Highs of the Tiger: Woods’ career in major championships

Woods has four wins at the US PGA Championship and three each at the Open Championship and US Open.

Tiger slam

Woods’ 2001 Masters success saw him hold all four majors simultaneously, having won the US Open, the Open and the US PGA the previous year.

The ‘Tiger Slam’ was part of a run of five wins in six major tournaments, also including the 1999 US PGA, and seven out of 11 as he added the Masters and US Open in 2002.

He is the only player to hold all four majors at once, with Nicklaus coming up just short when he won the US PGA in 1971 and the Masters and US Open in 1972 but then finished second at the Open, one stroke behind champion Lee Trevino.

Ben Hogan won a ‘triple crown’ of the Masters, US Open and Open Championship in 1953 but did not play the US PGA, while Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only other men to have claimed all four majors during their careers.

The list of women’s majors has changed over time and currently numbers five, with Inbee Park having won all five – though her Evian Championship success came before it was elevated to major status.

Australian Karrie Webb won five events recognised by the LPGA as majors while Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Annika Sorenstam, Louise Suggs and Mickey Wright won all four available to them.

Record margin

Woods’ 15-stroke win in the 2000 US Open is a record for any major and saw him finish as the only player under par, with nearest challengers Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez three over.

He also shares third place on that list thanks to his maiden win at Augusta. Old Tom Morris won the 1862 Open Championship by 13 strokes and his son, Young Tom Morris, by 12 in 1870 – though those records came in fields of eight and 20 players respectively.

At the other end of the scale, Woods has two single-stroke wins at the 1999 US PGA Championship and the 2019 Masters – and has won three majors in play-offs.

The most memorable came at the 2008 US Open, when he defied an anterior cruciate ligament injury and stress fracture of his left tibia to beat Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole play-off – which remarkably required a sudden-death 19th hole.

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