On August 27, 1995, the ninety-fifth U.S. Golf Amateur
Championship is won by Tiger Woods.
Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had
already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance.
He first reached the number one position in the world
rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf,
spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June
2005 to October 2010 as world number one. From December 2009 to early April
2010, Woods took leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage after he
admitted infidelity.
Several different women, through many worldwide media
sources, revealed his multiple infidelities. This was followed by a loss of
form, and his ranking gradually fell to a low of No. 58 in November 2011.
He snapped a career-long winless streak of 107 weeks when he
captured the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011. As of August 26, 2013,
Woods, is still ranked the No. 1 golfer in the world.
Woods has broken numerous golf records. He has been world
number one for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of
weeks of any other golfer. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record
ten times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record
eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in nine different
seasons.
He has won 14 professional major golf championships, the
second highest of any player (Jack Nicklaus leads with 18), and 79 PGA Tour
events, second all time behind Sam Snead.
He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than
any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand
Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour, he currently
has 106 wins.
Additionally, Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack
Nicklaus, to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 17
World Golf Championships, and won at least one of those events in each of the
first 11 years after they began in 1999.
In 1996 Woods was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. 11
times Woods has been named the PGA Player of the Year including five straight
selections from 1999-2003. He was the PGA Tour Player of the Year 11 times,
including five straight selections from 1999-2003.
Woods has led the PGA Tour in money winning 10 times
including four straight years from 1999-2002. He won the Vardon Trophy nine
times, including five consecutive years from 1999-2003. He has won the Byron
Nelson Award nine times, including five consecutive years from 1999-2003.
Woods has also won the FedEx Cup twice in 2007 and 2009.
Check out the video below that features some highlights of Woods during his 1995 U.S. Amateur Golf Championship win:
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