Tiger Woods didn’t just dominate golf in 2000 – he rewrote the record books in ways that still seem unreal today.
Fresh off winning his last four tournaments in 1999, Woods stormed into the new millennium by winning his first two events. That made it six straight wins, a run that finally ended at Torrey Pines.
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Then things got really interesting.
After a relatively quiet spring with just one victory, Woods caught fire at the Memorial Tournament and turned professional golf into his personal playground for the rest of the summer.
The numbers are staggering: In just 20 tournaments that year, Woods won nine times. Let that sink in – he won nearly half the events he entered.
Even when he didn’t win, he was right there. He finished second four more times, meaning he came in first or second in an incredible 65% of his tournaments.
Here’s the part that seems almost impossible: Every single time Woods made the top 10 that year, he actually finished in the top 5. He did this in 17 of his 20 events – an 85% rate that left the golf world speechless.
His bank account noticed too. Woods took home over $9.1 million in prize money, crushing the record he’d set just the year before.
What makes this even more remarkable? This wasn’t just any random hot streak. This was Tiger at the absolute peak of his powers, making the world’s best golfers look like weekend amateurs.
The scary part for his competitors? This was just the beginning of what would become known as the “Tiger Era” in golf – a period when one player didn’t just beat the field, he redefined what was possible in the sport.
Many great seasons have followed in golf, but none have quite matched what Tiger did in 2000. It wasn’t just historic – it was the kind of dominance we might never see again.
