Tiger's most impressive golf accomplishment ?

[Fairway14]

Please vote for the Tiger Woods accomplishment in golf which you believe to be most impressive.

[MtlJeff]

Over time i feel like his weeks at #1 might be as impressive as anything. He has twice as much as the next closest challenger (Greg Norman)

 

....And Norman has twice as much as HIS next closest challenger.

 

To put that in perspective---Dustin Johnson , who is 3rd. Would need to be #1 for roughly 11 years straight to catch Tiger.

[lefty1978]

Tiger had a 7 tournament win streaks. I find that stat remarkable in the modern game. I believe he also had a 5 and 6 streak at different times.

[grm24]

There are so many others....

 

Winning 4 consecutive majors. Winning 7 out of 11 majors. His record when leading on the PGA Tour (55-4) after 54 holes.

 

https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/stats-incredible-tigers-40-greatest-numerical-records (from 2016).

 

In a stretch from the middle of the 1999 season through the middle of the 2001 season, Woods won 20 of the 38 stroke-play events he played on the Tour (a .526 win percentage). In those events, Woods was a combined 472 under, a cumulative score 307 shots better than anyone else. Vijay Singh was second.

 

From 1997 through 2008, Woods was a combined 126 under par in majors. There are 138 other players who played at least 40 rounds in major championships in that span. Among that group, Woods was a staggering 189 shots better than anyone else. Second on the list: Joe Ogilvie, at 63 over.

Edited August 3, 2021 by grm24

[Fairway14]

I am glad to see so many votes cast for "142 consecutive cuts made", because I believe the media has not given that accomplishment the appreciation and respect it is due.

[sekrah]

Winning the Masters at 43 with his knee and back held together by titanium rods and bubble gum needs to be up there.

 

[TLUBulldogGolf]

Hard to pick between the 6 straight US Jr/Am and the cut streak but to me it has to be the cut streak. The best anyone seems to be able to manage is what? 20 something? He played 7+ seasons and never missed the weekend, I don't care how many were no cut events, that is insane. 

[ChrisL52188]

His 2000 season is in my opinion the best golf ever played in a single year. Absolutely unbelievable. 

[Christosterone]

Achievements and awards

World Golf Hall of Fame 2021 (member page) PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 1996 PGA Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 PGA Tour leading money winner 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 Vardon Trophy 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 Byron Nelson Award 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 FedEx Cup Champion 2007, 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019

 

his Vardon trophies blow my mind…

 

I recall one year he didn’t miss a putt inside 3 feet…for an entire year…that’s astonishing on tour greens

 

-chris

[Cincy_Ken]

As the win totals of current players show winning is the toughest thing to do in golf; I think his win records are the only place to start.  Whether you want to talk about multiple win streaks over 5 or 7/11 majors I don't have an issue either way.  I'd probably go with the 7,6, and 5 tournament win streaks.  The player of the year usually doesn't get to 5 wins; he won 5 tournaments in a month and a half.  Of course he had Arnold Palmer's career major total from August 1999 to June 2002 so I could easily talk myself into that.

[bscinstnct]

Those all pretty good but this most impressive 

 

 

[Creedo77]

If he wins the US Senior Open down the line he’ll be the only player to ever win the JR AM, US AM, US Open and SR Open

[MattyO1984]

Singlehandedly providing Norah Begay with a life time career in PGA Tour golf?

[the bishop]

On 8/2/2021 at 11:28 PM, Fairway14 said:

I am glad to see so many votes cast for "142 consecutive cuts made", because I believe the media has not given that accomplishment the appreciation and respect it is due.

It's the equivalent to Dimaggio's hitting streak in baseball and will never be broken.  Aside from the skillset needed to even achieve something like that- let's say a player gets on a hot streak and makes a bunch of cuts in a row.  At one point does the media start to speculate and ask the player about Tiger's streak? 40 cuts?  50 cuts?  60 cuts?  Let's say it starts at 60 cuts.  That means that player will have to endure being asked the question for 82 consecutive events just to tie Tiger.  Oy vey.  Who's got the stomach or mental fortitude for that?  It's worth missing a cut just to make the pain stop.  It's a ridiculous record, but as others have mentioned here I'm not sure its his most impressive accomplishment.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

Number of weeks as worlds number 1 is really an all encompassing statistic for his dominance in the sport.

