Tiger Through the Ages

Tiger Woods through the Ages...

Appeared on "CBS Network News" and "Mike Douglas Show" putting with Bob Hope (age 2);
Shot score of 48 for 9 holes on U.S. Navy golf course (age 3);
Appeared on TV's "That's Incredible" (age 5).

1st place - Optimist International Junior World (5th time);
1st place - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National (record youngest ever to win);
2nd place - PGA National Junior Championship;
Competed in Southern California/French Junior Cup, Paris, France;
Semi-finalist at USGA Junior National Championship;
Southern California Player of the Year.

1st place - USGA Junior National Championship (unprecedented 3rd time);
1st place - Southern California Junior Best Ball Championship;
2nd place - AJGA Taylor Made Woodlands;
Top 32, 1993 U.S. Amateur;
1st Team - Rolex Junior All-American (4th consecutive year);
Played in the following PGA Tourney events: Los Angeles Open, Honda Classic, Byron Nelson Classic;
Played in the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying;
Southern California Player of the Year;
GolfWorld Player of the Year;
Winner, Dial Award - emblematic of top national high school male athlete for 1993 (female winner that same year was Kristin Folkl, also entering Stanford);
Accepted scholarship to play collegiate golf at Stanford University in Nov., 1993 - (would enter Stanford in the fall of '94).

1st place - U.S. Amateur (Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) (youngest ever to win; biggest comeback ever)
1st place - Western Amateur Championship (in Michigan);
1st place - Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship;
1st place - Pacific Northwest Amateur Championship;
1st place - CIF Southern Section Championship (individual);
Semi-Finalist - California State Amateur Championship;
T6th place - Porter Cup;
Played in the Johnny Walker Asian Classic (THAILAND);
Played in the following PGA Tour events: Nestle Invite in Orlando, FL, Buick Classic in Westminster, NY, and Western Open in Chicago;
L.A. Times Player of the Year;
Orange County Player of the Year;
Orange County League Most Valuable Player (4th time);
Entered Stanford University in Fall of '94;
1st place - Wm. Tucker Invitational at Albuquerque (first collegiate event he ever entered)
Member, U.S. Team at the World Amateur Championships in Versailles, France - led his team to an 11-stroke team victory by shooting rounds of 71-75-67-72=285 (3-under par);
Named GolfWorld's "Man of the Year".

1st place - U.S. Amatuer (Defended his title!)
Golf's Amateur Representative for the Sullivan Award (Indianapolis in Feb., '95);
Finished tied for 41st in the '95 Masters in Augusta (his first pro major) with scores of 72-72-77-72=293 (was only amateur to make the cut) in April, '95;
Finished tied for 5th at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio with scores of 73-72-70-71=286, helping his Stanford team to a 5th-place finish;
Withdrew from U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island in June because of a left wrist injury after five holes of the second round (shot first round 76);
Finished tied for 67th at the British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland in July with scores of 74-71-72-78=295;
Competed for U.S. Team in Walker Cup in Porthcawl, Wales Sept. 9-10;
Named '95 Pac-10 Player of the Year;
Named First Team All-American following '95 season;
Named Stanford's '95 Male Freshman of the Year (all sports);
Named Preseason First Team All-American for '95-'96 by GolfWeek Magazine.

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