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Inside look at every one of Tiger Woods' 82 PGA Tour victories

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What a journey. From a 20-year-old, newly established professional to a worldwide sports icon, Tiger Woods has mesmerized the golf world on his way to tying the PGA Tour record of 82 career victories, set by the legendary Sam Snead .

Snead, the Hall of Famer who was born in the same year as golf legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson , was 52 years old in 1965 when he became the oldest player to win on the PGA Tour. Eventually, that victory was determined to be his 82nd and last, setting a standard that decades of players could not match.

Jack Nicklaus topped out at 73 wins, while Hogan had 64 and Arnold Palmer 62.

Woods passed them years ago, before injuries seemingly sidelined his career, stalling at 79 victories after he captured the Bridgestone Invitational in 2013.

But the past 13 months have produced some amazing moments for Woods, now 43, as he won the Tour Championship last year for his first victory in five years, captured the Masters in April for his 15th major title and now has matched Snead in, of all places, Japan.

Here is a rundown of each and every one of those 82 titles.

1999 - Tiger Woods won his first PGA Championship, breaking out of a tie with Mike Weir at the top, before dueling with Spain's 19-year-old Sergio Garcia through the back nine. #PGA100 pic.twitter.com/y4Iq4GzEjP — PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) July 20, 2018

1. Las Vegas Invitational Oct. 6, 1996 Runner-up: Davis Love III A final-round 64 in what was then a five-round tournament led to Woods' first victory in just his fifth start as a pro. He beat Love in a sudden-death playoff.

2. Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Oct. 20, 1996 Runner-up: Payne Stewart Woods shot a final-round 66 to edge the then two-time major winner by a stroke. The victory propelled Woods to the Tour Championship in just seven starts.

3. Mercedes Championship Oct. 12, 1997 Runner-up: Tom Lehman Then the season-opening tournament on the PGA Tour, the Tournament of Champions as it has been known, was played near San Diego. Weather shortened the event to 54 holes and Woods was tied with Lehman, whom he defeated in a sudden-death playoff.

4. The Masters April 13, 1997 Runner-up: Tom Kite Woods' first major championship was historic in many ways, and the way he crushed the field was impressive. After shooting 40 for his first 9 holes, Woods rallied with 30 strokes on the back nine and eventually won by 12 over Kite.

5. GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic May 18, 1997 Runner-up: Lee Rinker In his first start after his Masters victory, Woods did not let up, opening the tournament with a pair of 64s on his way to a 2-shot victory.

6. Motorola Western Open July 6, 1997 Runner-up: Frank Nobilo Woods had a swarm of spectators following toward the green while playing the 18th hole at Cog Hill Country Club, where he beat Nobilo by 3 strokes. For the first time in his career, Woods went to No. 1 in the world, surpassing Greg Norman.

7. BellSouth Classic May 10, 1998 Runner-up: Jay Don Blake This was Woods' only victory of 1998, and a final-round 72 was good for a 1-shot win. It was also a tournament he never returned to, as the following year it was played the week prior to the Masters, and Woods did not defend his title.

8. Buick Invitational Feb. 14,1999 Runner-up: Billy Ray Brown A 62-65 weekend at Torrey Pines was the start of considerable success at one of Woods' favorite tour venues. He beat Brown by 2 strokes.

9. Memorial Tournament June 6, 1999 Runner-up: Vijay Singh His first victory at Jack Nicklaus' tournament came after a hot first two rounds and a 69 in the final round to defeat Singh by 2 strokes.

10. Motorola Western Open July 4, 1999 Runner-up: Mike Weir This became the first tournament that Woods won more than once as a final-round 71 was good for a 3-stroke victory.

11. PGA Championship Aug. 15, 1999 Runner-up: Sergio Garcia It might be hard to believe now, but many were questioning Woods' ability to win numerous majors before this win as 10 majors had passed since his Masters triumph. He got a big scare from 19-year-old Garcia down the stretch before prevailing by a shot with a final-round 72 at Medinah.

✅ @TigerWoods ✅ Sunday red ✅ Pebble Beach This eagle led to a classic Tiger fist pump in 2000. 🦅🏆 #TOURVault pic.twitter.com/5OFJXG2ChR — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 6, 2019

12. NEC Invitational Aug. 29, 1999 Runner-up: Phil Mickelson The first of three straight victories at Firestone in Akron, Ohio, in what was the first year of the World Golf Championship events. Woods led by 5 strokes after a third-round 62, and Mickelson, who was 7 back and tied for fourth, made it interesting with a closing 65 to pull within 1 shot.

13. National Car Rental Golf Classic at Disney Oct. 24, 1999 Runner-up: Ernie Els A somewhat frequent occurrence, Woods built a lead, then did what he had to do to win. After three straight rounds of 66, he shot 73 to beat Els by a shot.

14. Tour Championship Oct. 31, 1999 Runner-up: Davis Love III Woods cruised to a 4-shot victory over Love during a week that was marred by the death of Payne Stewart. The tournament was postponed for a day during the event so players could attend Stewart's funeral.

15. American Express Championship Nov. 7, 1999 Runner-up: Miguel-Angel Jimenez The forerunner to what is now the Mexico Championship, the WGC event moved around in its early years and was played in Spain at Valderrama -- site of the 1997 Ryder Cup. Woods was a shot back to begin the final round and shot 68 to tie Jimenez and won on the first extra hole of sudden death. It was the third victory in three weeks and eighth of the year for Woods.

16. Mercedes Championship Jan. 9, 2000 Runner-up: Ernie Els The start of a glorious year for Woods saw him beat Els in an epic duel that ended in a two-hole playoff. Both eagled the 18th hole in regulation, then both birdied it on the first extra hole. Woods then won with a 40-foot birdie putt on the next extra hole, his fifth straight victory dating to 2009.

17. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Feb. 7, 2000 Runners-up: Matt Gogel, Vijay Singh In one of Woods' more epic victories, Gogel led him by 7 strokes with just nine holes to go. Woods holed a shot for eagle at the 15th, birdied the 16th and birdied the 18th for a final-round 64 during a Monday finish to win by 2 strokes.

In 2001 at #themasters , @TigerWoods became the only player to hold all four professional majors at one time. https://t.co/nhI8e3950b — Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 6, 2016

18. Bay Hill Invitational March 19, 2000 Runner-up: Davis Love III The first of eight victories at Arnold Palmer's tournament, Woods shot a final-round 70 and cruised to a 4-shot win.

19. Memorial Tournament May 29, 2000 Runners-up: Ernie Els, Justin Leonard The weather-marred tournament finished on a Monday, and Woods had built a 6-shot advantage through 54 holes, cruising with a final-round 70 that assured a 2-stroke win, his fourth of the year and a defense of his Memorial title.

20. U.S. Open June 18, 2000 Runners-up: Ernie Els, Miguel Angel Jimenez A record-setting performance at Pebble Beach saw Woods open with a 65 and never look back. Even a triple-bogey during the third round could not derail him. He was the only player to break par for 72 holes and won by 15 shots.

21. The Open July 21, 2000 Runners-up: Thomas Bjorn, Ernie Els Woods made history by completing the career Grand Slam at the Home of Golf -- St. Andrews -- where he led by 3 shots after 36 holes and was 6 ahead of Bjorn and David Duval through 54 holes. Woods cruised to an 8-shot victory, never finding any of the Old Course bunkers during the tournament.

22. PGA Championship Aug. 20, 2000 Runner-up: Bob May With a 1-shot advantage through 54 holes, Woods could not shake May, who shot a final-round 66 at Valhalla to force a three-hole aggregate playoff that Woods won. Woods became the first player since Ben Hogan to win three major championships in the same year.

23. NEC Invitational Aug. 27, 2000 Runners-up: Justin Leonard, Phillip Price Winning three straight majors wasn't enough for Woods. He went to the WGC event at Firestone that followed the PGA and cruised to another victory, opening with a 64 and winning by 11 strokes.

24. Bell Canadian Open Sept. 10, 2000 Runner-up: Grant Waite Long remembered for the 6-iron shot Woods hit out of a fairway bunker from 218 yards on the final hole at Glen Abbey that set up a two-putt birdie and a 1-stroke victory. It also capped a remarkable nine-victory season.

25. Bay Hill Invitational March 18, 2001 Runner-up: Phil Mickelson Amazingly, Woods was deemed to be in a "slump'' before this win, having played six worldwide events without a victory (but with four top-10s). A final-round 69 was punctuated by an 18th-hole birdie that relegated Mickelson to his second runner-up finish to Woods.

26. Players Championship March 25, 2001 Runner-up: Vijay Singh The tournament where Woods made the "better-than-most'' putt on the 17th green during the third round. Often forgotten is that this victory came amidst the "Tiger Slam'' of majors. A final-round 67 meant a 1-stroke victory.

27. Masters April 8, 2001 Runner-up: David Duval A first-round 70 left Woods 7 strokes behind leader Chris DiMarco, but a second-round 66 pulled him into a tie with Phil Mickelson, just 2 strokes back. A third-round 68 gave him a 1-shot lead over Mickelson in his bid to become the first player to win four consecutive professional majors. Duval briefly tied for the lead with a birdie at the 15th hole before a bogey at the 16th. Woods birdied the 18th for his 2-shot margin of victory.

