The table below shows Tiger’s scoring averages by round for the 2000 season and compares them with the tour averages in both 20. The average in 2000 being one every 268.7 holes and the average in 2017 being one every 224.7 holes. He managed to shoot, on average, one eagle for every 72 holes. Likewise, Tiger’s holes per eagle rate was the best in both 20. His remarkable birdie per round rate would’ve landed him the number one spot on tour in both 20. In 2000, Tiger averaged an astounding 4.92 birdies per round, while the average on tour was 3.38 in 2000 and 3.47 in 2017. Tiger was also the best at shooting holes under par frequently. Furthermore, Tiger’s 75.15% Greens In Regulation percentage blows away the competition in both 2000 (65.02%) and 2017 (64.94%). Players today are driving the ball much further than in the past, but at the cost of accuracy. On the contrary, however, Tiger’s 71.22% driving accuracy landed him just 54 th in 2000, but would place him at sixth best on the 2017 Tour. This shows how much further the average player can drive the golf ball today. However, this number would rank Tiger tied for 54 th on the 2017 PGA Tour. In the table below are some statistics for Tiger’s 2000 season compared with the tour averages, and where Tiger ranks among the field, for both 20.Īs we can see, Tiger was the second longest driver on tour in 2000 at 298 yards per drive. So what do the statistics say about Tiger’s incredible season? How truly dominant was he? And would 2000 Tiger Woods be as dominant on today’s tour against today’s stars? Season Averages This is a number that will most likely never be topped. For some context, Tiger took home 63% of the potential purse money available to him at the start of the season. the field.” And although there were many good golfers on the PGA Tour at this time, it really began to look like such. This display of superiority gave birth to the saying, “Tiger vs. Tiger was locked in all season, as he finished top five in 17 of his 20 events. In the final major of the year, Tiger proved he could win in the clutch by defeating Bob May in a playoff, taking home the PGA Championship trophy from Valhalla Gold Club. He did so once again in the next major, winning the British Open at St. Open at Pebble Beach by a jaw-dropping 15 strokes. Tiger proved his sheer dominance by winning the U.S. The way he won these majors was nothing short of miraculous. Tiger won a tour-leading nine times in 2000, including the final three majors of the season. I can’t beat anybody … and I want to play professional golf? This isn’t very fun.Tiger Woods was absolutely on an entirely different level from the rest of the field throughout the 2000 PGA Tour season. But I just remember like getting done with a tournament and I’m like, ‘Man, this is awful. And then I’ll be ready to turn pro in the fall after the Walker Cup. try to play in some professional events in that summer as an amateur, which I did. Okay, postseason’s coming, I’m going to be motivated for postseason and gonna be motivated for the spring. And over that Christmas break … I kind of mapped out the rest of the year. And so, that’s when I was like, you know, I’m doing this because I think I’m, not bored, but I didn’t have that, like, fire. And I was like, man, I want to turn pro and I can’t finish 40th at a college event? How am I going to play on tour if I can’t beat these other kids at these schools as freshmen, you know, whatever it is. You know, I just I wasn’t motivated to go to tournaments.
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