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At 23, Tiger Woods raked in more money on the PGA Tour than Jack Nicklaus has
won in his entire 38-year career. Woods' 1999 earnings more than doubled the
previous one-year high. His eight Tour victories in '99 are the most in a single
season since Johnny Miller won that many in 1974. Tiger also became the first
golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 -- precisely two Tiger lifetimes ago -- to win
four straight Tour events. He earned his second career major at the PGA
Championship, beat David Duval in the Showdown at Sherwood and helped the U.S.
to the biggest comeback in Ryder Cup history. When he won only one tournament in
1998, critics said Woods was a flash in the pan. He countered that he was
merely re-tooling his swing. "I hate to tell you I told you so," said
Woods, who also changed caddies and sharpened his sight with laser surgery this
year. Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal put it more elegantly,
"Tiger is playing like the angels do."
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