ... became first player since Nick Price in 1994 to win five
TOUR events in season with his win at World Golf Championships-NEC
Invitational ... $1 million paycheck vaulted him over $4 million in season's
earnings ... won his next start at National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney
World Resort to become first player since Tom Watson in 1980 to win six official
TOUR titles in season ... the next week won his third consecutive start at THE TOUR
Championship ... became first player since David Duval in 1997 to accomplish that
feat ... $900,000 payday put him over $10 million for his career, making him fastest
to do so ... victory was his 11th in-a-row in which he led or shared lead entering
final round ... put cap on amazing season by winning final official event, the World
Golf Championships-American Express Championship ... became first player since
Johnny Miller in 1974 to win eight times in year and first since Ben Hogan in 1953 to
win four consecutive starts ... it was his 15th victory in 70 career PGA TOUR
starts ... after the official season won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf and along with
Mark O'Meara won the World Cup of Golf for the United States ... he won the
individual portion of that event by nine strokes ... led the TOUR in five of ten
categories: Scoring (68.43), Greens in Regulation (71.4), Birdies (4.46), Total
Driving (52) and All-Around (120) ... won Vardon Trophy with 68.43 scoring average,
the lowest adjusted scoring average since such records began in 1988 ... his 16
top-10s were the most in a single season since Payne Stewart had 16 in
1986 ... won Andersen Consulting Medal for best combined performance in the three
World Golf Championships events.
Career highlights
Shouldered high expectations in joining PGA TOUR following
one of the best amateur careers ever ... posted two victories and three other top-10
finishes in only eight starts after turning professional at 1996 Greater Milwaukee
Open, where he finished T60 ... first top-10 came at Quad City Classic, where he
finished T5 ... began final round of Las Vegas Invitational four strokes back ... closed
with 64 to force playoff with Davis Love III, then parred first extra hole for first
TOUR win ... collected $297,000 in becoming first sponsor's exemption to win TOUR
event since Phil Mickelson at 1991 Northern Telecom Open ... finished third the
following week at LaCantera Texas Open ... at Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic,
shot closing 66 for one-stroke win ... named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year ... also
named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, becoming youngest to receive
honor since gymnast Mary Lou Retton in 1984 ... named PGA TOUR Player of the Year
for 1997, a season that included four victories and nine top-10 finishes ... made 20
of 21 cuts and finished no lower than T43 highlight of year came at Masters
Tournament, where rounds of 70-66-65-69-270 set 72-hole record ... 12-stroke
magin of victory, another Masters record, was fourth best in TOUR history ... won
first event of 1997 season at rain-shortened Mercedes Championships, defeating
Tom Lehman on first playoff hole ... member of 1997 Ryder Cup Team ... named PGA of
America and Golf Writers Association of America Player of the Year for
1997 ... concluded year with Associated Press naming his Masters win top sports
story of 1997, followed by his designation as AP's Male Athlete of the Year (first
golfer to be so honored in 26 years) ... earned second international victory in 1998
at Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand, defeating Ernie Els on second playoff
hole ... overcame eight-stroke deficit to force playoff with Els ... earned seventh
TOUR victory with one-stroke win over Jay Don Blake at BellSouth Classic ... stood
one off second-round lead after opening 69-67 ... third-round 63 at TPC at Sugarloaf
gave him lead he would not relinquish ... runner-up to Mark O'Meara at Cisco World
Match Play Championship ... defeated Vijay Singh to win PGA Grand Slam of Golf ... led
TOUR in top-10 finishes with 13 in 1998 ... won 1991, 1992 and 1993 U.S. Junior
Amateur Championships when no one before or since has won more than one ... in
1994, at TPC at Sawgrass, became youngest winner of U.S. Amateur ... the following
year, became first to successfully defend U.S. Amateur title since Jay Sigel in
1993 ... in 1996, became first player to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur
titles ... owns U.S. Amateur records for consecutive match-play victories (18) and
winning percentage (.909) ... his six consecutive years of winning a USGA
championship are second only to Bobby Jones' eight ... made cut in four of six major
championships as amateur and was low amateur at 1995 Masters and 1996 British
Open ... named year's top amateur player by Golf Digest and Golfweek in 1992 and
Golf World in 1992 and 1993 ... Golf World's "Man of the Year" in 1994 ... won 1996
NCAA Championship and was named Collegiate Player of the Year ... joined Jack
Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson as the only players to win NCAA and U.S. Amateur in
same year.
Personal
Nicknamed "Tiger" after a Vietnamese soldier who was a friend of his
father's in Vietnam ... putted against Bob Hope on the "Mike Douglas Show" at age
two, shot 48 for nine holes at age three and was featured in Golf Digest at age
five ... in Feb. 1998, named to Blackwell's Best-Dressed List ... eighth athlete to be
named Wheaties permanent rep, following Bob Richards (1958), Bruce Jenner
(1977), Mary Lou Retton (1984), Pete Rose (1985), Walter Payton (1986), Chris
Evert (1987) and Michael Jordan (1988) ... Tiger Woods Foundation, chaired by
father Earl, created to provide minority participation in golf and related
activities ... foundation has pledged its full support to World Golf Foundation's "The
First Tee" program ... in 1997 won Sports Star of the Year Award, given to athletes
who combine excellence in their sports with significant charitable
endeavors ... website is www.tigerwoods.com.
