With This Victory: Tiger Woods

By Joel Schuchmann
PGA TOUR staff
 

Earns his 52nd career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 30 years, 7 months, 27 days in his 212th (198th professional) career start on TOUR.

WGC-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL NOTES Bridgestone Invitational playoff record is 2-0.

Remains the tournament’s all-time leading money winner with $6,602,500.

Records his 11th official World Golf Championships victory in 21 starts and has now earned $14,402,500 in official money at World Golf Championships events. Also won the 2000 World Cup with David Duval in 2000, an unofficial money WGC event.

Has won a World Golf Championships event in every year since they began in 1999.

2006 NOTES

Wins four consecutive PGA TOUR titles for the second time in his career and the first time since the 1999-2000 season.

Becomes first six-time winner of the season and collects at least six wins in a season for the fourth time in his 11-year PGA TOUR career.

Improves season earnings to $7,651,563 the third time he has exceeded the $7-million mark.

CAREER NOTES

Career playoff record now stands at 10-1.

52 wins puts him in a tie for fifth in all-time PGA TOUR victories with Byron Nelson.

Surpasses the $63 million mark in career PGA TOUR Official Money with $63,422,324.

Becomes a five-time winner at a single event for the first time in his career (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006). In eight appearances at this event, has never finished outside the top 4.

This is the 13th time he has won an event without holding the 54-hole lead.

Has won in 26.26% (52 out of 198) of his professional starts on the PGA TOUR.