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10 weeks off, injured and still won
At StrokeAverage.com we have worked for an awful lot of tour golfers including Ryder Cup stars like Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, so we are not easily impressed.
But let’s face it Tiger Wood’s performance at Torrey Pines Golf Course was simply outrageous. The guy didn’t play for 10 weeks, was no where near 100% when he got there, injured himself badly once again during the tournament, had to go 91 holes and still came out on top.
Best Ever
There’s been so much talk over who’s the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus. No doubt big Jack is awesome but this question simply isn’t worth talking about anymore. Mark our words, as long as he remains fit, healthy and hungry, Tiger Woods will sail past the Major record of Jack Nicklaus becoming not the best golfer of all time, but the best sportsman of all time.
A few of you may be commenting at this point - Mohammad Ali – Michael Jordan – Steve Redgrave – Michael Johnson – Pele – Babe Ruth – Don Bradman – Lance Armstrong – Martina Navratilova – Stephen Hendry – Mark Spitz – Bo Jackson – the list goes on and on.
So let’s look at a few highlights of the incredible golfing record of one Tiger Woods born December 30 1975:
- At age three, Tiger Woods shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress California.
- At age five, Tiger Woods appeared in Golf Digest and ABC’s That’s Incredible.
- In 1984 at the age of eight Tiger Woods won the 9 – 10 boys event, the youngest age group available, at the Optimist International Junior Tournament, which he went on to win six times, including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991.
- In 1991 at age 15 Tiger Woods won his first of three consecutive US Junior Amateur Golf Championships becoming the youngest ever winner.
- In 1992 at age 16 Tiger Woods played in his first professional golf tournament, the Nissan Los Angeles Open.
- In 1994 at age 18 Tiger Woods won his first of three consecutive US Amateur Golf Championships becoming the youngest ever winner.
- In 1995 at age 19 Tiger Woods played in his first Major golf tournaments making the cut in both the Masters and British Open winning the Silver Medal.
- On 27 August 1996 Tiger Woods turned professional playing in the Greater Milwaukee Open. That year he played eleven professional tournaments, winning twice and achieving five consecutive top-five finishes.
- In 1997 Tiger Woods won his first Major golf championship becoming the youngest Masters champion ever, aged 21 years three months and 14 days.
- On June 15 1997, in his 42nd week as a professional, Tiger Woods achieved the most rapid ever progression to the number one spot on the Official World Golf Rankings also becoming the youngest-ever number one golfer at 21 years and 24 weeks old.
- In 2000 Tiger Woods won eleven golf tournaments including three Majors achieving what we at StrokeAverage.com believe to be the best year of golf statistics in history. His Adjusted Stroke Average was a record 67.79 and his Actual Stroke Average was a record of 68.17.
- In 2001 Tiger Woods became the first ever golfer to hold all four professional Major golf titles at the same time.
- To date Tiger Woods has won 87 professional golf tournaments, 65 of which are on the PGA Tour. He has won 14 Major golf tournaments including four Masters, three US Open Championships, three Open Championships and four PGA Championships. Tiger Woods holds or shares the record for the lowest ever score in relation to Par in each of the four Major golf tournaments.
- Tiger Woods was selected as the 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Player of the Year by the PGA TOUR, the PGA of America, and the Golf Writers Association of America.
- Tiger Woods is predicted to be the world’s first ever sports billionaire.
So there you have it. You won’t find many sports men and women with a record to match. You can decide for yourself. We’ve already made our mind up.
Oh, and just in case you didn’t know, Tiger Woods ranks way up there with charity work and giving back. A duty all great sporting role models are obliged to undertake.
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