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1996 Enter Tiger Woods

* Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
* PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
* Fred Haskins College Player of the Year
* Jack Nicklaus College Player of the Year
* Pac-10 Player of the Year
* First Team All-American
* Al Master Award co-winner (presented to the outstanding athlete at Stanford for attaining the highest standards of athletic performance, leadership and academic achievement)
* Finished tied for 82nd in U.S. Open with scores of 76-69-77-72–294 and had lead through 13 holes of first round at Oakland Hills
* Tied British Open 72-hole record for an amateur with total of 281 (75-66-70-70) at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England, matching Iain Pyman at Royal St. George’s in 1993. His second round five-under 66 was the lowest by an amateur since Frank Stranahan registered the same score at Royal Troon in 1950
* Became the first player to win twice in his first year on the PGA TOUR since Robert Gamez won the 1990 Northern Telecom Tucson Open and Nestle Invitational. Became the first player to record five consecutive top-five finishes on the PGA TOUR since Curtis Strange in 1982
* Advanced to No. 33 on the world ranking, the fastest rise into the top 50 in history

* Won – Disney/Oldsmobile Classic
* Won – Las Vegas Invitational
* Won – U.S. Amateur Championship, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Cornelius, Oregon (only golfer ever to win three consecutive titles, record 18 consecutive match-play victories).
* Won – NCAA Championship, The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn., with scores of 69-67-69-80-285
* Won – John A. Burns Invitational
* Won – Cleveland Golf Championship
* Won – Tri-Match (Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State)
* Won – Cougar Classic
* Won – Pac-10 Championship (shot course-record 61)
* Won – NCAA West Regional

1997

Tiger Woods
The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

ESPY Male Athlete of the Year (Tied with Ken Griffey, Jr.)

Player of the Year as selected by PGA TOUR, PGA of America and Golf Writers Association of America

Leading money winner on PGA TOUR with $2,066,833 (most ever won in a single year)

* Won – Masters Tournament (first professional major championship)

Set Masters record for youngest champion (21 years, three months, 14 days) and became the first major champion of African or Asian heritage

Set Masters 72-hole record with a total of 270 (70-66-65-69) and set Masters record with 12-stroke victory margin

Other Masters records set or tied: most shots under par, second nine (16), low middle 36 holes (131), low first 54 holes (201, tied Raymond Floyd, 1976), low last 54 holes (200), lowest score par-five holes in one round (six under par, tied Steve Jones, 1990), largest 54-hole lead (nine strokes), youngest 36-hole and 54-hole leader, most threes, one tournament (26)

* Won – Mercedes Championships
* Won – Asian Honda Classic (Thailand)
* Won – GTE Byron Nelson Classic
* Won – Motorola Western Open

1998

Mark O’Meara wins both, the Masters and the British Open. Se Ri Pak wins 2 majors, best LPGA rookie start in 15 years.

1999

David Duval cards a closing round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Payne Stewarts’ career cut short by a tragic plane crash. Tiger Woods wins 7 tournaments in one year, has not been done in 25 years

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