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Woods' victory in the Buick Invitational in January 2007 placed him 2nd for the longest PGA Tour win streak at 7 (consecutive wins in PGA events entered), trailing only Nelson's streak of 11 wins in 1945. Woods became the first golfer to win five PGA Tour events five or more times at the 2009 BMW Championship.
Tiger Woods: 2006–2007 6 wins [1] Ben Hogan: 1948 Tiger Woods 1999–2000 5 wins [1] Tiger Woods 2007–2008 4 wins [1] Byron Nelson 1945–1946 Jack Burke Jr. 1952 Ben Hogan 1953 3 wins Walter Hagen: 1923 Joe Kirkwood Sr. 1924 Bill Mehlhorn: 1929 Horton Smith: 1929 Paul Runyan: 1933 Henry Picard: 1939 Jimmy Demaret: 1940 Ben Hogan 1940 Byron ...
In 2000, Woods won six consecutive events on the PGA Tour, which was the longest winning streak since Ben Hogan did it in 1948. One of these was the U.S. Open , where he broke or tied nine tournament records in what Sports Illustrated called "the greatest performance in golf history", in which Woods won the tournament by a record 15-stroke ...
Tiger Woods shot a one-over-par 72 on his return to competitive PGA Tour action on Thursday at the Genesis Invitational, but finished his round with a huge shank to blot his outing.
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 ...
Sam Snead is the oldest to win a PGA event, at age 52, in 1965. Others who have won PGA Tour events past age 50 include Jim Barnes, John Barnum, and Art Wall Jr. The list is complete as of July 16, 2023. [1] (Players with the same number of wins are listed alphabetically. Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold.
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 ...
In his first event as a professional, Woods finished tied for 60th at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Won his first title on the PGA Tour at the Las Vegas Invitational which was a five-round event. Woods won the Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic two weeks later which is the first four-round event that he won.