Question 1

True or false: Tiger Woods once won a U.S. Open by a record 15 strokes.

Accepted Answer

True. Tiger Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 strokes, the largest margin in U.S. Open history and a record for all major championships.

Question 2

True or false: Tiger Woods has shot a 59 in a PGA Tour event.

Accepted Answer

False. Tiger Woods' lowest PGA Tour round is 61, achieved at the 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational. He has never shot a 59 in an official PGA Tour event.

Question 3

True or false: Tiger Woods learned to play golf by imitating his father’s swing in their backyard.

Accepted Answer

True. His father Earl, a former Green Beret, taught him by having Tiger mimic his swing starting at age 2.

Question 4

True or false: Tiger Woods has won the Masters Tournament five times.

Accepted Answer

True. Tiger Woods won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2019. He is second all‑time behind Jack Nicklaus' six wins.

Question 5

True or false: Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick.

Accepted Answer

True. Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Tont Woods. His nickname 'Tiger' comes from a friend of his father. This is documented in his official biography.

Question 6

True or false: Tiger Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open while playing with a broken leg.

Accepted Answer

True. Tiger Woods had a stress fracture in his left tibia and a torn ACL. He played through it, won in a playoff, and had surgery shortly after.

Question 7

True or false: Tiger Woods won four consecutive major championships across the 2000 and 2001 seasons.

Accepted Answer

True. This feat is known as the 'Tiger Slam': 2000 U.S. Open, The Open, PGA Championship, then the 2001 Masters. No other golfer has achieved this.

Question 8

True or false: Tiger Woods won the Grand Slam (all four majors) in 2000.

Accepted Answer

False. In 2000, Tiger won the U.S. Open, The Open, and PGA Championship, but not the Masters (he won it in 2001). No golfer has ever won all four in one calendar year.

Question 9

True or false: Tiger Woods won his first Masters tournament at age 21, the youngest ever to do so.

Accepted Answer

True. He won the 1997 Masters at 21 years and 3 months, breaking the previous record held by Seve Ballesteros.

Question 10

True or false: Tiger Woods has won more PGA Tour events than Jack Nicklaus.

Accepted Answer

True. Woods has 82 PGA Tour wins, tied with Sam Snead for the most all-time; Nicklaus has 73.

Question 11

True or false: Tiger Woods was never ranked world number 1 before turning 25.

Accepted Answer

False. He first reached world No. 1 in June 1997 at age 21, just months after his first Masters win.

Question 12

True or false: Tiger Woods has never won a golf tournament outside the United States.

Accepted Answer

False. Tiger Woods has over 30 international wins, including three Open Championships and events in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has won worldwide.

Question 13

True or false: Tiger Woods was a scratch golfer by the time he was 10 years old.

Accepted Answer

False. He shot a 48 over nine holes at age 3, but didn't become a scratch golfer until his early teens.

Question 14

True or false: Tiger Woods graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics.

Accepted Answer

False. Tiger Woods attended Stanford from 1994‑1996 but left to turn professional. He did not graduate, and later coursework did not lead to a degree.

Question 15

True or false: Tiger Woods designed every hole of his Bluejack National golf course himself.

Accepted Answer

False. His design firm TGR Design led the project, but he collaborated with a team—he didn't single-handedly design each hole.

Question 16

True or false: Tiger Woods has never won a major championship when trailing after 54 holes.

Accepted Answer

True. All 15 of his major victories came when he was leading or co-leading after three rounds; he never won a major from behind entering the final round.

Tiger Woods Trivia Questions