Tiger Woods turned professional on August 29, 1996, after winning his third US Amateur title. Up to that point, he had played on the PGA Tour as an amateur 14 times, five of which were in Majors. He made his PGA Tour debut at the age of 16 at the Los Angeles Open in 1992.
Tiger Woods debuted on the PGA Tour when he was just 16 years old.
Unlike some amateur golfers who have won professional tournaments, Tiger Woods has never done so. Woods’ best result as an amateur on the PGA Tour was 22nd in The Open Championship in 1996, which was also his last PGA Tour appearance as an amateur. .
Turning professional, Tiger was able to start winning prize money. In his first outing as a professional golfer, he took home $2,544 for 60th place at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Winning his fifth match as a professional golfer at the Las Vegas Invitational, Woods won $297,000.
As of the 2024 season, Tiger Woods has played 359 PGA Tour events as a professional, winning 82 of them, finishing second 31 times and finishing third 19 times. He finished in the top 10 in 199 of these tournaments and made the cut 333 times. In both the 2000 and 2007 seasons, his scoring average was 67.8.
Woods has earned large prize money playing on the PGA Tour.During his PGA Tour career, he won $120,954,766 in prize money. On the PGA Tour, he has made approximately 90,441 strokes as a professional on the tour. This means on average he earns about $1,337 per shot.
On average, Woods earns about $1,337 per shot.