Tiger Woods has had an incredible career. He has won 15 major championships, triumphed 82 times on the PGA Tour, and won professionally 110 times overall. Consequently, Woods is regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time.
He has the resume to make that case, although Jack Nicklaus won 18 majors during his illustrious career. Nevertheless, in honor of Woods’ 49th birthday on Dec. 30, Playing Through decided to rank the best five seasons from his remarkable career: 5.
2008 Tournaments Won: 5 Majors Won: U.S. Open The beginning of his 2008 season was nothing short of amazing.
He began the year at Torrey Pines in late January and won the Buick Invitational for a sixth time. Two weeks later, he arrived at the Dubai Desert Classic and showed the world why he was the best. He won that event, too—one of the marquee events on the DP World Tour.
Then, in a completely different format, Woods won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona. He crushed Stewart Cink 8 & 7 in the final round for his third straight title. But he was not done.
At Bay Hill in March, Woods famously sank a 25-foot birdie putt to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It would mark his fifth straight victory. Woods then finished runner-up to Trevor Immelman at the 2008 Masters.
After his trip to Augusta National , Woods announced he needed surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee. But he wanted to win the U.S.
Open, which was scheduled to be held at Torrey Pines for the first time th.
