American professional golfer, Tiger Woods, has enjoyed one of the most successful golf career of all time. After competing in amateur events since he was a toddler and representing Stanford University on a golf scholarship, Woods left college after two years to become a professional at the age of 20.
Video Professional golf career of Tiger Woods
1996-1998: Tahun-tahun awal dan kemenangan besar pertama
With the announcement of "Hello world," Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in August 1996 and signed a $ 40 million support deal from Nike, Inc. and $ 20 million from Titleist. This endorsement contract is the highest in golf history up to that time. He played his first professional golf event at the Greater Milwaukee Open, tying for 60th place, noting a hole-in-one, and will win two events in the next three months to qualify for the Tour Championship. For his efforts, Woods was named Sports Sports of the Year and PGA Tour of the Year. He started the tradition of wearing a red shirt during the last round of the tournament, which is a link to his lecture at Stanford.
In the following April, Woods won his first major, The Masters, with a score of 18 under par 270, with a record difference of 12 strokes. The crucial victory makes Woods the youngest winner of the tournament, as well as the first African-American winner (and his first Asian-American winner). Woods set 20 Masters records in 1997 and tied the other six. He went on to win three other PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, in just 42 weeks as a professional, rose to number one on Official World Golf Ranking, climbing the world's fastest ever. At the end of the 1997 season, Woods was named PGA Player of the Year, the first time the golfer won the award in just his second year as a professional.
While expectations for Woods were high, his game faded in the second half of 1997, and in 1998 he only won one PGA Tour event. He responds to criticisms about his "decline" and what appears to be a shaky form by maintaining that he is undergoing a swing change with his coach, Butch Harmon, and hopes to do better in the future.
Maps Professional golf career of Tiger Woods
1999-2002: Slam
In June 1999, Woods won the Memorial Tournament, a win that touches one of the greatest periods of dominance in the history of men's golf. He completed his 1999 campaign by winning his last four starts --- including the PGA Championship --- and completing the season with eight wins, an achievement not achieved since 1974. Woods was selected as the PGA Tour Player of the Year and Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for second time in three years.
Taking where he left off in 1999, Woods started in 2000 with his fifth straight win and started the record season. He extended his winning streak to six in AT & amp; T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February with an impressive comeback - followed by seven strokes with seven holes to play, he completed a bird-eye bird-birdie for 64 and a two-stroke victory. His six consecutive wins were the most since Ben Hogan in 1948 and just five behind Byron Nelson's 11th consecutive record. At the 2000 US Open, he broke or tied nine US Open records with his 15-shot win, including Old Tom Morris record for the biggest ever win of a major championship, which has stood since 1862, and became an all-time Tour. career money leader. He leads with a record of ten punches going into the final round, and Sports Illustrated calling it "the greatest show in golf history." In the 2000 Open Championships at St Andrews, which he won with eight strokes, he set a record for the lowest score to par (-19) in every major tournament, and Woods at one time held at least part of the record in all four. great championship (as lost by Rory McIlroy's -16 at US Open 2011 and Jason Day -20 in PGA Championship 2015). At 24, he became the youngest golfer to reach a Grand Slam Career.
Woods's main championship was seriously threatened at the 2000 PGA Championship, when Bob May came face-to-face with Woods on Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club. However, Woods played the last twelve holes rule seven under par, and won the playoff aggregate three holes during May with a birdie in the first hole and a pars on the next two. He joined Ben Hogan (1953) as the only other player to win three professional majors in a single season. Three weeks later, he won his third straight game on the Tour at the Bell Canadian Open, becoming second only to Lee Trevino in 1971 to win the Triple Crown of Golf (USA, UK and Canada Open) in one year. At the end of Woods 2000 campaign, he has won three consecutive majors, nine PGA Tour events, and has set or bundled 27 Tour records. Of the twenty events he entered, he finished in the top three fourteen times. Its adjusted average score of 67.79 and its actual average score of 68.17 is the lowest in the PGA Tour history, beating its own record of 68.43 in 1999 and Byron Nelson's average of 68.33 in 1945. He named Sportsman of the Year 2nd Sports Illustrated, became the first respected two-time athlete, a feat matched by LeBron James in 2016. Woods was ranked as the second best golfer of all time by the magazine Golf Digest four years after he became a professional.
The following season, Woods continued to dominate. His 2001 Masters Masters win marked the only time in the modern Grand Slam era that every player has held all four major championship titles at the same time, an achievement now known as "Tiger Slam". It is not viewed as a true Grand Slam, however, because it is not achieved in a calendar year. Surprisingly, he is not a factor in the remaining three majors this year, but finished with the most PGA Tour victory in this season, with five. In 2002, he started out strongly, joining Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Jack Nicklaus (1965-66) as the only person to win a back-to-back Masters Tournament.
Two months later, Woods was the only player below par at the US Open, and awakened a buzz about the Grand Slam calendar, which had dodged him in 2000. All eyes were on Woods in the Open Championship, but the third-round score of 81 in the weather bad at Muirfield ended his Grand Slam hopes. At the PGA Championship, he almost repeated his 2000 achievement of winning three majors in one year, but bogey in the 13th and 14th holes in the final round earned him the championship with one hit. Nonetheless, he took home the title of money, the Vardon Trophy, and the player of the Year honors for the fourth year in a row.
2003-2004: Swing adjustment
The next phase of Woods's career saw him stay among the top contenders on the tour, but lost his lead. He did not win majors in 2003 or 2004, falling second in the PGA Tour money list in 2003 and fourth in 2004. In September 2004 his record record was 264 consecutive weeks when the world's top ranked golfer ended at the Deutsche Bank Championships, when Vijay Singh win and overtake Woods at Official World Golf Ranking.