10 years ago, Tiger Woods holed out on No. 16 in dramatic fashion. Watch this historic shot from a different angle. https://t.co/5bnny62LBO — Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 5, 2015

28. Memorial Tournament June 3, 2001 Runners-up: Paul Azinger, Sergio Garcia Woods made it three in a row at Muirfield Village, shooting all four rounds in the 60s and cruising to a 7-shot victory.

29. NEC Invitational Aug. 26, 2001 Runner-up: Jim Furyk Unable to add a major victory after his Masters win earlier in the year, Woods settled for his fourth WGC title and third in a row at Firestone. But he needed overtime to do it. After shooting a final-round 69 to tie Jim Furyk, Woods needed seven extra holes before defeating him in a sudden-death playoff.

30. Bay Hill Invitational March 17, 2002 Runner-up: Michael Campbell Like Firestone and Muirfield Village, Woods was finding Bay Hill very much to his liking. Despite a third-round 74, he went on to win by 4 strokes.

31. Masters April 14, 2002 Runner-up: Retief Goosen Woods became just the third player to defend his Masters victory, shooting a final-round 71 to break a 54-hole tie and win by 3 strokes. It was Woods' third Masters win.

32. U.S. Open June 16, 2002 Runner-up: Phil Mickelson Woods grabbed the first-round lead, and despite shooting higher scores each day, won by 3 strokes over Mickelson. He became the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year.

33. Buick Open Aug. 11, 2002 Runners-up: Fred Funk, Brian Gay, Mark O'Meara, Estaban Toledo Woods cruised to a 4-stroke victory after opening the tournament 67-63.

34. American Express Championship Sept. 22, 2002 Runner-up: Retief Goosen Woods famously quipped that he could think of a million reasons (first place: $1 million) why he'd rather win this World Golf event than the following week's Ryder Cup (which the U.S. lost in England) before winning by a stroke over Goosen. It was his second victory in the event, played in Ireland that year.

35. Buick Invitational Feb. 16, 2003 Runner-up: Carl Pettersson Woods' second professional win at Torrey Pines was aided by a 68-68 weekend. He won by 4 strokes.

36. Accenture Match Play March 2, 2003 Runner-up: David Toms One of the best-ever as an amateur in the match play format, Woods got his first professional victory at match play in the WGC final -- 2 and 1 over Toms.

37. Bay Hill Invitational March 23, 2003 Runners-up: Stewart Cink, Brad Faxon, Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett Not even a bout of food poisoning could keep Woods down during a rainy final round that saw him visibly ill on the course but still able to shoot 68 and win by 11 strokes. It was his fourth straight victory in the event.

38. 100th Western Open July 6, 2003 Runner-up: Rich Beem Woods cruised to a 5-shot victory, leading wire-to-wire and shooting a final-round 69 at Cog Hill to win the Western for the third time.

39. American Express Championship Oct. 5, 2003 Runners-up: Stewart Appleby, Tim Herron, Vijay Singh Woods' third victory in the event came at a third different venue -- this time the Capital City Club in Woodstock, Georgia. With a 67-66 start, Woods jumped to a 5-stroke 36-hole lead but a final-round 72 was still good for a 2-shot victory.

40. Accenture Match Play Championship Feb. 29, 2004 Runner-up Davis Love III Woods defended his title at LaCosta, this time defeating Love in the championship match, to surpass Tom Watson on the all-time PGA Tour victory list. It was also Woods' only victory of the year -- and the first time since 1998 that he won just once -- as he worked through a swing change.

41. Buick Invitational Jan. 23, 2005 Runners-up: Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Tom Lehman Woods returned to familiar territory for his third victory at Torrey Pines and his first win in nearly a year. He had to come from behind to overtake Lehman, who bogeyed the final two holes as Woods won by 3.

42. Ford Championship at Doral March 6, 2005 Runner-up: Phil Mickelson In one of their rare duels, Woods and Mickelson went at it in an epic final round at Doral that saw Woods overtake Mickelson on the back. It came down to the last hole, where Mickelson narrowly missed chipping in for a birdie that would have forced a playoff.

43. The Masters April 10, 2005 Runner-up: Chris DiMarco Woods' first major title in nearly three years, his first working with instructor Hank Haney, came in dramatic fashion. There was the famous chip-in for birdie from behind the 16th green; then two bogeys to fall into a playoff with DiMarco. Then a birdie on the first playoff hole. The win was Woods' ninth major title.

2006 - Tiger Woods walked off Medinah Country Club's No. 3 Course for the second time in six years in victory, collecting a third PGA Championship and was voted an honorary member by the club. pic.twitter.com/DudaYGk2u7 — PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) July 28, 2018

44. The Open July 17, 2005 Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie Woods won his second major of the year and his second Open at the Home of Golf, opening 66-67 at the Old Course in St. Andrews. Woods led by just 2 after three rounds, but cruised to a 5-stroke victory. Jack Nicklaus played his final major championship, missing the cut. It was Woods' 10th major title.

45. NEC Invitational Aug. 21, 2005 Runner-up: Chris DiMarco Woods claimed his ninth WGC title and fourth at Firestone, holding off DiMarco with a final-round 71 to win by 1.

46. American Express Championship Oct. 9, 2005 Runner-up: John Daly A fourth victory at a fourth different venue in this event -- this time at Harding Park in San Francisco. Woods shot a final-round 67 to tie Daly, who missed a short putt in a sudden-death playoff. It was Woods' sixth victory of the year.

47. Buick Invitational Jan. 29, 2006 Runners-up: Nathan Green, Jose Maria Olazabal A final-round 72 landed Woods in a tie with Green and Olazabal -- and he needed a final-hole birdie to do it. Woods won on the second extra hole when Olazabal missed a 4-foot putt.

48. Ford Championship at Doral March 5, 2006 Runners-up: David Toms, Camilo Villegas Woods defended his title, opening with a 64 and bogeying the final two holes of the tournament for a 1-shot margin of victory. It was the last time Doral served as a venue for a full-field PGA Tour event.

49. The Open July 23, 2006 Runner-up: Chris DiMarco Playing a baked-out Royal Liverpool, Woods famously hit just one driver during the tournament, electing to use irons off tees and rely on a precision iron game. For the second time in consecutive years, Woods had to hold off DiMarco, winning by 2 shots in what turned out to be an emotional win -- his first major title since the death of his father, Earl, earlier that year.

50. Buick Open Aug. 6, 2006 Runner-up: Jim Furyk Woods shot 66 all four days at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Michigan, to win the tournament for the second time and reach a milestone 50th win. He finished 3 strokes ahead of Furyk.

51. PGA Championship Aug. 20, 2006 Runner-up: Shaun Micheel. Woods won his second straight major, third PGA and second at Medinah by fighting his way into a third-round tie with Luke Donald and then shooting a final-round 68 to finish 5 strokes ahead of Micheel. It was his 12th major title.

Hey, Tiger...Give us a snapshot of what you remember at Torrey "I made a putt in 2008 that a few people remember." pic.twitter.com/fRCqyNylir — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 25, 2017

52. Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 27, 2006 Runner-up: Stewart Cink. Woods won for the fourth time in five weeks at a place where it was becoming a habit, capturing his fifth victory at Firestone but needing a playoff to do it. It was his 11th WGC title.

53. Deutsche Bank Championship Sept. 4, 2006 Runner-up: Vijay Singh. Despite having won two majors and a WGC in the previous four weeks, Woods was not done winning. He shot a final-round 63 to beat Singh by 2 strokes.

54. American Express Championship Oct. 1, 2006 Runners-up: Ian Poulter, Adam Scott. Woods capped an eight-victory season with a whopping 8-stroke victory, his fifth in the event, all at different venues. This was played at The Grove in England, the week following a U.S. Ryder Cup loss in Ireland.

55. Buick Invitational Jan. 28, 2007 Runner-up: Charles Howell III Woods' fifth win at Torrey Pines came with some luck -- or bad luck for Howell, whose approach to the 18th green hit the flagstick and rolled back into the water.

56. CA Championship March 25, 2007 Runner-up: Brett Wetterich This was a third-straight victory for Woods at Doral, although the first in the new format as a World Golf Championship event. It was Woods' sixth WGC title in what had previously been called the American Express Invitational. He defeated Wetterich by 2 shots.

57. Wachovia Championship May 6, 2007 Runner-up: Steve Stricker Woods overcame a double-bogey on the back nine to overtake third-round leader Rory Sabbatini and win by 2 strokes over Stricker.

58. Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 5, 2007 Runners-up: Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini Another rout at Firestone. Woods won the WGC event for the sixth time, shooting a final-round 65 to win by 8 as the tournament moved to the week prior to the PGA Championship for the first time.

59. PGA Championship Aug. 12, 2007 Runner-up: Woody Austin Woods narrowly missed shooting a major championship record 62 during the second round (settling for 63) and went on to a 2-shot victory in sweltering conditions at Southern Hills Country Club in Oklahoma for his 13th major title.

