Top 10 Stories Of The Year

NO. 1
48%

Tiger Woods limps to a playoff victory at the U.S. Open, then has reconstructive surgery on his left knee and misses the rest of the season.

"Tiger looked at the doctor and said, 'I'm playing the U.S. Open, and I'm going to win.' And then he started putting on his shoes."
—WOODS'S COACH, HANK HANEY

NO. 2
24.2%

John Daly is found passed out outside a Hooters in Winston-Salem, N.C., and spends the night in jail.

"My whole goal for him was he's got to show me that golf is the most important thing in his life. And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."
—BUTCH HARMON, ON WHY HE "FIRED" HIS CLIENT DALY

NO. 3
5.3%

Captain Paul Azinger leads the U.S. to victory in the Ryder Cup.

"We are going to take on an underdog role in this Ryder Cup for the first time in a long time—even on paper—when you look at the strength of the European squad."
—AZINGER

NO. 4
4.4%