Many commentators are puzzled by Woods's "slump," offering explanations ranging from his crack with Butch Harmon's swing trainer to his engagement and marriage. At the same time, he let it be known that he was again working on his swing change, this time in the hope of reducing the wear on his left knee, which suffered severe stress on his 1998-2003 swing version. Again, he anticipates that once the adjustment is complete, he will return to his previous form. Woods changed the coach, working with Hank Haney after leaving Harmon.
2005-2007: Awakening
In the 2005 season, Woods quickly returned to winning ways. He won the Buick Invitational in January, and in March he beat Phil Mickelson to win the Ford Championship at Doral and temporarily returned to the position of the Official World Title Number (Singh replaced him once more two weeks later). In April, he finally broke the "drought" in the majors by winning the 2005 Masters Tournament in the playoffs, which regained the number one spot in the World Rankings. Singh and Woods switched position number 1 several times over the past few months, but in early July Woods has regained the top spot, further boosted by victory at the 2005 Open Championship, the 10th general. He went on to win six official money events on the PGA Tour in 2005, topping the money list for the sixth time in his career. His 2005 victory also included two at the World Golf Championships.
For Woods, 2006 is very different from 2005. While he started just as a dominant (winning the first two PGA tournaments he entered this year) and in the hunt for his fifth Masters championship in April he never put up Sunday's expenses to defend his title, allowing Phil Mickelson to claim a green jacket.
Death of father
On May 3, 2006, Woods's father, mentor and inspiration, Earl, died at the age of 74 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Woods took a nine week absence from the PGA Tour to be with his family. When he returned for the 2006 US Open, the rust was proven - he missed the cut on Winged Foot, the first time he missed a major cut as a professional, and ended his record with 39 successive cuts made. in the department. However, a tie for second at the Western Open just three weeks later shows he is ready to defend the Open Championship crown at Hoylake.
Returns to top form
At the 2006 Open Championships, Woods almost exclusively used the long iron of the tee (he hit the racer only once a week - the 16th hole of the first half), he missed only four fairways throughout the week (hitting the fairway 92% of the time), and scores -18 to par (three eagles, 19 birdies, 43 pars, and seven bogeys) just one of the major -19 championship records, set at St Andrews in 2000 (since blocked by Jason Day). The victory was very emotional for Woods, who devoted his game to his father's memory.
Four weeks later at the 2006 PGA Championship, Woods again prevailed in dominating fashion, making only three bogeys, tying the record for the most in the major. He finished the 18-under-par tournament, equaling the to-par record at PGA that he shared with Bob May of 2000 (because of being blocked by Jason Day). In August 2006, he won the 50th professional tournament at the Buick Open - and at the age of thirty and seven months, he became the youngest golfer to do so. He ended the year by winning six consecutive PGA Tour events, and won the three most prestigious awards presented by PGA Tour (Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Byron Nelson Awards) in the same year for his seventh time record.
At the close of its first 11 seasons, Woods's 54 victories and 12 big victories have surpassed the PGA Tour's all-time total winning record of 51 seasons (set by Byron Nelson) and total of 11 majors (set by Jack Nicklaus). He was named Associated Press Best Male Athlete for the fourth time record.
Woods and tennis star Roger Federer, who shared the main sponsor, first met in the US Open final of 2006. Since then, they have attended their respective events and have voiced their mutual appreciation for their respective talents.
Woods started in 2007 with a two-stroke win at Buick Invitational for his third consecutive win of the event and his seventh seventh win on the PGA Tour. The win marks the fifth time he won his first tournament of the season. With this victory, he became the third person (after Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead) to win at least five times in three different events on the PGA Tour (two other events are WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and WGC-CA Championship). He won his second victory of the year at the WGC-CA Championship for his third straight win and his sixth overall at the event. With this victory, he became the first player to win three consecutive wins in five different matches.
In the 2007 Master Tournament, Woods was in the final group on the final day of the major for the thirteenth time of his career, but unlike the previous twelve chances, he could not have got away with a win. He finished tied for two second punches behind the winner Zach Johnson.
Woods won his third victory of the season with two strokes at the Wachovia Championship, the 24th PGA Tour tournament he won. He has collected at least three wins in a season nine times in his 12-year career. At the US Open, he was in the final group for the fourth major championship in a row, but started the day with two strokes back and finished tied for second once more. The streak never came from behind to win on the last day of the major continued.
In their third consecutive Open Championship quest record, Woods fell from a dispute with a second round of 75, and never increased fees over the weekend. Despite his solid putting (he sank 90-footer in the first round), his iron game held him back. "I did not hit the ball as close to I needed all week," he said, after he finished twelve, five strokes off the pace.
In early August, Woods won his 14th World Golf Championships event at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with 8 strokes for his third straight win and his sixth overall at the event. He became the first golfer to win the same event three times in a row on two different occasions (1999-2001) and (2005-2007). The following week, he won the second PGA Championship by beating Woody Austin with two strokes. He became the first golfer to win the PGA Championship in the back-to-back season on two different occasions: 1999-2000 and 2006-2007. He became the second golfer, after Sam Snead, won at least five events on the PGA Tour in eight different seasons.
Woods won the 60th PGA Tour in the BMW Championship by scoring a record 63 in the final round to win with two strokes. He sank putt fifty feet in the final round and missed only two fairways on the weekend. He leads the pitch in most of the birdies for the tournament, and ranks in the top five in driving accuracy, driving distance, putts per round, putts per green, and green in regulation. Woods ended the 2007 season with a big win at the Tour Championship to clinch his fourth title in the last five seasons of the year. He became the only two-time winner of the event, and the first FedEx Cup champion. In 16 starts on the Tour in 2007, the adjusted average score was 67.79, his own matching match set in 2000. He led substantially over second, third, and fourth similar players in 2000 (1.46 (Phil Mickelson ), 1.52 (Ernie Els), 1.66 (David Duval)) and 2007 (1.50 (Els), 1.51 (Justin Rose), 1.60 (Steve Stricker)).
