TIGER WOODS TIMELINE
A timeline of memorable events in Tiger Woods’ career:
April 1997: Wins the Masters at age 21with a record score (270) and a record margin of victory (12 shots) to become its youngest champion.
June 2000: Wins the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by 15shots, the largest margin in major championship history.
April 2001: Completes the “Tiger Slam,” winning the Masters to become the only player to hold all four professional majors at the same time.
October 2004: Marries Elin Nordegren.
June 2007: Nordegren gives birth to their first child, daughter Samantha, a day after Woods finishes runner-up in the U.S. Open.
June 2008: Wins the U.S. Open in a playoff at Torrey Pines for his 14th major, four short of the record held by Jack Nicklaus. A week later, he has reconstructive surgery on his left knee. He is out for eight months.
February 2009: Wife gives birth to their son, Charlie.
November 2009: Crashes his
SUV into a tree and a fire hydrant outside his Windemere, Florida home. Within a few weeks, his personal life unravels with reports of multiple extramarital affairs and he loses major sponsorship endorsements. He spends 45days in a clinic and does not return to golf until the 2010Masters. August 2010: His divorce is finalized.
April 2014: Has back surgery a week before the Masters and misses Augusta National for the first time.
September 2015: Has a second back surgery.
October 2015 : Has a third procedure on his back.
April 2017 : Has a fourth back surgery, this one to fuse his lower back.
May 2017: Arrested and briefly jailed in Jupiter, Florida, on suspicion of DUI. Police find him asleep behind the wheel of his car in the early morning with the engine running. He attributes it to a bad combination of pain medication. April 2019: Wins the Masters for his fifth green jacket and 15th major title, his first in 11years. He moves within three victories of Jack Nicklaus’ record for major championships.
December 2020: Has a fifth back surgery, a microdiscectomy.
Feb. 23, 2021: Is in a single-car accident in suburban Los Angeles and is extricated from the rolled over vehicle, suffering leg injuries that require surgery.