Ranking the 15 best wins in career of Tiger Woods
By Tim Letcher
2. 2000 Open Championship
Only five players in the history of golf have won the career Grand Slam. That is, winning at least one title at the Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship.
The names on the list are legendary. Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen all accomplished the feat. And at the 2000 Open Championship, at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, Tiger Woods added his name to the list in Woods-like fashion.
Woods trailed Ernie Els by a shot after round one, with Els shooting a 6-under par 66 while Woods, along with Steve Flesch, shot 5-under par 67 rounds.
However, Woods took control of the tournament in the second round. His 6-under par 66 gave him a three-shot lead over David Toms heading to Saturday.
In that Saturday round, it became more evident that Woods was clearly head and shoulders above the field. He shot a 5-under par 67 to open a six-shot advantage with 18 holes to play. He would go on to win by eight shots over Els and Thomas Bjorn and would become the youngest player, at 24 years old, to ever achieve the career Grand Slam, beating Jack Nicklaus by about two years.