Ranking the 15 best wins in career of Tiger Woods

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Tiger Woods of the US comes out of a sand trap on the 5th hole at the Augusta National Golf Club 08 April 2001 during the final round of the 2001 Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Woods started the round in at 11 under-par for the tournament. AFP PHOTO/Timothy A. CLARY (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) /

1. 2001 Masters

No player has ever won the golf Grand Slam. In its truest form, winning the Grand Slam would mean winning the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same season.

While Woods did not accomplish the feat in a traditional sense, he actually did hold all four major titles at the same time. After winning the U.S. Open, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship in 2000, Woods won the 2001 Masters to hold all four titles.

While Woods, and some others, considered this to be the Grand Slam, it’s not, in the traditional sense. So, Woods’ accomplishment became known as the Tiger Slam.

Woods opened the 2001 Masters with a pedestrian 2-under par round of 70. He found himself five shots behind first-round leader Chris DiMarco. In Friday’s second round, Woods carded a 6-under par 66 to pull within two shots of DiMarco heading to the weekend.

On Saturday, Woods shot a 4-under par 68 to grab a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson heading to Sunday’s final round. And in that round, Woods would shoot another 4-under par 68 to beat David Duval by a pair of shots, securing the green jacket for the second time, and winning the Tiger Slam in the process.

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