With This Victory: Tiger’s fifth title at Memorial
HIGHLIGHTS
Earns his 73rd career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 36 years, 5 months and 4 days in his 283rd (269th professional) career start on TOUR. The 73 victories equal Jack Nicklaus for second all-time on the PGA TOUR trailing only Sam Snead (82).
Wins for the second time on the PGA TOUR in 2012 (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard), marking the 13th season in which he had posted multiple victories.
Joins Hunter Mahan (World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, Shell Houston Open) and Jason Dufner (Zurich Classic of New Orleans, HP Byron Nelson Championship) as multiple winners on the PGA TOUR in 2012.
Thirteen players in their 30s have accounted for 15 wins on the PGA TOUR in 2012 (24 events).
Wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament in the same season for the fourth time in his career (2000, 2001, 2009 and 2012).
ALL-TIME PGA TOUR VICTORIES
1) Sam Snead – 82; won 73rd (1955 Palm Beach Round Robin) at the age of 43 years, 0 months, and 9 days
2) Jack Nicklaus – 73; won 73rd (1986 Masters Tournament) at the age of 46 years, 2 months, and 23 days
3) Tiger Woods – 73; won 73rd (2012 the Memorial Tournament) at age of 36 years, 2 months and 25 days
Earns 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 17 to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings with 1,404 points.
Moves to fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking.
THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY NATIONWIDE INSURANCE NOTES
First player to win the Memorial Tournament five times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2009 and 2012). Kenny Perry won the Memorial Tournament three times (1991, 2003, 2008) while Jack Nicklaus (1977, 1984), Tom Watson (1979, 1996), Hale Irwin (1983, 1985) and Greg Norman (1990, 1995) all won twice.
Wins for the fifth time in his 13th start at the tournament, with seven top-10 finishes.
Tiger Woods tournaments with five or more victories (professional starts only):
| Tournament | Starts | Cuts made | Top-10 | Wins | Years won |
| WGC-Bridgestone | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012 |
| WGC-Cadillac Championship | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Farmers Insurance Open | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Memorial Tournament | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012 |
Three of five wins at the Memorial Tournament have occurred in come-from-behind fashion after 54 holes (2001/-2, 2009/-4 and 2012/-4).
Average margin of victory in seven wins at the event is 3.86 strokes.
Is now a collective 102-under-par at the tournament.
Since 1999, Woods has posted 41-of-44 rounds at even-par or better at the Memorial Tournament.
CAREER NOTES
Earns 21st come-from-behind victory on the PGA TOUR and first since the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Records the 171st top-10 finish of his TOUR career in 269 professional starts (63.57 percent).
Twelve of Woods’ 73 U.S. PGA TOUR victories have come in the state of Ohio: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational — 7 –1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009; the Memorial Tournament — 5 — 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012.
Tiger Woods tournaments with three or more victories (professional starts only):
| Tournament | Starts | Cuts made | Top-10 | Wins | Years won |
| WGC-Bridgestone | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
| Arnold Palmer Invitational | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012 |
| WGC-Cadillac Championship | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Farmers Insurance Open | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| BMW Championship | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009 |
| Memorial Tournament | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012 |
| Masters Tournament | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 |
| PGA Championship | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 |
| Buick Open | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2002, 2006, 2009 |
| WGC-Accenture | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2008 |
| U.S. Open | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2000, 2002, 2008 |
| British Open | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2000, 2005, 2006 |
Has won 73 out of 269 (27.13 percent) professional starts on the PGA TOUR.
2012 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered–9; in money–8; victories–2
