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Tiger Woods is an inexhaustible source of incredible statistics. To celebrate his 43rd birthday, we’ve compiled a 43-question quiz on some of his most incredible accomplishments. Even if you can’t get them all right, we hope you learn something about his historic career in the process. Good luck! Note: Each answer is listed below each question. 1. Sam Snead is the PGA TOUR’s all-time wins leader with 82 victories. How many does Tiger have? A. 78 B. 79 C. 80 D. 81   Answer: C. 2. How many times has Tiger finished second on the PGA TOUR? A. 24 B. 58 C. 45 D. 31   Answer: D. 3. In what percentage of his 346 starts has Tiger made the cut? A. 98 B. 91 C. 86 D. 80 Answer: B. 4. What is the largest winning margin of Tiger’s career? A. 12 B. 8 C. 15 D. 10   Answer: C. 5. Tiger is 11-1 in playoffs. His only loss came to: A. Vijay Singh B. Billy Mayfair C. Ernie Els D. Bart Bryant   Answer: B. 6. Tiger holds the PGA TOUR record for most seasons of five-plus wins. He won five or more events in how many seasons: A. 5 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10   Answer: D. 7. Tiger won his first title in his __th PGA TOUR start as a pro: A. 1st B. 5th C. 10th D. 20th   Answer: B. 8. Who did Tiger Woods defeat in his first PGA TOUR playoff? A. Tom Lehman B. Phil Mickelson C. Ed Fiori D. Davis Love III   Answer: D. 9. True or False: Tiger Woods also won THE PLAYERS during the Tiger Slam of 2000-01, giving him the five biggest titles in professional golf?   Answer: True 10. Tiger Woods won the first of his three U.S. Junior Amateurs on a course where he would later win eight PGA TOUR titles. What course was it? A. Firestone B. Bay Hill C. Torrey Pines D. Doral   Answer: B. 11. How many times has Tiger failed to win in a season when he’s made more than 12 starts? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3   Answer: A. 12. Tiger has a career-high five runner-up finishes to this player. Who is it? A. Ernie Els B. Vijay Singh C. Phil Mickelson D. Jim Furyk   Answer: C. 13. Tiger finished second in all of this player’s PGA TOUR wins: A. Rich Beem B. Y.E. Yang C. Trevor Immelman D. Bart Bryant   Answer: C. 14. Tiger’s first PGA TOUR event was the: A. 1995 Masters B. 1992 Genesis Open C. 1992 Farmers Insurance Open D. 1993 Honda Classic   Answer: B. 15. Where did Tiger Woods win by 15 strokes? A. Augusta National B. Pebble Beach C. Bay Hill D. Firestone   Answer: B. 16. Tiger’s career low round on the PGA TOUR is: A. 59 B. 60 C. 61 D. 62   Answer: C. 17. Byron Nelson holds the longest winning streak in TOUR history (11 events). What is the longest winning streak of Tiger’s career? A. 5 events B. 10 events C. 7 events D. 3 events   Answer: C. 18. True or false: Tiger Woods is the only player to win THE PLAYERS in both March and May.   Answer: True. 19. Tiger Woods holds the record for most weeks at No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. How many weeks was he No. 1? A. 406 weeks B. 683 weeks C. 254 weeks D. 927 weeks   Answer: B. 20. How long was Tiger’s longest reign at No. 1 in the world ranking? A. 281 weeks B. 501 weeks C. 105 weeks D. 368 weeks   Answer: A. 21. The biggest match-play win of Tiger’s career came at the 2006 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. He beat Stephen Ames. What was the winning margin: A. 7 and 6 B. 8 and 7 C. 9 and 8 D. 10 and 8   Answer: C.   22. True or false: Tiger Woods has finished runner-up to Phil Mickelson more than Phil has finished second to Tiger?   