60. BMW Championship Sept. 9, 2007 Runner-up: Aaron Baddeley Formerly the Western Open, the longtime Chicago-area event got a new date and a new designation as a FedEx Cup playoff event. Woods shot a final-round 63 to win by 2 shots. It was considered Woods' fourth win at the Western/BMW, first in the newly-formed FedEx Cup playoffs.

61. Tour Championship Sept. 16, 2007 Runners-up: Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson An exclamation point on another remarkable season, Woods won for the seventh time in 2007 and did so by 8 shots after opening the tournament with rounds of 64-63-64 on the par-70 East Lake course. Woods also became the first FedEx Cup champion after the win.

62. Buick Invitational Jan. 27, 2008 Runner-up: Ryuji Imada For the fourth straight year, Woods began his season with a victory at Torrey Pines, this time by 8 shots over Imada. He needed just a score of 71 in the final round to cruise to victory. It was his sixth PGA Tour victory at the venue.

63. Accenture Match Play Championship Feb. 24, 2008 Runner-up: Stewart Cink This was shaping up to be a special season for Woods, who was 3-for-3 in victories including a performance a few weeks earlier at the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour where he shot a final-round 65 to win by 1. In the 36-hole match play final against Cink, Woods put an end to it early with an 8 and 7 victory.

64. Arnold Palmer Invitational March 16, 2008 Runner-up: Bart Bryant Woods needed a 25-footer for birdie on the 18th hole to edge Bryant by 1 shot -- the first time in seven years he won with a birdie on the 72nd hole. It was his third victory of the year on the PGA Tour and his fifth in a row on tour. It was also his fifth at this tournament, but first under with Palmer's name in the title.

65. U.S. Open June 16, 2008 Runner-up: Rocco Mediate Among Woods' more epic victories, he defeated Mediate in an 18-hole playoff after making a 12-footer in regulation to force a tie. Woods, it was later learned, played with two broken bones in his left leg -- which needed surgery for a torn ACL. That kept him from playing the rest of the year, with a record of four wins in six PGA Tour events, including his 14th major title.

After Tiger Woods won his first Masters in 1997, he embraced his father, Earl. 22 years later after winning his 5th Masters, he got to share that same moment with his own son, Charlie. pic.twitter.com/BqH1AyvM6A — ESPN (@espn) April 15, 2019

66. Arnold Palmer Invitational March 29, 2009 Runner-up: Sean O'Hair Another walk-off win at Bay Hill, this time a 15-footer on the 18th green to shoot a final-round 67 and stun O'Hair by a shot in Woods' third start of the year. It was his first victory since the reconstructive knee surgery.

67. Memorial Tournament June 7, 2009 Runner-up: Jim Furyk An interesting tidbit: Woods hit every fairway in the tournament. To win, he overcame a 4-shot final-round deficit. Woods also birdied the last two holes to shoot 65.

68. AT&T National July 5, 2009 Runner-up: Hunter Mahan This tournament featured a duel that we've been sadly denied: Anthony Kim was in the mix, and took the lead early in the final round, before falling back. Kim had shot 62 at Congressional in the first round. Woods' final-round 67 was enough to hold off a charging Mahan by a stroke.

69. Buick Open Aug. 2, 2009 Runners-up: Greg Chalmers, John Senden, Roland Thatcher Woods added this tournament late as it would be the last for his longtime sponsor Buick at the Michigan venue. It would be the first of three straight events for Woods, including the PGA Championship. He shot a final-round 69 to win by 3.

70. WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 9, 2009 Runners-up: Padraig Harrington, Robert Allenby Woods was involved in a heated back-nine duel with three-time major winner Harrington, who fell apart after he and Woods received a slow-playing warning over the closing holes -- one that Woods later criticized. A final-round 65 meant a seventh victory at Firestone and a 4-shot win.

71. BMW Championship Sept. 13, 2009 Runners-up: Jim Furyk, Marc Leishman The dominating victory at Cog Hill -- his fifth at the venue, second in what was now a FedEx Cup playoff event -- made many wonder how Woods ever coughed up a lead to Y.E. Yang a few weeks earlier at the PGA Championship. He won by 8 shots and it was his sixth victory of the year on the PGA Tour.

72. Arnold Palmer Invitational March 25, 20012 Runner-up: Graeme McDowell His first official post-scandal victory, Woods did it at a familiar place, winning for the seventh time at Bay Hill. He shot a final-round 70 to pull away from McDowell and win by 5.

73. Memorial Tournament June 3, 2012 Runners-up: Andres Romero, Rory Sabbatini A historic victory for Woods, as it tied him with tournament host Jack Nicklaus with 73 PGA Tour titles. And he did it in style, coming from 4 strokes back, holing a flop shot on the 16th hole, and shooting a 5-under-par 67 to win by 2.

74. AT&T National July 1, 2012 Runner-up: Bo Van Pelt Woods got some help from Van Pelt, who bogeyed his last three holes as Woods shot a final-round 69 to win by 2. The third round was played without spectators at Congressional Country Club due to a storm that left the course dangerous. The win moved Woods past Jack Nicklaus and into second place on the all-time PGA Tour victory list, eight wins behind Sam Snead.

75. Farmers Insurance Open Jan. 28, 2013 Runners-up: Brandt Snedeker, Josh Teater For the seventh time (and eighth including the U.S. Open), Woods won at Torrey Pines. This time, though, it was with a shaky finish and a bizarre Monday ending. Woods at one point had an 8-shot lead, but bogeyed four of his last five holes in the fog-delayed tournament. He still won by 4 shots.

76. WGC-Cadillac Championship March 10, 2013 Runner-up: Steve Stricker A 66-65-67 start gave Woods a 4-shot lead through 54 holes, and he cruised to a 2-shot win over Stricker for his seventh title in this tournament. It was also the fourth time he won a tournament at the Doral Resort in Miami.

77. Arnold Palmer Invitational March 25, 2013 Runner-up: Justin Rose A Monday finish saw Woods get a hearty congratulations from tournament host Arnold Palmer as he ended up a 2-shot winner over Justin Rose, winning at Bay Hill for the eighth time to match a 48-year-old PGA Tour record. The victory also moved Woods back to No. 1 in the world for the first time since October of 2010.

78. Players Championship May 12, 2013 Runners-up: David Lingmerth, Kevin Streelman, Jeff Maggert A third-round spat with Sergio Garcia didn't keep Woods from prevailing at a place where he traditionally has had trouble. Neither did a later tee shot in the water at the 14th hole -- where his drop was questioned afterward. Rounds of 67-67 helped him get in front, and he closed with a 70 for a 2-shot win and his second at TPC Sawgrass.

79. WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 4, 2013 Runners-up: Keegan Bradley, Henrik Stenson A second-round 61 -- matching his career low -- had Woods well on his way to a 7-shot victory, his eighth at Firestone and his 18th World Golf Championship title.

80. Tour Championship Sept. 23, 2018 Runner-up: Billy Horschel His first victory since a remarkable return from spinal fusion surgery came after a couple of close calls at The Open (T-6) and PGA Championship (2nd) and saw him play with Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy over the final three rounds. A third-round 65 put him in position, and Woods extended his lead on the front nine at East Lake, leading to a coronation as he played the 18th hole, winning by 2.

81. Masters April 14, 2019 Runners-up: Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele With an all-star cast of players in contention on the final day, Woods for the first time came from behind to win a major, shooting a final-round 70 at Augusta National to win his 15th major title and first in 11 years. Trailing by 2 shots through 11 holes of the final round, Woods parred the par-3 12th while several pursuers found the water, then made birdies at the 13th, 15th and 16th holes to build a 2-shot lead he took to the 18th tee. He could withstand a final-hole bogey, setting off a celebration never seen by Woods in any of his previous victories.

82. Zozo Championship Oct. 27, 2019 Runner-up: Hideki Matsuyama Playing for the first time in nine weeks, Woods surprisingly looked strong and fit after a summer of physical struggles that included knee surgery following his final event of the 2018-19 season. After bogeying his first three holes, Woods shot an opening-round 64, and then followed it with another one to take a 2-shot 36-hole lead. He increased his advantage to 3 shots after 54 holes and needed seven holes on Monday to finish, winning for the 82nd time and tying Sam Snead's all-time PGA Tour record that dates to 1965.

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Our super-handy guide to Tiger Woods' 82 PGA Tour titles

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There are a plethora of incredible stats that tell the story of Tiger Woods and his legendary pro career. But we’ll focus on one that has been closely tracked throughout: his 82 PGA Tour wins starting with the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. That being said, have you ever actually counted to 82? That’s a lot of counting! So to help make this total easier to keep track of, we decided to break up Woods’ wins into different tiers to rank them by importance.

