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