2008: Short season injury
Woods started the 2008 season with an eight-stroke win at Buick Invitational. The victory marked his victory on the 62nd PGA Tour, tying him up with Arnold Palmer for fourth place in the all-time list. It marked his sixth win of the event, the sixth time he started the PGA Tour season with victory, and his third PGA Tour victory in a row. The following week, he trailed four strokes to the Dubai Desert Classic final, but made six birdies behind nine for a dramatic one-shot victory. He brought home 15 World Championships World Championships at the Accenture Match Play Championship with a record 8 & amp; 7 wins in the final.
In the next show, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Woods started off with a slow start, finishing first half at par and tied for 34th place. After finishing third round in a five-way tie for first place, he completed a fifth consecutive PGA Tour victory with a dramatic 24-foot (7.3 m) putt on the 18th hole to defeat Bart Bryant by stroke. It was also his fifth career victory in this event. Geoff Ogilvy stopped Woods at the WGC-CA Championship, a tournament that Woods won in every three years before. He remains the only golfer to have more than one at least five consecutive wins on the PGA Tour.
Despite the thick predictions that Woods might again challenge for the Grand Slam, he did not mount a serious charge at the 2008 Masters Tournament, battling with his putter through every round. He will still finish himself second, three strokes behind the champion, Trevor Immelman. On April 15, 2008, he underwent a third left knee arthroscopy surgery in Park City, Utah, and spent two months on the PGA Tour. The first surgery he performed was in 1994, when his tumor was benignly removed, and the second in December 2002. He was named the Fittest Fitness Athlete at the June/July 2008 Edition.
Woods returns for 2008 Open in one of the most anticipated golf groups in history including Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott, three of the best golfers in the world. Woods struggled on day one, creating a double bogey in his first hole. He will end the round at 1 (72), four shots from the lead. He scored a second -3 (68) day, still pairing up with Mickelson, managing 5 birdies, 1 eagle and 4 bogeys. On the third day of the tournament, he started with a double bogey once more and left five shots with six holes to play. However, he finished the round by making two eagle putts, a combined length of 100 feet (30 m), and a birdie chip-in to lead a shot into the final round. His final set ensured that he would be in the final group for the sixth time in the last eight of the championships.
On Sunday, June 15, Woods started the day with another double bogey, and trailed Rocco Mediate with one blow after 71 holes. He winced after a few shots of his tee, and occasionally tried to keep his weight from his left leg. Woods trailed a single blow when he reached the last hole. Left with a 12-foot (3.7m) putt for birdie, he swooped it to force an 18-hole playoff with Mediate on Monday. Despite leading three strokes at one point in the playoffs, Woods came back down and had to birdie the 18th to force a sudden death with the Mediate, and did so. Woods makes par at the first sudden death hole; The mediate then lost its par putt, giving Woods the 14th major championship. After the tournament, Mediate says "This guy does abnormal things by the imagination," and Kenny Perry adds, "He beat everyone with one leg." His third win at the US Open tied him with Bobby Jones to lead a career in the USGA championship win, with nine.
Two days after winning the US Open, Woods announced that he would be required to undergo an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction operation on his left knee and would miss the rest of the 2008 golf season, including the last two major championships: Open Championships and the PGA Championship. Woods also revealed that he has been playing for at least ten months with a torn ligament in his left knee, and suffered a multiple stress fracture in his left tibia while rehabbing after the surgery he did after the Masters. Publications around the world confirmed the US Open victory as "epic" and praised his efforts, especially after knowing the extent of his knee injury. Woods called it "my biggest championship - the best of 14 for all the things that have happened over the past week."
Woods' absence from the rest of the season caused PGA Tour TV ratings to decline. Overall, viewers for the second half of the 2008 season experienced a 46.8% decrease compared to 2007.
2009: Return to PGA Tour
Called "one of the most anticipated results in sport" by the Associated Press, PGA Tour Woods's first event after eight months of layoffs came at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He lost to Tim Clark in the second round. His first stroke game event was the WGC-CA Championship at Doral, where he completed 9 (-11). Woods won his first title of the year at Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he was five strokes behind Sean O'Hair entering the final round. Woods shot the final round 67 and made a 16-foot (4.9 m) birdie putt in the last hole to beat O'Hair with a single blow. After that, he will continue to perform consistently. At The Masters, he finished sixth, four strokes behind final winner ÃÆ'ngel Cabrera. Then, despite having an 18-hole advantage in the Quail Hollow Championship, he finished two strokes behind Sean O'Hair. In The Players Championship, he played in the final group on Sunday, but finished eighth.
Woods won his second event of 2009 at Memorial Tournament. He trailed four shots after three rounds but shot the last round of 65, which included two consecutive birdies to end the tournament. The win was Woods's fourth in the event. Woods won his third season of 2009 season on July 5th at AT & amp; T National, an event hosted by Woods himself. However, for the third time going into 2009 majors, Woods failed to capitalize on previous wins. Conversely, in the 2009 Open Championship, played at Turnberry, he missed the cut for the second time in a major championship since turning professional.
On August 2, Woods won the Buick Open for his fourth win of the season, with a three-shot win over three other players. After firing the opening round 71 which put him in 95th place and beyond the cutline, Woods responded with a second round of 63, nine under-par, which jumped him into contention. The third round 65 put him on the table and he slid to victory with the final round 69 for a total of 20-under 268 four rounds. This is his biggest pro win to date.
Woods won his 70th career event the following week at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He went head-to-head against PÃÆ'¡draig Harrington on Sunday through 16, where Harrington made triple-bogey-8 in the par-5 hole, and Woods made birdie. Tiger went on to win the event with four strokes over Harrington and Robert Allenby.