RELATED: Tiger Woods' 82 PGA Tour wins by the numbers

Whether Woods should be credited with more than 82 victories—which puts him in a tie for the all-time record with Sam Snead— remains a debate . But we’ll focus on the ones that count for now, because again, it’s a lot to keep track of. Hopefully, this handy list helps:

The “Wins You’ll Be Telling Your Grandchildren About” Tier

2019 Masters (“THE RETURN TO GLORY!”)

The “Wins You’re Already Telling Your Grandchildren About” Tier

Stephen Munday

1997 Masters (He won by 12 shots. LOL.)

2000 U.S. Open (He won by 15 shots. More LOL.)

The “He Won A Major On A Broken Leg!” Tier

2008 U.S. Open (No, really, he did .)

The “IN YOUR LIFE! HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT?” Tier

Augusta National

2005 Masters (Poor Chris DiMarco.)

The “He Won A Three-Hole Playoff To Win A Major” Tier

John Biever

2000 PGA Championship (Poor Bob May.)

The “He Completed The Tiger Slam” Tier

2001 Masters (He won FOUR majors in a row! LOL.)

The “He Completed The Career Grand Slam” Tier

2000 Open Championship (Note: He was only 24.) (Also note: He won by eight shots. Again, LOL.)

The “Other Major Wins That Would Be The Highlight Of Anyone Not Named Tiger Woods' Career ” Tier

1999 PGA Championship, 2002 Masters, 2002 U.S. Open, 2005 Open Championship, 2006 PGA Championship, 2007 PGA Championship

The “Break Out Some Tissues” Tier

Ross Kinnaird

2006 Open Championship (Woods' first major win following his dad's death.)

The “Break Out Some Tissues” Tier (Non-majors division)

Tim Bradbury

2018 Tour Championship (Woods' first win following his 2017 back fusion .)

The “Better Than Most!” Tier

2001 Players Championship (Iconic putt, iconic call.)

The “He Closed Out A Tournament With A Highlight-Reel Shot In The Dark” Tier

2000 WGC-NEC Invitational (See? It really was dark.)

The “He Won In A Seven-Hole Playoff” Tier

2001 WGC-NEC Invitational (Poor Jim Furyk.)

The “Nobody Was Better At WGC-Match Play Wins” Tier

2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, 2004 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, 2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

The “Other WGC Wins That Would Be The Highlight Of Basically Anyone Not Named Tiger Woods' Career” Tier

1999 WGC-NEC Invitational, 1999 WGC-American Express Championship, 2002 WGC-American Express Championship, 2003 WGC-American Express Championship, 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational, 2005 WGC-American Express Championship, 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Championship, 2006 WGC-American Express Championship, 2007 WGC-CA Championship, 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship, 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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The “He Came From Seven Shots Back With Seven Holes To Play At Pebble Beach” Tier

2000 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Poor Matt Gogel.)

The “He Lost His Mind And Threw His Hat At The Ground In Celebration” Tier

2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational (Poor Bart Bryant.)

The “Other Walk-Off Birdie Putts” Tier

2000 Tournament of Champions, 2001 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational

The “He Made Jack Nicklaus’ Jaw Drop” Tier

2012 Memorial (Jack said he's "never seen a better shot" than Tiger's final-round flop and who are we to argue with an 18-time major champ?)

The “He Hit An Absurdly Daring 6-iron Out Of A Fairway Bunker On The 72nd Hole To Wrap Up A Win” Tier

2000 RBC Canadian Open (Poor Grant Waite.)

The "He Did A Badass Club Twirl On The 72nd Hole" Tier

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2013 Players Championship (Told you it was badass.)

The “For Some Reason They Decided To Have A Sudden-Death Playoff Between The 54-hole Co-Leaders And He Nearly Made A Hole-In-One To Win” Tier

1997 Mercedes Championships (Poor Tom Lehman.)

The “He Won Despite Throwing Up During The Final Round Due To Food Poisoning” Tier

2003 Bay Hill Invitational (We decided not to show any visuals of this. You're welcome.)

The “Welcome To The Pros, Here Are Some Vegas Showgirls To Hand You Your First Winner’s Check” Tier

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1996 Las Vegas Invitational (See? That really happened.)

The “Oh, Yeah, He Obviously Won The First FedEx Cup” Tier

2007 Tour Championship (Considering he won by eight, he should have gotten a bonus on top of the $10 million bonus.)

The "He Won When Someone Else Was DQ'd For Using An Illegal Putter Grip" Tier

1996 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic (Poor Taylor Smith.)

The “Other Important Wins But We Don’t Have All Day Here” Tier

1999 Tour Championship, 1999 Memorial Tournament, 2000 Memorial Tournament, 2001 Memorial Tournament, 2009 Memorial Tournament, 2000 Bay Hill Invitational, 2001 Bay Hill Invitational, 2002 Bay Hill Invitational, 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2005 Ford Championship at Doral, 2006 Ford Championship at Doral, 2007 BMW Championship, 2009 BMW Championship

The “Other Wins We Can’t Remember Anything About Because 82 Wins Is A LOT Of Freaking Wins” Tier

1997 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, 1997 Motorola Western Open, 1998 BellSouth Classic, 1999 Buick Invitational, 1999 Motorola Western Open, 1999 National Car Rental Golf Classic, 2002 Buick Open, 2003 Buick Invitational, 2003 Western Open, 2005 Buick Invitational, 2006 Buick Invitational, 2006 Buick Open, 2006 Deutsche Bank Championship, 2007 Buick Invitational, 2007 Wachovia Championship, 2008 Buick Invitational, 2009 AT&T National, 2009 Buick Open, 2013 Farmers Insurance Open

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Tiger Woods wins 82nd PGA Tour title to equal record

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Woods moved on to a record-equalling 82 PGA Tour wins with victory in Japan

Tiger Woods equalled the PGA Tour record of 82 tournament wins with victory at the Zozo Championship.

The 43-year-old world number 10 had seven holes to finish in Japan on Monday as he matched fellow American Sam Snead's record, set in 1965.

It was his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago.

In April, Woods won his first major for 11 years with victory at the Masters, leaving him three short of Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles.

Snead was aged 52 when he won for the final time on the PGA Tour, while Nicklaus was 46 when he lifted the last of his major trophies.

After his record-equalling victory, Woods said: "As far as playing until 52, I hope that's the case.

"If you would have asked me a few years ago, I would have given you a different answer, but certainly the future looks brighter than it has.

"The body can't do what it used to but I can still think my way around the golf course.

"I know how to play and I was able to do that this week. There was a time if I didn't know if I would play again so I am very appreciative."

After his latest triumph at Augusta, Woods, who has also had four back surgeries, missed the cut at the PGA Championship and Open Championship.

He did not qualify for the Tour Championship finale, which he won the year before to reach 80 PGA Tour wins and end a five-year spell without a title on the American-based tour, so chose to have arthroscopic surgery to repair minor cartilage damage in his left knee.

The 15-time major winner said the knee surgery provided the "most challenging" comeback of his career but he eased to a three-shot victory from Japan's Hideki Matsuyama to win a PGA Tour title in a seventh different country.

Woods said he now hopes to return to the country to compete at the 2020 Olympics.

He said: "I know some of my friends have made Olympic teams before in the past and they said it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I'll be 44 and I don't know if I have many more chances after that."

The first official PGA Tour event in Japan was completed on Monday morning at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, after more than six inches of rain fell in a typhoon and Friday's second round was postponed.

Woods played 29 holes on Sunday as the tournament attempted to make up for the weather delays.

At 6.30am local time in Monday morning sunshine, he resumed his final round with a three-shot lead over Matsuyama.

He dropped a shot at his first hole of the day after finding a greenside bunker, but rolled in a 10 foot putt to birdie the par-five 14th and holed for another birdie four from similar distance at the last, finishing with a three-under round of 67 and a 19 under total to win by three shots.

His first PGA title came 23 years ago this month at the Las Vegas Invitational, in a play-off against Davis Love III.

A hard leader to catch - Woods stats

Of players to have made 200 starts, Woods has the highest win percentage in PGA Tour history on 22.8% ahead of Ben Hogan (21.3%), Byron Nelson (18.1%) and Sam Snead (14%)

Woods reached 82 wins aged 43, Snead was 52

Woods has won 44 of 46 PGA Tour events (95.6%) where he has held the outright 54-hole lead.

He has won PGA Tour events in 19 different seasons, beginning in 1996

Woods has made the cut in 90.8% of his PGA Tour starts

Woods has won PGA Tour events in Japan, USA, England, Scotland, Spain, Canada and Ireland

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Masters: 82 years of masters winners and memories, share this article.

There have been 52 different Masters champions and 82 different tournaments.

With his victory at the 2019 Masters, Tiger Woods tied the record for longest gap between major wins as he won for a fifth time at Augusta National. He finished 13-under 275, one stroke ahead of Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele to secure his 15th major title.

After his 2019 Masters win, Woods sits behind only Jack Nicklaus (6) on the list of golfers with the most Masters wins of all time.

The 2020 Masters Tournament at Augusta National April 9 and concludes with the final round April 12.

Here’s a list of every Masters winner, the year they won and miscellaneous facts about each win.

