Tiger Woods’ unbreakable record broken by Steve Stricker

When Tiger Woods was on the peak of his powers, throughout the 2000 and 2001 seasons, not solely did he win 4 straight majors, however he additionally recorded a then-record 52 consecutive rounds underneath par.

That file now belongs to Steve Stricker.

Regardless of by no means successful a serious, Stricker can now declare that file that Woods held for therefore lengthy.

On Friday, on the American Household Insurance coverage Championship in his house state of Wisconsin, Stricker fired a 7-under par 65, which makes it 53 straight rounds underneath par in PGA Tour-sanctioned occasions.

“I actually hadn’t considered it till the final couple of weeks,” Stricker mentioned after his spherical. “Hear, I might relatively have that streak on the common tour than on the Champions Tour, consider me. However nonetheless, I really feel like it’s fairly an accomplishment to proceed to shoot rounds underneath par.”

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This exceptional streak has led to a lot success for Stricker, who captained the American facet within the 2021 Ryder Cup.

In 13 Champions Tour occasions this season, Stricker has completed exterior of the top-5 solely as soon as. He has gained 3 times in 2023, together with two majors on the Champions Tour: the Areas Custom and the Senior PGA Championship.

“Every single day, I simply attempt to go on the market and [shoot] underneath par, and you must do it on the [Champions Tour],” Stricker added. “That’s my mentality. I want I had that mentality on the common tour the place these programs are more durable.”

“However it’s a cool factor to move Tiger Woods in one thing. That doesn’t occur typically. So I could textual content him and remind him that I simply handed him.