Of Tiger Woods’ 15 major championship titles, only three seemed preordained.
At least to Woods.
At the 1997 Masters, 2000 U.S. Open and 2000 Open Championship, all Woods had to do beforehand, he said, “was keep my heartbeat going and I was going to win the tournament.”
“My game was clicking on all cylinders the week prior,” he said. “The week of it got a little bit better and just had to maintain it the rest of the week.”
Woods called those tournaments “rare exceptions.” The rest of the time, he’s been in a dogfight against the course and the rest of the field, with Woods coming out on top at a historic clip.