April 13: On This Day in World History … briefly
Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golfing career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters.
1997: 21-year old black player wins US Masters golf tournament
American golfer Tiger Woods stunned the world and rewrites golf history by becoming the youngest player (at 21) and the first black player ever to win the US Masters.
He thrilled crowds of supporters by beating the previous record with his 72-hole score of under-18-par 270, having the widest ever winning margin of 12 strokes and breaking records with his totals in the last 54 holes, as well as the second and third rounds.
Woods won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Woods was the dominant force in golf – he was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks).
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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