Bobby Jones putts on the eighth green while Horton Smith watches in front of a gallery of patrons during the 1934 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Horton Smith Country: United States Score: 4-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Craig Wood, two strokes

A group photograph of the 1935 Master’s field during the 1935 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Gene Sarazan Country: United States Score: 6-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Craig Wood, playoff

Byron Nelson plays a tee shot during the 1936 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Horton Smith Country: United States Score: 3-under par Masters win number: 2 Runner-up: Henry Cooper, one stroke

Sam Snead appears at his first Masters Tournament circa 1937. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Byron Nelson Country: United States Score: 5-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Ralph Guldahl, two strokes

Patrons watch as Henry Picard putts on the 18th green during the 1938 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Henry Picard Country: United States Score: 3-under par Masters win number: 1 Runners-up: Henry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl, two strokes

Sam Snead lines up a putt during the 1939 Masters Tournament. (Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Champion: Ralph Guldahl Country: United States Score: 9-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Sam Snead, one stroke

Tommy Armour walks on course with Walter Hagen, during a 1940s Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Jimmy Demaret Country: United States Score: 8-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Lloyd Mangrum, four strokes

Bobby Jones putts during the 1941 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Craig Wood Country: United States Score: 8-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Byron Nelson, three strokes

Byron Nelson and Alfred Bourne review Nelson’s scorecard during the 1942 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Byron Nelson Country: United States Score: 8-under par Masters win number: 2 Runner-up: Ben Hodan, playoff

War veterans watch players practice their putting at the 1946 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

The Masters Tournament was canceled for three years due to World War II.

Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser and Bobby Jones at the Presentation Ceremony of the 1946 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Herman Keiser Country: United States Score: 6-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Ben Hogan, one stroke

Bobby Jones speaks at the Presentation Ceremony with Masters Winner Jimmy Demaret and runner-up Byron Nelson at the 1947 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Jimmy Demaret Country: United States Score: 7-under par Masters win number: 2 Runners-up: Byron Nelson and Frank Stranahan, two strokes

Leaderboard during the 1948 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Claude Harmon Country: United States Score: 9-under par Masters win number: 1 Runner-up: Cary Middlecoff, five strokes

Lloyd Mangrum, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones and Johnny Bulla during the Presentation Ceremony at the 1949 Masters Tournament. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Champion: Sam Snead Country: United States Score: 6-under par Masters win number: 1 Runners-up: Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum, three strokes

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Tiger Woods authored another page in the annals of golf history this weekend, as he used his Bridgestone TOUR B XS ball to earn his 82nd PGA TOUR victory, tying him with Sam Snead for the most all-time, at the TOUR’s first ever official event to be contested in Japan.  Remarkably, Woods’ win at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP means he’s achieved his 82 wins in 66 fewer starts than it took Snead.  Woods’ first win of the new season also gives Bridgestone its first of the 2019-20 wraparound schedule - as the most efficient TOUR Team in golf looks to continue the momentum that it achieved last season. 

Woods overcame a bogey-bogey-bogey start to open the tournament, recording an astonishing 19-under par final score, winning by three shots with the Bridgestone TOUR B XS.  Woods made 27 birdies for the week to propel him to his 8th ever season-opening victory and his first title ever in Japan – marking the 7th different country in which he’s won.    The win also marks the 19th season in Woods’ illustrious career in which he has won at least one official PGA TOUR event. 

“82 PGA TOUR victories in this era of deep tournament fields and incredible competition is truly a remarkable achievement, and we’re honored to have played a small part in it,” said Dan Murphy, President and CEO of Bridgestone Golf. “We are proud that Tiger played a ball made by Bridgestone in 64 of those 82 journeys to the winner’s circle, and we were with him for some of the most memorable moments along the way.  And, the fact that Tiger achieved this milestone in the home country of our parent company makes it that much sweeter.”

The Bridgestone TOUR B XS has been a constant in Tiger’s bag since he first put the ball in play in 2018, though Tiger has continued to tweak his club selection during that time.   The TOUR B XS fits Tiger’s game perfectly as it offers the ideal combination of power, spin and control he demands. The TOUR B golf ball series is a result of Bridgestone’s continued commitment to providing premium tee-to-green performance to players of varying swing types. Bridgestone owns over 800 golf ball patents and fully leverages the company’s heritage of excellence in polymer science worldwide to design the industry’s most cutting-edge golf balls.

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2024 FedEx Cup standings, schedule, leaderboard, prize money, purse for Tour Championship, FedEx Cup Playoffs

Your one-stop shop for everything you need to know throughout the 2024 fedex cup playoffs.

Following an exciting regular season, the PGA Tour hosts a three-tournament postseason, the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs, which concludes with a massive Tour Championship where the majority of the grand total $100 million purse is dished out to golfers. In fact, the $25 million top prize is tied for the largest payout on the PGA Tour this season with the Players Championship. 

Only 70 golfers advanced to the first round of the playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, same as last season. With 40 of those players now eliminated following the BMW Championship, the field has thinned in terms of the best golfers in the world able to compete for the league's top prize. There's plenty of star power still remaining, though, with Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele atop the standings and other significant players like Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark in contention.

For Scheffler, a FedEx Cup win would be his first, but it would also serve as a feather in his cap on the back of a stellar season that already includes six PGA Tour victories and an Olympic gold medal. The same goes for Schauffele, a two-time major championship winner this season.

Let's take a closer look at what has occurred and what we can still expect from this year's festivities.

2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs schedule

The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings, via points accumulated throughout the year, played in the St. Jude Championship with 50 competing in the BMW Championship prior to the field being trimmed for the final time.

All three events are 72-hole, stroke-play tournaments, though the fields gradually get smaller as the playoffs roll on. The points change, too, as everything is quadrupled. During regular-season events, most winners receive 500 FedEx Cup points for finishing first at tournaments (in a handful of events, 600 points went to first place). The winners of the first two FedEx Cup Playoffs events will instead receive 2,000 points each. The point boost goes for every slot on the leaderboard: 300 for second becomes 1,200 and so on. 

Only seven golfers surpassed the 2,000-point total during the entire regular season: Scheffler, Schauffele, McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg and Sahith Theegala. Scheffler opened these playoffs with nearly a 3,500-point lead on third-place McIlroy -- who has since fallen off the pace -- while Schauffele himself was 1,500 points up on the rest of the field.

Winners are disproportionately rewarded and deservedly so given this is the postseason. This provides the opportunity for golfers to go on a hot streak and rocket up the FedEx Cup standings like Hideki Matsuyama and Keegan Bradley did over the first two weeks.

The top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings after the St. Jude Championship move on to the BMW Championship. Then the top 30 after that move on to the Tour Championship.

2024 FedEx Cup standings

Scheffler and Schauffele are having extraordinary seasons. They rank No. 1 and No. 3 on the all-time single season money list at $29.2 million and $18.4 million, respectively, following the second playoff event. Those numbers are officially locked in as money from the FedEx Cup does not count toward a player's official money.

Here's a look at the top 30 in the standings following the BMW Championship.

Matsuyama made a move to third by winning the St. Jude Championship. Bradley was the big mover at the BMW Championship as he barely got into the second playoff event but is now in fourth as the Tour Championship begins.

2024 Tour Championship format

Heading into the Tour Championship inside the top five or top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings is important because of how scoring is dispersed. Whoever is first in the FedEx Cup standings after the BMW Championship starts the Tour Championship at 10 under, and the event is played under normal scoring conditions from there.

With so much money at stake (again, $25 million for first place), those margins become more meaningful than even a normal week. The eventual winners of the four FedEx Cups played under this format have all started in the top seven at the Tour Championship.

• 10 under -- Scottie Scheffler
• 8 under -- Xander Schauffele
• 7 under -- Hideki Matsuyama
• 6 under -- Keegan Bradley
• 5 under -- Ludvig Åberg
• 4 under -- Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay 
• 3 under -- Sungjae Im, Sahith Theegala, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Tony Finau
• 2 under -- Ben An, Viktor Hovland, Russell Henley, Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre
• 1 under -- Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
• Even -- Chris Kirk, Tom Hoge, Aaron Rai, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Justin Thomas

2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs purse, prize money

2024 st. jude championship purse, prize money.

• 1st: $3.6 million
• 2nd: $2.2 million
• 3rd: $1.4 million
• 4th: $960,000
• 5th: $800,000
• 6th: $720,000
• 7th: $670,000
• 8th: $620,000
• 9th: $580,000
• 10th: $540,000

2024 BMW Championship purse, prize money

• 4th: $990,000
• 5th: $830,000
• 6th: $750,000
• 7th: $695,000
• 8th: $640,000
• 9th: $600,000
• 10th: $560,000

2024 Tour Championship purse, prize money

The figures are startling for the finale. The winner of the Tour Championship receives $25 million. Second place is $12.5 million! Here's a look at what the lucrative top 10 will look like at the Tour Championship.

• 1st: $25 million
• 2nd: $12.5 million
• 3rd: $7.5 million
• 4th: $6 million
• 5th: $5 million
• 6th: $3.5 million
• 7th: $2.75 million
• 8th: $2.25 million
• 9th: $2 million
• 10th $1.75 million

Last year, Viktor Hovland won the BMW Championship and then took the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup over Schauffele. Both players shot the same 19-under score at East Lake to end the year, but Hovland started the tournament at 8 under while Schauffele only started it at 3 under so Hovland easily won by five and took home the first prize of what was then $18 million.

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Scottie Scheffler Looks to Cap Historic Season With PGA Tour Championship Win

Bob harig | 3 hours ago.

ATLANTA—If Collin Morikawa is getting a bit tired of seeing Scottie Scheffler on a golf course, it is certainly understandable.

