Tiger Woods names the only two events where he putted "really well" in his entire career

Tiger Woods recently participated in the launch of the PGA Tour Studios, the Tour's new television broadcast facility. During the visit, Woods was shown several images of his accomplishments in professional golf, and the 15-time Major champion commented on several moments in his career.

One of the details Woods revealed was the two tournaments in which he felt his putting was "really good." These are two victories that stand out among the 82 he has won on the PGA Tour.

In the same story, Tiger Woods also mentioned the tournament where he felt he hit the ball the best. Here is what he said (via the PGA Tour YouTube channel):

"There are two events that I putted really well, and that was the '97 Masters and the 2000 US Open at Pebble [Beach], but the best I ever hit it was at the 2000 British Open. I felt like I had the ball on a string and I could do anything that I wanted to." [5:56 onwards]

Later, Tiger Woods made a startling revelation, considering he is the all-time leader in PGA Tour victories and the second-highest winner of Major championships. He said that in most of his victories, he "didn't really have it":

"People are probably amazed to hear this, but most of my events, I didn’t really have it. Those are the ones that I won by a lot, but most of them are just hanging in there and not making a double, making a key par save."

He added:

"And that was most of the events that I’d won, is in order to win the tournament you have to get to the weekend, you have to first make the cut, and that’s one of the things I was very proud of in my cut streak is that I gave myself an opportunity to make a run on the weekend."

Tiger Woods' streak of cuts made reached an extraordinary 142, a record in world golf. The streak began in 1998 and ended in 2005, and Woods won 37 of those events.

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Tiger Woods at The Masters 1997 and US Open 2000

Tiger Woods' victory at The Masters in 1997 was historic for several reasons. Woods played the front nine in 4 over and it looked like he would be out of the tournament early. But he bounced back in historic fashion, playing the back nine in 6-under and finishing the day with a 2-under 70.

In the next two rounds, Woods posted the best scores of the day (6-under 66 and 7-under 65). He led by three strokes on day two and by nine strokes on day three. In the final round, Woods shot 3 under for a 72-hole score of 18-under, 12 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite, a record that stands to this day.

As for the 2000 US Open, it was the first victory of the so-called Tiger Slam, which ended with the 2001 Masters.

At Pebble Beach, Woods gave another display of unquestioned dominance, winning by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez. This margin of victory is the largest in the history of all Major championships.