After nearly sparking an epic comeback at this year's Master's. Tiger would love to once again make a splash at a major and show some of golf's young guns what it means to be a pro-golfer. There is a better than 50 percent of a Tiger sighting here, but it's not much greater than that. It would be a smart move for Tiger to come back here, play great golf, and leave everyone wanting more next year. No one but Tiger can answer this question, but I really think we will see him on the course before the end of this year's PGA Tour.
If not though, get your Tivos ready now to record the Masters. Surgery: Announced on Wednesday, June 18, two days after winning the U. Open, that he would have reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and miss the remainder of the season. Also announced that pain in his leg during the U. Open resulted from a double stress fracture to his left tibia, which he suffered while rehabilitating the knee. Thomas D. Rosenberg and Dr. Vernon J. Cooley, who did arthroscopic surgery on the same knee in April.
Took the lead for good with a foot birdie on the 13th hole and kept his distance from third-round co-leaders Aaron Baddeley and Steve Stricker.
Finished at under , breaking by five shots the record he set four years prior at Cog Hill. Second-round 63 tied the low round in major championship history. Birdie putt on final green for 62 lipped out. Increased his major championship record to for when holding the hole lead. Won by eight strokes after a closing 5-under 65 at Firestone CC.
Wachovia Championship: Claimed the title at the Wachovia Championship, his 57th professional win and first in North Carolina. Carded rounds of —, which was a new tournament record. Eagled the par-5 seventh and overcame a double bogey at the par-3 13th in the final round to beat Steve Stricker by two shots.
Held the and hole leads before closing out a two-stroke win over Brett Wetterich, marking the 39th time winning in 42 events when holding at least a share of the third-round lead.
Deutsche Bank Championship: Overcame a three-shot deficit to Vijay Singh to win his fifth straight start, shooting an 8-under 63 in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship to beat Singh by two strokes.
Defeated Stewart Cink on the fourth extra hole No. Win was his fourth consecutive. First player to win two PGAs at the same course and Recorded four rounds in the 60s for just the second time in a major Open Championship.
Tied the tournament record which he set with Bob May in under Became the 29th player in major championship history to collect two major wins in the same year, this being his fourth time. The Open Championship: Captured his 11th major championship at The Open Championship, tying Walter Hagen for second on the all-time major professional championships list.
Defeated Chris DiMarco by two strokes after holding both the second- and third-round leads. First back-to-back Open Championship winner since Tom Watson in Became 19th player to win The Open Championship three times.
Posted his career-best opening hole total in a major with his under Using a driver just once during the week due to hard and fast conditions, led the field in Driving Accuracy Open Championship: In first start since father's death on May 3, missed the cut at the U. Open at Winged Foot GC. The missed cut was the first as a professional in 39 major championship starts. In the first round, defeated Stephen Ames 9 and 8, making it the largest match-play victory in the eight-year history at the event.
Two-time champion lost to Chad Campbell in the third round, 1-up. Became the first player in Buick Invitational history to win the tournament four times , , Made an eight-foot birdie on 72nd hole to get into a three-man playoff with Jose Maria Olazabal and Nathan Green.
Green was eliminated after first hole, Olazabal on the second. Won for the 10th time in 19 World Golf Championships starts and improved his career playoff record to The win was his ninth in California. The Open Championship: Earned 10th professional major title at The Open Championship at age 29 years, 6 months and 17 days in his 35th major as a professional.
Posted rounds of — at St. Andrews to defeat nearest challenger Colin Montgomerie by five strokes. The youngest and quickest to win each of the four major championships twice. Jack Nicklaus was the first to accomplish the feat at 31 years, 1 month and 7 days when he won his second PGA in in his 37th major as a professional.
Finished 36 holes at 1-over in Dallas, Texas and missed the cut by one stroke. Masters Tournament: Claimed fourth Masters title at age 29 years, 3 months and 10 days with sudden-death playoff victory over Chris DiMarco.
Recovered from a first-round 2-over-par 74 and took the hole lead by three over DiMarco with rounds of During that stretch of the third round, posted seven straight birdies Nos. Final round included chip-in on par-3 16th hole from behind the green that extended lead to two strokes and bogeys on two closing holes for a 1-under-par 71, tied with DiMarco at under-par total. Rolled in foot birdie putt on first playoff hole to earn green jacket and re-claim the No. Paired with Mickelson in the final round for just the third time in his career, began the day two strokes behind.
Caught up to Mickelson at the turn and took a two-stroke lead after an eagle on the par-5 12th hole. Mickelson birdied the next two and both bogeyed the 16th to remain tied with two holes to play. Birdied the 17th hole and when Mickelson's chip on No. Played 31 holes on Sunday and came from two strokes back through 54 holes to post the ninth come-from-behind win of his career.
Entered Monday's final round needing to make up a three-stroke deficit to Singh but both players shot 2-under 69 and he ended up with his 14th career runner-up finish and the No. With six match victories, including a 3-and-2 win over Davis Love III in the hole finale, has won 12 consecutive matches, and overall Accenture Match Play Championship record is Finished the season with an adjusted scoring average of Disney Golf Classic: Attempting to make the largest final-round comeback of his TOUR career, he tied his persona, final-round scoring record with a 9-under 63 at the Disney Golf Classic.
Started the final round six shots behind hole leader Chris DiMarco and finished third, two strokes shy of Bob Burns. With only three bogeys on the week, he record only four bogeys in his last holes, dating to the 15th h0le of the final round of the PGA Championship. During that stretch, averaged one bogey per 37 holes. Buick Open: Second-round, 9-under-par 63 led to a win at the Buick Open, his 33rd career title and 20th different tournament triumph.
