Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods, halfway to winning golf’s four major tournaments in one year, takes his shot at major No. 3 when he tees off at the British Open at Muirfield Course in Scotland on Thursday. A look at how he fared in past British Opens, his results this year, his career PGA Tour victories and what he did in the final rounds of those tournaments:
BRITISH OPEN RESULTS
*--* Year Course Finish Scores 1995 St. Andrews * 68th (T) 74-71-72-78-295, +7 1996 Royal Lytham & St. Annes * 22nd (T) 75-66-70-70-281, --3 1997 Royal Troon 24th (T) 72-74-64-74-284, even 1998 Royal Birkdale Third 65-73-77-66-281, +1 1999 Carnoustie Seventh (T) 74-72-74-74-294, +10 2000 St. Andrews First 67-66-67-69-269, -19 2001 Royal Lytham & St. Annes 25th (T) 71-68-73-71-283, -1
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(*Played as an amateur)
2002 RESULTS
*--* Tournament Finish Prize Money Mercedes Championships 10th (T) $105,000 AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 12th (T) $84,000 Buick Invitational Fifth (T) $131,400 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 33rd (T) $27,500 Genuity Championship Second $507,600 Bay Hill Invitational First $720,000 The Players Championship 14th (T) $102,000 Masters First $1,008,000 Byron Nelson Classic Third $326,400 Memorial 22nd (T) $43,200 U.S. Open First $1,000,000
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CAREER PGA TOUR VICTORIES
*--* Year Tournament 1996 Las Vegas Invitational Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic 1997 Mercedes Championships Masters* GTE Byron Nelson Classic Motorola Western Open 1998 BellSouth Classic 1999 Buick Invitational Memorial Motorola Western Open PGA Championship* NEC Invitational National Car Rental Classic Tour Championship American Express Championship 2000 Mercedes Championships AT&T; Pebble Beach Pro-Am Bay Hill Invitational Memorial U.S. Open* British Open* PGA Championship* NEC Invitational Bell Canadian Open 2001 Bay Hill Invitational Players Championship Masters* Memorial NEC Invitational 2002 Bay Hill Invitational Masters* U.S. Open*
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* denotes majors
ENTERING THE FINAL ROUND
(Year: Tournament)
1996: Las Vegas Invitational -- Trailed Ronnie Black by 4, won in playoff over Davis Love III
1996: Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic -- Trailed Taylor Smith, Lennie Clements, Rick Fehr and Jay Haas by 1, won by 1 over Payne Stewart
1997: Mercedes Championships -- Trailed Tom Lehman by 4, won in playoff over Lehman
1997: Masters -- Led by 9 over Costantino Rocca, won by 12 over Tom Kite
1997: GTE Byron Nelson Classic -- Led by 2 over Lee Rinker, won by 2 over Rinker
1997: Motorola Western Open -- Tied with Justin Leonard, won by 3 over Frank Nobilo
1998: BellSouth Classic -- Led by 3 over Jay Don Blake, won by 1 over Blake
1999: Buick Invitational -- Led by 1 over Billy Ray Brown, won by 2 over Brown
1999: Memorial -- Led by 2 over Vijay Singh, won by 2 over Singh
1999: Motorola Western Open -- Led by 4 over Mike Weir, won by 3 over Weir
1999: PGA Championship -- Tied with Mike Weir, won by 1 over Sergio Garcia
1999: WGC NEC Invitational -- Led by 5 over Fred Couples, won by 1 over Phil Mickelson
1999: National Car Rental Classic -- Tied with Bob Tway, won by 1 over Ernie Els
1999: Tour Championship -- Led by 3 over Chris Perry, won by 4 over Davis Love III
1999: WGC American Express Championship -- Trailed Miguel Angel Jimenez and Chris Perry by 1, won in playoff over Jimenez
2000: Mercedes Championships -- Tied with Ernie Els, won in playoff over Els
2000: AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- Trailed Matt Gogel and Mark Brooks by 5 (and by 7 after 11 holes of final round), won by 2 over Gogel and Vijay Singh
2000: Bay Hill Invitational -- Led by 2 over Davis Love III, won by 4 over Love
2000: Memorial -- Led by 6 over Steve Lowery, won by 5 over Ernie Els and Justin Leonard
2000: U.S. Open -- Led by 10 over Ernie Els, won by 15 over Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez
2000: British Open -- Led by 6 over David Duval and Thomas Bjorn, won by 8 over Bjorn and Ernie Els
2000: PGA Championship -- Led by 1 over Bob May and Scott Dunlap, won in playoff over May
2000: WGC NEC Invitational -- Led by 9 over Phillip Price, Phil Mickelson and Hal Sutton, won by 11 over Price and Justin Leonard
2000: Bell Canadian Open -- Tied with Grant Waite, won by 1 over Waite
2001: Bay Hill Invitational -- Led by 1 over Sergio Garcia, won by 1 over Phil Mickelson
2001: Players Championship -- Trailed Jerry Kelly by 2, won by 1 over Vijay Singh
2001: Masters -- Led by 1 over Phil Mickelson, won by 2 over David Duval
2001: Memorial -- Trailed Paul Azinger by 1, won by 7 over Azinger and Sergio Garcia
2001: WGC NEC Invitational -- Trailed Jim Furyk by 2, won in playoff over Furyk
2002: Bay Hill Invitational -- Led by 1 over Len Mattiace, won by 4 over Michael Campbell
2002: Masters -- Tied with Retief Goosen, won by 3 over Goosen
2002: U.S. Open -- Led by 4 over Sergio Garcia, won by 3 over Phil Mickelson.
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