Tiger Woods and golfing records go hand in hand, it seems, but with his best days behind him now, does anyone in the modern game even have a chance of usurping some of Tiger’s best achievements?
The answer in the main here is likely to be a resounding no.
Woods was so dominant for so long and his golf game was on a completely different level to everyone else that over time, he has built up some remarkable feats in the game.
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Of course, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy might have their eyes on a few of Woods’ more gettable records.
But when it comes to some, they just aren’t being taken. Here, then, are FIVE Tiger Woods records that will simply never be broken.
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Time spent at world number one
While this one could technically be done by Scottie Scheffler, the current world number one is going to have to stay there for at least another nine and a half years just to match Woods.
That takes us to 2035 when Scheffler will be approaching 40 and ultimately, this one seems a tough one to get.
Yes, Scheffler will likely remain number one in 2026 and perhaps beyond. But for another decade? That just seems unfathomable given the standard of player we now see on the PGA Tour.
Winning a major by 15 strokes
Woods’ win at the 2000 US Open was nothing short of sensational.
A 12-under par overall score put him 15 shots clear of the field, with his closest rival being at three over par for the week, demonstrating the gulf in class here.
Put simply, this is just never going to be done again. Since Woods’ win by 15, the closest anyone has come to matching it are Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer, who have both won by eight strokes.
If someone does pull this off, then we will be looking at one of the all-time shocks in golf.
Winning six PGA Tour events in a row
Winning once on the PGA Tour is hard. Winning twice in a row is even harder. Winning SIX times in a row is bordering on the ridiculous.
However, that is exactly what Woods managed back in 2000 when he became the first player to win six in a row since Ben Hogan in the 40s.
With the standard now so high, winning six consecutive events seems almost impossible. Sure, we’ve seen Scottie Scheffler win a few in a row. But six? It just seems so, so unlikely.
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Winning in events 100, 200 and 300
This one is more mind-boggling than impressive but when you look at Woods’ career, he actually won on all of his 100th, 200th, and 300th starts on the PGA Tour.
He won the WGC in 2000, The Farmers in 2006, before winning The Players in 2013 to make it a win on each century start.
This one could well be matched but in all likelihood, it’s just not going to happen.
82 wins on the PGA Tour
There isn’t a single player out there who is going to even get close to this record from Tiger. Not one.
82 wins is an all-time high and matched only by Sam Snead, while some would argue Woods is actually out alone in this given the nature of some of Snead’s wins.
For context, the two players closest to catching Woods here are Phil Mickelson on 47 (now on LIV Golf) and Rory McIlroy on 29 (less than halfway towards Woods’ record).
In simple terms, this is just not happening again unless we see an absolute phenomenon of a player emerge like Woods did. And given he’s very much a once in a lifetime player, it’s highly unlikely.
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