24 PGA Tour victories
2000 Mercedes Championships; Pebble Beach Pro-Am; Bay Hill Invitational;
Memorial Tournament; U.S. Open; British Open; PGA Championship; WGC-NEC
Invitational; Canadian Open
1999 Buick Invitational, The Memorial, Western Open, PGA Championship;
WGC-NEC Invitational; National Car Rental Classic; Tour Championship;
WGC-American Express Championship
1998 BellSouth Classic
1997 Mercedes Championships, The Masters, Byron Nelson Classic, Western
Open
1996 Walt Disney World Classic, Las Vegas Invitational
3 International victories
1999: TPC of Europe (Eur)
1998: Johnnie Walker Classic (Thailand)
1997 Asian Honda Classic (Thailand)
Ryder Cup experience
1997, 1999, 2001
AGE 22 (1998)
Won $2,927,006 worldwide in
26 events to surpass 1997 earnings of $2,440,832
Had 13 top-10 finishes in 20 starts on PGA TOUR, including second
in Mercedes
Championships and Nissan Open, and official earnings of $1,841,117
for fourth place.
Mark H. McCormack Award winner as the No. 1 player on the 1998 Official
World Golf Ranking
Won - Johnnie Walker Classic (Thailand)
Won - Bell South Classic
Won - PGA Grand Slam
Qualified for United States Team for Presidents Cup
Achieved eight-stroke comeback, winning Johnnie Walker Classic after
starting fourth round tied for 18th place, then scoring 65 and beating
Ernie Els with birdie on second playoff hole
Reached final of Cisco World Match Play Championship before losing
1-up to Mark O'Meara despite being 12 under par for 36 holes (record
score for losing finalist)
Won PGA Grand Slam, defeating Lee Janzen and Vijay Singh in match
play
Finished second in Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge after five-hole
playoff with Nick
Price
Had current PGA TOUR record for most consecutive events without missing
the cut (17).
Has missed only one cut (1997 Bell Canadian Open) in 48 events since
joining PGA
TOUR 1996. Current record of 17 events is based on withdrawal from
storm-delayed
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
In two years as a professional, ending with NEC World Series of Golf,
Won $4,561,494
on PGA TOUR ($5,300,204 worldwide) with seven victories and 26 top-10
finishes in 47
events (nine victories and 30 top-10 finishes in 51 events worldwide)
AGE 21 (1997)
The Associated Press Male Athlete
of the Year
ESPY Male Athlete of the Year (Tied with Ken Griffey, Jr.)
Player of the Year as selected by PGA TOUR, PGA of America and Golf
Writers
Association of America
Leading money winner on PGA TOUR with $2,066,833 (most ever Won in
a single year)
Won $2,440,832 worldwide in 25 events.
Won - Masters Tournament (first African American in his, first professional
major championship)
Won - Mercedes Championships
Won - Asian Honda Classic (Thailand)
Won - GTE Byron Nelson Classic
Won - Motorola Western Open
Qualified for United States Team for Ryder Cup Matches
Set Masters record for youngest champion (21 years, three months,
14 days) and became
the first major champion of African or Asian heritage
Set Masters 72-hole record with a total of 270 (70-66-65-69) and set
Masters record
with 12-stroke victory margin
Other Masters records set or tied: most shots under par, second nine
(16), low middle 36
holes (131), low first 54 holes (201, tied Raymond Floyd, 1976), low
last 54 holes (200),
lowest score par-five holes in one round (six under par, tied Steve
Jones, 1990), largest
54-hole lead (nine strokes), youngest 36-hole and 54-hole leader,
most threes, one tournament (26)
Shot 59, 13 under par in practice round on April 4 at home course,
Isleworth Country Club,
Windermere, Florida, with two eagles, nine birdies, and two pars on
par-five holes
Set record with five PGA TOUR victories in his first 16 events. He
was the second-youngest (21 years, four months, 20 days) to win five
events, behind Horton Smith (20 years, 10 months, one day) in 1929
Achieved $2 million in PGA TOUR career earnings in a record 16 events
(previous record was 50 events by Ernie Els in 1990-1996)
Achieved No. 1 world ranking in his 42nd week as a professional and
became the youngest-ever No. 1 golfer (21 years, 24 weeks), ahead
of Bernhard Langer (29 years, 31 weeks) in 1986. He also made the
fastest rise from amateur status to the top 100 (six weeks), top 50
(eight weeks) and top 10 (33 weeks)
In first year as a professional, ending with NEC World Series of Golf,
Won $2,740,514
on the PGA TOUR ($2,946,163 worldwide) with six victories and 14 top-10
finishes in
25 events (seven victories and 19 top-10 finishes in 30 events worldwide)
AGE 20 (1996)
Sports Illustrated Sportsman
of the Year
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Won - Disney/Oldmobile Classic
Won - Las Vegas Invitational
Won - U.S. Amateur Championship, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Cornelius,
Oregon (only golfer ever to win three consecutive titles, record 18
consecutive match-play victories).
Won - NCAA Championship, The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn., with
scores of 69-67-69-80-285
Won - John A. Burns Invitational
Won - Cleveland Golf Championship
Won - Tri-Match (Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State)
Won - Cougar Classic
Won - Pac-10 Championship (shot course-record 61)
Won - NCAA West Regional
Missed cut - Masters Tournament with scores of 75-75-150
Fred Haskins College Player of the Year
Jack Nicklaus College Player of the Year
Pac-10 Player of the Year
First Team All-American
Al Master Award co-winner (presented to the outstanding athlete at
Stanford for attaining
the highest standards of athletic performance, leadership and academic
achievement)
Finished tied for 82nd in U.S. Open with scores of 76-69-77-72--294
and had lead
through 13 holes of first round at Oakland Hills
Tied British Open 72-hole record for an amateur with total of 281
(75-66-70-70) at
Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England, matching Iain Pyman at Royal
St. George's in 1993.
