Tiger Streak: Which Events Count?

[g-funk13]

Here is a list of the current Tiger Streak:

2007
1. BMW Championship
2. The Tour Championship
(The President's Cup)
3. Target World Challenge
2008
4. Buick Invitational
5. Dubai Desert Classic
6. WGC Match Play
7. Palmer Invitational

[r7 425]

The Target is out

[Borf]

Well a win streak is a win streak, 7 in a row

you can call it what you want.

The PGA streak can not be compromised thought, PGA streak needs to be PGA tournaments, but in terms of pure wins, a win is a win in my mind whats the difference?!!?!?!?!? GO TIGER

[iacas]

I don't count the Target because he had only 15 other people to play, and he selected them. And it's not like he takes the top 15 + himself, either - it's a mish-mash of good players and old buddies.

16 players isn't enough in my eyes. So I put the streak at 6. Two in 2007 and four this year. Dubai counts because it's a full Tour-sanctioned event.

You don't get OWGR points for the Target, nor the Presidents Cup, so that's my determining factor.

[gogolfing]

I would put it at 6; Target out. But if he keeps winning and is going after Nelson's 11 in a row, then I would have to put it at 5, as these were the ones that were official PGA Tour events. Nelson won things like the Miami 4 Ball, but as far as I know, they were all PGA events. Dubai had a great field; at best I'd put an asterisk in if he went 11 and it included Dubai. The way Tiger is playing, it may be a mute point.

[Jeepthrills]

For the official streak I would also throw out the Target, but I do agree that overall a win is a win. I heard a quick mention on TGC the other night about one of the tournament Nelson won in his streak being a 4 Ball. Not to take away from what he did, because 11 straight is just crazy, but should a partnered event count?

[Hank]

I don't get how people can say the Target tournament doesn't count... yet Nelson's 4-Ball tournament with a partner counts in his streak. I would think that having a partner in a 4-Ball tournament is much more controversial than that Target tournament was...

But I guess a PGA tour event is a PGA tour event...

[iacas]

I would put it at 6; Target out. But if he keeps winning and is going after Nelson's 11 in a row, then I would have to put it at 5, as these were the ones that were official PGA Tour events. Nelson won things like the Miami 4 Ball, but as far as I know, they were all PGA events. Dubai had a great field; at best I'd put an asterisk in if he went 11 and it included Dubai. The way Tiger is playing, it may be a mute point.

Nelson didn't have the European Tour, so I think limiting it to just "PGA Tour" events is a bit silly in light of the globalization we've now got in golf. I've chosen to limit it to events in which OWGR points are handed out. That excludes the Target.

P.S. "moot" point.

[Jeepthrills]

Even if Tiger gets 12, the next issue will be that it was not in a calendar year or that he skipped too many tournaments. Just like the Tiger Slam. He won 4 in a row. He had all the trophies at once. Looks like a slam to me.

[Elsfan]

If they are not in a row they don't count. Now he is at 2 in my book. You can't just shut it down and come play fully recharged three weeks later and say the streak is on when you missed 3 events. Being on the road and winning consecutive weeks is very draining and no way anyone would ever beat 11 that way.

[iacas]

If they are not in a row they don't count. Now he is at 2 in my book. You can't just shut it down and come play fully recharged three weeks later and say the streak is on when you missed 3 events. Being on the road and winning consecutive weeks is very draining and no way anyone would ever beat 11 that way.

That's just unrealistic and completely opposed to the way the modern Tour operates. I doubt anyone has even played 11 events in a row in the past 20 years.

[Elsfan]

That's just unrealistic and completely opposed to the way the modern Tour operates. I doubt anyone has even played 11 events in a row in the past 20 years.

When records are set, it is a good thing sometimes when they are not broken. If you want to say Tiger won however many starts, then that is fine. Tiger imo is working on his own separate record. The real record is however consecutive, and you don't lessen records due to changing times.

[MrKadash]

That's just unrealistic and completely opposed to the way the modern Tour operates. I doubt anyone has even played 11 events in a row in the past 20 years.

The closest I can think of is Dana Quigley on the Champions Tour...

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

I voted for PGA tour events only but now that I think about it Dubai should count as well. The Target Challenge definitely does not count in my eyes.

[Jeepthrills]

When records are set, it is a good thing sometimes when they are not broken. If you want to say Tiger won however many starts, then that is fine. Tiger imo is working on his own separate record. The real record is however consecutive, and you don't lessen records due to changing times.

I have tried to find the schedule from Nelson's streak, to no avail, but was it truly consecutive? It lasted from March to August. That is more than 11 weeks. I assume they did not play as much then, but would it take 20 weeks or more to play 11 tournaments? Lets say for argument sake it started on March 15 and ended on August 15. That is 22 weeks. That meant that he was essentially able to rest every other week. Tiger plays 17-18 events each year. That is from February to October. About every two weeks on average. Not all that different. He also plays all over the World.

[Elsfan]

I have tried to find the schedule from Nelson's streak, to no avail, but was it truly consecutive? It lasted from March to August. That is more than 11 weeks. I assume they did not play as much then, but would it take 20 weeks or more to play 11 tournaments? Lets say for argument sake it started on March 15 and ended on August 15. That is 22 weeks. That meant that he was essentially able to rest every other week. Tiger plays 17-18 events each year. That is from February to October. About every two weeks on average. Not all that different. He also plays all over the World.

They were consecutive. I think I remember reading he won 20 total that year, 11 consecutively.

[Shindig]

What? I can't say 6, Dubai doesn't count?

I'm with 6. Nelson gets his Miami event, Tiger gets Dubai. I think having a teammate is less of an advantage than choosing your competition (although top X available in the world get invites to TWC, don't they? Isn't that how Rory got in?).

The closest I can think of is Dana Quigley on the Champions Tour...

Quigley played some huge number of tournaments for which he was eligible. I think the streak lasted seven or eight years. Iron man for certain!

Someone who knows more about his record and can cite it should enter it in his Wikipedia entry.

[Eore]

i think all of them are good. even if the TWC was against less people, it was against THE BEST (allegedly) people. i think that if you can win every tournament you enter, they all have got to count as wins in a row

even though he takes 3 weeks off in between tournaments, may players don't have that luxury