Stanford University - Hall of Fame

Coming off Stanford’s first NCAA golf team title in 41 years in 1994, the squad added Tiger Woods, who would go on to become legendary in both the collegiate and professional golf worlds. Woods was named a first-team All-American for both of his two years on the Farm, and captured both the Pac-10 and NCAA Individual Championships in 1996. He has gone on to win 14 majors, rack up over 70 PGA Tour victories, top the money lists nine times, and be named PGA Tour Player of the Year for 10 seasons.

Woods’ success has been widespread, earning at least three victories at each of the four Major Championships. He recorded one of his most impressive wins just a year out of college, taking the 1997 Masters (his first Major win) with a record 12-stroke lead and a score of 18 under par. Woods was the youngest Masters champion ever, and the first African-American to win the tournament. At the 2000 U.S. Open, he won by 15 to break his own mark, and became the youngest player in golf history to achieve the Career Grand Slam at the age of 24. With a 2001 win at the Masters, Woods became the only player in the modern era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once; when he won again in 2002, he joined Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only golfers to have won back-to-back Masters.

After a short Major slump, Woods returned to form in 2005, winning his fourth Masters and his second British Open. In the final round of the Masters, Woods exhibited shades of Tom Watson with a sensational chip-in on a slanted green that sent him into a playoff, from which he would emerge victorious. He followed with a pair of Majors in 2006, and one each in 2007 and 2008.

Named the richest sportsman in the world by Forbes in 2010, Woods has donated much of his winnings to charitable projects. The Tiger Woods Foundation – which has provided golf instruction for kids, college scholarships, aid to St. Jude’s Hospital, and character development programs – and Woods’ other nonprofits had donated $75 million as of 2010.