Answer: True 23. Tiger Woods made a PGA TOUR record 142 consecutive cuts. Where did his streak end? A. 2006 U.S. Open B. 1998 Canadian Open C. 2005 AT&T Byron Nelson D. 2009 Open Championship   Answer: C. 24. Tiger Woods won the inaugural FedExCup after winning the TOUR Championship with the lowest 72-hole score of his career. What was that score? A. 253 B. 257 C. 259 D. 260   Answer: B. 25. How long was Tiger’s first tenure at No. 1 in the world ranking? A. 1 week B. 26 weeks C. 50 weeks D. 281 weeks   Answer: A. 26. Tiger Woods won both the U.S. Amateur and NCAA Championship in 1996. He won the NCAA Championship by four strokes after shooting what score in the final round? A. 65 B. 68 C. 75 D. 80   Answer: D. 27. Tiger has won six tournaments five or more times. Which one of these events has he NOT won at least five times? A. The Masters B. BMW Championship C. Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide D. Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard   Answer: A. 28. Tiger Woods won the 1997 Masters by 12 shots. What did he shoot on his opening nine holes of the tournament? A. 30 B. 40 C. 36 D. 29   Answer: B. 29. Dustin Johnson has five wins in World Golf Championships, the second-most all-time. Tiger leads the list with how many WGC wins? A. 10 B. 12 C. 15 D. 18   Answer: D. 30. What is Tiger’s career winning percentage? A. 18% B. 23% C. 27% D. 15%   Answer: B. 31. How many times has Tiger won a tournament by four or more strokes? A. 8 B. 31 C. 18 D. 24   Answer: D. 32. What is Tiger’s all-time Presidents Cup record? A. 24-15-1 B. 15-24-1 C. 19-20-1 D. 20-19-1   Answer: A. 33. When Tiger became No. 1 in the world ranking for the first time, he surpassed this player. Tiger also beat this player in singles in Tiger’s Presidents Cup debut. A. Greg Norman B. Nick Price C. Ernie Els D. Vijay Singh   Answer: A. 34. Tiger has finished in the top 5 in __ percent of his PGA TOUR starts? A. 25 percent B. 67 percent C. 33 percent D. 46 percent   Answer: D. 35. Tiger has held the outright 54-hole lead (no ties) 45 times in his PGA TOUR career. How many times has he FAILED to win when holding the outright 54-hole lead? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3   Answer: C. 36. How many times has Tiger led the PGA TOUR in par-5 birdie or better percentage? A. 0 B. 10 C. 3 D. 7   Answer: B. 37. Tiger leads the PGA TOUR career money list with $115,504,853. How large is his lead over No. 2 Phil Mickelson? A. $5 million B. $12 million C. $27 million D. $39 million   Answer: C. 38. What is Tiger’s largest final-round comeback? A. 4 strokes B. 5 strokes C. 6 strokes D. 7 strokes   Answer: B. 39. Tiger played just six tournaments in 2008 before his season was ended by knee surgery. He finished second once. How many times did he win? A. 5 B. 4 C. 2 D. 1   Answer: B. 40. Tiger played 76 rounds in 2000. How many were over par? A. 0 B. 4 C. 10 D. 12   Answer: B. 41. How many holes-in-one has Tiger made on the PGA TOUR? A. 0 B. 10 C. 3 D. 7   Answer: C. 42. How many times has Tiger won a tournament by 10 or more strokes? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5   Answer: C. 43. What is Tiger’s average margin of victory in his 77 stroke-play wins on the PGA TOUR? A. 1 stroke B. 2 strokes C. 3 strokes D. 4 strokes   Answer: C.

