17 Reasons Tiger Woods is the Best Golfer of All Time
17 Reasons Tiger Woods is the Best Golfer of All Time
Tiger Woods is probably the greatest golf of all time. Whether you admire him professional or not, there is no denying that he has proven numerous times why he deserves to be the greatest. Here are just a few reasons by RunRex as to why Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer to walk the earth.
He is The Richest Golfer of All Time
Tiger, who is today worth about $740 million, is the richest golfer ever. In addition to that, his net worth has continued to grow. He is currently into designing golf courses and also has a company of his own. This will all contribute to a much higher net worth in future.
He Had a Record Number of Wins on The PGA Tour Between 1999 and 2003
From 1999 to 2003, Tiger Woods had 32 wins on the PGA Tour. During that period, no other player managed to win more than eight times. It just proves that he was in a league of his own with no one else even coming close to him.
He Won 10 Majors Before Turning 30
Since the first Masters took place in 1934, no one has ever been able to come close to what Tiger Woods achieved. In fact, only Jack Nicklaus has ever broken the 5 Majors win before 30 with 7 Majors. It puts things into perspective as to why Tiger is the greatest.
He Had a Record Number of Wins in His 20s
Tiger Woods has 46 wins in his 20s. That was 16 more than all other players to ever play on the PGA Tour. When Tiger was playing, David Dual, who had managed 13, held the record. Tiger simply eclipsed everyone else.
He Has the Best Scoring Average in the Masters
Tiger Woods has a Masters’ career scoring average of 70.86. It is the best scoring average of any player in history with at least 50 rounds of golf played. Thus far, it does not seem like any could break the record soon.
Woods Had Record Earnings From the PGA Tour
In his PGA Tour career, he had earned over $110 million. The year before he went pro, the career earning record was $9.59 million, which was held by Greg Norman.
He had the Best Record in the Majors of 2000
He was a combined 53 under in the 2000 majors. It was 35 shots better than all other players that year. It took 15 years to break his record in 2015 when Jordan Spieth achieved 54 under in the majors of that year.
Woods Has a Record PGA Toru Wins
Since the PGA Tour began, there have only been five times when a player won a single Tour seven times or more. Tiger Woods holds four of those records. Sam Snead who won in Greensboro eight times holds the other one.
He Holds the Tiger Slam Record
Woods holds the Tiger Slam record, named after him. It simply means winning four consecutive majors. Hos last of the four straight wins came when he was 25 years old. Only Rory Mcilroy and Jack Nicklaus have been able to even win four majors before 25 years.
He Has the Best Winning Record at the US Open
Tiger Woods won the US open of 2000 by 15 shots, a truly remarkable feat. In 100 years, on other player has won the US Open by 9 shots.
He Has a Record in The Putts
From 2002 to 2005, Tiger Woods had 1,540 putts from three feet on the PGA Tour. He only missed 3 of those, which is quite astounding.
He Won the Slam at a Young Age
Tiger Woods completed the career Grand Slam when he was just 24 years old. Besides being the youngest player to win the slam, only five other players in golfing history have won a major at 24 or younger.
He Holds a Unique Major Championship Record
Since 1900 it is only twice in history that a major championship has been won by 10 strokes or more. Tiger Woods hold both of the records, at the 200 US Open and at the 1997 Masters.
He Holds the Record at Sports Illustrated
Since the publication was established in 1954, Tigers Woods is the only player to have won Sportsman of the Year award twice.
Tiger Holds the Scoring Averages on the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour started keeping records of adjusted scoring averages in 1988. Tiger holds the top six positions when a player has managed an adjusted scoring average better than 68.6. He is just that good.
He Hold the Record for Making the PGA Tour Cut
Tiger Woods had 142 consecutive Tour events from 1998-2005 without missing the cut. That is 29 more than the second best player who managed 113 in a row. Only other four players have managed to even last half as long.
He Holds the Amateur Records
Tiger Woods holds the record for being the only golf player in the world to have won the US Amateur, the US Junior Amateur, and US Open in their career. Tiger managed to win each of them three times.
