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To Heal A Friend
Think, O’ God, of our friend who is ill, whom we now commend to Your compassionate regard. that no healing is too hard if it be Your will. We therefore pray that You bless our friend with Your loving care, renew his strength, and heal what ails him in Your loving name, AMEN.
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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. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes of all time. He will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2021.
Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golf career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance. He reached number one in the world rankings for the first time in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Woods was the dominant force in golf. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks). During this time, he won 13 of golf’s major championships.
The next decade of Woods’s career was marked by comebacks from personal problems and injuries. He took a self-imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to early April 2010 in an attempt to resolve marital issues with his wife at the time, Elin. Woods admitted to multiple infidelities, and the couple eventually divorced. Woods fell to number 58 in the world rankings in November 2011 before ascending again to the number-one ranking between March 2013 and May 2014. However, injuries led him to undergo four back surgeries between 2014 and 2017. Woods competed in only one tournament between August 2015 and January 2018, and he dropped off the list of the world’s top 1,000 golfers. On his return to regular competition, Woods made steady progress to the top of the game, winning his first tournament in five years at the Tour Championship in September 2018 and his first major in 11 years at the 2019 Masters.
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Woods has held numerous golf records. He has been the number one player in the world for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any golfer in history. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record 11 times and has won the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times. Woods has the record of leading the money list in ten different seasons. He has won 15 professional major golf championships (trailing only Jack Nicklaus, who leads with 18) and 82 PGA Tour events (tied for first all time with Sam Snead). Woods leads all active golfers in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the second golfer (after Nicklaus) to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 18 World Golf Championships. He was also part of the American winning team for the 1999 Ryder Cup. In May 2019, Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the fourth golfer to receive the honor.
Career achievements
Woods has won 82 official PGA Tour events, including 15 majors. He is 14–1 when going into the final round of a major with at least a share of the lead. Multiple golf experts have heralded Woods as “the greatest closer in history”.[167] He owns the lowest career scoring average and the most career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history.
Woods’s victory at the 2013 Players Championship also marked a win in his 300th PGA Tour start.[168] He also won golf tournaments in his 100th (in 2000) and 200th (in 2006) tour starts.[169]
Woods has spent the most consecutive and cumulative weeks atop the world rankings. He is one of five players (along with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus) to have won all four major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, and was the youngest to do so.[170] Woods is the only player to have consecutively won all four major championships open to professionals, accomplishing the feat in the 2000–2001 seasons.
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- PGA Tour wins (82)
- European Tour wins (41)
- Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
- Asian Tour wins (2)
- PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)
- Other wins (17)
- Amateur wins (21)
Major championships
Wins (15)
1Defeated May in three-hole playoff by 1 stroke: Woods (3-4-5=12), May (4-4-5=13)
2Defeated DiMarco in a sudden-death playoff: Woods (3), DiMarco (4).
3Defeated Mediate with a par on 1st sudden death hole after 18-hole playoff was tied at even par. This was the final time an 18-hole playoff was used in competition.
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In this June 15, 2008, file photo, Tiger Woods reacts after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green forcing a playoff against Rocco Mediate during the fourth round of the US Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. To try to gauge what kind of year Woods can expect, pay no attention to a missed cut in the Middle East. The better measure is Torrey Pines. It’s one of five golf courses that account for more than 40 percent of his PGA Tour wins.
Results timeline
| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T41LA | CUT | 1 | T8 | T18 |
| U.S. Open | WD | T82 | T19 | T18 | T3 |
| The Open Championship | T68 | T22LA | T24 | 3 | T7 |
| PGA Championship | T29 | T10 | 1 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 5 | 1 | 1 | T15 | T22 | 1 | T3 | T2 | 2 | T6 |
| U.S. Open | 1 | T12 | 1 | T20 | T17 | 2 | CUT | T2 | 1 | T6 |
| The Open Championship | 1 | T25 | T28 | T4 | T9 | 1 | 1 | T12 | CUT | |
| PGA Championship | 1 | T29 | 2 | T39 | T24 | T4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T4 | T4 | T40 | T4 | T17 | T32 | |||
| U.S. Open | T4 | T21 | T32 | CUT | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | T23 | T3 | T6 | 69 | CUT | T6 | |||
| PGA Championship | T28 | CUT | T11 | T40 | CUT | CUT | 2 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 1 | T38 |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T37 |
| U.S. Open | T21 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT |
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 22 |
| PGA Championship | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 17 |
| U.S. Open | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 17 |
| The Open Championship | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 18 |
| Totals | 15 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 41 | 59 | 87 | 74 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 39 (1996 U.S. Open – 2006 Masters)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 8 (1999 U.S. Open – 2001 Masters)
The Players Championship
Wins (2)
Results timeline
| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T31 | T35 | T10 | 2 | 1 | T14 | T11 | T16 | T53 | T22 | T37 | 8 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | WD | WD | T40 | 1 | T69 | T11 | T30 |
World Golf Championships
Wins (18)
Results timeline
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 1 | T5 | NT1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | T9 | T10 | WD | 1 | T25 | T10 | |||||
| Match Play | GF | 2 | R64 | 1 | 1 | R32 | R16 | R16 | 1 | R32 | R64 | R32 | R64 | QF | |||||||
| Invitational | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | T4 | T2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | T78 | T37 | T8 | 1 | WD | T31 | |||||
| Champions | T6 | T6 | |||||||||||||||||||
PGA Tour career summary
| Season | Starts | Cuts made |
Wins (majors) | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 |
Top 25 |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 1996 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 790,594 | 24 |
| 1997 | 21 | 20 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 2,066,833 | 1 |
| 1998 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1,841,117 | 4 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | 8 (1) | 1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6,616,585 | 1 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | 9 (3) | 4 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 9,188,321 | 1 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5,687,777 | 1 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | 5 (2) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6,912,625 | 1 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 6,673,413 | 2 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5,365,472 | 4 |
| 2005 | 21 | 19 | 6 (2) | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 10,628,024 | 1 |
| 2006 | 15 | 14 | 8 (2) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 9,941,563 | 1 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | 7 (1) | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 10,867,052 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5,775,000 | 2 |
| 2009 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 10,508,163 | 1 |
| 2010 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1,294,765 | 68 |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 660,238 | 128 |
| 2012 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6,133,158 | 2 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 8,553,439 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108,275 | 201 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 448,598 | 162 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| 2018 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 5,443,841 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3,199,615 | 24 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2,083,038 | 38 |
| Career* | 365 | 332 | 82 (15) | 31 | 19 | 199 | 270 | 120,787,506 | 1[171] |
*As of the 2020 season
Playing style
When Woods first joined the PGA Tour in 1996, his long drives had a large impact on the world of golf, but he did not upgrade his equipment in the following years. He insisted upon the use of True Temper Dynamic Gold steel-shafted clubs and smaller steel clubheads that promoted accuracy over distance. Many opponents caught up to him, and Phil Mickelson even made a joke in 2003 about Woods using “inferior equipment”, which did not sit well with Nike, Titleist or Woods. During 2004, Woods finally upgraded his driver technology to a larger clubhead and graphite shaft, which, coupled with his clubhead speed, again made him one of the tour’s longest players off the tee.
