From his first year as a pro in 1996 to the 2013 season, we’ve ranked Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour campaigns over the years.
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From his first year as a pro in 1996 to the 2013 season, we’ve ranked Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour campaigns over the years.
Wins: 9 (3 majors)
Top 10s: 17 in 20 events
Missed Cuts: 0
In one of the greatest years we’ve ever seen from a professional golfer, Woods won six consecutive tournaments and claimed three majors. At 24, he became the youngest ever to achieve the career Grand Slam and was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year.
Wins: 8 (2 majors)
Top 10s: 11 in 15 events
Missed Cuts: 1 (1 WD)
Woods started the season slow but ended it with six consecutive victories, including an emotional win at the British Open, which he dedicated to his late father Earl, who passed away earlier in the year. He followed that with a record-setting performance at the PGA Championship, and at the Buick Open he became the youngest player to reach 50 wins.
Wins: 6 (2 majors)
Top 10s: 13 in 21 events
Missed Cuts: 2
After not winning a major for two years and slipping from world No. 1, Woods started 2005 with a bang, winning the Buick Invitational in January and outdueling Phil Mickelson at Doral in March. He went on to win the Masters in a playoff and the British Open, his ninth and 10th majors, respectively. He also won two World Golf Championships, topping the money list and reclaiming No. 1 in the process.
Wins: 5 (2 majors)
Top 10s: 13 in 18 events
Missed Cuts: 0
Woods successfully defended his Masters title in 2002, joining Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win back-to-back green jackets. He then went on to win the U.S. Open, finishing as the only player under par at Bethpage Black. He stumbled in the year’s final two majors but still took home the money title, Vardon Trophy, and Player of the Year honors for the fourth year in a row.
Wins: 8 (1 major)
Top 10s: 16 in 21 events
Missed Cuts: 0
The season that kicked off a period of dominance the likes of which had never been seen in men’s golf. Woods won the Memorial in June and ended the year by winning his last four starts, including the PGA Championship, his second career major. His eight total wins was a feat not achieved on Tour since 1974.
Wins: 7 (1 major)
Top 10s: 12 in 16 events
Missed Cuts: 0
After close calls at the Masters and U.S. Open, Woods won his second straight PGA Championship, becoming the first player ever to win the PGA back-to-back on two separate occasions. Woods claimed his 60th Tour victory in 2007 and ran away with the Tour Championship and inaugural FedEx Cup.
Wins: 5 (1 major)
Top 10s: 9 in 19 events
Missed Cuts: 0
Coming off a year in which he won the last three majors, Woods started off 2001 by winning the Masters, becoming the only golfer in the modern era to hold all four major titles at the same time -- a feat that became known as the “Tiger Slam” since, technically, he didn’t win them all in the same season. While he didn’t factor in the rest of the majors in 2001, he finished with five wins, best on the PGA Tour.
Wins: 4 (1 major)
Top 10s: 9 in 21 events
Missed Cuts: 1
Although he turned pro the year before, Woods announced his arrival to the golf universe in April 1997, when he won the Masters in record-breaking fashion. He became the tournament’s youngest-ever winner, setting 20 Masters records and tying six others. He won three more times in ’97 and ascended to No. 1 in just his 42nd week as a professional. Woods went on to claim Player of the Year honors, the first time for a player in their sophomore campaign.
Wins: 4 (1 major)
Top 10s: 6 in 6 events
Missed Cuts: 0
Woods started the season with three impressive wins, but the story of the year came at the U.S. Open. Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in a 91-hole marathon that went to a sudden-death playoff for his 14th and most recent major championship. It was revealed afterward that he had a torn left ACL and a double stress fracture in his left tibia. Woods called it his “greatest ever championship.” He missed the rest of the season after undergoing surgery.
Wins: 6 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 14 in 17 events
Missed Cuts: 1
Woods returned from knee surgery in 2009 to mixed results. He won six times, including high-profile victories at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial and the WGC-Bridgestone, capturing the FedEx Cup in the process. However, he failed to win a major when leading or co-leading after 54 holes for the first time, falling to Y.E. Yang at the PGA Championship. In November, Woods’ public image took a major hit when his infidelity scandal came to light.
Wins: 5 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 12 in 18 events
Missed Cuts: 0
While Woods continued his winning ways with five victories on the season, 2003 saw a dip in dominance for the world No. 1. It marked the first year he didn’t win a major and first year he didn’t finish first in money earned since 1999.
Wins: 5 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 8 in 16 events
Missed Cuts: 0
Although 2013 was shrouded in controversy surrounding multiple rules infractions, Woods did manage five wins, including a Players Championship and two World Golf Championships. The wins were enough to once again earn him Player of the Year honors and the No. 1 world ranking, but he didn’t claim a major championship for the fifth consecutive year.
Wins: 3 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 9 in 19 events
Missed Cuts: 2 (1 WD)
Woods got back to his winning ways in 2012, taking the Arnold Palmer Invitational for the seventh time, his first official PGA Tour win since 2009. Although he played his way into major contention on multiple occasions, he seemed to falter on the weekends, finishing in the middle of the pack. Woods also won the Memorial and AT&T National, passing Jack Nicklaus on the all-time wins list.
Wins: 2 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 5 in 11 events
Missed Cuts: 1
Woods turned pro in August 1996 at the age of 20 after a stellar amateur career that included a collegiate stop at Stanford. He won two events in three months to qualify for the Tour Championship and was named the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year.
Wins: 1 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 13 in 20 events
Missed Cuts: 0 (1 WD)
After a sophomore season that saw him win the Masters by a record margin, the expectations were high for Woods entering 1998. While undergoing swing changes, he hit a mini-slump and won only one tournament, finishing the year at No. 4 on the money list.
Wins: 1 (0 majors)
Top 10s: 14 in 19 events
Missed Cuts: 0
Woods’ “slump” hit a new low in 2004, when he again failed to win a major and surrendered the world No. 1 ranking to Vijay Singh. He still managed a win but slipped to No. 4 on the money list.
Wins: 0
Top 10s: 2 in 12 events
Missed Cuts: 1 (1 WD)
After an indefinite break from golf because of his infidelity scandal, Woods returned to the course in time for the 2010 Masters, where he finished T-4. He also tied for fourth at the U.S. Open, but that’s as good as it got for Tiger. He finished the season at No. 2 in the world and No. 68 on the money list.
Wins: 0
Top 10s: 2 in 9 events
Missed Cuts: 1 (1 WD)
Although he managed to defeat Zach Johnson at his World Challenge, Woods went winless in 2011 at official PGA Tour events for the second time in as many seasons. He did not factor in any of the majors and dropped all the way to No. 58 in the world rankings.
