Tiger Woods has a superb history with The Open Championship, which he sadly cannot continue this week.
Woods won The Open Championship for the first time in 2000, having emerged victorious at the US Open earlier that year.
And his stunning efforts certainly didn’t end there at the turn of the century, with the iconic golfer also winning the 2000 PGA Championship.
Woods undoubtedly completely changed the game of golf, but for now his time on the course has been massively disrupted by injury.
The 49-year-old, who has 15 major championship wins to his name in total, has yet to make a PGA Tour start this season.
When Tiger Woods won The Open Championship for the first time in his career
But as another edition of The Open approaches, it would be remiss not to mention the stunning display Woods produced to clinch the Claret Jug in 2000.
A record gallery of over 230,000 fans attended the Old Course at St Andrews throughout the week, and were treated to an unforgettable performance from the eventual champion.
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And Woods set a record of his own as he won by eight strokes, leaving Ernie Els and Thomas Bjorn helpless in T2.
The American’s 19-under par was a record for any major, while his 269 total was a record for The Open at St Andrews.
The eight-shot victory over Els and Bjorn also represented the largest winning margin at the tournament since JH Taylor did the same back in 1913.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67-66-67-69=269 | −19 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjorn | 69-69-68-71=277 | −11 |
| Ernie Els | 66-72-70-69=277 | ||
| T4 | Tom Lehman | 68-70-70-70=278 | −10 |
| David Toms | 69-67-71-71=278 | ||
| 6 | Fred Couples | 70-68-72-69=279 | −9 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 69-72-72-67=280 | −8 |
| Darren Clarke | 70-69-68-73=280 | ||
| Pierre Fulke | 69-72-70-69=280 | ||
| Loren Roberts | 69-68-70-73=280 |
How did Tiger Woods win The Open at St Andrews in 2000?
Woods has gone on to win The Open Championship on two more occasions, triumphing in 2005 and 2006.
Fittingly, his second arrived at St Andrews, with the American defeating home favorite Colin Montgomerie by five shots.
And Woods secured his third at Royal Liverpool the following year, finishing two shots ahead of Chris DiMarco.
But it is arguably his maiden success that stands out the most, with his 2000 win at The Open remarkably helping him secure the career grand slam.
| Year | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
| 2000 | 6 shot lead | −19 (67-66-67-69=269) | 8 strokes | Thomas Bjorn, Ernie Els |
| 2005 | 2 shot lead | −14 (66-67-71-70=274) | 5 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
| 2006 | 1 shot lead | −18 (67-65-71-67=270) | 2 strokes | Chris DiMarco |
At the age of 24, he followed in the footsteps of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus in winning all four major championships.
And he achieved the feat in fantastic fashion, carding rounds of 67, 66, 67 and 69 as he simply blew away the rest of the field.