Becomes just one of just three players to win three or more times since 1970.

 Players with three or more PGA TOUR wins since 1970.
Player			Year		Wins
Tiger Woods		2006		8
Vijay Singh		2004		9
Tiger Woods		2000		9
Tiger Woods		1999		8
Johnny Miller		1974		8

Wins in wire-to-wire fashion (no ties) for the seventh time in his career on the PGA TOUR, including the second time at the WGC-American Express Championship.

 Tiger Woods wire-to-wire victories (no ties)
2006 WGC-American Express Championship
2005 British Open
2003 100th Western Open
2002 WGC-American Express Championship
2002 U.S. Open
2000 WGC-NEC Invitational
2000 U.S. Open

Second event with five victories (WGC-Bridgestone Invitational), 15th career event with multiple victories.

 Tournament	 Starts  Cuts Made  Top-10   Years won
WGC-Bridgestone	 8	 8	    8        99-01, 05-06
WGC-AMEX	 7	 7	    7	     99, 02-03, 05-06

Surpasses the $65 million mark in career PGA TOUR Official Money with $65,712,324.

Has won in 27% (54 out of 200) of his professional starts on the PGA TOUR.

Marks the 16th time he has successfully defended a title and the second time he has defended a WGC-American Express Championship. On the 2006 season, becomes the seventh player to defend a title.

			2006 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered—15; in money—14; victories—8; top-10 finishes—11

BIRTHDATE:  December 30, 1975		BIRTHPLACE: Cypress, CA
RESIDES:  Windermere, FL		FAMILY: Wife, Elin (Nordegren)
HEIGHT:  6-2				WEIGHT:  180
COLLEGE: Stanford 			TURNED PRO:  1996

PGA TOUR Victories (54):
2006: Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, Open Championship, Buick Open, PGA Championship, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Deutsche Bank Championship, WGC-American Express Championship

Major Championship Victories (12):
2006 Open Championship, PGA Championship

International Victories (10):
2006 Dubai Desert Classic