Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of his generation, and arguably the greatest of all time. After an outstanding junior, college and amateur career, Tiger burst onto the scene after turning professional in 1996, aged 20, becoming World No.1 before the end of the following year. While injury has slowed him down and limited how many events a year Tiger can play, he’s still a massive draw and holder of an almost endless list of records. Here are 20 of the most impressive:
PGA Money List
1. No player in history has won more money than Tiger on the PGA Tour, and he is the only man with over $100million in earnings. Woods has won just under $121million in career prize money, more than $25million clear of his closest rival, Phil Mickelson.
World No.1
2. Tiger holds the record for most weeks as world number one at 683, as well as most consecutive weeks, 281. That means he has been ranked the best golfer in the world for over 12 years in total, and spent the whole year as World No.1 eight times – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Triple Winner
3. Woods is the only player to win the US Junior, US Amatuer and US Open – he’s done so three times each.
PGA Tour Wins
4. No-one has won more PGA Tour events than Tiger’s 82, though Sam Snead did win the same amount.
Consecutive Cuts
5. Between 1998 and 2005, Tiger Woods made the cut in 142 consecutive events, breaking the previous PGA Tour record of 113, previously held by Byron Nelson.
Keeping It Low
6. The record for successive rounds of 68 or better on the PGA Tour is 14, set by Tiger Woods in 2007-08.
Youngest Grand Slam Winner
7. Tiger became the youngest player to win a career Grand Slam of The Masters, the PGA Championship, the US Open and the Open Championship when he won the 2000 Open aged just 24. Woods joined Gene Sarazan, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus in completing the career Grand Slam.
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Quicker Than Jack
8. He was also the quickest to the Grand Slam, winning his in his 93rd start, compared to Nicklaus’ 125. He and Nicklaus are the only players to win all…
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