Tiger Woods is regarded by many as the greatest golfer to ever walk the planet.
On December 30th, he celebrates his 50th birthday – a reminder to us all that time flies quickly.
To honour Tiger’s landmark, we list 50 facts that walk us through his incredible career.
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1 – Tiger’s hole-in-one at the Phoenix Open. His ace at the iconic 16th hole in 1997 produced one of the biggest roars ever on a golf course.
2 – Tiger’s age when he appeared on the Mike Douglas Show, putting with Bob Hope.
3 – Number of Open Championship (2000, 2005, 2006) and US Open (2000, 2002, 2008) wins.
4 – Number of PGA Championship victories (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007).
5 – Number of Masters wins (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019).
6 – Tiger is the youngest of the six players to have completed the Grand Slam.
7 – His win streak on the PGA Tour (2006-2007). Only Sam Snead (11 in a row) has bettered it.
8 – Number of Ryder Cups Tiger has played in. He was on the winning side just once.
9 – Number of Presidents Cups Tiger has played in. He won seven.
10 – Tiger has 41 top 10s in his 95 majors (43% strike rate).
11 – Tiger shot 11-under to win his 11th PGA Tour event – the 1999 PGA Championship.
12 – Winning margin of his stunning first Masters win in 1997.
13 – Age when he became a scratch golfer.
14 – Tiger won his 14th major – the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines – in dramatic style after playing the tournament with a broken leg.
15 – His 15th and (so far?) final major came in the 2019 US Masters, 11 years on from his 14th.
16 – The 16th at Augusta was the scene of Tiger’s famous chip-in for birdie in the final round of his 2005 Masters win, Woods’ Nike ball pausing on the edge of the hole before toppling in.
17 – His age when he accepted a scholarship at Stanford University in California.
18 – His age when winning the first of three straight US Amateurs (youngest ever to win).
19 – Age when playing his first Masters. Tiger finished tied 41st and was top amateur.
20 – Tiger’s 20th PGA Tour win was the 2000 US Open which he won by a record-breaking 15 shots.
21 – Tiger became the youngest ever Masters winner at age 21, three months and 14 days).
22 – Tiger has won 22% of his PGA Tour starts (82 out of 359).
23 -The number of times he’s teed it up in the PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championships. He’s played the Masters 26 times.
24 – Age when he won the final three majors of 2000 – by a combined 23 shots!
25 – Age when he won the 2001 Masters to become the first player to hold all four professional championships at the same time.
26 – Age when winning the 2002 US Masters and US Open – his seventh and eighth majors.
27 – His lowest winning score to par when landing a PGA Tour event (his first: 27-under at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational.
28 – Age when extending his streak of no missed cuts to 133.
29 – Age when completing the career Grand Slam with victory in the 2005 Open Championship at St Andrews.
30 – Tiger’s back-nine score in round one of his 1997 Masters win.
31 – Number of runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour.
32 -Age when winning the 14th of his 15 majors – the 2008 US Open.
33 – Number of top fives in majors.
34 – Age when top scoring at a Ryder Cup for the only time (3pts at Celtic Manor in 2010).
35 – Age when scoring the winning point at the 2011 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne.
36 – Age when banking a 74th PGA Tour win and surpassing Jack Nicklaus for second on the all-time list.
37 – Age when winning the 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill for an eighth time (tied record for a single event on the PGA Tour).
38 – Holes played to win his third and final US Amateur (he beat Steve Scott in the 1996 final).
39 – Number of straight cuts made in majors (1996 US Open to 2006 Masters): a record.
40 – Tiger’s front-nine score (4-over) in his 12-shot Masters win in 1997.
41 – Official number of DP World Tour wins
42 -Age when playing in his final Ryder Cup (lost all four matches at Le Golf National in 2018).
43 – Age when a) winning the 2019 Masters – his fifth Green Jacket and 15th major title – and b) tying Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour victories by winning the 2019 ZOZO Championship.
44 – Tiger has converted 44 times out of 46 when holding an outright 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour.
45 – Age when playing PNC Championship with 12-year-old son Charlie. They finished second.
46 – Age when being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2022.
47 – Tiger was par or better in 47 consecutive rounds from the 2000 Byron Nelson to the end of the season.
48 – Tiger, as a three-year-old, shot 48 for nine holes at Navy Golf Club in California (the first time he broke 50).
49 – Tiger’s 49th PGA Tour win was the 2006 Open Championship at Hoylake – the last time he lifted the Claret Jug.
50 – His 50th birthday! Tiger was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California.