At the 2009 PGA Championship, Woods shot 5-under 67 to take the lead after the first round. He remains a leader or vice leader through the second and third rounds. Going to the final round, Woods has a 2-stroke advantage in the 8-under. However, in the 68th hole, Woods was defeated for the first time on top of the leaderboard by Yang Yong-eun. That ended up winning the tournament with three strokes over Woods, who finished second. This marks the first time Woods has failed to win a major when he leads or leads after 54 holes, and the first time he lost a tournament on American soil when leading more than one shot. It also means Woods will end the year without a major for the first time since 2004.
Woods won his 71st career title in the BMW Championship. The win put him into first place in the FedEx Cup standings into the final playoffs. This was his fifth win in the BMW Championship (including three wins as the Western Open) and marked the fifth time he won an event five or more times in his career on the PGA Tour. Woods took second place in The Tour Championship to win both FedEx Cup titles.
At the 2009 Presidential Cup, Woods had a spectacular performance, winning all five of his matches at the event. He joined his friend Mark O'Meara, who won all five of his matches in the 1996 Presidential Cup, and Shigeki Maruyama, who achieved this achievement in the 1998 Presidential Cup. In all three examples, each team won the competition. Woods paired with Steve Stricker for all four rounds of the competition partners, in foursomes and four-ball. On the first day of foursomes, they won 6 and 4 over Ryo Ishikawa's team and Geoff Ogilvy. In Friday's four-ball match, they win over ÃÆ'ngel Cabrera and Geoff Ogilvy, 5 and 3. On Saturday, they beat team Tim Clark and Mike Weir after trailing for most of the match, winning 17 and hatching the 18th to win 1-up in the morning foursomes, and on the afternoon of four balls they defeated Ryo Ishikawa and YE Yang teams with a score of 4 and 2. In a singles match, Woods paired with arch-rivals from the 2009 PGA Championship, Yang. That grabbed a quick 1-up advantage in the first hole, but on the third hole lost the lead and Woods went on to win the game with a score of 6 and 5. In addition, Woods won the Cup for the United States, which was the first time in his career he had the honor and opportunity to do this in a team event competition.
In November 2009, Woods paid $ 3.3 million to play at JBWere Masters, held at Kingston Heath in Melbourne, Australia from 12 to 15 November. The show was sold out for the first time. He went on to win at 14 under par, two strokes over Australian Gregichers, marking 38 European Tour wins and his first win on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
2010: Turbulence, seasons without victory
After her marriage affair in the past became known, with massive media coverage all over the world that will eventually last for several months, Woods announced an unlimited break from competitive golf at the end of 2009. She apologized for her behavior at a press conference held at the headquarters PGA Tour on 19 February; the statement received live network coverage. In March 2010, he announced that he will be playing at the 2010 Masters.
Missing the start of the 2010 season, Woods returned to the competition for the 2010 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, starting on April 8, 2010, after a break lasting nearly 20 weeks. He started with a 4-under par round 68, the best ever to start at the Masters, and remained in contention until almost the end of the fourth day, finally finishing the tournament tied for fourth. Woods went on to compete in the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship at the end of April, but missed the cut for the sixth time in his career. He shot his worst second round as a professional on April 30, a 7-over 79 during the second round to miss a 36-hole cut with eight strokes. Woods resigned from The Players Championship in the fourth round, on May 9, then called a neck injury. He has scored 70-71-71 in the first three rounds, and two above par for the round, while playing the seventh hole, when he stepped down. Hank Haney, who coached Woods since 2003, issued a statement resigning as his coach shortly after The Players Championship.
Woods returned to competitive golf four weeks later to defend his title at The Memorial Tournament. He made the cut and went on to finish T19, his worst finish of the tournament since 2002. The next competitive tournament starts June 17 at the US Open held at Pebble Beach, where he won in 2000 with a record 15 shots. After a relatively unspectacular performance through the first two rounds, Woods showed signs of his pre-2010 form, as he rearranged the ninth 31st minute to shoot a five-under-par 66 on Saturday, which would tie for a low round tournament and return it into contention. However, he was unable to mount charges on Sunday, despite the collapse of 54-hole leader Dustin Johnson, and went on to complete the three-over-par tournament and in a tie for fourth place, repeating his top-5 results at the 2010 Masters Tournament..
Woods then plays at AT & amp; T National at the end of June, which he previously hosted, before AT & T dropped his personal sponsorship. He is the defending champion, and a favorite among many, but he fought a four-day tournament, failed to post a round below par, and tied for 46th place.
Woods then flies to Ireland to play in a two-day charity event, JP McManus Pro-Am, and then flies back to Florida to "see his sons", before preparing for the Open Championship more than a week later. He changed his putter to the Open Championships at St Andrews Old Course, saying he always struggled with slow vegetables and needed the new Nike Method 001 putter to "get the ball rolling faster and better." This is a somewhat surprising statement, considering he has won two previous Open Championships held at St Andrews, in 2000 and 2005. This is the first time Woods has used another putter besides his Scotty Cameron Titleist since 1999. Woods dived well the first day of the tournament, shooting 5-under 67, but a gust of wind over 40 mph suspended play for 66 minutes the next day at St Andrews, and Woods never got anything. It is the same story Saturday. He repeatedly missed a short putt. He changed his putter back to his old Scotty Cameron for the final round, but did not do it better. Woods finished 3-under overall, 13 shots behind winner Louis Oosthuizen (tied for 23rd place).
Woods finished in an 18-over par, tying for 78th place (second-to-last) at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on 8 August. He posted the results of four worst rounds as a professional golfer.
Woods began working with Canadian golf coach Sean Foley in August 2010; both have discussed the possibility of partnership over the previous few weeks. In the 2010 PGA Championship, playing at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, Woods made a 36-hole cut but failed to set up a challenge, ending in a tie for 28th place.
