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At the 2002 Mercedes Championships at the Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Hawaii, Woods hit a 498-yard drive on the par-5 18th. That shot is the longest drive in the history of the PGA Tour recorded by ShotLink, the PGA Tour's data gathering information system. [11]
1996–1998: Early years and first major win. Woods giving a driving demonstration aboard the USS George Washington. With the announcement "Hello, World." Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996 and signed endorsement deals worth $40 million from Nike, Inc. and $20 million from Titleist. [1][2] These endorsement contracts were ...
List of world number one male golfers. Tiger Woods, the record holder of most weeks spent as world No. 1. The following is a list of golfers who have been top of the Official World Golf Ranking (originally known as the Sony Ranking), since the rankings started on April 6, 1986. As of September 22, 2024, Scottie Scheffler is the number one ...
Eldrick Tont " Tiger " Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. [ 4 ] Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history. [ 4 ]
Charlie Woods is the 15-year-old son of superstar Tiger Woods. Both are in Michigan as Charlie plays in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. ... Charlie Woods' longest drive that we know of ...
As of 2011, Watson had the longest average drive in professional golf, with an average drive of 315.2 yards, [1] capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph and drives of up to 370 yards. [3] On the 2019 PGA Tour, the average driving distance was 293.8 yards, a 2.3 yard drop attributed to weather conditions. [4]
The rankings started on 6 April 1986 and are updated each week. 120 golfers have reached the top 10. Tiger Woods holds the record for the most weeks in the world top 10, with 906. He is followed by Ernie Els with 788 weeks and Phil Mickelson with 775 weeks. Woods had a record run of 736 consecutive weeks in the top 10 from 13 April 1997 to 15 ...
List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins. This is a list of the fifty-three golfers who have won 17 or more official (or later deemed historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour. [1][2] It is led by Sam Snead and Tiger Woods with 82 each. Many players won important events early in the 20th century, prior to the formation of the tour ...