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Turned professional in August 1996. 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.
Called "one of the most anticipated returns in sports" by the Associated Press, [60] Woods' first PGA Tour event after an eight-month layoff came at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He lost to Tim Clark in the second round. [61] His first stroke play event was the WGC-CA Championship at Doral, where he finished 9th (−11).
Tiger Woods committed Friday to playing the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, returning to one of his favorite venues for his first PGA Tour start since the British Open last July. Woods will ...
The event remained at Riviera in 1995, despite Riviera hosting the PGA Championship that year, [13] and also remained in 2017, when the course hosted the U.S. Amateur. In 1992, the Nissan Los Angeles Open at Riviera CC was the site of Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour event as an amateur player, as a 16-year-old high school sophomore. [14]
Tiger Woods will compete in his first PGA Tour event for seven months next week at the Genesis Invitational in San Diego.. Woods, who will host the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, was ...
The 82-time PGA Tour winner was set to compete in his first PGA Tour event in seven months at Torrey Pines. He said he hopes to be at the Genesis, a tournament he serves as host, later this week.
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.
Woods played in his first 2020 PGA Tour event at the Zozo Championship in October 2019, which was the first-ever PGA Tour event played in Japan. Woods, who played a highly publicized skins game earlier in the week at the same course as the Championship, held at least a share of the lead after every round of the rain-delayed tournament, giving ...