Eldrick Tiger Woods, now 28 years of age, has had an amazing career since becoming a professional golfer in the late summer of 1996. He has won 52 tournaments, 39 of those on the PGA TOUR, including the 1997, 2001, and 2002 Masters Tournaments, 1999 and 2000 PGA Championships, 2000 and 2002 U.S. Open Championship, and 2000 British Open Championship. With his second Masters victory in 2001, Tiger became the first ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time. He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA TOUR, and is the career...
Sportsman of the Year.

Woods was selected as 1997, 1999 and 2000, and 2001 Player of the Year by the PGA TOUR Jack Nicklaus Award, the PGA of America, and the Golf Writers Association of America. His adjusted scoring average in 2000 of 67.79 strokes was the lowest ever ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ breaking his record of 68.43 in 1999 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ and earned the Byron Nelson Award on the PGA TOUR and the Vardon Trophy from the PGA of America. He also had an actual scoring average in 2000 of 68.17 strokes, breaking Nelson's record of 68.33 strokes in 1945.