Who Are The 50 Best Golfers in History?
Aug 23, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; Tiger Woods approaches the first green during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
3. Tiger Woods
Woods is one of the most extraordinary golfers to pick up a club. With 14 major championships, the career grand slam three times, 79 PGA Tour victories and 106 worldwide wins in all, he may in fact become the greatest golfer who ever played the game. However, no one can ever take away the fact that he has won four Masters, three U.S.Opens, three British Opens and four PGAs. He is he best we have seen since Jack Nicklaus.
In addition to his record-setting Masters victory in 1997, where he beat Tom Kite by 12 shots, Woods has left a trail of golfers who tried to challenge him and were unable to do it that week. In 1999, there was the emergence of Sergio Garcia who came within a shot at the PGA.
In 2000, the year when Woods won three majors, he dominated again at the U.S. Open, with Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jiminez coming up 15 shots back. In the 2000 British Open, it was Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els who were eight behind. At the PGA in 2000 Bob May took Woods to a playoff and lost. Then in 2001, at the Masters, Woods completed a fourth consecutive major victory. It was coined the Tiger Slam.
Woods continued his winning ways at the 2002 Masters, the 2002 U.S. Open, the 2005 Masters and British Open, the 2006 British Open and PGA, and the 2007 PGA. His last major was the 2008 U.S. Open for a total of 14 majors, second in the men’s category only to Jack Nicklaus.
With 79 PGA Tour victories and 106 worldwide wins in all, he may in fact become the greatest golfer who ever played the game.
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