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opportunity to honor the memory of his late father, Earl, a
Green Beret who served in Vietnam, as well as servicemen
around the world…Collected his sixth title at the World
Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron.
Won by eight strokes after a closing 5-under 65 at
Firestone CC. Was the only player in the field to finish
under par with an 8-under 272 total. Joined Jack Nicklaus
(Masters/Augusta National), Sam Snead (Miami
Open/Miami Springs G&CC) and Alex Ross (North & South
Open/Pinehurst No. 2) as the only players to win six TOUR
events on the same course…Carded rounds of 71-63-69-
69--272 en route to winning the PGA Championship, his
13th career major title. Second-round 63 tied the all-time
low round in major championship history. Birdie putt on
final green lipped out for 62. Victory solidified his spot as
the number one seed for the inaugural PGA TOUR Playoffs
for the FedExCup. Increased his major championship record
to 13-for-13 when holding the 54-hole lead…Was three
back entering the final round at the Deutsche Bank
Championship, but fell short with a final-round, 4-under 67
to finish T2, two behind Phil Mickelson. It was the 23rd runner-up
finish of his career…Matched the low final round of
his career with an 8-under 63 to win the BMW
Championship by two strokes for 60th career TOUR victory.
Took the lead for good with a 12-foot birdie on the 13th
hole and kept his distance from third-round co-leaders
Aaron Baddeley and Steve Stricker. Finished at 22-under
262, breaking by five shots the record he set four years
prior at Cog Hill…Entered THE TOUR Championship No. 1
in the FedExCup standings and romped for his seventh victory
of the season by eight over Mark Calcavecchia and
Zach Johnson with rounds of 64-63-64-66--257. Finished
12,578 points ahead of No. 2 Steve Stricker in the final
FedExCup standings. Earned a $10-million bonus for capturing
the FedExCup along with $1.26 million for winning THE
TOUR Championship. Season earnings were a career-best
$10,867,052. Averaged 65.75 in the 12 rounds played during
the PGA TOUR Playoffs. First player to win THE TOUR
Championship multiple times. The 257 72-hole total was
the lowest in TOUR Championship history and third-lowest
in TOUR history. Bart Bryant had a 264 total in winning in
2005. Held the 36- and 54-hole lead, and is 41-3 when holding
at least a share of the 54-hole lead on TOUR, including
11 consecutive...Compiled a 3-2-0 record for victorious
United States Presidents Cup team... Completed the year
by winning a fourth Target World Challenge, tying the tournament
record (22-under) and setting the 18-hole mark
(second-round 62) in winning by seven strokes.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2006: Difficult season off the course, as he suffered the
loss of father Earl after a long battle with cancer on May 3.
Inside the ropes, World No. 1 dominated with eight victories,
including two major titles (British Open and PGA
Championship). Entered the 2007 season with a TOUR
streak of six consecutive victories. Led the TOUR in scoring
average (68.11) but not eligible for seventh Vardon Trophy
as he did not play 60 competitive rounds. Won Byron
Nelson Award for low scoring average...Won his first start
of the season for the fourth time in 11 seasons on TOUR.
Became the first player in Buick Invitational history to win
the tournament four times (1999, 2003, '05, '06). Made an
8-foot birdie on 72nd hole to get into a three-man playoff
with Jose Maria Olazabal and Nathan Green. Green was
eliminated after first hole, Olazabal on the second...The
next week defeated Ernie Els in a one-hole playoff to capture
the Dubai Desert Classic. Managed to make the cut at
the Nissan Open, but withdrew on Saturday morning due to
the flu...Finished T9 at the World Golf Championships-
Accenture Match Play Championship. In the first round,
defeated Stephen Ames 9 and 8, making it the largest
match-play victory in the eight-year history at the event.
