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Tiger Woods: Player Profile
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By Matt Coles
Who is Tiger Woods?
The greatest golfer of the 21st Century, Tiger Woods has 15 major titles to his name. He has spent more than 680 weeks at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings, and his 82 PGA Tour wins is a joint-record with Sam Snead.
His gifts were there for all to see, when at the age of just 15, he became the youngest ever US Junior Amateur Champion. He went on to win the US Amateur Championship title three years in a row, with the last of those wins coming at the age of 20. A year later, he would claim the first of his 15 major titles.
Woods won the 1997 Masters Tournament by 12 shots, dominating the field, and that would be a sign of things to come, as he would win at Augusta five times in his career. His last win came in 2019, after battling back from personal issues and injuries, to win a major tournament for the first time in 11 years.
The American also won the PGA Championship four times, along with three Open Championship victories and three US Open wins. He is the only player to hold all four major titles at the same time, having won the US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship in 2000, before completing the “Tiger Slam” with a win at Augusta in the Masters Tournament in April 2001. His stupendous career also includes two wins at the Players Championship, along with 18 wins in World Golf Championships events, as part of his record-equalling 82 PGA Tour wins.
Woods’ car crash in 2021 saw him hospitalised and underwent emergency surgery to repair compound fractures sustained in his right leg. He is no longer a constant on the PGA Tour, indicating that his full-time career as a pro golfer was over, but he is still expected to make appearances here and there, especially at the majors.