Led after both 36 and 54 holes. Entered the final round one stroke ahead of Esteban Toledo. Carded a 2-under 70 to secure a four-stroke victory over four players. Open Championship: Earned his eighth major championship, with the sixth wire-to-wire victory in U. Open history. Win was his seventh in his last 11 major championship appearances. Finished 3-under and won by three strokes over runner-up Phil Mickelson, the only other player to finish at par or better for the championship.
Tied Tom Watson for fifth all time, with eight professional major victories. Became the fifth player to win the first two majors of the season, joining Craig Wood , Ben Hogan and , Palmer and Nicklaus Only Nicklaus six wins and Arnold Palmer four wins have more Masters titles.
Was tied with Retief Goosen at under entering the final round, birdied two of the first three holes en route to a three-stroke victory over Goosen. Win was his 31st on TOUR. Entered the final round with a one-shot lead over Len Mattiace and carded a 3-under 69 to win by four over runner-up Michael Campbell.
Began the final round in Miami eight strokes back and closed with a 66 to end two strokes back for his first runner-up finish since the TOUR Championship. The procedure removed a benign cyst and fluid inside and outside the anterior cruciate ligament. Williams World Challenge: Added an unofficial title at the Williams World Challenge, firing a Sunday 64 after a third-round 74 to come from four strokes off the pace to beat Singh by three shots.
Memorial Tournament: Fourth win of the campaign came at the Memorial Tournament, on the strength of four sub rounds. His final-round 66 at Muirfield Village was his 14th score in the 60s over his last 15 rounds as he cruised to a seven-shot victory over Paul Azinger and Sergio Garcia. Shot an eight-birdie, one-bogey 63 but ultimately T3, three shots out of the Robert Damron-Scott Verplank playoff that Damron won.
Masters Tournament: Win No. Beat David Duval by two strokes at Augusta National. Bell Canadian Open: In next start, out of a fairway bunker on the par-5 72nd hole, faded a 6-iron from yards over water to within 15 feet to secure a one-stroke victory over Grant Waite.
Outdueled third-round co-leader Waite on final day. Joined Lee Trevino as only players to win U. Both players played the final-round back nine in 31, and he birdied the final two holes to force the three-hole playoff with May. He went birdie-par-par to beat May. He finished under, giving him a share of the PGA most under-par record with May. Became the youngest to do so at age Open Championship: At U. Open, won by a major championship record 15 strokes old record was Tom Morris Sr.
His under total tied the Open record of Nicklaus and Lee Janzen and broke the Open mark in relation to par. Masters Tournament: In Masters, started and finished fifth. In first round, made double bogey on 10 and triple bogey on Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year: Named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, the first two-time recipient also won in in the year history of the award.
World Golf Championships-American Express Championship: He won the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship and became first player since Johnny Miller in to win eight times in a year and the first since Hogan in to win four consecutive starts. Won by one stroke over Sergio Garcia. The Presidents Cup: Made his first U. Defeated Greg Norman, 1-up, in his singles match in the International team's nine-point victory.
Eventually went on to T Closed with rounds of for a third-place finish, his best at a major championship since winning the Masters. Buick Classic: Regained the No. Third-round 63 at TPC Sugarloaf gave him a lead he would not relinquish.
Doral-Ryder Open: Stood in second place, two of the third-round lead after rounds of at the Doral-Ryder Open. Final-round 73 produced a T9. Opened then closed with a to force the playoff with Mayfair. Johnnie Walker Classic: Earned second international victory, at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand, defeating Ernie Els on second playoff hole, overcoming eight-stroke deficit to force playoff with Els. Masters Tournament: Highlight of year came at Masters, where rounds of — set hole record.
Won by 12 strokes. Mercedes Championships: Prior to Masters, won first event of season at rain-shortened Mercedes Championships, defeating Tom Lehman on first playoff hole. Associated Press chose his Masters win top sports story of , and followed by his designation as AP's Male Athlete of the Year first golfer to be so honored in 26 years.
Amateur Highlights Won U. Junior Amateurs. Amateur, at age The following year, became first to successfully defend U. Amateur title since Jay Sigel in In , became first player to win three co Made the cut in four of six major championships as amateur and was low amateur at Masters and Open Championship. Golf World's Man of the Year in It will be the first time Woods has missed the U. Open since , when he had just graduated high school. Open, but it's time for me to listen to my doctors and focus on the future," Woods said on his website.
My knee and Achilles tendon are not fully healed. Then again, he said two weeks ago he would do everything possible to be ready for the U. Open, which is far more significant. He'll be missed, but the U. Open will go on. The event is bigger than one player, but he certainly will be missed.
Woods' pain is Michael Whitehead's gain as the recent Rice graduate will replace the time major winner at Congressional. Whitehead barely made it through a playoff in the first stage of hole local qualifying and had signed up for the hole qualifier in Ohio, figuring there would be more spots available because of all the PGA Tour players at that site. Instead, he was moved to Dallas Athletic Club.
He wound up in a three-man playoff for the final two spots with tour players Harrison Frazar and Greg Chalmers , but on the first extra hole, Whitehead nearly hit his approach into a hazard and had to scramble for a bogey. He was eliminated and had to settle for being first alternate, with no idea how high up on the alternate list he would be.
Open because a spot had come open. I said, 'Um, yes. So, 'Thanks, Tiger. The U. Open was last played there in February — Woods shoots 77 in the opening round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and withdraws the next day with back spasms. Facebook Twitter Email. A timeline of Tiger Woods' career. Show Caption. Hide Caption. He was later released on his own recognizance. Share your feedback to help improve our site!
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