Editor’s Note: In honor of Tiger Woods' 50th birthday on Dec. 30, 2025, Golf Digest is analyzing different parts of Woods' game and career to explain what made the 15-time major champion so great.

Not only did Tiger Woods rule the leaderboards in 2000 and 2003, but he also ruled the greens, averaging about 1.7 putts per hole, which was the best on the PGA Tour. That number wasn’t just based on ...

View post: NFL Team To Host Two International Games in 2026 Tiger Woods celebrates his 50th birthday, prompting the resurfacing of childhood golf advice stories. His father's advice: "putt to a ...

The ability to make long putts (and short ones, for that matter) is one of the strangest and most mysterious forces in all of sports. It takes obvious talents and skills, of course – touch and feel ...

One such legendary story that's resurfacing is the putting advice Tiger learned from his late father, Earl, when he was just 3 years old. The advice surfaced in a Golf.com piece after the writer ...