Tiger Woods: Tiger Woods History

Tiger Woods,  Winner of 2005 British Open Championship

Is Tiger Woods the Greatest Golfer ever? Interesting Facts about Tiger Woods Tiger Woods was born on December 31, 1975 at Long Beach Hospital in Orange county California. Tiger Woods appeared on "CBS News" and "Mike Douglas Show" putting with Bob Hope at age 2 Shot 48 for Nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California at age 3 Appeared on "That's Incredible" at age 5 At age 6 Tiger Woods made his first birdie on a 91 yard par three By age 7 his Father, Earl had him listening to subliminal tapes to improve his mental game. Along with the tapes his father used what he called psychological warfare on Tiger Woods. He would cough, yell, laugh, scream, move, run, jump or throw something at Tiger while he was swinging. He would do anything to distract him.  Appeared on "Today Show", "Good Morning America", ESPN, CBS, NBC and ABC Tiger Woods Won the Optimist International Junior World at ages 8, 9, 12 and 13 At age 13, Second place - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National Tiger Woods at age 14 Won - Optimist International Junior World (fifth time) Won - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National (youngest ever to win) Second place - PGA National Junior Championship Competed in Southern California/French Junior Cup, Paris, France Semi-finalist at U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Southern California Player of the Year Tiger Woods at Age 15 Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (youngest ever to win) Won - Optimist International Junior World (sixth time) Won - CIF-SCGA High School Invitational Championship (individual) Won - Southern California Junior Championship Won - PING/Phoenix Junior (AJGA) Won - Edgewood Tahoe Junior Classic (AJGA) Won - Los Angeles City Junior Championship Won - Orange Bowl Junior International AJGA Player of the Year Golf Digest Player of the Year Southern California Player of the Year Titleist-Golfweek National Amateur of the Year First Team - Rolex Junior All-American Participated in U.S. Amateur Championship Tiger Woods at Age 16 Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (only golfer to win twice) Won - PING/Phoenix Junior (AJGA) Won - Nabisco Mission Hills Desert Junior (AJGA) Won - Pro Gear San Antonio Shootout (AJGA) Won - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National Second place - Optimist Junior International World Fifth place - Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament of Champions Played in Nissan Los Angeles Open on PGA TOUR and U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Top 32, U.S. Amateur Championship First Team - Rolex Junior All-American Golf Digest Player of the Year Southern California Player of the Year Titleist-Golfweek National Amateur of the Year Golf World Player of the Year              Tiger Woods at Age 17 Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (third time) Won - Southern California Junior Best Ball Championship Second place - AJGA Taylor Made Woodlands Top 32, U.S. Amateur Championship First Team - Rolex Junior All-American Played in the following PGA TOUR events: Nissan Los Angeles Open, Honda Classic, GTE Byron Nelson Classic Played in the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Southern California Player of the Year Golf World Player of the Year Winner, Dial Award - emblematic of top national high school male athlete for 1993 Accepted scholarship at Stanford University in November, 1993, (to enter Stanford in 1994) Tiger Woods at Age 18 Won - U.S. Amateur Championship, Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (youngest ever to win; largest comeback ever) Won - Western Amateur Championship Won - Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship Won - Pacific Northwest Amateur Championship Won - William Tucker Invitational (first collegiate event) Won - Jerry Pate Invitational Semi-finalist - California State Amateur Championship Tied sixth place - Porter Cup Played in the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic (Thailand) Played in the following PGA TOUR events: Nestle Invitational, Buick Classic, Motorola Western Open Los Angeles Times Player of the Year Orange County Player of the Year Orange County League Most Valuable Player (fourth time) Member, United States team at the World Amateur Team Championships in Versailles, France (led them to an 11-stroke team victory by shooting rounds of 71-75-67-72-285) Golf World Man of the Year Tiger Woods at Age 19 Won - U.S. Amateur Championship, Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island Won - Stanford Invitational Finalist for the Sullivan Award Tied 41st - Masters Tournament (first professional major championship) with scores of 72-72-77-72-293 (only