The two-time major champion saw his path to the Masters stymied a few hours down I-20 back in April at the Masters, where Scheffler won  a second green jacket on his way to what is turning out to be a historic year.

Now he gets him for the third straight day at East Lake Golf Club, with one more day in a PGA Tour season that has been virtually owned by Scheffler.

Morikawa has an opportunity to put a tiny dent in that narrative, but he’s got a tall task during the final round of the Tour Championship, where he trails Scheffler by five strokes at the tournament that determines the FedEx Cup champion.

“I know I've got to go out from hole 1 and have a lot of energy and be ready to play golf and make something happen,’’ said Morikawa, whose third-round 67 left him in second place. “It's going to be very hard, but I believe in myself that I can do it. Five shots is a lot, but two-shot swings happen. I think I've seen a couple over the past few days.

“Look, I've just got to play my game. I've got to go low. I know that. Hopefully I've got that in me. I've got 18 holes left to the season. I keep talking about that, but I'm going to put everything I have into these next 24 hours.’’

There are monetary reasons for wanting to prevail on Sunday, as the winner banks a $25 million bonus with “only’’ $12.5 million going to the runner-up.

But Morikawa would also like to post a victory, his first in nearly a year. The winner of the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship has undergone swing changes, coach chances and some frustrations to get back to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

His year has included seven top-10 finishes including a tie for third at the Masters won by Scheffler and a tie for fourth at the PGA Championship won by Xander Schauffle, who enters the final round in fourth place.

Making matters a bit more frustrating for Morikawa is the fact that he’s actually a shot ahead of Scheffler in raw score, having gone 66-63-67 to Scheffler’s 65-66-66.

But due to the starting strokes format used only at the Tour Championship, Scheffler entered the event with a two-shot lead on Schauffele and six shots over Morikawa, who was in a group of players given a 4-under starting position based on FedEx Cup points.

Given the format, Morikawa could shoot the low score for the week and not come away with a trophy.

And he can look to two years ago, when Rory McIlroy made up a six-stroke difference in the Tour Championship to overtake Scheffler.

“Just knowing that where I was at the beginning of the year and where I am now, it's the same me but different,’’ Morikawa said. “Look, like I said, I've got 24 hours to just put everything I have, and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure we're prepped and ready to go. It is what it is, whatever happens tomorrow.’’

For Scheffler, a victory would cap what is already an amazing year. It would be his seventh win, the first time any player has won that many times in a season since Tiger Woods in 2007.

Scheffler, who is a solid No. 1 in the world, won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Players Championship, the Masters, the RBC Heritage, the Memorial Tournament and the Travelers Championship. He was also the Olympic gold medalist earlier this month in Paris, although that victory does not count in his PGA Tour total.

“Keep doing what I've been doing, staying in the moment, staying patient out there,’’ said Scheffler, who birdied his last three holes. “I've bogeyed the first hole two of the last three days, and both times when I bogeyed the first hole, I didn't make any bogeys after that, so that's kind of good momentum for me.

“I feel like I've done a lot of stuff well and played solid, so I'm looking forward to the challenge of trying to finish off the tournament tomorrow and continuing to do that.”

Bob Harig is a senior writer covering golf for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 25 years experience on the beat, including 15 at ESPN. Harig is a regular guest on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio and has written two books, "DRIVE: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods" and "Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry." He graduated from Indiana University where he earned an Evans Scholarship, named in honor of the great amateur golfer Charles (Chick) Evans Jr. Harig, a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America, lives in Clearwater, Fla.

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2024 Tour Championship purse, prize money: Payouts from record $100M bonus pool for FedEx Cup Playoffs, finale

T he largest prize fund in professional golf is at stake this week as the 2024 Tour Championship begins at East Lake Golf Club. With the top 30 players from the PGA Tour vying for their slice of the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus pool -- up $25 million from last year -- competitors will have the chance to see jaw-dropping figures hit their back accounts by week's end.

Signature events and the first two playoff events boasted a total purse of $20 million, which amounts to $5 million less than what this week's eventual winner will take home. Increasing $7 million compared to the last two seasons, the winner's share represents the largest in PGA Tour history and a $10 million increase compared to 2019 -- the first year of the staggered start format.

Scottie Scheffler is the lone man to surpass $25 million in earnings this season as he won the Masters, Players Championship and four signature events -- six of the largest paydays of the year. Xander Schauffele nearly clipped $20 million himself thanks to two major victories, while Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark and Rory McIlroy round out those to earn more than eight figures in 2024.

A top-five finish will guarantee players at least a $5 million payday, while those inside the top 12 with all see seven figures next to their names. Everyone in the field will earn at least a half million dollars for qualifying for the Tour Championship.

Let's take a look at the payout list for the 30 players who will be in attendance at the 2024 Tour Championship. The other 40 players who initially qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs will split the remaining $17.05 million.

2024 Tour Championship prize money, purse

FedEx Cup purse: $100 million

Tour Championship purse: $82.95 million

1st: $25,000,000

2nd: $12,500,000

3rd: $7,500,000

4th: $6,000,000

5th: $5,000,000

6th: $3,500,000

7th: $2,750,000

8th: $2,250,000

9th: $2,000,000

10th: $1,750,000

11th: $1,075,000

12th: $1,025,000

13th: $975,000

14th: $925,000

15th: $885,000

16th: $795,000

17th: $775,000

18th: $755,000

19th: $735,000

20th: $715,000

21st: $670,000

22nd: $650,000

23rd: $630,000

24th: $615,000

25th: $600,000

26th: $590,000

27th: $580,000

28th: $570,000

29th: $560,000

30th: $550,000

2024 Tour Championship purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

The 2024 Tour Championship purse is set for $82.925 million, with the winner's share coming in at $25,000,000 -- more than the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart .

The 2024 Tour Championship field is headed by Rory McIlroy , Scottie Scheffler , Xander Schauffele and more of the world's best players.

The 30-player field competes in the final playoff event on the PGA Tour schedule, with players earning their way into the field based on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings through the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship.

A cut is not made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who qualify for the tournament will earn money.

The prize-money payout is based on exactly 65 players making the cut and finishing the tournament. However, in PGA Tour events with a standard 36-hole cut to the top 65 players and ties, the payout formula is adjusted to account for the exact number of players making the cut and will often include adding money to the stated purse to account for additional players.

The event is played this year at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.

This is the third and final playoff PGA Tour event of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule .

What else is on the line: FedEx Cup points, OWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The winner of this event is the player who has the lowest combined total from 72 holes of golf and the starting strokes assigned based on FedEx Cup standings position heading into the tournament. The winner gets 47.6 Official World Golf Ranking points, with the points available based on field strength.

The champion will enjoy the benefits of winning PGA Tour event, including a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and an exemption into next three years' majors.

2024 Tour Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout

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Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. He is currently a +2.6 USGA handicap, and he has covered dozens of major championships and professional golf tournaments. He likes writing about golf and making it more accessible by answering the complex questions fans have about the pro game or who want to understand how to play golf better.

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Round 4 pga dfs showdown slate picks - 2024 tour championship.

The 2024 season ends tomorrow at the new version of East Lake Golf Club. The year's final event has transpired like many thought it would given Scottie Scheffler's two-shot lead to start the week. He has extended that to five as he tries to hold off a charging Collin Morikawa.

Players are having no trouble scoring this week as sub-70 rounds have been constant, and strokes gained around the green have proven to be as important as approach play, which isn't usually the norm. For everything Andrew Green has done to the beloved property, things certainly seem more getable than in previous years. That will hopefully translate to more dramatic finishes in the years to come, however, this iteration is seeing the world's best golfer do what he's done all year; dominate. Nonetheless, there is one final day to scratch that DFS itch in tomorrow's concluding round for us to sweat over, so let's get into it.

Showdown, unlike typical golf DFS that spans the entire tournament, is a contest that focuses on each round as an individual event. Finding guys performing well on approach is king, but, roster decisions that give you ownership leverage from taking riskier players on the board that haven't played their best but present a high likelihood of a bounce-back round is also important. In other words, this is a sprint, not a marathon.

Weather, Course Conditions, and Tee Times

Aside from the muggy feel of Atlanta, GA conditions couldn't be more perfect to wrap up the season. With everyone posting low numbers at the newly redesigned East Lake, there isn't much advantage of early or late times. The most important task will be finishing before the forecasted storms later in the day.

Round 4 Strategy

The mindset to have for final-round showdowns is not to pull any punches. Taking guys who have a knack for hammering down the gas pedal on Sunday and have at least shown flashes of form over the first three rounds is a great starting point.

Remember that ownership levels will continuously drop the closer you get to the morning's first tee time, so finding the guys who will bounce back is paramount to winning big.

Favorite Play:  This range doesn't get more simple than this. It's  Scottie Scheffler 's time to get the East Lake monkey off his back, and given how well he's played through three rounds, it's the obvious choice.

He's second in the field in strokes gained putting (+1.37) and third in strokes gained tee to green (+1.81). The problem will be taking enough chances elsewhere to get to his $12,400 price tag. If it's possible, it's a must-do.

