Tiger Woods’ major wins, ranked by memorability

Friday is Tiger Woods’ 47th birthday, but unfortunately for him, the only present he would like is probably a 16th major title.

Woods’ birthday comes 97 days before the 2023 Masters this year and we aren’t even sure if he will play for the second straight year, but we can at least look back on one of the two greatest major championship careers in golf.

We’ve seen shots that made you question everything you know about the game, stupid low rounds, fist pumps and a lot of red Nike golf shirts.

Below you’ll find a ranking of Woods’ 15 major wins (five Masters, four PGA Championships, three U.S. Opens and three Open Champions) ranked by their memorability.

15. 2006 PGA Championship

Well, one of them had to be last in the rankings. Woods finished at 18 under — and gave 20 under a scare on the back nine — for the week at Medinah, winning the PGA for the second time at the Chicago-area club. He entered the final round tied with Luke Donald and improved his conversion rate to 12-0 when leading or co-leading a major after 54 holes.

14. 2002 Masters

The 2002 Masters was the only time Woods ever defended a title at Augusta National. He entered the final round tied with Retief Goosen, but the South African bogeyed the opening hole and never again was within three strokes of Woods after the third hole. Vijay Singh was the only other player near Woods but fell out of contention with a bogey-quad run on 14 and 15.

13. 1999 PGA Championship

I remember this tournament (or at least replays and old news clippings) more for a 19-year-old Sergio Garcia hitting a shot from a try root than for anything Woods did….