With this victory: THE PLAYERS Championship
HIGHLIGHTS
Earns his 78th career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 37 years, 4 months and 12 days in his 286th professional start on TOUR (300th overall).
ALL-TIME PGA TOUR VICTORIES:
1) Sam Snead – 82; won 78th (1958 Dallas Open Invitational) at the age of 46 years, 12 days
2) Tiger Woods – 78; won 78th (THE PLAYERS 2013) at age of 37 years, 4 months and 12 days
2013 HIGHLIGHTS
• Earns 600 FedExCup points to stay at No. 1 in the FedExCup standings with 2,340 points.
• Earliest Woods has earned four PGA TOUR wins in a season. In 2000 and 2001, Woods won fourth event at the Memorial Tournament.
• 2013 PGA TOUR tournament summary: Starts: 7; in money: 7; victories: 4; top-10 finishes: 5.
• Woods has posted 22 of 24 stroke-play rounds at par or better in 2013 on TOUR (R4/Honda Classic and R2/Masters).
THE PLAYERS NOTES
• Joins Jack Nicklaus (1974, 1976, 1978), Steve Elkington (1991, 1997), Hal Sutton (1983, 2000), Fred Couples (1984, 1996) and Davis Love III (1992, 2003) as multiple winners in the 40-year history of THE PLAYERS.
• 13-under-par 275 total is identical to last two champions’ scores (K.J. Choi, 2011; Matt Kuchar, 2012).
• Marks first time Woods had four rounds of par or better at THE PLAYERS since 2003.
• Along with Jack Nicklaus, only player with two or more wins at THE PLAYERS, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
• Made his 16th start at THE PLAYERS. In addition to his two wins, Woods has top-10 finishes in 1999 (T10), 2000 (2) and 2009 (8).
• Wins second PLAYERS title 12 years, 1 month and 16 days after his 2001 victory at TPC Sawgrass.
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STATISTICS
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| Driving Accuracy | 67.9 percent | T19 | |||||
| Driving Distance | 288.4 yards | T22 | |||||
| Greens in Regulation | 76.4 percent | T3 | |||||
| Strokes Gained — Putting | .525 | 34 | |||||
| Scrambling | 70.59 percent | 6 | |||||
| Par-3 Scoring | -1 | T34 | |||||
| Par-4 Scoring | -2 | T6 | |||||
| Par-5 Scoring | -12 | 1 | |||||
CAREER NOTES
• Wins fourth time in a season for the 12th time in his PGA TOUR career. For comparisons, Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus both won four or more times nine times.
• Claims seventh victory in last 22 starts on TOUR (31.8 percent).
• Has won 78 out of 286 (27 percent) professional starts on the PGA TOUR.
• Wins for the 16th time in the state of Florida, which is the most of any state.
• Has now converted 52 of 56 third-round leads/co-leads in 72-hole PGA TOUR events. Has converted his last six third-round leads. The 56 events do not include 54-hole sudden-death playoff victory over Tom Lehman at the 1999 Mercedes Championships.