Scottie. Scheffler. One of a kind golfer! pic.twitter.com/RjErr7Xqsr — TrackingScheffler (@SchefflerLegion) August 31, 2024

Other Options: Collin Morikawa

Favorite Play: Sam Burns  is waxing the field in strokes gained on approach (+1.57), and so far, that has made all the difference. A costly double bogey in Saturday's third round kept him having the day's second-lowest round.

Even with questionable putting, he is managing to do enough from tee to green, as the 28-year-old is ranked fourth in that strokes gained metric, to suggest a round even lower than -3 or -4 under tomorrow is a real possibility.

Favorite Play: Wyndham Clark  is the only name in this range that feels remotely worthy of consideration. He ranks fifth in the field for strokes gained on approach(+0.82) and sixth in strokes gained putting (+0.81). However, to get to the leaders at the top of the board, sacrifices must be made, and this feels like the right area to make them if need be.

Favorite Play: Sahith Theegala got a horrible break in his two-shot penalty in Saturday's round. But having the composure to take it on the chin as he did and go on to shoot a back-nine score of 30 is as gutsy a performance as you'll ever see. Regardless of what comes tomorrow, I am an even bigger fan than I was before.

As for tomorrow's round, the 26-year-old has all the tools to throw another low round out there. Aside from a measly +0.10 strokes gained off the tee, he is nearly outperforming everyone else in the field in all the other strokes gained metrics.

“Your intuition as a golfer is very rarely wrong.” Sahith Theegala reflects on his self-reported two-stroke penalty this afternoon. https://t.co/vfnGhCvEOU pic.twitter.com/InprR9GOc4 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 31, 2024

Other Options: Sungjae Im, Shane Lowry

Favorite Play: Sepp Straka  needs more consistency from other parts of his game, but ranking third in the field in strokes gained on approach is nothing to scoff at. With two double bogeys on the card over his last 36 holes, it's clear why he's struggled to move up the leaderboard given the staggered start of nine shots back of the lead on Thursday.

The change in grass types from the huge redesign is probably the most to blame for his struggling putter, which had been much more of a strength in his past two appearances. Nevertheless, he should make a reliable piece if the usually consistent play off the tee returns, especially for those trying to raise the capital enough to take one of the guys at the top of the board.

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The optimizer works nicely with the projected ownership from the model. If you are unsure how to work it, at the top of the "PGA Lineup Optimizer" page, there is a video on how to get my projected ownership and/or projected points into your optimizer.

Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.

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CHIBA, Japan – In Japan it’s called an enthronement, but many would consider it a coronation. Either way, there were two such grand occasions last week in Tokyo.

On Tuesday the normally gridlocked city came to an even more staggering standstill as Japanese Emperor Naruhito officially proclaimed his enthronement in an ancient ceremony that dates back more than 1,000 years.

The second coronation lacked the pomp and circumstance but carried the intrigue.

On the surface, Tiger Woods’ three-stroke triumph over Hideki Matsuyama wasn’t dramatically impressive. Tiger’s made a career out of rolling opponents by multiple strokes and a random victory in a limited-field event on the other side of the international dateline isn’t exactly headline worthy.

On the surface.

Woods’ triumph at the weather-delayed Zozo Championship was his 82 nd on the PGA Tour and pulled him even with Sam Snead on the all-time victory list. It’s more common to use Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championships as the benchmark for greatness, but matching Snead’s haul of 82 is an accomplishment that defies comprehension.

“In this era to win even 50 times on the PGA Tour is an unbelievable achievement in itself. Even Phil’s number [44 Tour victories], but to get to 82. I feel like I’ve had a decent career, [but] if I win six times a year for the next 10 years I still wouldn’t get there,” Rory McIlroy said.

McIlroy’s point is easy enough to prove. Among today’s active stars, only Dustin Johnson has at least 20 Tour victories. McIlroy has 17 Tour tilts, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth have each won 11 times on Tour and Brooks Koepka, the world’s top-ranked player, has seven titles.

Combined, they trail Woods by 16 wins.

All of today’s top players have plenty of time to make their mark, but Woods’ career was defined by dominance early and often. Woods won a record 46 of his 82 titles in his 20s. Players regularly find themselves on a competitive “heater,” but none that lasts a decade or more.

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It’s also worth giving Woods a nod for not just his total haul, but the obstacles overcome to reach that number.

“Just look at who the guy has had to beat through his entire career, through the injuries, probably through some sleepless nights when he thought he’d never play golf again. I have to say he’s the best ever to put the golf shoes on,” said Charles Howell III, who joined the Tour four years after Woods’ first victory in 1996. “You look at the level of competition he’s played against since the first time he teed it up out here, it’s impressive.”

Although golf historians regularly debate the level of competition Snead faced in his prime, as well as the quality of some of his victories, that should never be an issue for Woods.

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Throughout his career, Woods went head-to-head with Mickelson (44 Tour victories), Vijay Singh (22), Davis Love III (21) and Ernie Els (19). If fans have reservations concerning any of those Hall of Fame players, it’s because Woods created the doubt.

“The majors speak for themselves, but 82’s just a crazy number,” said Gary Woodland, who was grouped with Woods for the final two rounds in Japan. “You look at the guys that have won 10 times and it’s pretty special, let alone to come out here and win 82 times. To battle through the injuries he’s dealt with, gosh, he’s young and he’s playing unbelievable.”

Snead was 52 years old when he set the victory mark at the 1965 Greensboro event. Despite debilitating injury, Woods reached the all-time victory mark at 43 years old, which – at least in theory – suggests 82 is simply a stopover on his way to a much bigger destination.

That Woods focused on quality over quantity throughout most of his career is also worth acknowledging when defining an accomplishment built on compilation.

Woods never picked off low-hanging fruit at lesser stops on his way to 82. He has always played the hardest events against the toughest fields on the most demanding golf courses.

“If you think about the limited schedule that he’s played throughout the years, to be able to still have these numbers, that’s incredible,” Spieth said. “He’s not playing 30 events a year. He’s playing 16, 17 events a year and he has done that for a long time. I could see from his perspective that just the sheer number of events would be as meaningful as anything else for sure.”

Maybe the ultimate context of Woods’ most recent accomplishment is that Spieth was 3 years old when Tiger begin his pursuit of golf immortality with his first Tour victory at the 1996 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

In ’96, Woods was a 20-year-old phenom with so much potential. But then golf regularly rinsed through 20-year-old phenoms and, however unfair, the expectations on Tiger were tremendous.

A few weeks before his start in Las Vegas, Woods played a practice round with Love at the Buick Challenge. Love was a veteran and via the two player’s relationship with swing coach Butch Harmon had become something of a sounding board for the newcomer.

“During that practice round, he said one of his goals was to beat me down the stretch,” Love recalled Monday.

Woods withdrew from the Buick Challenge, but a few weeks later he found himself tied with Love after 90 holes in Las Vegas. Tiger won with a par at the first extra hole for Tour title No. 1. At that time, it would have been difficult to imagine how that road would eventually lead to Monday’s 82 nd Tour victory, but Love had an idea something special had started.

“To watch him go from a kid and [Harmon] asking me to play practice rounds with him, to winning the Masters in 1997, the Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups, it’s amazing to see,” Love said. “We give athletes too much celebrity, but we don’t give Tiger enough credit for his domination and what he did.”

Woods was crowned by many the king of golf long ago, but this week, with this accomplishment, felt like his coronation.

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CASTLE ROCK, Colo — Keegan Bradley went from the last man in the BMW Championship to a winner Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 for a one-shot victory that opened up all sorts of possibilities he never imagined possible a week ago.

Bradley pulled away from mistake-prone Adam Scott early on the back nine and delivered a clutch shot into the par-5 17th that all but sealed the seventh victory of his PGA Tour career, and the most unlikely.

He was biting his nails a week ago, needing help just to finish at No. 50 in the FedEx Cup and qualify for the second postseason event. And then he managed the mile-high air, the wind and the Sunday pressure to win at Castle Pines.

“It just shows why you've got to grind it out because you never know how fast it can switch,” Bradley said on the 18th green, where he stood alongside his father. Mark Bradley, a longtime club professional, had never seen his 38-year-old son win in person.

The victory moved Bradley from No. 50 to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup, sending him to the Tour Championship where he will start four shots behind Scottie Scheffler in a 72-hole chase for the $25 million prize.

There's also another cup in play. Bradley, the first Ryder Cup captain to win a PGA Tour event since Davis Love III nine years ago, moved to No. 10 in the Presidents Cup standings. The top six after the BMW Championship automatically qualified, and Jim Furyk gets six captain's picks. Bradley will surely be in the conversation after winning for the third straight year.

Bradley heard plenty of “U-S-A! “U-S-A!”” chants as he went along the back nine at Castle Pines, the loudest coming on the 18th when thousands of spectators were allowed to encircle the green for the final touch of a big week.

Scott, a runner-up at the Scottish Open last month, was tied for the lead until starting the back nine with three soft bogeys, two of them with a wedge in his hand from the fairway. He birdied the closing par 5s, but lost a big chance when he overshot the 15th green from 101 yards.

He closed with a 72, though it also moved him into the top 30 who qualifying for East Lake.