Inconsistent play of Woods in FedEx Cup 2010 playoffs failed to qualify him to be the top 30 players for the Tour Championship, for the first time since he became a professional in 1996. He has won the FedEx Cup in 2007 and 2009. He also failed to qualify on points for the 2010 Ryder Cup team, for the first time in his career. But Captain Corey Pavin chose Woods as one of his four captain options. Woods, once again partnering with Steve Stricker in pairs, played inconsistently in poor weather conditions at Celtic Manor in Wales; the match is postponed several times when the course becomes unplayable, and the format should be modified significantly and even extended until the fourth day to complete the event. The US, who entered as Cup holders, lost the Cup to the European team, with the smallest margin, 14.5 to 13.5. However, Woods played an impressive golf in his final game on the final day, winning convincingly over Francesco Molinari.
Woods then took an extended break from the competition, to refine new techniques with Foley. He returned in early November, after more than a month away, at the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, where he had 2nd place in 2009, but failed to seriously challenge. Next was a visit to Thailand, her mother's birthplace, for a one-day Skins Game, in honor of King Bhumibol. At the 2010 JBWere Masters, held near Melbourne, Australia in mid-November, Woods arrived as defending champion and paid over $ 3 million in appearance. He was charged at the end of the day to finish in fourth place. Over the last six holes, Woods made two eagles, two birdies and two pars, to end up with a 6-under 65 round. Three weeks later, he continued his role as host of the elite Chevron World Challenge near Los Angeles (he has missed the 2009 event due to personal crisis, this tournament serves as the main donor of his charitable foundation), Woods installed three straight turns in the 60s, and led into the finals for the first time in 2010. But he struggled with his match-length control in mixed weather conditions on Sunday, and did a much worse punch than he did in the previous round, which ended in a tie with Graeme McDowell after 72 holes. McDowell sank a 20-foot (6.1 m) birdie putt on the green final; Woods then drowned his short birdie putt to tie it. McDowell again made a birdie in the first playoff hole (18th) from 20 feet (6.1 m) to take the title, when Woods misses from a shorter distance. Losing playoff meant that Woods went winless for the entire season, for the first time since turning professional. However, Woods finished the 2010 season ranking # 2 in the world. He again used Nike Method 003 putter for his last two events of 2010.
2011: Working
Woods opened the 2011 season at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course near San Diego. He has enjoyed tremendous success there, with six previous Tour titles and dramatic playoff victories at the 2008 US Open, but made his first appearance on the pitch since the 2008 great victory. Woods played strong for the first two rounds, scoring 69-69 to sit five shots behind half-leader Bill Haas. But on weekends, many shots of the recalcitrant approach find green bunkers, and Woods can not recover well enough to stay in contention. He scored 74-75 to finish at one under-par 287, 15 strokes behind winner Bubba Watson, in a tie for 44th place. It was the opening performance of the worst season of his career.
Woods made his next appearance at the Dubai Desert Classic, an event he previously won twice and always ended in the top five, in his previous six appearances. Woods, ranked # 3 in the world, grouped with # 1 Lee Westwood and # 2 Martin Kaymer for the first two rounds. Woods started with 71 and scored 6-under 66 in the second half to move into the showdown, and remained in the hunt with 72 for round three, but fought on Sunday with 75, ending with a tie for 20, at 4-under 284, seven shot behind the winner ÃÆ' lvaro QuirÃÆ'³s. During the last round of the competition, Woods spat on the ground a few yards from the hole, after missing the putt on the 12th green. The incident was featured in television coverage worldwide. Woods apologized for the incident in which he violated the Code of Conduct for the European Tour; he will be fined an undisclosed amount. Then the starter must play in the area where Woods spits. Sportswriter John Feinstein stated on Golf Channel a few days after the incident that Woods was actually the most fined player in the PGA Tour history.
Woods made his next appearance at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the World Golf Championship event for the top 64 players. He played in this tournament for the first time since Accenture dropped his personal sponsor about 14 months earlier. Woods, the three-time champion who has more matches winning at the event than any other player, entered as one of the four seeds # 1, but lost in the first round at the first sudden 19th death hole to Thomas BjÃÆ'¸rn after two players have tied their 18-hole match. On February 27, Woods downgraded the world ranking to # 5.
Woods played next in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral's Blue Monster course, where he never missed the top ten in any event. Woods never competed for the win but continued in succession with a tie for tenth place, scoring 70-74-70-66, for eight under par 280, eight shots behind Nick Watney's winner. His final round was tied for the best of the day, and was his 18th lowest hole score on the PGA Tour since the third round of the US Open 2010. After the finals, Woods commented that he made good progress in his game with coach Sean Foley, able to identify and correct mistakes during his final round at Doral. Woods put the Nike heel knife nipple in the game for the last two rounds, replacing the center-shafted center-centered Bladey Scotty Cameron model; he explained afterwards that he wanted a hotter putter to tackle Doral's rough vegetables.
Woods competed in the 2011 Tavistock Cup, an interfaith team charity event, held in his home field, Isleworth Country Club, but represents Albany's new club, from the Bahamas, where he is an investor. Woods teamed up with Arjun Atwal on the first day to post a better 64 score, and shot 69 on his own ball on the second day.
Woods went on to compete in 2011 Arnold Palmer Invitational, an event he has won six times. Woods showed an inconsistent game for four rounds, carding 73-68-74-72 to end in half-way under 287, in a tie for 24th place, seven shots behind winner Martin Laird. His world rankings dropped to # 7 the following week, the lowest since the week before the Masters in 1997. Woods competed in the 2011 Masters Tournament, scoring 71-66-74-67 to finish on a ten-under 278, in a tie for fourth place, four shots at behind winner Charl Schwartzel. His rating climbs to # 5.
