Tiger Woods’s Birthday: 48 Mind Blowing Facts as the Golf Legend Turns 48

From 1997, no one held sway over the Golf world more than Tiger Woods. Maiden Masters win. The ‘Shot in the Dark’ at the 2000 World Golf Championship. 2008 US Open victory. 2019 Masters comeback. Parsing through the greatest moments in Woods’s career throws up prodigious achievements and jaw-dropping stats that still leave mouths agape.

The living legend turns 48 on December 30. Although the last few years haven’t gone the way it was supposed to, the former World No.1  still enjoys a sprawling valley of records that merit a relook every once a year. Here are 48 insane Tiger Woods stats and records on his 48th birthday.

48 insane Tiger Woods records

From being the joint-highest PGA Tour winner to dominating the world for a decade, Woods’s record books sparkle with stats of glory and supremacy. Here are 48 of those jaw-dropping records that the 48-year-old has raked in over the course of three decades.

1. 373 

The total number of PGA Tour events Tiger Woods has played.

2. 338

Among 373 events, Tiger Woods has made cuts in a whopping 338 events.

3. $120. 954, 766, 

Tiger Woods’s career earnings put him on top of the PGA Tour money list. Next is his close friend Rory McIlroy with $80.995,557.

4. 61

Tiger Woods’s career lowest score round that he posted on the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Woods won the tournament, beating Keegan Bradley by seven strokes.

5. 199

The number of times the Woods finished in the top ten of the leaderboard. 

6. 31

Woods has finished 31 times as a runner-up and 19 times at the third position.

7. $2,070,000

Tiger Woods’s career largest paycheck that received for his 15th Major win at the 2019 Masters.

8. 100, 200, 300

Tiger Woods has won on his 100th, 200th, and 300th match on the Tour. 

9. 82

The number of PGA Tour wins for the 47-year-old. He is tied with Sam Snead as the leading person with the most victories. 

10. 15

Tiger Woods has 15 Major titles under his belt, trailing by three to Jack Nicklaus’s 18.

11. 41

The number of victories for the 47-year-old in the European Tour. Woods has played 160 tournaments in the European Tour.

12. 8

The number of appearances Tiger Woods made in the Ryder Cup. He, however, tasted victory only once in his long career.

13. 13-21-3

Tiger Woods’s Ryder Cup record. His last Ryder Cup outing was in 2018 at Le Golf National where Europe won by a 7 points margin.

14. 11

The number of times Tiger Woods has been named the PGA Tour player of the year. 

15. 20

The number of hole-in-ones Tiger Woods has made in his career. The first in the PGA Tour came in the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open courtesy of his 202-yard booming drive.

16. Three-peat No. 1

Tiger Woods won his third US. Junior Amateur Championship in 1993 at the age of 17 after winning twice in the previous two years.

17. Three-peat No.2

Tiger Woods once again won the U.S. Amateur Championship three consecutive times.

18. 34%

In the ten years of unique dominance, from 1999 to 2009, Tiger Woods won 34% of events, stats Guru Lou Stagner revealed.

19. 53%

Between 1999-2009, Woods finished in the top three 53% of the time.

20. 3.83

In 2000, Tiger Woods gained 3.83 strokes per round.

21. 5

Woods was nearly five shots better than an average Tour pro, at the height of his career.

22. 17

In 2000, Woods finished in the top five in 17 of 20 events he played in. His worst finish that season was the 23rd-place finish.

23. 7

Tiger Woods won seven consecutive times in the PGA Tour in 2006-07, only topped by Bryson Nelson’s 11 consecutive victories. Woods, also won six consecutive times in 1999-00.

24. 9

Woods went deep in 2000, netting nine wins. However, five players have won more in a year, than the former World No.1. Bryson Nelson tops the chart with 18 wins.

25. 142

Tiger Woods made 142 consecutive cuts in the PGA Tour between 1998 and 2005, breaking Bryson Nelson’s record of 113 cuts. 

26. 67.79

Tiger Woods’s lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour, which he posted twice in 2000 and 2007.

27. 46

Woods won 46 PGA Tour events in his 20s alone. Next is Jack Nicklaus, who won 30 events in his 20s.

28. 10

Woods has won five or more tournaments ten times in his career. 1999 (8), 2000 (9), 2001 (5), 2002 (5), 2003 (5), 2005 (6), 2006 (8), 2007 (7), 2009 (6), 2013 (5).

29. 15

Tiger Woods’s largest margin of victory at the 2000 U.S. Open. Woods finished at 12-under-par at the Pebble Beach, with no golfer under par. Ernie Els finished at 3 over to come second while Woods posted 12-under 272 to bag his first U.S. Open title.

30. 2

In the four-major era, only twice has a player won a Major by 10 strokes or more. Both were Tiger Woods – 1997 Masters and 2000 U.S Open.

31. 683

The number of weeks Tiger Woods stayed as World No.1 in his 27-year-long career.

32. 281

Tiger Woods ranked as World No.1 for 281 consecutive weeks.

33. 8

Eight times Woods has spent an entire year as World No. 1. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

34. 14

Woods has posted a score of 68 or lower for 14 consecutive matches in the PGA Tour—a tournament record.

35. 24

The age at which Tiger Woods completed his career Grand Slam by winning the 100th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 2000.

36. 93

The 82-time PGA Tour winner completed the Grand Slam at the 93rd start. Fastest in the history of the Tour. Nicklaus took 125.

37. 21 Years 104 Days

The age at which Woods won his first Green Jacket. He is to date the youngest Masters winner. Jordan Spieth came close in 2015 by winning at Augusta at 21 years 8 months.

38. 8

Tiger Woods’s 2000 Open Championship victory is also the largest victory margin in the Major.

39. 2

Woods defended his PGA Championship title twice—1999/00 and 2006/07. The only player to do so in the history of the golf.

40. 4

Tiger Woods held all four Majors at the same time after winning the 2001 Masters. Known as Tiger Slam in the Golf lore, because… well, only Tiger Woods did it. Notably, Woods also won the Players Championship, before his Masters victory.

41. 7

During his most dominant period between 1999-2003, Woods won a whopping seven Majors out of 11.

42. 9

The 48-year-old bagged the Vardon Trophy a record nine times. The trophy is given to the player with the lowest scoring average.

43. 24

The veteran golfer has defended his title 24 times, another PGA Tour record. Notably, Gary Players has a total of 24 victories in the Tour.

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44. 3

Woods has won all four Majors at least thrice in his career. Only Jack Nicklaus has done that before him.

45. 8

Woods has won eight times in three courses—Bay Hill, Firestone, and Torrey Pines.

46. 22

Woods has made 22 consecutive cuts at the Masters, never missing once in his career. 

47. 63

The 15-time Major winner’s lowest score at the Majors is 63 which he posted at the 2007 PGA Championship.

48. 291

Tiger Woods took just 291 days, less than ten months to rise to the top of the world ranking chart. Quickest in the golf history.

The sheer dominance that Tiger Woods exerted over the golf World for the better part of the 2000s is still unmatched by anyone. Woods, for the most part, sits alone atop the mountain he erected over the course of 27 years. Even though the former World No.1 inches one step closer to his 50s, we believe there is more to come from the name that has been synonymous with the game of golf. The show must go on!

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