Taming Tiger
Today sees the start of the first of golf’s ‘Major’ championships - The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The favourite to win will undoubtedly be the phenomenal Tiger Woods, who became the youngest winner of The Masters in 1997 aged 21 years, 3 months and 15 days. Here are some other records that make him one of golf’s true greats:
Highest annual earnings - golfer
Tiger Woods (USA) earned an estimated $100 million (£50 million) for the year ending in June 2007, according to Forbes.
Highest career earnings on the US PGA tour
The all-time career earnings record on the US PGA circuit is held by Tiger Woods (USA) with $78,865,376(£39,715,772.97) between 1996 and 2008.
Largest margin of victory in a Major tournament
The biggest margin of victory in a major Golf tournament was achieved by Tiger Woods (USA), who won the 2000 US Open by 15 shots. He finished with a round of 67 to add to rounds of 65, 69 and 71 for a 12 under par total of 272.
The Masters - lowest total score (72 holes)
The lowest aggregate score for the four rounds of the Masters is 270 (70, 66, 65, 69) by Tiger Woods in 1997.
US Open, lowest total score (72 holes)
The lowest total score for the four rounds of the US Open is 272 by: Jack Nicklaus (USA) (63, 71, 70, 68) at Baltusrol, Springfield, New Jersey from 12-15 June 1980; Lee Janzen (USA) (67, 67, 69, 69) at Baltusrol from 17-20 June 1993; and by Tiger Woods (USA) (65, 69, 71, 67) at Pebble Beach, California from 13-16 June 2000.
Largest sports trading card
The largest sports trading cards are two made by The Upper Deck Company, LLC ("Upper Deck"), Carlsbad, California, USA, measuring 51 x 71 inches (129 x 180 cm), approximately 20 times the size of an ordinary sports trading card. The two cards are double sided, laminated and depict golfers Tiger Woods (USA) and Jesper Parnevik (Sweden).
10 April 2008