Tiger Woods Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Wins
After winning three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles and three consecutive U.S. Amateur championships, Tiger Woods, 46, turned pro in 1996. He promptly won three times on the PGA Tour in his first 10 starts.
Then he won the 1997 Masters by 12 shots, a historic victory as Woods became the first man of color to win at Augusta National Golf Club.
Woods became the watershed moment in the sport. Purses began to significantly rise, TV ratings skyrocketed. His presence spurred more athletic, stronger players to pick up the game. His peers followed him into the gym and the game became one featuring more power.
His influence on advertising and fashion for the sport was immense. Minorities became attracted to golf. And a generation of youngsters wanted to be like Tiger Woods.
The list of his feats stretches out like one of Bryson DeChambeau’s monster drives. The record-tying 82 PGA Tour titles, the 15 major championships. A record 142 consecutive cuts made, a record 683 weeks, 13 years, atop the official world rankings. A record 11 PGA Tour Player of the Year Awards.
He’s the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam, doing so at age 24 when he won the 2000 British Open at the Home of Golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews. En route to becoming the only player to win four consecutive professional major championships, known as the “Tiger Slam”, he won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15, the 2000 Open by 8, the 2000 PGA in a playoff, and the 2001 Masters by two. And he won on a broken leg at the 2008 U.S. Open and captured his fifth Masters in 2019 following spinal fusion surgery.
Sam Woods
“Although I never met my dad’s most influential role model, my grandfather, Earl Woods, I feel like I can hear his voice every day reminding me to ‘train hard, fight easy, ” Sam Woods said. ‘This is an old special forces saying that he ingrained into my dad, who now says it to Charlie and me. It not only teaches us that we have to put in the hard work to get what he wanted, but it’s that hard work that will pay off in the end.”
Tiger Woods was still wearing his traditional Sunday red after finishing runner-up in the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont in Pennsylvania. He rushed off to the airport and flew to Orlando, then drove to the Winnie Palmer Hospital. Sam was born within five minutes after his arrival.
“He may have lost that day, but he won the greatest gift of all,” Sam said with a smile. “I realized while writing this speech that, no matter what life throws our way, we somehow come out together and stronger.
“You know, ‘train hard, fight easy.’ ”
Tiger Woods Emotional Speech
Tiger proudly hugged his daughter on the stage before beginning his 17-minute speech. Throughout he talked of his upbringing, his difficult times recovering and the many times he celebrated.
“I had this burning desire to be able to express myself in this game of golf,” Woods said. “One of the things that Dad had instilled in me is that he grew up in the same era as Charlie Sifford (the first black member of the PGA Tour) and why my son is named after Charlie, is that you had to be twice as good to be given half a chance. So that understanding and that drive, as Sam said, train hard, fight easy.
“I made practicing so difficult, hurt so much, because I wanted to make sure that I was ready come game time. I hit thousands of balls, hands bleeding, aching, just so that I could play in a tournament.
“I know that golf is an individual sport. We do things on our own a lot for hours on end, but in my case, I didn’t get here alone. I had unbelievable parents, mentors, friends, who allowed me and supported me in the toughest times, the darkest of times, and celebrated the highest of times.”
He became emotional a few times during his speech, especially when he brought up his mom and dad.
All Tiger Woods Tournament Wins
- 1996 Las Vegas Invitational
- 1996 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
- 1997 Mercedes Championships
- 1997 Masters Tournament
- 1997 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
- 1997 Motorola Western Open
- 1998 BellSouth Classic
- 1999 Buick Invitational
- 1999 Memorial Tournament
- 1999 Motorola Western Open
- 1999 PGA Championship
- 1999 WGC-NEC Invitational
- 1999 National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney
- 1999 Tour Championship
- 1999 WGC-American Express Championship
- 2000 Mercedes Championships
- 2000 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- 2000 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2000 Memorial Tournament
- 2000 U.S. Open
- 2000 Open Championship
- 2000 PGA Championship
- 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational
- 2000 Bell Canadian Open
- 2001 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2001 Players Championship
- 2001 Masters Tournament
- 2001 Memorial Tournament
- 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
- 2002 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2002 Masters Tournament
- 2002 U.S. Open
- 2002 Buick Open
- 2002 WGC-American Express Championship
- 2003 Buick Invitational
- 2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2003 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2003 Western Open
- 2003 WGC-American Express Championship
- 2004 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2005 Buick Invitational
- 2005 Ford Championship at Doral
- 2005 Masters Tournament
- 2005 Open Championship
- 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational
- 2005 WGC-American Express Championship
- 2006 Buick Invitational
- 2006 Ford Championship at Doral
- 2006 Open Championship
- 2006 Buick Open
- 2006 PGA Championship
- 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- 2006 Deutsche Bank Championship
- 2006 WGC-American Express Championship
- 2007 Buick Invitational
- 2007 WGC-CA Championship
- 2007 Wachovia Championship
- 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- 2007 PGA Championship
- 2007 BMW Championship
- 2007 Tour Championship
- 2008 Buick Invitational
- 2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2008 U.S. Open
- 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2009 Memorial Tournament
- 2009 AT&T National
- 2009 Buick Open
- 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- 2009 BMW Championship
- 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2012 Memorial Tournament
- 2012 AT&T National
- 2013 Farmers Insurance Open
- 2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship
- 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2013 Players Championship
- 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- 2018 Tour Championship
- 2019 Masters Tournament
- 2019 Zozo Championship
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