| In August, Tiger Woods once again hogged the | | | | |
| sports pages with his fifth straight victory | | | | In late 1999, Tiger also began a record |
| on the PGA Tour in the 2006 season as well as | | | | streak of 264 consecutive weeks as the number |
| seventh overall PGA championship this year. | | | | one golfer in the world, according to |
| When you think about the fact that so many | | | | Official World Golf Rankings. In his career, |
| great golfers have yet to win a single | | | | Woods has been the world's number one for |
| tournament in their entire careers and yet | | | | more weeks than anyone. In that time, Woods |
| here is Tiger with seven titles this year | | | | also won seven out of 11 major championships, |
| alone, you can easily why they are saying | | | | beginning with the 1999 PGA Championship all |
| Woods has a chance to be universally | | | | the way to the 2002 US Open. Woods broke Tom |
| recognized as the greatest golfer who ever | | | | Morris' record for largest victory margin |
| lived before his career is over. | | | | ever in a major championship, a hallowed |
| | | | record that had stood since 1862. Woods broke |
| With such a blistering pace to his year so | | | | it with a 15-shot win in the 2000 US Open at |
| far, it's time once again to review the | | | | Pebble Beach. |
| career record of Tiger Woods to get a better | | | | |
| feel of how he currently ranks in history. | | | | Overall, among major championships, Woods has |
| | | | won The Masters four times (1997, 2001, 2002, |
| If there is one period in Woods' career that | | | | 2005), the US Open twice (2000, 2002), The |
| shows his true dominance, it has to start | | | | Open Championship three times (2000, 2005, |
| with his victory at the Memorial Tournament | | | | 2006) and the PGA Championship three |
| in June 1999 when Woods went on to record one | | | | championship (1999, 2000, 2006). |
| of the greatest sustained periods of | | | | |
| excellence in men's golf history as he went | | | | And here's a stunning fact,: in each one of |
| on to capture 17 PGA Tour titles in the two | | | | his major victories, Woods had the outright |
| calendar years that followed. Overall, he won | | | | lead or a share of the lead after the third |
| 32 PGA championships in the next five | | | | round and held on to it all the way to the |
| calendar years, an amazing feet that has not | | | | end. |
| been in professional golf in decades. | | | | |