Vincent Publishing - Index

Vincent Publishing - 2008 Northern Trust Open - Index

The victory was clearly his goal, though, and Woods is accumulating
PGA TOUR titles at an alarming rate. He now has
61, one shy of Arnold Palmer’s all-time, and won seven in a
single season for the second straight year.
In a nutshell, with his victory in Atlanta to finish off his season,
Woods became the first seven-time winner of the season and
collected at least seven wins in a season for the fourth time in
his 12-year PGA TOUR career. He captured eight in 1999,
nine in 2000, and eight in 2006.
Records falling everywhere
Through his 16 starts in 2007, Woods’ adjusted scoring average
was 67.79, matching his own record set in 2000.
Second in adjusted scoring average on TOUR through THE
TOUR Championship was Ernie Els at 69.29, just to compare.
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2008 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT MAGAZINE
YEAR IN REVIEW
Tiger Woods holds THE TOUR Championship trophy. His victory in Atlanta
earned him the inaugural FedExCup championship.
Since 1970, five different players (total of nine times) have
won seven or more times in a season. Woods has four of
the nine.
With his paycheck of $1,260,000, Woods improved his season
earnings to a career-best $10,867,052. His previous best
was $10,628,024 in 2005.
His 191 (19-under) 54-hole total and the 257 (23-under) 72hole
total were the lowest totals on TOUR in 2007.
Woods now holds the longest cut streak on TOUR with 23
consecutive made cuts.
For his career, Woods is 41-3 when holding at least a share
of the 54-hole lead, including 11 consecutive.
He has seven career PGA TOUR victories in Georgia (four
Masters, one TOUR Championship, one AT&T Classic, one
World Golf Championship-American Express
Championship), fourth most among states (California-11;
Florida-10; Ohio-9).
The 191 (19-under) total was Woods’ lowest first 54-hole
score of his TOUR career. Woods’ previous low 54-hole total
was 192 (18-under) at the 2000 World Golf Championships-
Bridgestone Invitational.
The 257 (23-under) total was his lowest 72-hole score of his
PGA TOUR career. Woods’ previous low 72-hole total was
259 at the 2000 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone
Invitational. The 257 total was three off Tommy Armour’s PGA
TOUR record of 254 at the 2003 Valero Texas Open.
While it sure sounded like it, Woods didn’t win everything this
year. Eight players earned their first career titles, without
Woods in the field. Charley Hoffman won the Bob Hope
Chrysler Classic, Mark Wilson won The Honda Classic, Boo
Weekley won the Verizon Heritage, Nick Watney won the
Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Hunter Mahan won the
Travelers Championship, Brian Bateman won the Buick Open,
Joe Ogilvie won the U.S. Bank Championship and one rookie,
Brandt Snedeker, won the Wyndham Championship.
The story of the year was Woods. The story for this year is,
what will he do next?
Whatever it is, we won’t be disappointed.