1996

Las Vegas Invitational 10/6/96 In the land of high rollers, Woods captured his first professional victory in dramatic fashion, shooting a final-round 64 and then defeating David Love III with a par on the first playoff hole to take home the $297,000 top prize. Woods had rounds of 70-63-68-67-64 for a 27-under 332 total in the five-round event to triumph in only his fifth event as a pro.

Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic 10/20/96 Woods trailed four players — Taylor Smith, Lennie Clements, Rick Fehr, and Jay Haas — by one shot through 54 holes, but with a final-round 66 he won by one over Payne Stewart. In the second round, Woods shot his first 63 as a professional. Woods had 69s in his other two rounds and finished with a 267 total.

1997
Mercedes Championships 1/12/97 After rounds of 70 and 67, a sizzling 65 on Saturday wiped out Tom Lehman's four-shot lead and gave Woods a share of the lead. When rain pounded La Costa all day Sunday, the final round was washed out. Late in the day, a break in the weather appeared and with one hole deemed playable, Woods and Lehman went to the par-3 seventh to settle matters. It was over quickly, Woods sticking his shot tight, Lehman splashing his in the pond in front. With his third win in nine PGA Tour starts, Woods was off and running and hardly anyone was asking whether he should have stayed in college another year. Three months later, he blazed to an historic win at the Masters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byron Nelson Classic 5/18/97 Proving his record-setting victory in the Masters was no fluke, Woods posted another victory in his first appearance back on Tour after taking five weeks off. Woods, who considers the tournament host one of the legends of the game, cruised past the field in Irving, Texas, posting rounds of 64-64-67-68 for a 17-under 263 total. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Open 7/06/97 Tied with Justin Leonard at 9-under through 54 holes after rounds of 67, 72 and 68, Woods closed with a 4-under 68 for a 275 total to win by three shots over Frank Nobilo as Leonard did no better than 72 at Cog Hill CC in Lemont, Ill. It is the fourth win in 13 starts for the season and gives Woods six triumphs in 24 tournaments on the PGA Tour. Proving how dominant he's been, this win is noteworthy for the ‘slide’ he then went into. Woods did not win again on the PGA Tour until the 1998 BellSouth Classic, a stretch of 16 tournaments. That's the longest winless skid he's had on Tour.

1998
BellSouth Classic 5/10/98 Woods ended a 10-month victory drought with a victory in the Georgia tournament. Rounds of 69-67-63-72 were good enough for a 17-under 271 total and the title, which Woods would not try to defend since the tournament was moved the next year to the week before the Masters, which Woods likes to use as preparation time for the year’s first major. As for the ‘slump’? Well, plenty of other PGA golfers would be happy to finish in the top 10 seven times, including two runner-up appearances, in a 10-month period. This would, however, turn out to be Woods’ only PGA win of the year.

1999
Buick Invitational 2/14/99 You remember Billy Ray Brown don’t you? The unheralded Brown was tied for the lead until Woods eagled the 18th hole to break the tie and end another ‘slump’. Woods finished at 22-under 266 after rounds of 68-71-62-65 at Torrey Pines (Calif.). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Tournament 6/6/99 Woods began his string of three consecutive Memorial championships with some clutch play down the stretch. After going seven tournaments without a victory, Woods put together rounds of 68-66-70-69 for a 15-under 273 total that was good enough to win Jack Nicklaus’ tournament in Dublin, Ohio. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Open 7/4/99 For the first time in his career, Woods won a tournament for the second time. The victory in Lemont, Ill. helped make up for the sting of narrowly losing the U.S. Open in his last event two weeks early. Woods put together rounds of 68-66-68-71 for a 15-under 273 total. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGC NEC Invitational 8/29/99 The start of The Streak took place in Akron, Ohio. Woods had two rounds over par, but it was a blistering 62 in the second round that made the difference for Woods, who ended up with rounds of 66-71-62-71 for a 10-under 270 total. It was the first $1 million prize for Woods on the PGA Tour. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Car Rental/Disney Classic 10/24/99 Despite a final-round 73, Woods won in his hometown of Orlando, Fla. in his first event since helping the United States win the Ryder Cup. Woods, who posted 66s in each of his first three rounds and finished at 17-under 271, also won the tournament in 1996 when it was called the Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tour Championship 10/31/99 Not even bad weather could slow down Woods, who continued his scary domination of the rest of the PGA Tour by winning in Houston on Halloween. Earlier in the year, Tiger showed no love for the field by winning the Buick Invitational on Valentine’s Day. Woods put together one of the most consistent four rounds of any of his career victories, finishing at 15-under 269. The scores for each round were 67-66-67-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGC American Express Championship 11/7/99 Another week, another win for Woods. After almost blowing his lead down the stretch, Woods defeated local favorite Miguel Angel Jimenez in a playoff at Valderrama, Spain. Woods’ scorecard read 71-69-70-68 for a 6-under 278 total.