120 affairs in 5 years is also pretty impressive 🤣 

[iBanesto]

Easily the consecutive major wins: 2000 US Open, 2000 Open Championship, 2000 PGA Championship and 2001 Masters.

 

[physasst]

What about the 82 PGA tour victories? 

 

Tied with Sam Snead for most all time. No one else is even close...

 

That's the most impressive to me.

[KennyP]

The Tiger Slam. Nobody else will ever hold all four majors at the same time, not in my lifetime anyway.

[cgasucks]

Tiger Slam, but most impressive to me is how he won the 2008 US Open..with one working leg...

Edited August 4, 2021 by cgasucks

[bladehunter]

I voted for the ams.  I doubt that will ever be done again.  It’s incredibly hard at that age.  The cuts made is neck and neck. But I think by the time he was at that level , he just knew how to be consistent enough to be -3 or so after 2 days.  He’s a notoriously conservative starter. Hard yes. But I think it’s a touch less likely that we ever see 3 juniors snd 3 ams won by a single guy than the made cuts. And I think both are virtually impossible 

[3whacker]

IF we have seen TW for the last time then I would say the Tiger Slam......

 

BUT IF TW returns and somehow wins or by a miracle of a higher source wins a major, THAT might be his greatest accomplishment

 

I will wait for the end of his career to go back and rate his accomplishments, just dont think the last chapter has been written yet

[Ric0485]

It wasn't one of the choices but the amount of weeks as the #1 player has to be #1

Edited August 4, 2021 by Ric0485

[johnseg]

This is such a hard question to answer when you have so many choices to ponder. I like the 82 wins, consecutive cuts, and weeks at number 1. as fans the media has trained us to put too much emphasis on Majors. There are so many one hit wonders that it shows you can just get hot for a week and win one.

 

I personally like the weeks number 1 and made cut streak as greatest feats.

 

[PittShark]

So many amazing ones to choose from but for me it's got to be the Tiger slam.  Especially when you consider the often-overlooked fact that he also won the Players in that same stretch.  Also he was only a Masters (2000) away from winning 6 majors in a row!

[dlygrisse]

On 8/3/2021 at 10:47 AM, sekrah said:

Winning the Masters at 43 with his knee and back held together by titanium rods and bubble gum needs to be up there.

 

Impressive no doubt, but not close to his most impressive.  Tiger just focused his mind for one week and made it happen, he was living off of past experience and total belief in himself that week.  It was mind over matter.  The focus it takes week after week for that cut streak or 4 majors in a row is something no one else has ever done at a pro level.  I am going with the cut streak for the pure longevity of it.  The discipline it takes to make that happen is off the charts.  4 majors in a row will never happen again either, at least not in my lifetime I don't think.  I honestly think what Phil did to win the PGA is every bit as impressive, if not more so.  

[Ty_Webb]

Consecutive rounds beating the field I think is the most impressive. 89 rounds in a row he beat the field average. That's other worldly. 142 cuts probably next, but the 7 majors in 11 and 4 in a row is up there too. 

[PorkChopExpress]

3 US Ams

It will never be matched

 

A gajillion kids will come through til the end of time, winning 1 US Am is very impressive, 3 - unheard of

[dcfas]

All of the records are off the charts. But 15 majors? Most tour players spend an entire career without winning one. Most tour players value a major win over any other accomplishments. Perhaps a reason some do not consider this to be his greatest accomplishment is because Jack won more. 

[Barnacle]

2000 US Open at Pebble. Shoots -12 and wins the tournament by 15 strokes. No one else even broke par for the tournament. That is insane to me. 

There are so many things that Tiger has done, so many records held that I think he will hold for the rest of time. As good as Jack was I just think that Tiger is the most significant golfer of all time. 

[Go Cougs]

The way I break this down is to ask myself if someone came along and accomplished one of these three things, but not the other two, which would I be most impressed with?

 

For me it's 15 majors.

 

But they are all very impressive indeed, and will probably never be equaled.