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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRStimes), and the 55th of his pga tour career...Logged 56thcareer tour victory and 13th official World golfchampionships title in 24th start at the ca championshipat Doral golf resort & Spa. Held the 36- and 54-hole leadsbefore closing out a two-stroke win over Brett Wetterich,marking the 39th time winning (in 42 events) when holdingat least a share of the third-round lead...claimed the title atthe Wachovia championship, his 57th professional win andfirst in North carolina. carded rounds of 70-68-68-69—273, which was a new tournament record. Eagled the par-5seventh and overcame a double bogey at the par-3 13th inthe final round to beat Steve Stricker by two shots...collected his sixth title at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational in akron. Won by eight strokesafter a closing 5-under 65 at Firestone cc. Joined JackNicklaus (masters/augusta National), Sam Snead (miamiopen/miami Springs g&cc) and alex ross (North & Southopen/pinehurst No. 2) as the only players to win six tourevents on the same course...carded rounds of 71-63-69-69—272 en route to winning the pga championship, his13th career major title. Second-round 63 tied the low roundin major championship history. Birdie putt on final green for62 lipped out. Increased his major championship record to13-for-13 when holding the 54-hole lead...matched the lowfinal round of his career with an 8-under 63 to win theBmW championship by two strokes for 60th career tourvictory. took the lead for good with a 12-foot birdie on the13th hole and kept his distance from third-round co-leadersaaron Baddeley and Steve Stricker. Finished at 22-under262, breaking by five shots the record he set four years priorat cog Hill…Entered tHE tour championship No. 1 in theFedExcup standings and romped for his seventh victory ofthe season by eight over mark calcavecchia and ZachJohnson with rounds of 64-63-64-66—257 and capturedthe first FedExcup. Season earnings were a career-best$10,867,052. First player to win tHE tour championshipmultiple times...compiled a 3-2-0 record for victoriousunited States presidents cup team. 2006: Difficult seasonoff the course, as he suffered the loss of father Earl after along battle with cancer on may 3. Inside the ropes, WorldNo. 1 dominated with eight victories, including two majortitles (British open and pga championship). Entered the2007 season with a tour streak of six consecutive victories.Led the tour in scoring average (68.11) but not eligiblefor seventh Vardon trophy as he did not play 60 competitiverounds. Won Byron Nelson award for low scoringaverage...Won his first start of the season for the fourthtime in 11 seasons on tour. Became the first player inBuick Invitational history to win the tournament four times(1999, 2003, ‘05, ‘06). made an 8-foot birdie on 72nd holeto get into a three-man playoff with Jose maria olazabaland Nathan green. green was eliminated after first hole,olazabal on the second...the next week defeated Ernie Elsin a one-hole playoff to capture the Dubai Desert classic...made the cut at the Nissan open, but withdrew onSaturday morning due to the flu...Finished t9 at the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship.In the first round, defeated Stephen ames 9 and 8, makingit the largest match-play victory in the eight-year history atthe event. two-time champion lost to chad campbell in thethird round, 1-up…Following week, defended his title atthe Ford championship at Doral, picking up his secondtour victory in four starts. Despite bogeying last twoholes, held on to win by one over David toms and camiloVillegas for 48th career tour win...Finished t3 at themasters, three strokes behind champion phil mickelson...Infirst start since father’s death on may 3, missed the cut atthe u.S. open at Winged Foot gc. the missed cut was thefirst as a professional in 39 major championship starts...captured his 11th major championship at the British open,tying Walter Hagen for second on the all-time major professionalchampionships list. Defeated chris Dimarco by twostrokes after holding both the second- and third-roundleads. First back-to-back British open winner since tomWatson in 1982-83. Became 19th player to win the Britishopen three times. posted his career-best opening 36-holetotal in a major with his 12-under 132. using a driver justonce during the week due to hard and fast conditions, ledTiger Woods (Continued)the field in Driving accuracy (85.7 percent) and was secondin greens in regulation (80.6 percent)...Became youngestplayer in tour history to collect tour win No. 50 at theBuick open…Won 12th major at the pga championship atmedinah cc, moving into solo second behind Jack Nicklaus(18) on the career majors list. First player to win two pgasat the same course (1999 and 2006). recorded four roundsin the 60s (69-68-65-68) for just the second time in a major(2000 British open). tied the tournament record which heset with Bob may in 2000 (18-under 270). Became the 29thplayer in major championship history to collect two majorwins in the same year, this being his fourth time...Fifth victorycame at the World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational. Defeated Stewart cink on the fourth extra hole(No. 17) with a birdie from 8 feet. His 52nd victory movedhim into a tie with Byron Nelson for fifth in career tourvictories. Win was his fourth consecutive...overcame athree-shot deficit to Vijay Singh to win his fifth straightstart, shooting an 8-under 63 in the final round of theDeutsche Bank championship to beat Singh by twostrokes...Sixth consecutive win, in wire-to-wire fashion,came at the World golf championships-american Expresschampionship outside London at the grove...Lost playoff topadraig Harrington in defense of Dunlop phoenix title inmid-November. 