amateur to make the cut) Withdrew from U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills because of wrist injury after five holes of the second round (shot 74 in first round) Tied 67th - British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland with scores of 74-71-72-78-295 Played in Motorola Western Open on PGA TOUR and Scottish Open on PGA European Tour Member, United States team in Walker Cup Match in Porthcawl, Wales Tied fifth - NCAA Championship, Columbus, Ohio, with scores of 73-72-70-71-286 Pac-10 Player of the Year First Team All-American Stanford's Male Freshman of the Year (all sports) Tiger Woods at Age 20 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Won - Disney/Oldmobile Classic Won - Las Vegas Invitational Won - U.S. Amateur Championship, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Cornelius, Oregon (only golfer ever to win three consecutive titles, record 18 consecutive match-play victories). Won - NCAA Championship, The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn., with scores of 69-67-69-80-285 Won - John A. Burns Invitational Won - Cleveland Golf Championship Won - Tri-Match (Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State) Won - Cougar Classic Won - Pac-10 Championship (shot course-record 61) Won - NCAA West Regional Missed cut - Masters Tournament with scores of 75-75-150 Fred Haskins College Player of the Year Jack Nicklaus College Player of the Year Pac-10 Player of the Year First Team All-American Al Master Award co-winner (presented to the outstanding athlete at Stanford for attaining the highest standards of athletic performance, leadership and academic achievement) Finished tied for 82nd in U.S. Open with scores of 76-69-77-72--294 and had lead through 13 holes of first round at Oakland Hills Tied British Open 72-hole record for an amateur with total of 281 (75-66-70-70) at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England, matching Iain Pyman at Royal St. George's in 1993. His second round five-under 66 was the lowest by an amateur since Frank Stranahan registered the same score at Royal Troon in 1950 Earned $932,244 worldwide in 11 tournaments as a professional, an average of $84,931 per event. Earned $790,594 on the PGA TOUR in eight events as a professional, finishing 25th on the money list. Earnings were the second-most for a rookie in PGA TOUR history behind David Duval ($881,436 in 26 events in 1995) Became the first player to win twice in his first year on the PGA TOUR since Robert Gamez won the 1990 Northern Telecom Tucson Open and Nestle Invitational. Became the first player to record five consecutive top-five finishes on the PGA TOUR since Curtis Strange in 1982 Advanced to No. 33 on the world ranking, the fastest rise into the top 50 in history Tiger Woods at Age 21 The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year ESPY Male Athlete of the Year (Tied with Ken Griffey, Jr.) Player of the Year as selected by PGA TOUR, PGA of America and Golf Writers Association of America Leading money winner on PGA TOUR with $2,066,833 (most ever won in a single year) Won $2,440,832 worldwide in 25 events. Won - Masters Tournament (first professional major championship) Won - Mercedes Championships Won - Asian Honda Classic (Thailand) Won - GTE Byron Nelson Classic Won - Motorola Western Open Qualified for United States Team for Ryder Cup Matches Set Masters record for youngest champion (21 years, three months, 14 days) and became the first major champion of African or Asian heritage Set Masters 72-hole record with a total of 270 (70-66-65-69) and set Masters record with 12-stroke victory margin Other Masters records set or tied: most shots under par, second nine (16), low middle 36 holes (131), low first 54 holes (201, tied Raymond Floyd, 1976), low last 54 holes (200), lowest score par-five holes in one round (six under par, tied Steve Jones, 1990), largest 54-hole lead (nine strokes), youngest 36-hole and 54-hole leader, most threes, one tournament (26) Shot 59, 13 under par in practice round on April 4 at home course, Isleworth Country Club, Windermere, Florida, with two eagles, nine birdies, and two pars on par-five holes Set record with five PGA TOUR victories in his first 16 events. He was the second-youngest (21 years, four months, 20 days) to win five events, behind Horton Smith (20 years, 10 months, one day) in 1929 Achieved $2 million in PGA TOUR career earnings in a record 16 events (previous record was 50 events by Ernie Els in 1990-1996) Achieved No. 1 world ranking in his 42nd week as a professional and became the youngest-ever No. 1 golfer (21 years, 24 weeks), ahead of Bernhard Langer (29 years, 31 weeks) in 1986. He also made the fastest rise from amateur status to the top 100 (six weeks), top 50 (eight weeks) and top 10 (33 weeks) In