Woods missed the tournament play until May 12 with two foot injuries that occurred in the Masters three rounds. He entered the 2011 Player Championship, but retired after nine holes in the first half, with a score of 6, because his injuries caused him to limp. His world rankings fell to # 15 on June 5, the lowest since early 1997, more than 14 years ago.
On June 6, Woods stated that he would remain with the old agent Mark Steinberg after the agency's contract was not renewed by the International Management Group. The next day, he announces that he will not play at the 2011 US Open, set to start June 16, as it continues to hurt in the left Achilles tendon and leaves the anterior ligaments. Woods said he was very disappointed that he could not play in the second major championship of the season, but he listened to his doctor, kept working on his recovery, and planned for the long term. Woods also missed the 2011 British Open, still recovering from injury. He fired the measure Steve Williams after AT & amp; T National at the beginning of July; Williams is now caddies for Adam Scott.
Woods returned to the tournament play in early August, after an 11 week break, at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he was a seven-time champion. He ordered Bryon Bell as a caddy; Bell is a childhood friend, a former high school golf teammate, and a current Tiger Woods Design employee; Bell has been caddied to Woods on several previous occasions, dating back to amateur golf. Woods stated in a pre-tournament press conference that Bell served temporarily as his caddy, and that he has yet to make a decision about a permanent replacement for Williams. Woods also stated he was "really healthy". He was tied for 37th place after round 68-70-71-70, as Adam Scott won by a total of 17-under-par 263. Woods finished last in the 76-player field in driving accuracy, hitting just over 40% of his fairways.
Fred Couples, the 2011 Presidents Cup captain of the US team, stated he would use the captain's choice to select Woods for the team if he did not automatically qualify. Woods was terminated by sponsor Tag Heuer, Swiss luxury watchmaker, on August 10.
Woods, again with Bell in his bag, missed the cut at the PGA Championship 2011, held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, for the first time in the majors and for only the third time in a major championship as a professional. After starting with three birdies and two pars in his first five holes, he collapsed to shoot 77, the highest first-round high score since reversing the pro in 1996, and following this up with a second 73 days, to end on a ten-over-par 150, lost cut with six strokes. He has five holes with double bogey or worse in 36 holes; the only other event ever before where he had this was Arnold Palmer Invitational 2007. Woods also failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs of 2011 as he was out of 125 top-earning qualification points.
Woods competed at Frys.com Open, part of the PGA Tour Fall Series for the first time in his career, finishing tied for 30th place, ten shots behind winner Bryce Molder. In mid-November 2011, Woods climbed to 50th place on Official World Golf Ranking, from a low of # 58, after finishing third at the Emirates Australian Open, the best result to date in 2011. In addition, Woods managed to win points at The President's Cup when he defeated Aaron Baddeley in their singles match.
Woods broke his unbeaten record throughout his 107-week career when he birdied the last two holes to clinch his fifth career victory at the Chevron World Challenge, with a blow to Zach Johnson in early December. Chevron is an elite level invitation event with 18 of the world's top players, and profitable Tiger Woods Foundation; Woods donated the entire prize, $ 1.2 million, to the charitable organization.
2012: Back to form and win again
The 2012 season begins at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on the European Tour at the end of January. During the first two days of playing, Tiger is grouped with Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald's No.1 world. He shot under par round 70 and 69 on Thursday and Friday respectively, which kept him in fourth place together at 5 under par. His low turn of the week came on Saturday, shooting 6-under par 66, giving him a lead along with England's Robert Rock. Woods struggled on Sunday and could not put up a large enough charge, shooting a par 72 level and settling for third place together. Woods' second tournament this year came at AT & amp; T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in early February that he has not played since 2002. His amateurs for this week are Dallas Cowboys midfielder Tony Romo. Woods shot solid round 68-68-67 in the first three days, and started Sunday in third place, four shots behind leader Charlie Wi. However, he struggled with putting and shooting the final round of 75 while his playing partner Phil Mickelson shot 64 and won the tournament.
The next tournament is the WGC-Accenture Matching Championship in Arizona. Woods struggled to win his first-round match against Gonzalo FernÃÆ'¡ndez-CastaÃÆ'Â ± o, 1-up, and then play Nick Watney in the second half. In the 18th hole, Woods had to make birdies to extend the match, but his 5-foot putt failed and he was knocked out of the tournament. Woods commented that his placement was technically hampered and needed some work after struggling with it throughout the round. The following week Woods landed at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Woods commented that he was referring again to lay the groundwork and not the new technique he had applied. Woods' put the first three days of the tournament to play better, but the ball struggled to fall into the pit. Tiger started the fourth round with 2 under par, 9 shots behind leader Rory McIlroy. After parring the first hole and delayed due to bad weather, Woods returned and played 17 holes remaining in the 8-under par including two eagles and no bogey. Done birdie-eagle set Woods to possibly claim the title, but McIlroy remained calm and won the tournament. Tiger finished second, and the round also marked his lowest final lap in his PGA Tour career.
Woods played the following week at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami, Florida. Tiger spent the first three days near the top of the leaderboard and shot 72-67-68 to start the fourth round in 8th place at 9 under par, 8 shots behind leader Bubba Watson. Woods fought in front of 9 and fired 2 over par out. He then began to look limp in the next three holes and proceeded to withdraw from the tournament with a clear left leg injury, which was later confirmed as a strain in his left wing Achilles tendon that had been injured earlier in the 2011 Masters Tournament. After a short time, Woods played at the Tavistock Cup at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club, representing Tim Albany, finishing 4th. That same week, Woods started the Arnold Palmer Invitational. After three rounds of 69, 65 and 71, he started Sunday leading in 11 under par, one shot ahead of Graeme McDowell. Woods kept the lead throughout the round and shot a 2-under par 70 to claim his seventh win at Bay Hill and also marked his first win on the PGA Tour since the BMW Championship in September 2009. After a week off, he returned to Augusta for the Masters Tournament. For four days, Woods was never close for the title, and fired a 72-75-72-74 round to finish the 40th game. After a 3-week break from the competition, Woods traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Wells Fargo Championship. Despite a positive start with a 1-under par 71, Woods 73's second round (1-over) thwarted the tournament's hopes and resulted in him losing the eighth cut as a professional with 1 shot and second in a few years for the tournament. The following week, Woods played The Players Championship. After his opening round of 74 (2-over), he is threatened with losing his second consecutive cut, the first for his professional career, but after 4-under 68 he remains in the tournament and is on the weekend hunt. However, the weekend fee never went up despite the good ball attacking and he settled for the T40 at 1 under par.