Two-time champion lost to Chad Campbell in the third
round, 1-up…Following week, defended his title at the
Ford Championship at Doral, picking up his second TOUR
victory in four starts. Only player in field to record four
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rounds in the 60s and just the 13th player to do so on
Doral's Blue Monster course since 1962. Despite bogeying
last two holes, held on to win by one over David Toms and
Camilo Villegas. Held the first- and third-round leads and
shared the second-round lead on way to 48th career TOUR
win. Held two-stroke lead after 54...In bid for fifth green
jacket, finished T3 at the Masters, three strokes behind
champion Phil Mickelson. Unable to make a move in final
round, as he needed 33 putts to post a 2-under-par 70...In
first start since father's death on May 3, missed the cut at
the U.S. Open at Winged Foot GC. The missed cut was the
first as a professional in 39 major championship
starts...Captured his 11th major championship at the British
Open, tying Walter Hagen for second on the all-time major
professional championships list. Defeated Chris DiMarco
by two strokes after holding both the second- and thirdround
leads. First back-to-back British Open winner since
Tom Watson in 1982-83. Became 19th player to win the
British Open three times. Tied course record with a 7-under
65 during second round. Posted his career-best opening 36hole
total in a major with his 12-under 132. Using a driver
just once during the week due to hard and fast conditions,
led the field in Driving Accuracy (85.7 percent) and was
second in Greens in Regulation (80.6 percent). Moved to
No. 1 on the TOUR money list for first time in
2006...Became youngest player in TOUR history to collect
TOUR win No. 50 at the Buick Open…Won 12th major at
the PGA Championship at Medinah CC, moving into solo
second behind Jack Nicklaus (18) on the career majors list.
First player to win two PGAs at the same course (1999 and
2006). Recorded four rounds in the 60s (69-68-65-68) for
just the second time in a major (2000 British Open). Shared
the third-round lead with Luke Donald at 14-under 202. Tied
the tournament record which he set with Bob May in 2000
(18-under 270). Became the 29th player in major championship
history to collect two major wins in the same year,
this being his fourth time...Celebrated the eve of his 10th
anniversary as a professional on the PGA TOUR with his
fifth victory at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone
Invitational. Defeated Stewart Cink on the fourth extra hole
(No. 17) with a birdie from 8 feet. His 52nd victory moved
him into a tie with Byron Nelson for fifth in career TOUR
victories. Win was his fourth consecutive...Overcame a
three-shot deficit to Vijay Singh to win his fifth straight
start, shooting an 8-under 63 in the final round of the
Deutsche Bank Championship to beat Singh by two
strokes...Sixth consecutive win, in wire-to-wire fashion,
came at the World Golf Championships-American Express
Championship outside London at The Grove...Lost playoff to
Padraig Harrington in defense of Dunlop Phoenix title in
mid-November...2005: Earned six TOUR victories, including
major wins at the Masters and British Open. Earned sixth
Vardon Trophy (68.66)...Moved to third in career professional
majors with 10...Picked up his first win in a TOUR strokeplay
event since October 2003 (World Golf Championships-
American Express Championship) with a three-stroke victory
over Luke Donald, Charles Howell III and Tom Lehman at
Buick Invitational. Played 31 holes on Sunday and came
from two strokes back through 54 holes to post the ninth
come-from-behind win of his career. Moved to No. 1 on the
money list for the first time since the end of the 2003 season...Took
over as World No. 1 for the first time since the
week of Aug. 30, 2004 by defeating Phil Mickelson by a
stroke at the Ford Championship at Doral. Paired with
Mickelson in the final round for just the third time in his
career, began the day two strokes behind. Caught up to
Mickelson at the turn and took a two-stroke lead after an
eagle on the par-5 12th hole. Mickelson birdied the next
two and both bogeyed the 16th to remain tied with two
holes to play. Birdied the 17th hole and when Mickelson's
chip on No. 18 lipped out, earned the 42nd victory of his
career…Claimed fourth Masters title at age 29 years,
three months and 10 days with sudden-death playoff victory
over Chris DiMarco. Tied Arnold Palmer for second-most
Masters victories with four, two behind Jack Nicklaus.