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Round 3 of the PGA Championship takes place Saturday from Kiawah Island. Phil Mickelson and Louis Oosthuizen share the lead at 5 under with two-time PGA champion Brooks Koepka one behind. Reigning Masters champ Hideki Matsuyama is T4 at 3 under along with a pair of South Africans in Branden Grace and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Here’s everything you need to follow the action. Leaderboard Tee times HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. (ESPN+), 1 p.m.-7 p.m. (ESPN). Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. (ESPN+), 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (ESPN), 1 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS) Bonus: Thursday-Friday, Featured Group #1, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (ESPN+), Thursday-Friday, Featured Group #2, #3, #4, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m. (ESPN+). Saturday-Sunday, Featured Group #1, #2, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. (ESPN+), Featured Group #3, #4, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (ESPN+). Radio: Thursday – Sunday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (on SiriusXM 208, XM 92. Not available on PGA TOUR Digital platforms). NOTE: The PGA of America, who owns and operates the PGA Championship, controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. For more information on how to watch this week, please visit the PGA Championship website. PGA TOUR LIVE coverage will resume next week at the Charles Schwab Challenge. MUST READS Late carnage spares few at Kiawah Phil Mickelson ‘has the bit in his teeth’ at PGA Championship DJ, JT, Schauffele among those to miss cut Details on Mickelson’s new custom driver Win probabilities: PGA Championship No. 17 provides best theater again at Ocean Course Morikawa’s shot heard ’round the world

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The top 70 in the FedExCup standings head to Olympia Fields Country Club for the penultimate event of the FedExCup Playoffs. As of Saturday, the field will feature 69 of the TOUR's top 70 players, including two-time FedExCup champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Those on the outside looking in will jockey for their spot in the BMW Championship this weekend in THE NORTHERN TRUST at TPC Boston. FIELD NOTES: Woods has committed to the BMW Championship as he looks to make another run at the FedExCup. He is a five-time winner of the BMW Championship, including twice in the FedExCup era. He went on to win the Cup both times that he won the BMW (2007, '09)... The PGA TOUR's latest member of the ‘59' club, Scottie Scheffler, will make his debut at the BMW Championship. Scheffler competed at Olympia Fields in the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup... Dustin Johnson - who nearly shot 59 the same day as Scheffler but ended with a 60 - is also a two-time winner at the BMW Championship. He's looking for more magic this week as he takes a run at his first FedExCup... Justin Thomas leads the FedExCup standings (as of Aug. 22) and not only will defend his BMW Championship title, but is gunning for his second FedExCup in four seasons... Other past BMW Championship winners who will be at Olympia Fields include Marc Leishman (2017), Jason Day (2015), Billy Horschel (2014), and McIlroy (2012)... Justin Rose finished T5 in the 2003 U.S. Open hosted at Olympia Fields, but save for a magical weekend at THE NORTHERN TRUST, he'll fall short of earning a spot to the BMW Championship. FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 1,500 FedExCup points. COURSE: Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), par-70, 7,366 yards. Located about 35 minutes from Chicago, this 36-hole facility has a long history. It hosted the Western Open five times, and is a storied major championship venue. Most recently on the men's side it hosted the 2003 U.S. Open (won by past FedExCup champion Jim Furyk) while the KPMG Women's PGA Championship came to the club in 2017 (Danielle Kang was the winner). Established in 1915, the North Course was designed by Willie Park Jr. It will play as a brute to the best golfers in the world with one par-3 longer than 250 yards and two par-5's (including the opening hole) playing longer than 600 yards. STORYLINES: The BMW Championship marks the final opportunity to earn a spot in the 30-man Playoffs finale at East Lake. This is the second year that the No. 1 seed in the FedExCup standings will start the TOUR Championship at 10 under par and with a two-shot lead before the tournament starts. That No. 1 seed will be determined at the conclusion of the BMW Championship ... Xinjun Zhang, who missed the cut at THE NORTHERN TRUST, will wait to see his fate. He came into the week on the bubble for the BMW Championship, ranked 70th in the FedExCup standings. 72-HOLE RECORD: 261, Marc Leishman (2017). *At Olympia Fields - 272, Jim Furyk (2003) 18-HOLE RECORD: 59, Jim Furyk, (2nd round, 2013) *At Olympia Fields - 63, Vijay Singh (2nd round, 2003) LAST TIME: Justin Thomas captured his 10th PGA TOUR title at the 2019 BMW Championship, contested at Medinah Country Club. A six-shot lead early Sunday was reduced to just two as Thomas made the turn, but a birdie on the 72nd hole put a bow on a three-shot victory over Patrick Cantlay. Thomas came into Sunday after firing a tournament-low 61 in the third round and headed into the TOUR Championship as tops in the FedExCup standings. Hideki Matsuyama finished third at 20 under, but still five shots back of Thomas' 25-under winning total. Tony Finau, Jon Rahm, and past FedExCup champion Brandt Snedeker rounded out the top five. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 10:10 a.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio).

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