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Cha-ching Woods first to surpass $18 million in career earnings
Any way you hold it up to the light, Tiger Woods' record is brilliant. His victory last week at the PGA Championship made him the first player in PGA Tour history to exceed $18 million in career earnings. Woods also passed Hale Irwin to become the all time leading money winner combining regular and senior tour earnings. And how about this: with the exception of Davis Love III, Woods has won more official money in the past two seasons than anyone else has won in their entire PGA Tour career.
Believe it or not, another milestone for TigerTiger's first two rounds at the NEC Invitational gave him 29 consecutive rounds of par or better, surpassing the record of 28 shared by Mark O'Meara in 1992 and Craig Stadler in 1997 that has stood as the high since the PGA Tour began tracking the statistic in 1980. And with 15 victories since last year, Woods has won more tournaments in consecutive seasons than anyone since Sam Snead posted a total of 17 in 1949 and 1950.
Send out an APB for Furyk's putting strokeWhat's wrong with Jim Furyk's putter? Widely considered to own one of the most reliable strokes in the game, Furyk has been abysmal in the major championships. At Pebble Beach, he ranked dead last in the field among those who played all four rounds, with 129 total putts. At Valhalla, he was last again with a 126 total putts. Very strange.
Three cheers for ArnieArnold Palmer finished in style last week at the Novell Utah Showdown when he fired an age-equaling 70 in the final round. It was the first time Palmer had shot his age in an official event since he posted a final round 66 at the 1995 GTE Northwest Classic. Go Arnie.Sports Illustrated senior writer Jaime Diaz covers the golf beat for the magazine and appears each Saturday on CNN's "Sports Illustrated Golf Plus" show.
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