The last man in the field gets it done 🏆 427 days after his sixth, @Keegan_Bradley claims win No. 7 @BMWChamps ! pic.twitter.com/Sh5ZT96aWG — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 25, 2024

Sam Burns finished with a Sunday-best 65, including a bogey on the par-5 14th, and shared second place with Scott and Ludvig Aberg of Sweden, who let another good chance get away with too many Sunday mistakes.

Aberg was 12 under on the par 5s going into the final round, and he played them at even par. He closed with a 71.

Justin Thomas somehow made it to East Lake for the Tour Championship, even though he was already home in Florida in the same nail-biting spot as Bradley was a week ago.

Thomas needed plenty of help to get the 30th spot, and it came from former British Open champion Brian Harman and Alex Noren. Harman needed a par on the last hole to stay in the top 30 and made double bogey.

Noren, who has never made it to East Lake, was poised to finish in the top 30 when he holed a 25-foot par putt on the 13th hole and made birdie on the 14th. But he finished with three straight bogeys, the most damaging on the par-5 17th, the easiest hole at Castle Pines. He had to lay up from a drive in the rough and hit wedge into a bunker. He shot 75.

The 17th is where Bradley, who finished at 12-under 276, all but sealed it.

Burns had posted at 277. Aberg and Scott remained closed. Bradley hit a 5-iron between two bunkers to a back left pin on a firm green to 16 feet, the closest shot of the day. He missed the eagle chance, but it gave him a two-shot lead going to the 18th.

And while he missed a 4-foot par putt that only determined the margin, he reacted with energy that has come to be expected from the 38-year-old New Englander. He thrust his arm in the air and soaked up the “U-S-A! U-S-A!” chants.

Bradley earned $4 million for his second title in the BMW Championship, also winning at Aronimink in 2018 when he was the No. 52 seed in what was then a 70-man field.

Bradley and Scott joined Tommy Fleetwood (69) and Chris Kirk (69) who moved into the top 30 to qualifying for the Tour Championship. They bumped out Harman, Jason Day, Davis Thompson and Denny McCarthy.

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Former LSU Great Sam Burns To Begin Play At PGA Tour Championship On Thursday

BATON ROUGE- Former LSU Tiger and 2017 National Player of the Year Sam Burns will tee off at the PGA Tour Championship beginning on Thursday in Atlanta at the famed East Lake Golf Club.

The Shreveport native is currently ranked ninth in the FedEx Cup standings, and will begin the TOUR Championship six shots back from the world number one, Scottie Scheffler.

The TOUR Championship brings a unique tournament format to the postseason play in the PGA Tour. The highest seeded player will begin the tournament at 10-under, while each player below him will start at an incrementally lower score.

Burns will begin the tournament at 4-under, alongside Rory Mcilroy, Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark.

  The former All-American has finished inside of the top-10 eight times this season, and logged a runner-up finish last weekend at the BMW Championship. Burns finished T2 at  the BMW after a 7-under 65 on the final day of the tournament. After a 1-under 71 on moving day, Burns fired off eight birdies to one bogey and moved up eighteen places on the leaderboard. After nearly sinking a bunker shot on hole 18, Burns tapped in a putt for par and ended his impressive final-day effort. 

  Burns has been effective from everywhere on the course in 2024, but he has been especially lethal from the green. The 28-year-old ranks first on Tour in putting average, with a mark of 1.688 putts per hole. Burns also has an impressive average of 27.81 putts per round, which is good enough for fourth on tour.

  The tournament is the final event of the PGA Tour regular season and the PGA Tour Championship is the last of three events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. East Lake Golf Club will host for the 20th consecutive year, after becoming the permanent host of the TOUR Championship in 2004. The newly renovated course will feature a new layout that forces players to be more strategic and precise with tee shots and greenside chips. 

The TOUR Championship also features the biggest purse of the PGA Tour season, with a grand total of $100 million being paid out among 30 players in the field. The winner of the event takes home $25 million, which is the highest payout for any event on tour. 

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  Burns will tee off on Thursday at 12:16 PM CT alongside Patrick Cantlay. The Golf Channel and NBC will share TV coverage. Coverage is scheduled for Noon to 5 p.m. CT on Golf Channel with primary coverage on the weekend on NBC Sports and Peacock (1:30-6 p.m. CT on Saturday and 12:30-5 p.m. CT on Sunday.) 

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After he placed third in this tournament in 2023, Wyndham Clark has a different result in mind as he readies for play in the 2024 TOUR Championship in Atlanta Aug. 29 - Sept. 1.

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• Date: Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2024
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Course: East Lake Golf Club
• Par: 71 / 7,490 yards
• Previous winner: Viktor Hovland

At the TOUR Championship

• Clark has played the TOUR Championship once of late, in 2023. He finished third, posting a score of 12-under.
• Viktor Hovland won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 4.837 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 4.828 in SG: Approach the Green (fifth), and 3.387 in SG: Putting (fourth).
• Hovland also posted numbers of 313.1 in average driving distance (20th in field), 80.56% in terms of greens in regulation (first), and 27.5 putts per round (third).

Clark's recent history at the TOUR Championship

Clark's recent performances.

• Over his last five events, Clark has two top-10 finishes and four top-20 finishes.
• He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
• Over his last five events, Clark has finished within five shots of the leader two times and finished with a better-than-average score four times.
• He has finished with an average score of -10 those four times he's made the cut.
• Off the tee, Wyndham Clark has averaged 315.4 yards in his past five tournaments.
• Clark has an average of 3.807 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
• Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Clark has an average of 6.038 in his past five tournaments.

Clark's advanced stats and rankings

• Clark has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.457, which ranks 15th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (314.2 yards) ranks sixth, and his 57.1% driving accuracy average ranks 138th.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Clark sports a 0.098 mark (92nd on TOUR).
• On the greens, Clark's 0.522 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 15th on TOUR this season, and his 28.23 putts-per-round average ranks 17th. He has broken par 28.60% of the time (fourth).

Clark's best finishes

• Clark has taken part in 20 tournaments this season, taking home the win in one of them. He has also earned four finishes in the top-five and seven finishes in the top-10.
• In those 20 events, he made the cut 15 times.
• Currently, Clark ranks fifth in the FedExCup standings with 2154 points.

Clark's best Strokes Gained performances

• This season, Clark's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the BMW Championship in August 2024, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 4.518.
• Clark produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season at THE PLAYERS Championship (March 2024), ranking 12th in the field with a mark of 5.585.
• When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Clark's best mark this season was at the RBC Heritage in April 2024, as he ranked eighth in the field with a mark of 2.951.
• At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2024, Clark posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (6.917). That ranked No. 1 in the field.
• Clark delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (16.126) at THE PLAYERS Championship (which ranked him second in the field). In that tournament, he finished second.

Clark's Strokes Gained rankings

Clark's past results.

All stats in this article are accurate for Clark as of the start of the TOUR Championship.

Note: The PGA TOUR has created this story via a machine-learning model using data from ShotLink , powered by CDW, in addition to player performance data. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided may not be entirely error-free.

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Adam Scott posts “stress-free” round, surging into contention at Tour Championship

Scott signed a clean scorecard Thursday at the Tour Championship as the veteran sits inside the top five.

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Adam Scott posted the only bogey-free round on Thursday at the Tour Championship . He signed for a 5-under 66 and now sits at 8-under overall.

The Aussie began the day at 3-under and picked up five strokes to sit tied for fourth.

“It was all good. I putted very nicely and felt like my swing was under control,” Scott said. “It was fairly stress-free. I didn’t get in the rough too much or into a spot where I couldn’t get out of. That’s helpful.”

The newly renovated East Lake Golf Club featured plenty of firm and fast greens, but Scott felt surprised by the lower scores. He was among 11 players to sign for a 67 or lower.

“I thought it was playing tougher,” he said. “I don’t know if they were the easy pins they just warmed us up with today or what. I didn’t think there would be so many mid-60s scores.”

Scott opened his round with four straight pars before making three birdies in a row at holes 5,6 and 7. He added his fourth birdie of the day at the par-4 12th with an impressive 14-foot putt.

Last three holes for Adam Scott: Birdie Birdie Birdie He's three back @TOURChamp pic.twitter.com/zelrupPGSc — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 29, 2024

The 44-year-old finished his round on a high note with a birdie at 18.

He leads the field in strokes gained off the tee at +1.047 despite only hitting 9-of-14 greens.

Scott struggled in one area, and that was his approach game. The No. 79 player in the world lost -2.512 to the field and hit only 11-of-18 greens in regulation.

Around the greens, though, the 14-time PGA Tour winner shined as his scrambling was perfect, with a 7-of-7. He was also 2-of-2 in sand saves.

Scott shined with his flat stick.

In strokes gained putting, he picked up +3.812 shots, which leads the field. The former Masters winner made 123 feet of putts on the day, the second most on Thursday among the Top 30 behind Wyndham Clark, who made 131 feet of putts.

That hot putter allowed him to avoid any dropped shots, which no one else can say. He took advantage of the 3-under start and added to it. Scott was not the only one who made a big surge up the leaderboard. Justin Thomas posted a 66 to go from dead last to T-14.

Scott is now in a great place to do something special this weekend in Atlanta if he can keep going low.

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @golf_girl_sl.

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