Recovered from a first-round 2-over-par 74 and took the 54-
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hole lead by three over DiMarco with rounds of 66-65.
During that stretch of the third round, posted seven straight
birdies (Nos. 7-13), matching Steve Pate’s 1999 record
birdie streak at Augusta National. Final round included
chip-in on par-3 16th hole from behind the green that
extended lead to two strokes and bogeys on two closing
holes for a 1-under-par 71, tied with DiMarco at 12-underpar
276 total. Rolled in 15-foot birdie putt on first playoff
hole to earn green jacket and reclaim the No. 1 position in
the Official World Golf Ranking...TOUR record of consecutive
cuts made that started at the 1998 AT&T Pebble Beach
National Pro-Am ended at 142 when he made an early exit
at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Woods finished 36
holes at 1-over 141 in Dallas, TX and missed the cut by one
stroke...Earned 10th professional major title at the British
Open at age 29 years, six months and 17 days in his 35th
major as a professional. Posted rounds of 66-67-71-70—
274 at St. Andrews to defeat nearest challenger Colin
Montgomerie by five strokes. The youngest and quickest to
win each of the four major championships twice. Jack
Nicklaus was the first to accomplish the feat at 31 years,
one month and seven days of age when he won his second
PGA in 1971 in his 37th major as a professional. Sixth player
in British Open history to win in wire-to-wire fashion –
Ted Ray (1912), Bobby Jones (1927), Gene Sarazen (1932),
Henry Cotton (1934) and Tom Weiskopf (1973)...Picked up
his fourth World Golf Championships-American Express
Championship victory by coming from two strokes back and
defeating John Daly in a two-hole playoff at Harding Park
Golf Course in San Francisco. Won for the 10th time in 19
World Golf Championships starts and improved his career
playoff record to 8-1. The win was his ninth in California.
2004: Surpassed Greg Norman for most weeks at No. 1 in
the Official World Golf Ranking following PGA
Championship with his 332nd combined week at the top.
Consecutive weeks reign at No. 1 ended at 264, as Vijay
Singh took over world No. 1 on Sept. 6, the week following
the Deutsche Bank Championship. Entered 2005 season
with streak of 133 consecutive made cuts intact...Captured
second consecutive World Golf Championships-Accenture
Match Play Championship for 40th career PGA TOUR win.
With six match victories, including a 3-and-2 win over
Davis Love III in the 36-hole finale, has won 12 consecutive
matches, and overall Accenture Match Play Championship
record is 20-3...Paired with Vijay Singh in final round of
Deutsche Bank Championship to determine who would be
World No. 1 at the end of play on Labor Day. Entered
Monday's final round needing to make up a three-stroke
deficit to Singh but both players shot 2-under 69 and
Woods ended up with his 14th career runner-up finish and
the No. 2 spot in the World for the first time since August
1999...Won Dunlop Phoenix tournament in November by
eight strokes for first career victory in Japan. 2003:
Captured five events in 18 starts to lead TOUR in victories
for the fifth consecutive season...Broke Byron Nelson's
long-standing record for consecutive cuts made with his
114th straight at THE TOUR Championship...With victory at
the World Golf Championships-American Express
Championship, became the first player in TOUR history to
win five times in five consecutive seasons. Captured his
record fifth consecutive Byron Nelson Award and the PGA
of America's Vardon Trophy, based on each player’s adjusted
scoring average. Finished the season with an adjusted
scoring average of 68.41, the second-lowest in TOUR history...Victory
in the World Golf Championships-Accenture
Match Play Championship completed a first-ever career
sweep of the World Golf Championships
events...Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on
December 12, 2002 following Target World Challenge.
Surgery was performed by Dr. Thomas Rosenberg at
HealthSouth Surgical Center in Park City, UT. During the
one-hour procedure, fluid on the outside and inside of anterior
cruciate ligament was removed, and several benign
cysts were removed. Missed first five events of 2003 due
to subsequent rehabilitation. 2002: Led the TOUR in earnings
and was named Player of the Year for the fourth con-
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