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Won the 2000 Canadian Open by one shot over Grant Waite, setting
his fifth consecutive scoring record at 22-under and becoming just the second
man to win the U.S., British and Canadian opens in the same year. |
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Successfully defended his World Golf Championship-NEC Invitational
title in 2000 with an 11-stroke victory at Firestone over Justin Leonard and
Phillip Price. Opened with rounds 64-61, with his 125 total the lowest 36-start
in PGA Tour history. |
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Successfully defended PGA Championship in 2000, winning a
three-hole playoff with Bob May. Win gives him three majors in one season, just
the second man to do that. First player to defend PGA title since 1937. May and
Woods set PGA scoring record at 18-under, giving Woods scoring records in all
four majors. |
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Completed career Grand Slam at age 24 with eight-shot victory at
2000 British Open. Became just the fifth -- and the youngest to reach Grand
Slam. Played all four rounds in the 60s and made just three bogeys in finishing
19-under at St. Andrews. |
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Shattered the record books with his win at the 2000 U.S. Open,
going wire-to-wire at Pebble Beach. Set mark for margin of victory at 15 shots,
became first player to finish in double digits under par at 12-under, matched
all-time score of 272. |
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Won his fourth event of the 2000 season with a five-shot victory
over Ernie Els and Justin Leonard at the Memorial. |
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Won his third event in six starts in the 2000 season at the Bay
Hill Invitational. |
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Stretched victory streak to six straight with win at 2000 Pebble
Beach Pro-Am, making up seven-stroke deficit over final eight holes to beat Matt
Gogel and Vijay Singh by two shots. |
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Began 2000 season with fifth consecutive victory, winning the
Mercedes Championships in a playoff with Ernie Els. Woods eagles the 72nd hole,
then birdied both playoff holes for the title. |
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Named both PGA and PGA Tour player of the year honors after 1999
season which included eight wins, a new record for earnings ($6,616,585) and
scoring average (68.43). Also led in greens in regulation, birdies and total
driving. |
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Won 1999 PGA Grand Slam of Golf 3 and 2 over Davis Love III in
final. Held off Paul Lawrie 2 and 1 in semifinals. |
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Teamed with Mark O'Meara to carry United States to 1999 World Cup
of Golf team title, and set new record of 21-under in winning individual
honors. |
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Won fourth consecutive start and second World Golf Championship
event of 1999 at American Express Championship, winning a playoff with Miguel
Angel Jimenez. Woods is first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four in a
row and first since Johnny Miller in 1974 to win eight times in one
season. |
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Won the 1999 Tour Championship at Champions Golf Club in Houston
by four shots over Davis Love III, shooting four rounds in the 60s. |
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Won for the sixth time in 1999 at the National Car Rental Classic
despite a final-round 73. |
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Won for fourth time in 1999 and the second major of his career at
the 1999 PGA Championship, holding off Sergio Garcia for a one-stroke win at
Medinah. At 23, Woods became the youngest player with two majors since Seve
Ballesteros in 1980. |
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Won for third time in 1999 at Western Open, taking a four-shot
lead into the final round and settling for a three-shot win over Mike
Weir. |
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Picked up second PGA Tour win of 1999 with two-shot victory over
Vijay Singh at The Memorial. |
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Won for the first time in Europe at 1999 TPC of Europe, finishing
15-under at St. Leon Rot in Germany. |
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Won the 1999 Buick Invitational by matching the tournament record
of 22-under at Torrey Pines. He set course record on Saturday with a 62 on the
South course |
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Won the 1998 Grand Slam of Golf with a 2-up victory over Vijay
Singh in the championship match |
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Broke a 10-month drought on PGA Tour with win in 1998 BellSouth
Classic by one shot over Joe Don Blake, thanks to a course-record 63 in third
round at TPC at Sugarloaf |
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Lost a playoff for the first time, falling to Billy Mayfair in the
1998 Nissan Open |
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Came from eight shots back on Sunday to win the 1998 Johnnie
Walker Classic in a playoff over Ernie Els |
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Named 1997 PGA Player of the Year after four wins and becoming
first Tour play to surpass $2 million in one season |
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Earned a three-shot victory at the 1997 Western Open over Frank
Nobilo |
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Captured the 1997 Byron Nelson Classic in his first start since
winning The Masters one month earlier |
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Established tournament records with an 18-under-par 270 and
12-stroke margin of victory in winning the 1997 Masters |
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Won his first international event in his mother's home, Thailand,
with a victory in the Asian Honda Classic |
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Won the season-opening Mercedes Championship on the first playoff
hole over 1996 Player of the Year Tom Lehman |
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Broke Ernie Els' record for fewest events to reach $1 million,
needing only nine pro starts |
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Turned pro in August 1996 after winning third consecutive U.S.
Amateur championship with goal of winning enough money in remaining PGA Tour
events to secure exemption for 1997 |
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Achieved goal easily |
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Finished T-60 at Greater Milwaukee Open in first pro start, but
improved to 11th at Bell Canadian Open the following week |
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Followed that with two top-five finishes, a fifth in the Quad City
Classic and a third in the B.C. Open |
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Withdrew from Buick Challenge the next week, claiming exhaustion,
but won the Las Vegas Invitational the following week to secure his 1997 tour
card |
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Finished second at LaCantera Texas Open before winning his second
event, the Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Open the next week |
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Garnered two skins worth $40,000 at the 1996 Skins Game |
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Finished the year an incredible 24th on the PGA money
list |
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Named PGA Rookie of the Year for 1996, despite playing just eight
tourneys |
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Won three straight U.S. Amateur titles in 1994, 1995 and 1996
after winning three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles in 1991, 1992 and
1993. |