2005: Earned sixth tour victories, includingmajor wins at the masters and British open. Earnedsixth Vardon trophy (68.66)...moved to third in career professionalmajors with 10...recorded a three-stroke victoryover Luke Donald, charles Howell III and tom Lehman atBuick Invitational. played 31 holes on Sunday and camefrom two strokes back through 54 holes to post the ninthcome-from-behind win of his career. moved to No. 1 on themoney list for the first time since the end of the 2003 season...tookover as World No. 1 for the first time since theweek of aug. 30, 2004 by defeating phil mickelson by astroke at the Ford championship at Doral. paired withmickelson in the final round for just the third time in hiscareer, began the day two strokes behind. caught up tomickelson at the turn and took a two-stroke lead after aneagle on the par-5 12th hole. mickelson birdied the nexttwo and both bogeyed the 16th to remain tied with twoholes to play. Birdied the 17th hole and when mickelson’schip on No. 18 lipped out, earned the 42nd victory of hiscareer…claimed fourth masters title at age 29 years, 3months and 10 days with sudden-death playoff victory overchris Dimarco. tied arnold palmer for second-mostmasters victories with four, two behind Jack Nicklaus.recovered from a first-round 2-over-par 74 and took the54-hole lead by three over Dimarco with rounds of 66-65.During that stretch of the third round, posted seven straightbirdies (Nos. 7-13), matching Steve pate’s 1999 recordbirdie streak at augusta National. Final round includedchip-in on par-3 16th hole from behind the green thatextended lead to two strokes and bogeys on two closingholes for a 1-under-par 71, tied with Dimarco at 12-underpar276 total. rolled in 15-foot birdie putt on first playoffhole to earn green jacket and re-claim the No. 1 position inthe official World golf ranking...tour record of consecutivecuts made that started at the 1998 at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am ended at 142 when he made an early exitat the EDS Byron Nelson championship. Woods finished 36holes at 1-over 141 in Dallas, tX and missed the cut by onestroke...Earned 10th professional major title at the Britishopen at age 29 years, 6 months and 17 days in his 35thmajor as a professional. posted rounds of 66-67-71-70—274 at St. andrews to defeat nearest challenger colinmontgomerie by five strokes. the youngest and quickest towin each of the four major championships twice. JackNicklaus was the first to accomplish the feat at 31 years, 1month and 7 days when he won his second pga in 1971 inhis 37th major as a professional. Sixth player in Britishopen history to win in wire-to-wire fashion—ted ray(1912), Bobby Jones (1927), gene Sarazen (1932), Henrycotton (1934) and tom Weiskopf (1973)...picked up hisfourth World golf championships-american Expresschampionship victory by coming from two strokes back anddefeating John Daly in a two-hole playoff at Harding parkgolf course in San Francisco. Won for the 10th time in 19World golf championships starts and improved his careerplayoff record to 8-1. the win was his ninth in california.2004: Surpassed greg Norman for most weeks at No. 1 inthe official World golf ranking following pgachampionship with his 332nd combined week at the top.consecutive weeks reign at No. 1 ended at 264, as VijaySingh took over world No. 1 on Sept. 6, the week followingthe Deutsche Bank championship. Entered 2005 seasonwith streak of 133 consecutive made cuts intact...capturedsecond consecutive World golf championships-accenturematch play championship for 40th career pga tour win.With six match victories, including a 3-and-2 win overDavis Love III in the 36-hole finale, has won 12 consecutivematches, and overall accenture match play championshiprecord is 20-3...paired with Vijay Singh in final round ofDeutsche Bank championship to determine who would beWorld No. 1 at the end of play on Labor Day. Enteredmonday’s final round needing to make up a three-strokedeficit to Singh but both players shot 2-under 69 andWoods ended up with his 14th career runner-up finish andthe No. 2 spot in the World for the first time since august1999...Won Dunlop phoenix tournament in November byeight strokes for first career victory in Japan. 2003:captured five events in 18 starts to lead tour in victoriesfor the fifth consecutive season...Broke Byron Nelson’slong-standing record for consecutive cuts made with his114th straight at tHE tour championship...With victory atthe World golf championships-american Expresschampionship, became the first player in tour history towin five times in five consecutive seasons. captured hisrecord fifth consecutive Byron Nelson award and the pgaof america’s Vardon trophy, based on each player’sadjusted scoring average. Finished the season with anadjusted scoring average of 68.41, the second-lowest intour history...Victory in the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship completed a first-evercareer sweep of the World golf championships events...underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee onDecember 12, 2002 following target World challenge.Surgery was performed by Dr. thomas rosenberg atHealthSouth Surgical center in park city, ut. During theone-hour procedure, fluid on the outside and inside ofanterior cruciate ligament was removed, and severalbenign cysts were removed. missed first five events of2003 due to subsequent rehabilitation. 2002: Led the tourin earnings and was named player of the Year for the fourthconsecutive season and the fifth time in six years. Won fivetimes...Became the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972to capture the masters and u.S. open in the same season...Earned third consecutive victory at the Bay Hill Invitational,the first player to win three different tour events (thememorial tournament [1999-2001] and the World golfchampionships-NEc Invitational [1999-2001]) three straighttimes. With 30th career pga tour victory, surpassed JackNicklaus for most wins before the age of 30...Earned thirdmasters title, joining Jack Nicklaus (1965-66) and NickFaldo (1989-90) as the only consecutive winners there...Earned his eighth major title with sixth wire-to-wire victoryin u.S. open history. Finished 3-under and won by threestrokes over runner-up phil mickelson, the only other playerto finish at par or better for the championship. Became thefifth player to win the first two majors of the year—craigWood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, ‘53), arnold palmer (1960)and Nicklaus (‘72). 2001: captured five tour events. Wonthe masters to become the first player to hold all four professionalmajor titles at once. Won player of the Yearhonors for the third consecutive year and fourth time in fiveseasons. Led tour in Scoring average (68.81, adjusted) forthird straight year and captured third straight Vardontrophy. 2000: Set or tied 27 tour records. Won threeconsecutive majors (u.S. and British opens, pgachampionship) and career grand Slam and totaled ninetour victories. Non-adjusted scoring average of 68.17 bestin golf history, surpassing Byron Nelson’s 68.33 unofficialmark of 1945. Finished the year with 47 consecutive roundsof par or better and completing all 20 events started underpar. Won tour player of the year honors...an eight-strokevictory in the British open placed him in the same companySection 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-219