Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tiger Woods won his first major championship, twelve strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite. The margin of victory is the largest in the tournament's history.
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.
Woods in 1997. Woods turned professional at age 20 in August 1996 and immediately signed advertising deals with Nike, Inc. and Titleist that ranked as the most lucrative endorsement contracts in golf history at that time. [64] [65] Woods was named Sports Illustrated ' s 1996 Sportsman of the Year and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. [66]
April 13 is one of the most remarkable days in sports history thanks to the Masters wins of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
The 2019 Masters, the most unexpected major win of all for Tiger Woods. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) 12. 2005 Open Championship - A wire-to-wire win for Woods, and the culmination of ...
Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods co-hold the record for most consecutive victories with two. Woods was the youngest winner of the Masters, 21 years 104 days old when he won in 1997. [6] Woods also set the record for the widest winning margin (12 strokes). The lowest winning score, with 268, 20-under-par, was scored by Dustin Johnson in ...
The Masters currently has 86 players — that includes Tiger Woods, who has not played since February at Riviera. He is expected to play, though Woods has not formally revealed his plans. He only ...
Woods has won 15 majors, second all time behind Jack Nicklaus' 18. Woods is 14–1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. Woods scoring average in 2000 is the lowest in PGA Tour history, both adjusted, 67.79, and unadjusted, 68.17. [1] Woods has the lowest career scoring average in PGA Tour history.