In June, Woods won the 73rd PGA Tour event at the Memorial Tournament. He shot round 70-69-73 to start Sunday at 4-under par. He birdied three of his last four holes to shoot 67 and win with two shots over AndrÃÆ' Ã… © s Romero and Rory Sabbatini, including chip-in at par-3 16. Jack Nicklaus, the tournament's host, said, "I do not think in a situation like this, I've seen better shots. " Appropriately, Woods's 73rd victory also tied the number of PGA Tour Nicklaus wins.
In July 2012, Woods surpassed the total number of PGA Tour wins (73) after winning AT & amp; T National in Maryland.
2013: World Number One
Woods started the year with a win in his first event at the end of January at the San Diego Farmers Insurance Open. This is his eighth victory as a professional at Torrey Pines (including the US Open in 2008). He took a six-shot lead into the final round and was hung to win by four in Monday's settlement caused by a mist-fog delay.
Woods went on to win in early March at the WGC-Cadillac Championship event held at Doral. After firing the opening round of 66, Woods led or shared the lead in each round and was won by two strokes over Steve Stricker for a total of 269 (-19). In the ensuing show, Woods won for the eighth time at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, beating Rickie Fowler in the final round. With this victory, Woods retook the number one position in the Official World Golf Rank for the first time since late 2010, taking the place away from Rory McIlroy. Woods remained number one throughout the rest of the season.
Though never serious in the fight, Woods finished tied for fourth in the Masters Tournament, won by Adam Scott in a sudden dead playoff over ÃÆ'ngel Cabrera. In the next show, Woods won the Players Championship for the second time. Tied with Woods going into hole 71, Sergio Garca hit two balls in the water that surrounds the famous green island essentially handing Woods tournament. Woods finished away at the leaderboard at the US Open at Merion in June won by Justin Rose. At the Muirfield Open Championship in July, Woods was in contention but a poor fourth round dropped him into a sixth tie, five shots behind Phil Mickelson, who won his first Open Championship.
In early August, Woods won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone for the eighth time. The second half pushed Woods to victory seven times, his fifth and final victory of the season. Woods finished well below the leaderboard at the PGA Championship in Oak Hill where Jason Dufner won his first major. Despite hurting his back during The Barclays, Woods finished in second place, one shot behind Adam Scott. Woods did not seriously compete in the rest of the FedEx Cup playoffs. In his last appearance of the season, Woods went 4-1 and led the US team to victory over the International team at the Presidential Cup held at Muirfield Village in Ohio.
For the 2013 season, Woods won five PGA Tour tournaments giving him 79 for his career, just three behind the all-time leading Sam Snead for a total of 82 years. Woods won the tour money title for the 10th time and the Vardon Trophy for the lowest average score adjusted for the ninth time. Woods was named PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year for the 11th time.
2014-2017: Frustrated injuries
Season 2013-14
Woods made his first appearance on the 2013-14 PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open. However, for the first time in his career, he missed the cut at the event. Bad appearances in Dubai Desert Classic will follow, before Woods withdrew due to injury at Honda Classic - cast doubt on his participation in the Masters. After being in pain seen throughout the WGC-Cadillac Championship, Woods was forced to withdraw from Arnold Palmer Invitational. Furthermore, Woods announced that he would miss the Masters Tournament for the first time since 1994 to undergo a microsisectomy.
Woods returns ahead of schedule at Quicken Loans National 2014. But he struggled with every aspect of his game, absent in the middle of the road. His next appearance came in the third major this year - Open Championship. This happened at Hoylake - the location of his victory in 2006. Despite a strong start, Woods faded over the weekend to finally finish 69. Woods's back pains are clearly visible at the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he withdrew from the tournament. Against all expectations, Woods made an unexpected appearance just one week later at the end of the year, competing in the PGA Championship. However Woods will skip the cuts. This will mark the end of the season for Woods. During the off-season, Woods parted ways with Sean Foley's swing coach.
2014-15 Season
Injury injuries will continue into the 2015 season. Woods missed cuts in the Phoenix Open Waste Management 2015, with 82nd rounds in the worst round of his professional career. Woods then withdrew once more from the Farmers Insurance Open, citing back pain. Woods opted to return at the 2015 Masters Tournament. Woods showed strong, eventually finishing 17th. It's as good as Woods in the 2015 season. For the first time in his career, he will miss back-to-back cuts in majors, failing to make weekends in the US Open and Open Championships. Woods will once again miss the cut in the final of the season - the PGA Championship. In a last-ditch effort to make the season-ending playoffs, Woods competed in the Wyndham Championship. Despite the strong showing, Woods placed 10th, losing the playoffs. In September, Woods underwent a second microsisectomy.
Season 2015-16
Due to the effects of his operation, Woods missed the 2016 Masters Tournament. Woods revealed he has no "schedule for his comeback". Woods is not competing in any event during the PGA Tour season 2015-16; this is the first time in his professional career that he has missed all four major championships.
2016-17 Season
Woods eventually returned to professional golf at the 2016 Hero World Challenge, placing 15th in a 16-man event. After 18 months out, Woods returned to the PGA Tour at the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open. She skipped the piece. The following week, Woods resigned from Omega Dubai Desert Classic after the opening round of 77, citing his back strain.
