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Tiger Woods
A 15-time major champion, one of golf’s most influential players, and the subject of a rare on-course lesson with Grant Horvat.
Who Is Tiger Woods?
Tiger Woods is one of the greatest and most influential golfers in history. He has won 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour events, transformed the global popularity of golf, and produced one of the sport’s most celebrated comeback victories at the 2019 Masters.
For My9Iron readers, his story also connects directly to creator golf. Woods appeared with Grant Horvat in a January 2025 video built around the TaylorMade Qi35 driver, giving Horvat a rare on-course lesson in shotmaking, tee height, and strategy.
Tiger Woods Career Snapshot
Tiger Woods’ Early Life and Rise
Tiger Woods was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California. He became known as a golf prodigy at a young age and built one of the most accomplished amateur careers in the sport before turning professional in 1996.
His rise was immediate. In 1997, at age 21, Woods won the Masters by 12 strokes. The victory established him as golf’s next dominant player and became one of the defining moments in modern sports.
Woods combined elite power, iron control, short-game skill, putting, and mental toughness in a way that changed expectations for professional golfers. He also brought an entirely new audience to the sport and influenced the athletic preparation, media coverage, and commercial scale of modern golf.
Majors, Dominance and Golf History
Woods has won 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour events. His major record includes victories at the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and Open Championship.
At his peak, he dominated professional golf for extended stretches and held the World No. 1 ranking for more than 600 total weeks. His ability to win on different course styles and under different conditions made him the defining competitive golfer of his generation.
His influence extends far beyond statistics. Woods changed how golfers trained, how sponsors invested in the sport, and how major tournaments were followed around the world.
The 2019 Masters Victory
Woods’ 2019 Masters victory became one of the most important moments of his career. After years of injuries, surgeries, and uncertainty about whether he could compete at the highest level again, he returned to Augusta National and won his fifth green jacket.
The victory was his first major championship in more than a decade and changed the final chapter of his career. Instead of being remembered only for his early dominance, Woods added a comeback that showed patience, resilience, and the ability to adapt his game after major physical setbacks.
Tiger Woods Teaches Grant Horvat How to Hit It Straight
One of Tiger Woods’ most notable appearances in creator golf came in the YouTube video “Tiger Woods Teaches Me How to Hit It Straight!”. Released in January 2025, the video follows Grant Horvat as Woods explains how he approaches finding more fairways and managing the golf course.
Rather than giving a traditional swing lesson, Woods focuses on decision-making. Throughout the round he discusses tee height, shaping shots, controlling trajectory, hitting a fairway wood from the turf, and choosing conservative targets when conditions demand it. The result is a rare look into how one of golf’s greatest players thinks his way around a course.
Watch: Tiger Woods Teaches Grant Horvat How to Hit It Straight
In this rare creator-golf collaboration, Tiger Woods joins Grant Horvat to explain course management, shot shaping, tee height, trajectory control, and how elite players choose the safest target. The video also shows both players using the TaylorMade Qi35 driver, creating a direct bridge between Tiger’s teaching, Grant’s equipment, and the My9Iron Driver Fitting Lab.
The collaboration also centered around the TaylorMade Qi35 driver. Both Tiger Woods and Grant Horvat used the Qi35 during the session, but the lesson isn’t to copy their equipment—it’s to understand why a particular driver fits a particular swing.
Could the Qi35 Fit Your Swing?
Instead of buying the same driver Tiger or Grant plays, compare your swing characteristics against our driver database to find a model that matches your launch, spin, forgiveness, and distance needs.
Want to see Grant’s complete setup? View Grant Horvat’s Clubs & Specs →
The TaylorMade Qi35 Link Between Tiger and Grant
The collaboration was built around TaylorMade’s Qi35 driver. That equipment connection is especially relevant to My9Iron because the Qi35 also appears in Grant Horvat’s own bag setup.
The fact that two players use the same driver does not mean they use identical specifications. Loft, shaft, length, weighting, and setup can all be adjusted around the individual golfer. The useful lesson is not simply to copy the model—it is to understand why the head and configuration fit the player.
Could the TaylorMade Qi35 Fit Your Swing?
Tiger Woods and Grant Horvat have both used the TaylorMade Qi35, but that doesn’t automatically make it the right driver for your game. Loft, shaft, launch, spin, and forgiveness all need to match your swing.
Curious what Grant actually plays? See Grant Horvat’s complete clubs and specs →