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Wife Elin and daughter Sam were on hand to see Tiger Woods capture his 14th career major. (Gross/Getty Images)

With This Victory: Tiger Woods

By Joan Alexander, PGA TOUR Staff

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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Tiger Woods' 14th major championship professional victory in his 46th career professional major start is second all-time to the 18 of Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus won his 14th major in his 56th professional major start at the 1975 PGA Championship and his 15th in his 67th start at the 1978 British Open, almost three years since his 14th major victory.

• With his victory, Tiger Woods earned his 65th career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 32 years, 5 months and 7 days in his 236th (222nd professional) career start on TOUR. The 65 victories put him third all-time on the PGA TOUR. Sam Snead tops the list with 82 victories, followed by Jack Nicklaus at 73 wins.

Tiger's Majors
Year Event
1997 Masters Tournament
1999 PGA Championship
2000 U.S. Open
2000 British Open
2000 PGA Championship
2001 Masters Tournament
2002 Masters Tournament
2002 U.S. Open
2005 Masters Tournament
2005 British Open
2006 British Open
2006 PGA Championship
2007 PGA Championship
2008 U.S. Open

• Woods earned 4,950 FedExCup points remains at the top of the standings for the 17th consecutive week. He has collected 22,695 total points, the largest lead for any player for the FedExCup Regular season.

• The victory was Woods' fourth on the PGA TOUR in six starts in 2008.

• Woods now owns three U.S. Open titles in 14 starts (1995-2008). His wins came in 2000, 2002 and 2008. He also finished fifth in 1999 and 2007. Woods is tied with Hale Irwin with three victories. Four players own four victories: Willie Anderson (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905), Bobby Jones (1923, 1926, 1929, 1930), Ben Hogan (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953) and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980).

• Woods becomes first four-time winner of the 2008 PGA TOUR season and collects at least four wins in a season for the 10th time in his 13-year PGA TOUR career.

• With a paycheck of $1,350,000, he improves season earnings to $5,775,000 and surpasses the $82 million mark in career PGA TOUR Official Money with $82,354,376.

• Woods is now 44-3 (14-0 in majors) when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead on the PGA TOUR. His final-round scoring average is 69.50 when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. The last time he failed to hold a 54-hole lead was at the 2004 TOUR Championship.

• Woods has won in 29.27 percent (65 out of 222) of his professional starts on the PGA TOUR. His percentage at majors is 30.43 percent (13 of 46).

• Woods ran his career playoff record to 11-1, with his lone loss coming to Billy Mayfair in the 1998 Nissan Open. His victories came at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational, 1997 Mercedes Championship, 1999 WGC-American Express, 2000 Mercedes Championship, 2000 PGA Championship, 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational, 2005 Masters, 2005 WGC-American Express, 2006 Buick Invitational, 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and now the 2008 U.S. Open.

• Woods fired a 2-over 73 in the final round Sunday and won the 2008 U.S. Open on the first extra hole Monday after an 18-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate. The last time he fired an over-par score and went on to win was at the 2007 WGC-CA Championship. He recorded a 1-over 73 at Doral Golf Resort and Spa Blue Course. His over victories with over-par final rounds are the 1999 WGC-NEC Invitational (1-over 71), 1999 National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney World Resort (1-over 73), 2002 U.S. Open (2-over 72), 2003 WGC-American Express (2-over 72), 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational (1-over 71), 2007 WGC-CA Championship (1-over 73) and 2008 U.S. Open (2-over 73).

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