2000
Mercedes Championship 1/9/00 Woods started the new millennium off the same way he ended the last one — with a victory. Woods extended his streak to five straight tournaments — his 10th-place finish the week before in the Williams World Challenge not counting because it wasn’t an official event — by sinking a 40-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to knock of Ernie Els in Kapalua, Hawaii. Els, who matched eagles with Woods on the 18th hole to force the playoff, said the champion will “probably be bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.” Woods finished at 16-under 276 with rounds of 65-70-71-76. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 2/7/00 Seven strokes down with seven holes to play, Woods chipped in for eagle from 97 yards out on the 15th hole en route to an amazing two-stroke victory over Matt Gogel and Vijay Singh. The victory at Pebble Beach would cap Woods’ six-tournament win streak, the longest since Ben Hogan in 1948. Only Byron Nelson won 11 straight events has golf seen a string like this one. After rounds of 68-73-68, Woods closed with a 64 on Monday (because of rain), his lowest closing round of any of his victories. The 273 total helped Woods moved to No. 2 on the all-time PGA money list with $12.5 million. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bay Hill Invitational 3/19/00 Woods didn’t make a bogey over the final 34 holes to defeat Davis Love III by four strokes in Florida and get back on track after his six-tourney win streak ended. It was the largest margin of victory by Woods since winning the Masters three years ago. Love continued his history of faltering in the final round against Woods, who had rounds of 69-64-67-70 to finish at 18-under 270. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Tournament 5/29/00 Woods cruised to a five-stroke victory over Ernie Els and Justin Leonard in the rain-delayed event with rounds of 71-63-65-70 for a 269 total, one shy of Tom Lehman’s tournament record. The win paved the way to Woods’ record-setting U.S. Open victory three weeks later. Woods became the first repeat champion in the 25-year history of the event hosted by idol Jack Nicklaus and passed the $15 million mark in career earnings, also a first. “He’s just making mincemeat out of golf courses,” Nicklaus said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGC NEC Invitational 8/27/00 Even in darkness, Tiger shined. With cameras flashing like strobe lights and fans flickering lighters like they were at a rock concert, Woods birdied the final hole to win by 11 strokes at Firestone CC in Akron, Ohio. The 21-under 259 total, which came one week after winning the PGA Championship in a playoff, was the lowest of his career. Woods, who was battling the flu, was never seriously threatened, jumping out to a 64 and following that up with rounds of 61, 67 and a 67 after play was delayed three hours by rain. The $1 million paycheck gave him more money in the last two years than anyone on the PGA career money list except Davis Love III. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Open 9/10/00 Woods secured his ninth victory of the year with a brilliant 6-iron shot from 218 yards – out of a bunker, over the water and right at the flag – on the 18th hole. The ball ended up 18 feet from the hole and Woods was able to get up and down on the par-5 hole for birdie to beat Grant Waite by one stroke. Woods had rounds of 72-65-64-65 for a record 22-under 266 total at Glen Abby Golf Club and joined Lee Trevino as the only players to win the three oldest national championships (U.S. Open, British Open and Canadian Open) in the same year.

2001
Bay Hill Invitational 3/18/01 Woods was simply clutch down the stretch to record his first victory of the year. Woods birdied three of the last five holes, including the 18th with a tricky 15-foot putt, to defeat Phil Mickelson in one of the best showdowns to date between top two golfers in the world. In the process, Woods become only the second player to successfully defend his title in the Florida event. To post his first victory of the year, Woods put together rounds of 71-67-66-69 for a 15-under total of 273. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Players Championship 3/26/01 “My slump is over,” Woods declared after holding off Vijay Singh by one stroke to win the biggest tournament eluding him. The victory at Sawgrass gave Woods back-to-back victories for the seventh time in his career heading into the Masters. Woods had a final-round 67, which was delayed until Monday because of rain, to follow rounds of 72-69-66 for a 14-under 274 total. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Tournament 6/3/01 Another year, another victory at Muirfield Village GC. Woods triumphed by seven strokes to become the first player since Tom Watson in the Byron Nelson Classic from 1978-80 to win the same tournament three years in a row. Woods had rounds of 68-69-68-66 for a 17-under 271 total to defeat third-round leader Paul Azinger and Sergio Garcia by seven strokes. After the victory, tournament host Jack Nicklaus and Azinger called Woods the most dominant athlete ever. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGC NEC Invitational 8/26/01 In wasn’t the biggest, but it might have been the most thrilling victory of Woods’ career. A 2-foot birdie putt on the seventh playoff hole finally enabled Woods to defeat Jim Furyk and win the tournament for the third straight year. Furyk, who holed a bunker shot on the first playoff hole, and Woods traded pars on the first six extra holes before Woods’ short birdie putt ended the longest playoff on the PGA Tour in 10 years. Rounds of 66-67-66-69 for a 12-under 128 total enabled Woods to reach the playoff and end the longest stretch of his career (five tournaments) without finishing in the Top 10.

2002
Bay Hill Invitational 3/17/02 A hat trick of hat tricks. Woods defeated Michael Campbell by four strokes — Phil Mickelson faded down the stretch after a questionable decision to go for the green on the 16th ended up with a shot in the water — to become the first player to win three straight titles at three PGA tournaments. The 26-year-old Woods had rounds of 67-65-74-60 to finish at 13-under and 275 to become the youngest player in PGA Tour history with 30 victories.

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