Player
Profile
Winner
of the 1994, 1995 and 1996 U.S. Amateurs ...
Began playing golf at six months old ... Was
on numerous TV programs including, "That's
Incredible", "Mike Douglas",
"Two on the Town", "Good Morning
America" and "Prime Time Live"
... Has won every Junior Championship, including
1991, 1992 and 1993 USGA Junior ... Member of
the winning U.S. team at the 1994 World Amateur
Team Championship ... Played on the Walker Cup
team in 1995 ... Member of the Ryder Cup team
in 1997 and 1999 ... Member of the 1998 and
2000 Presidents Cup team ... Won 1996 NCAA Championship,
making him only the sixth player that has ever
won both the NCAA and the U.S. Amateur ... Winner
of Rookie of the Year honours in 1996 ... Fastest
player to reach $1 million in earnings on the
PGA Tour, which he did with a win in just his
ninth event, Mercedes Championship ... Fastest
player to reach $2 million in earnings on the
PGA Tour, which he did with a win in his 16th
event, GTE Byron Nelson Classic ... Fastest
player to reach $10 million in earnings on the
PGA Tour, which he did with a win in his 69th
event, 1999 Tour Championship ... With his win
in the 1997 Masters, Woods became the youngest
winner of that tournament and the youngest winner
of a major since World War II ... By the end
of 1999 season, Tiger had played in 70 events
as a professional, and had 15 wins and $11,315,128
in earnings, or $161,645 for every event entered
His 2000 season was even more remarkable, as
he won the final three majors of the season
to complete career Grand Slam He also won six
other Tour events and set new single-season
earnings mark of $9,188,321, pushing him over
the $20 million mark in career earnings He began
the 2001 season strongly as well, winning his
second Masters Tournament before losing at the
U.S. Open to end his consecutive major string
at four.
PGA Tour Wins: 28 - 1996 Las Vegas Invitational,
Walt Disney World Classic, 1997 Mercedes Championship,
Masters, GTE Byron Nelson Classic, Motorola
Western Open, 1998 BellSouth, 1999 Buick Invitational,
The Memorial Tournament, Motorola Western Open,
PGA Championship, NEC Invitational, National
Car Rental/Disney, Tour Championship, American
Express Championship, 2000 Mercedes Championship,
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational,
Memorial, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship,
NEC Invitational, Bell Canadian Open, 2001 Bay
Hill Invitational, Players Championship, Masters,
Memorial Tournament.
Other Wins: - 1997 Honda Open (Thailand),
1998 Johnnie Walker Classic (Asia), 1999 Deutsche
Bank SAP Open (Eur), EMC World Cup (with Mark
O'Meara), 2000 British Open, World Cup of Golf
(with David Duval), 2001 Johnnie Walker Classic
(Asia), Deutsche Bank Open (Eur).
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