Tale of the Tiger

At 24-years-old, Tiger Woods has already won 29 tournaments, 23 of those on the PGA Tour.

19,601,950: Number of US dollars Tiger Woods has earned on the course in four years as a professional.

2,362,239: Number of US dollars B.C. native Dave Barr has earned on the course in 26 years as a professional.

8,286,821: Number of US dollars Woods has earned on the course this year.

1,027,379: Number of US dollars Bright's Grove, Ont. native Mike Weir has earned on the course this year.

13,289: Average number of US dollars Woods has earned per day, whether he played or sat on the couch, between Aug. 27, 1996, when he first turned pro, and Sept. 10, 2000, when he won his last tour event, the Bell Canadian Open.

1953: The last year, prior to Woods in 2000, in which a pro -- Ben Hogan -- won three majors in a single season.

Woods is the youngest player to earn golf's career Grand Slam.

87: Number of PGA Tour events Woods has played.

57: Number of his top-10 finishes in those events.

38: Number of his top-three finishes.

24: Number of Woods' victories.

68.22: The average number of strokes Woods has needed to complete a round of professional golf this year. The Tour started keeping statistics in 1980, and since then, no golfer has managed to average lower than 68 for a season. Woods averaged 68.43 last year, the lowest average to date.

56: The number of consecutive cuts Woods has made. The next closest is Jim Furyk who's made 43 straight cuts.

42: Number of weeks as a professional Tiger needed to claim the No. 1 position on the Official World Golf Rankings. Woods was also the youngest No. 1 ever, at 21 years, 24 weeks old. The previous youngest was Bernhard Langer, age 29 years, 31 weeks in 1986.

Woods' eight-stroke margin of victory at the British Open was the largest since J.H. Taylor in 1913.

21: Age of Woods when he won the 1997 Masters. He was exactly 21 years, three months and 14 days old at the time.

19: Strokes under par Woods finished the 2000 British Open at.

18: Strokes under par Woods finished the 2000 PGA Championship at. Woods finished regulation play tied with Bob May, but won the tournament in a playoff.

12: Strokes under par Woods finished the 2000 US Open at.

15: Consecutive major rounds in which Woods has shot par or better.

13: Of the last 16 major tournament rounds, the number of rounds in which Woods has held or shared the lead.

9: Number of Tour victories Woods has captured this year. He is the first golfer in PGA Tour history to win eight tournaments in successive years.

In addition to five professional major championships, Woods won three U.S. Amateur titles, six USGA national championships and the NCAA title before turning professional on August 27, 1996.

6: Number of United States Golf Association national Championships Woods has won.

6: Months old when Woods first took an interest in golf. The infant Tiger watched his father hit golf balls into a net and imitated his swing.

3: Age of Woods the first time he was featured in Golf Digest.

3: Number of consecutive U.S. Junior Championships Woods won before turning pro.

2: Years of age Woods was when he putted with Bob Hope on the Mike Douglas Show.

1: Number of times Woods has missed the 36-hole cut in the 105 events he has played in as a professional. It happened at the Canadian Open, at Montreal's Mount Royal course.

0: Number of times, before this year, that the Bell Canadian Open has been sold out.