His second round five-under 66 was the lowest by an amateur since
Frank Stranahan
registered the same score at Royal Troon in 1950
Earned $932,244 worldwide in 11 tournaments as a professional, an
average of $84,931
per event. Earned $790,594 on the PGA TOUR in eight events as a professional,
finishing
25th on the money list. Earnings were the second-most for a rookie
in PGA TOUR history
behind David Duval ($881,436 in 26 events in 1995)
Became the first player to win twice in his first year on the PGA
TOUR since Robert
Gamez Won the 1990 Northern Telecom Tucson Open and Nestle Invitational.
Became
the first player to record five consecutive top-five finishes on the
PGA TOUR since Curtis
Strange in 1982
Advanced to No. 33 on the world ranking, the fastest rise into the
top 50 in history
AGE 19 (1995)
Won - U.S. Amateur Championship,
Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island
Won - Stanford Invitational
Finalist for the Sullivan Award
Tied 41st - Masters Tournament (first professional major championship)
with scores of
72-72-77-72-293 (only amateur to make the cut)
Withdrew from U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills because of
wrist injury after
five holes of the second round (shot 74 in first round)
Tied 67th - British Open at St. Andrews, Scotland with scores of 74-71-72-78-295
Played in Motorola Western Open on PGA TOUR and Scottish Open on PGA
European
Tour
Member, United States team in Walker Cup Match in Porthcawl, Wales
Tied fifth - NCAA Championship, Columbus, Ohio, with scores of 73-72-70-71-286
Pac-10 Player of the Year
First Team All-American
Stanford's Male Freshman of the Year (all sports)
AGE 18 (1994)
Won - U.S. Amateur Championship,
Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (youngest
ever to win; largest comeback ever)
Won - Western Amateur Championship
Won - Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship
Won - Pacific Northwest Amateur Championship
Won - William Tucker Invitational (first collegiate event)
Won - Jerry Pate Invitational
Semi-finalist - California State Amateur Championship
Tied sixth place - Porter Cup
Played in the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic (Thailand)
Played in the following PGA TOUR events: Nestle Invitational, Buick
Classic, Motorola
Western Open
Los Angeles Times Player of the Year
Orange County Player of the Year
Orange County League Most Valuable Player (fourth time)
Member, United States team at the World Amateur Team Championships
in Versailles,
France (led them to an 11-stroke team victory by shooting rounds of
71-75-67-72-285)
Golf World Man of the Year
AGE 17 (1993)
Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
(third time)
Won - Southern California Junior Best Ball Championship
Second place - AJGA Taylor Made Woodlands
Top 32, U.S. Amateur Championship
First Team - Rolex Junior All-American
Played in the following PGA TOUR events: Nissan Los Angeles Open,
Honda Classic,
GTE Byron Nelson Classic
Played in the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying
Southern California Player of the Year
Golf World Player of the Year
Winner, Dial Award - top national high school male athlete for 1993
Accepted scholarship at Stanford University in November, 1993, (to
enter Stanford in 1994)
AGE 16 (1992)
Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
(only golfer to win twice)
Won - PING/Phoenix Junior (AJGA)
Won - Nabisco Mission Hills Desert Junior (AJGA)
Won - Pro Gear San Antonio Shootout (AJGA)
Won - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National
Second place - Optimist Junior International World
Fifth place - Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament of Champions
Played in Nissan Los Angeles Open on PGA TOUR and U.S. Open Sectional
Qualifying
Top 32, U.S. Amateur Championship
First Team - Rolex Junior All-American
Golf Digest Player of the Year
Southern California Player of the Year
Titleist-Golfweek National Amateur of the Year
Golf World Player of the Year
AGE 15 (1991)
Won - U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
(youngest ever to win)
Won - Optimist International Junior World (sixth time)
Won - CIF-SCGA High School Invitational Championship (individual)
Won - Southern California Junior Championship
Won - PING/Phoenix Junior (AJGA)
Won - Edgewood Tahoe Junior Classic (AJGA)
Won - Los Angeles City Junior Championship
Won - Orange Bowl Junior International
AJGA Player of the Year
Golf Digest Player of the Year
Southern California Player of the Year
Titleist-Golfweek National Amateur of the Year
First Team - Rolex Junior All-American
Participated in U.S. Amateur Championship
AGE 14 (1990)
Won - Optimist International
Junior World (fifth time)
Won - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National (youngest
ever to win)
Second place - PGA National Junior Championship
Competed in Southern California/French Junior Cup, Paris, France
Semi-finalist at U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
Southern California Player of the Year
AGES 6 - 13 (1982-1989)
Appeared on "Today Show",
"Good Morning America", ESPN, CBS,
NBC and ABC
Won - Optimist International Junior World at ages 8, 9, 12 and 13
Second place - Insurance Youth Golf Classic (Big "I") National
at age 13
AGES 2 - 5 (1978-1981)
Appeared on "CBS News"
and "Mike Douglas Show" putting with Bob
Hope (age 2)
Shot 48 for nine holes at Navy Golf Club in Cypress, Calif., (age
3)
Appeared on "That's Incredible" (age 5)
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