Woods had been expected to play several events in 2017 after returning to the PGA Tour, but after resigning in Dubai, he announced that he withdrew from two PGA Tour events in late February, stating that he would evaluate his schedule after the Honda Classic. Although Woods did 'everything he could' to recover in time for the 2017 Masters, he announced he would not be competing at the event.
Woods underwent a fourth back surgery in April 2017, two weeks after the Masters and then missed the rest of the season, the second time in his professional career that he did not compete in any of the four major championships. In the aftermath of the operation, Woods stated he remains 'optimistic' to return to professional golf. But in the 2017 Presidential Cup, where Woods is vice-captain for Team USA, he admits he may never play professional golf again. But in late October, Woods announced his intention to play in the Heroes World Challenge 2017. In this limited field event, Woods produced a positive performance, finishing tied for the ninth.
2018: Go back
Woods stated that he would make his first appearance of the 2018 PGA Tour at Open Farmer Insurance in San Diego, California, an event he previously won seven times. Woods finished in a tie for 23, 7 strokes behind winner Jason Day. In February, Woods appeared on the PGA Tour back-to-back for the first time since August 2015. Woods missed a half-way cut at Genesis Open in Los Angeles, before finishing 12th at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Woods finished tied for second at the Valspar Championships on March 11 which was his best finish on the Tour since The Northern Trust in August 2013. He then finished the game for the next 5 weeks at Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Woods competed in the 2018 Masters Tournament, thus entering a major championship for the first time since 2015. He finally finished tied for the 32nd, which earned him a ranking of 88 in the World Rankings which means that he returned to the top 100 World Rank rankings for the first time since early 2015.
Three weeks later, Woods appeared in the Wells Fargo Championship, where he finished tied for the 55th. He then appeared in The Players Championship for the first time since 2015, where he finished tied for the 11th. Woods completed his preparations for the US Open by performing at the Memorial Tournament, where he finished tied for 23.
In 2018 US Open, Woods missed a cut with three strokes.
Cut a streak
Woods has a PGA Tour record for successive cuts made on 142. The streak began in February 1998 at Buick Invitational and ended at the Wachovia Championship in May 2005. Woods's previous tournament to Buick Invitational was AT & amp; T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, from where he retired after the third and final round was postponed from February to August due to the weather. The tournament that ended Woods in a row was the EDS Championship Byron Nelson in 2005, where he missed out on a single blow. He beat the previous record 113, held by Byron Nelson, at The Tour Championship in November 2003.
However, at least ten tournaments where Nelson plays have no modern pieces; That is, all players in this event are guaranteed to compete past 36 holes. The Masters, for example, did not institute a 36-hole cut until 1957 (which after Nelson retired), the PGA Championship was a match until 1958, and it is unclear whether or not three other events in which Nelson competed for a 36-hole. Therefore, these analysts erased the "no 36-hole cut" event of both cutting measures, leaving Nelson's successive cuts made at 103 (or perhaps less) and Woods at 111.
In the tournament in which Nelson competed with no 36-hole cuts (ie: Masters, PGA Championship and possibly three other tournaments), only the top 20 were salaried even though all the players in the event were guaranteed to race through 36 holes. Therefore, in this no-cut event, Nelson is still placed in the top 20, so Nelson's 113 pieces reflect his top-120 finish. Woods reached the top 20 finish 21 times in a row (from July 2000 to July 2001) and, in 31 events without cuts where he played, he won 10 and finished out of the top 10 only five times. Others, including Woods himself, argue that two strokes can not be compared, since the variation of the tournament structure in the two eras is too great for meaningful comparisons to be made.
A more relevant comparison to the cut line was 105 successive cuts made by Jack Nicklaus between 1970 and 1976, ending in the 1976 World Open. The cut format from that era was almost identical to the current PGA Tour practice, and most of the events in the Nicklaus , except for the Tournament of Champions (now the SBS Championship), the World Series of Golf (now WGC-Bridgestone Invitational), and the US Play Professional Play Championships (10 events for Nicklaus) have pieces made after 36 holes.
Ryder Cup Performance
Despite his incredible success on the PGA Tour, Woods had little success in the Ryder Cup early in his career. In his first Ryder Cup in 1997, he earned just 1½ points competing in every game and partnered with Mark O'Meara. Costantino Rocca beat Woods in his only game. In 1999, he earned 2 points in each game with various partners. In 2002, he lost two matches on Friday but, in partnership with Davis Love III for both matches on Saturday, won two points for the Americans, and was scheduled to link the Americans to a singles match, the two teams went to Sunday with 8 points. However, after Europe took the lead early, his match with Jesper Parnevik was considered unimportant and they halved the match. In 2004, he was paired with Phil Mickelson on Friday but lost in two matches, earning just one point on Saturday. With United facing a 5-11 deficit, he won the first single game, but the team could not rally. In 2006, he paired up with Jim Furyk for all match pairs, and they won two of their four matches. Woods won his bachelor game, one of only three Americans who did that day. Woods missed the 2008 Ryder Cup competition altogether, as he recovered from a reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Although Woods is not there, the United States team posted its biggest margin of victory in the event since 1981. In 2010, Woods won the Ryder Cup 3-1-0. He plays all team matches with Steve Stricker and defeats Francesco Molinari 4 & amp; 3 in his only match where he made 9 birdies. However, Europe won in a very close match, 14.5 to 13.5. In 2012, paired again with Stricker, both players are battling 0-3-0 together for a week. For the first time in his career, Woods will sit in the Ryder Cup session. Myself and Stricker are the only Americans who do not have an entry point on singles on Sunday. In his only match against Francesco Molinari, Woods climbed 1 on the 18th fairway. After seeing Martin Kaymer
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