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DEFENDING CHAMPION
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Tiger Woods with the
2007 FedExCup.
Woods ended his season with four wins in his last
five starts. His win at East Lake was his seventh of
the season and career victory No. 61. At 31, Woods
was the youngest player to reach 61 wins.
He has 13 major championships to his name and, at
this pace, appears destined to pass Nicklaus’ all-time
mark of 18. Woods has won two majors in each of the
past three seasons; the exception was last year, when
he only won one. Nicklaus’ mark won’t be broken -
it’ll be splintered.
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.
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 for THE TOUR
Championship win, 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 (23under)
72-hole 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 54hole
score of his TOUR career. 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-NEC
Invitational. The 257 total was three off Tommy
Armour’s PGA TOUR record of 254 at the 2003
Valero Texas Open.
The story last year was Tiger Woods. The story for
this year? What will he do next?
The way he’s talking, there’s no telling.
2008 Wachovia Championship Official Event Program