Tiger Woods unfortunately missed the 2025 major championship season, but his previous efforts at the four tournaments have already gone down in golfing history.
Woods’s potential comeback is up in the air after he ruptured his Achilles earlier this season, continuing his injury struggles.
He last played on the PGA Tour at The Open Championship last summer, one of just five appearances in 2024.
But the current focus involving Woods concerns the Ryder Cup, after the USA were beaten by Europe at Bethpage Black.
Woods could captain the USA Ryder Cup team at Adare Manor in 2027, but that event is a long way away right now.
How many years Tiger Woods gave himself to equal Jack Nicklaus’s major championship record in 2019
Much, much earlier in the calendar are the 2026 major championships, where golf fans will be desperate to see Woods in action.
He sits second in the all-time list of major championship wins, with his 15 titles behind only the 18 of fellow legend Jack Nicklaus.
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And that was a scenario he was tasked with discussing ahead of the 2019 US Open, when Woods was asked to what extent Nicklaus’s record was in his mind, and if that had changed after he won The Masters earlier that year.
Woods replied: “If I stay… if I keep progressing how I am physically and how I’m getting better and better physically the last couple of years, I just need to give myself chances. Hypothetically, let’s say I give myself 10 years. That’s 40 major championships. That’s a lot of majors.
“And now the trick is now can I keep myself healthy enough and strong enough and fast enough to endure all that, considering what my body has gone through.
“And that’s where I need help with all my trainers and physios and workout regimes, and hopefully I can make that happen.”
How Tiger Woods felt about chasing down Jack Nicklaus’s major record in 2019
Unfortunately Woods has fallen short in that endeavour, having failed to win a major championship since his stunning triumph at Augusta National, with injuries regrettably playing a major role.
Woods won The Masters in 2019 by a single stroke, coming from behind in dramatic fashion to earn one of the most memorable titles in the history of golf.
Shortly after at the US Open, he was also asked how important his pursuit of Nicklaus’s major total was to him at that stage of his career and life.
Woods responded admirably: “What’s important to me is that I’m back playing again. This game was taken away from me for a few years there. And I miss competing, I miss playing.
“Now I have an opportunity to do that again, and also to be able to share it with my kids. They don’t remember me enjoying the game of golf because all they remember is Daddy on the ground in pain.
“And so now golf brings me so much joy, they’re able to see that. And if it brings a smile to their faces, it brings a smile to my own.”
| Player | The Masters | US Open | The Open | PGA | Total |
| Jack Nicklaus | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Tiger Woods | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
After his grilling about Nicklaus, Woods went on to finish T21st at Pebble Beach, the same venue of his stunning 2000 US Open win.
He lifted the prestigious trophy back then thanks to a 15-stroke victory, representing the first of his three US Open titles.
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