Tiger Woods is a freak of nature. Sunday marked Woods’ 50th win on the PGA Tour. In winning the Buick Open, Tiger became the youngest player to 50 wins, breaking the old mark set by Jack Nicklaus by nearly three years. What a ride it’s been watching Tiger Woods for the past decade.
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Last week’s U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee marked a milestone for world #1 Tiger Woods. The tournament formerly known as the Greater Milwaukee Open happened to be the first event Woods played as a professional back in 1996.
The tournament marked the 10-year point for Woods on the PGA Tour. In those 10 years, Woods had won 49 PGA Tour events, nearly a quarter (11) of which have been major championships. It seemed only fitting then on Sunday with the sun setting over the Warwick Hills Golf Course that Woods’ final putt drop for birdie to secure his 50th victory just one short week after the 10 year mark.
Woods fired a fourth consecutive 6-under-par 66 to capture the Buick Open by three-shots over former champion Jim Furyk, and never looked phased when playing competitors got within one shot of the lead. Woods’ 24-under total marked Woods’ lowest score to par this season.
What a way to grab win number 50.
Tiger Woods is 30 years, seven months, and six days old today. Jack Nicklaus accomplished the feat at 33 years, six months, and 21 days.
Mike Weir might have said it best when asked about Woods’ performance: “It’s another milestone for (Woods) and it doesn’t surprise me.”
At the age of 30, the sky remains the limit for Woods. With 15 to 20 more years on tour, there is a very good chance we will see Woods break Sam Snead’s all-time victory mark of 82.
He only has 32 wins to go, and he won his thirty-second event on the PGA Tour way back in 2002. At this pace, Woods has only seven years to wait.
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Tiger Woods has won more majors than, oh, just about 99% of the PGA Tour players have won regular tour events. I think that speaks volumes.
I’d be wary of that cake Tiger. It might have been sitting around for at least a week with the icing getting touched up in time for Sunday.
hahah, nice Bruce. Just like the trophy engravers at the Major Championships, they probably had a cake decorator on hand as he walked up 18 🙂
Living in the era of Tiger Woods must give us some idea of living during the heyday of Babe Ruth or Joe Dimaggio or other giants…you couldn’t wait to read the sports page for the drama they provided. I was visiting in another city a very nice club to which I don’t belong. A group of us were sitting in the beautiful wood panelled bar having a cool drink after a Sunday round. The men’s pro tournament final round was on the TV. A fellow sitting with us said he was glad Tiger wasn’t playing that weekend because he was tired of seeing Tiger win. Perhaps, in a most undiplomatic moment, I turned to him and suggested that he might also wish to rewrite the record books authored by Nickalaus, Jones, Nelson, Snead, etc., because maybe they won too much, too. And while he was at it, he should go ahead and rewrite the records of Michael Jordan, Johnny Unitas, Muhammed Ali, and Wayne Gretzky. I told him if he could just hang on until Tiger died to rewrite Tiger’s records, he would give truth to Voltaire’s statement that history is a joke the living play on the dead. I have not been invited to return to that club but, I have continued to cheer Tiger on, relish the sheer joy of living in the age of such an athlete and marvel at the swiftness with which he continues to set a pace only he can achieve.
Good stuff, shortgame.