first year as a professional, ending with NEC World Series of Golf, won $2,740,514 on the PGA TOUR ($2,946,163 worldwide) with six victories and 14 top-10 finishes in 25 events (seven victories and 19 top-10 finishes in 30 events worldwide) Tiger Woods at Age 22 Won $2,927,006 worldwide in 26 events to surpass 1997 earnings of $2,440,832 Had 13 top-10 finishes in 20 starts on PGA TOUR, including second in Mercedes Championships and Nissan Open, and official earnings of $1,841,117 for fourth place. Mark H. McCormack Award winner as the No. 1 player on the 1998 Official World Golf Ranking Won - Johnnie Walker Classic (Thailand) Won - BellSouth Classic Won - PGA Grand Slam Qualified for United States Team for Presidents Cup Achieved eight-stroke comeback, winning Johnnie Walker Classic after starting fourth round tied for 18th place, then scoring 65 and beating Ernie Els with birdie on second playoff hole Reached final of Cisco World Match Play Championship before losing 1-up to Mark O' Meara despite being 12 under par for 36 holes (record score for losing finalist) Won PGA Grand Slam, defeating Lee Janzen and Vijay Singh in match play Finished second in Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge after five-hole playoff with Nick Price Had current PGA TOUR record for most consecutive events without missing the cut (17). Has missed only one cut (1997 Bell Canadian Open) in 48 events since joining PGA TOUR 1996. Current record of 17 events is based on withdrawal from storm-delayed AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am In two years as a professional, ending with NEC World Series of Golf, won $4,561,494 on PGA TOUR ($5,300,204 worldwide) with seven victories and 26 top-10 finishes in 47 events (nine victories and 30 top-10 finishes in 51 events worldwide) Tiger Woods at Age 23 The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the second time in three years and the seventh man - and the second golfer - to earn the award twice since it was begun in 1931, following Byron Nelson, Don Budge, Sandy Koufax, Carl Lewis, Joe Montana and Michael Jordan, who won three times Player of the Year as selected by PGA TOUR ( Jack Nicklaus Award), PGA of America and Golf Writers Association of America Lowest adjusted scoring average (68.43) for Byron Nelson Award (PGA TOUR) and Vardon Trophy (PGA of America) Leading money winner on PGA TOUR (Arnold Palmer Award) with $6,616,585 (most ever won in a single year). Had margin of $2,974,679 over runnerup, a figure greater than the previous single-year record. Had 81.7 percent more than David Duval, the highest percentage since Byron Nelson in 1945 (87.2 percent) and Ben Hogan in 1946 (85 percent) Won $7,681,625 worldwide in 25 events (100.02 percent more than runnerup) Had 16 top-10 finishes in 21 starts on PGA TOUR, and missed no 36-hole cuts, extending his streak to 39 consecutive events Mark H. McCormack Award winner as the No. 1 player on the 1999 Official World Golf Ranking. Achieved the highest points average (20.61) in the history of the Ranking and had the largest margin ever over his closest rival (7.46 points), leading David Duval by that amount on November 7. His 750 points earned in 1999 were also a record Won - Buick Invitational Won - Deutsche Bank - SAP Open (Germany) Won - Memorial Tournament Won - Motorola Western Open Won - PGA Championship (fifth youngest to win at age 23 years, seven months, 16 days) Won - WGC NEC Invitational Won - National Car Rental Classic Won - Tour Championship Won - WGC American Express Championship Won - World Cup individual and team titles (with Mark O'Meara) Won - PGA Grand Slam Qualified for United States Team for Ryder Cup Matches Set records for most victories by age 23 and after three years on the PGA TOUR with 15 PGA TOUR victories and 19 overall. Horton Smith had 10 victories after three years in 1929 and 15 victories in 1931 at age 23 His eight PGA TOUR victories and 10 overall were the most in one year at such a young age since Horton Smith had eight PGA TOUR victories in 1929 at age 21 Was the first to have as many as eight PGA TOUR victories in one year since Johnny Miller won eight in 1974 Won four consecutive PGA TOUR events, the first to do that since Ben Hogan in 1953 In three years as a professional, ending with WGC NEC Invitational, won $8,965,129 on PGA TOUR ($10,895,083 worldwide) with 12 victories and 40 top-10 finishes in 67 events (16 victories and 45 top-10 finishes in 72 events worldwide) Participated in the first network telecast of a golf event live in prime time, defeating David Duval in the Motorola Showdown at Sherwood, at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, to win $1.1 million (including $200,000 to charity) Tiger Woods is truly a remarkable Golfer

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