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We all know Tiger Woods as one of the greatest golfers ever. But just how good was he? How does Tiger Woods vs. modern golfers stack up statistically? Can modern-day golfers compete with the gold standard that Tiger holds today?
Tiger Woods vs. Modern Golfers: How they compare
Here is a look at some of Woods’s achievements, compared to the next best current golfers in the field (under 35).
Major Championships
- Tiger Woods: 15. Top 5 current players with the most major championships: Brooks Koepka (5), Rory McIlroy (4), Jordan Spieth (3), Jon Rahm (2), Scottie Scheffler (2). Tiger has more championships than the top 5 current players with the most majors combined.
- Fact: At Tiger’s peak, he won 7 Majors in just 11 starts from 1999-2002, which is easily the most dominant stretch of golf of all time.
All-Time PGA Wins
- According to The PGA Tour, Tiger Woods: 82. Top 5 current players under 35 with the most All time PGA wins: McIlroy (27), Spieth (13), Rahm (11), Keopka (9), Scheffler (13).
Weeks as World No. 1
- Tiger Woods spent 683 weeks total as the world’s number 1 golfer. Pretty big number, right? Yes, you read 683 correctly, which is a little over 13 years. The next closest current golfer is Scottie Scheffler, who is the current No. 1 golfer for 127 weeks and counting. Rory spent 122 weeks as the world No. 1.
- Fact: Tiger spent over 5 years consecutively, not once, but twice as world number 1. No current golfer has come close to that.
Consecutive Cuts Made
- Tiger Woods: 142 cuts made consecutively. (1998-2005). Current Golfers: Xander Schaufelle (57), Scottie Scheffler (47), Collin Morikawa (20).
Single Season Dominance
- In 2000, Tiger won 9 out of the 20 events he participated in, which is the highest win percentage in a single season.
- In the 2000 U.S. Open, Woods won the tournament by 15 strokes which is the largest margin of a major victory ever.
Can a Modern Player compete with Tiger’s Greatness?
As you can see, no current players are even close to Tiger’s greatness, but that’s not to say it is impossible. These current players would have to consistently win 1 or 2 majors a year, dominate fields, stay at the world No.1 for years, not just weeks, and win five or more times year after year. Not to say that current golfers aren’t great, but more so a testament to Tiger Woods’s illustrious career.