Despite his power advantage, Woods has always focused on developing an excellent all-around game. Although in recent years he has typically been near the bottom of the Tour rankings in driving accuracy, his iron play is generally accurate, his recovery and bunker play is very strong, and his putting (especially under pressure) is possibly his greatest asset. He is largely responsible for a shift to higher standards of athleticism amongst professional golfers, and is known for utilizing more hours of practice than most.
From mid-1993 (while he was still an amateur) until 2004, Woods worked almost exclusively with leading swing coach Butch Harmon. From mid-1997, Harmon and Woods fashioned a major redevelopment of Woods’s full swing, achieving greater consistency, better distance control, and better kinesiology. The changes began to pay off in 1999. Woods and Harmon eventually parted ways. From March 2004 to 2010, Woods was coached by Hank Haney, who worked on flattening his swing plane. Woods continued to win tournaments with Haney, but his driving accuracy dropped significantly. Haney resigned under questionable circumstances in May 2010 and was replaced by Sean Foley.
Fluff Cowan served as Woods’s caddie from the start of his professional career until Woods dismissed him in March 1999. He was replaced by Steve Williams, who became a close friend of Woods and is often credited with helping him with key shots and putts. In June 2011, Woods dismissed Williams after he caddied for Adam Scott in the U.S. Open and replaced him with friend Bryon Bell on an interim basis. Joe LaCava, a former caddie of both Fred Couples and Dustin Johnson, was hired by Woods shortly after and has remained Woods’s caddie since then.
Other ventures
TGR Foundation
The TGR Foundation was established in 1996 by Woods and his father Earl as the Tiger Woods Foundation, with the primary goal of promoting golf among inner-city children. The foundation has conducted junior golf clinics across the country, and sponsors the Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team in the Junior World Golf Championships. As of December 2010, TWF employed approximately 55 people.
The foundation operates the Tiger Woods Learning Center, a $50-million, 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) facility in Anaheim, California, providing college-access programs for underserved youth. The TWLC opened in 2006 and features seven classrooms, extensive multi-media facilities and an outdoor golf teaching area. The center has since expanded to four additional campuses: two in Washington, D.C.; one in Philadelphia; and one in Stuart, Florida.
The foundation benefits from the annual Chevron World Challenge and AT&T National golf tournaments hosted by Woods. In October 2011, the foundation hosted the first Tiger Woods Invitational at Pebble Beach. Other annual fundraisers have included the concert events Block Party, last held in 2009 in Anaheim, and Tiger Jam, last held in 2011 in Las Vegas after a one-year hiatus.
Tiger Woods Design
In November 2006, Woods announced his intention to begin designing golf courses around the world through a new company, Tiger Woods Design. A month later, he announced that the company’s first course would be in Dubai as part of a 25.3-million-square-foot development, The Tiger Woods Dubai. The Al Ruwaya Golf Course was initially expected to finish construction in 2009. As of February 2010, only seven holes had been completed; in April 2011, The New York Times reported that the project had been shelved permanently.[195] In 2013, the partnership between Tiger Woods Design and Dubai Holding was dissolved.
Tiger Woods Design has taken on two other courses, neither of which has materialized. In August 2007, Woods announced The Cliffs at High Carolina, a private course in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. After a groundbreaking in November 2008, the project suffered cash flow problems and suspended construction. A third course, in Punta Brava, Mexico, was announced in October 2008, but incurred delays due to issues with permits and an environmental impact study. Construction on the Punta Brava course has not yet begun.
These projects have encountered problems that have been attributed to factors that include overly optimistic estimates of their value, declines throughout the global economy (particularly the U.S. crash in home prices), and the decreased appeal and marketability of Woods following his 2009 infidelity scandal.
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| College | Stanford University (two years) |
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| Turned professional | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 110[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (June 15, 1997)[3] (683 weeks) |
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| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 82 (Tied 1st all time) | ||||||||||||||||||
| European Tour | 41 (3rd all time)[notes 1][4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Tour | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 15) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | Won: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | Won: 2000, 2002, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | Won: 2000, 2005, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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