Tiger Woods became the fifth player to complete the career grand slam in 2000, and broke a St Andrews record on his way to doing so.
Woods’ 2000 year is widely regarded as the greatest year by a golfer in the sport’s history. He won three of the four majors, nine of 20 events, and won the U.S. Open by 15 shots, a record in a major.
He also completed the career grand slam at The Open Championship at the legendary St Andrews, and broke a record at The Old Course on the way to doing so.
Tiger Woods shot 19 under at St Andrews to win the career grand slam, the lowest score ever at The Old Course
After winning the Masters in 1997, the PGA Championship in 1999, and the U.S. Open in 2000, Woods had only one major left to win to complete the fifth-ever career grand slam: The Open Championship. And what better place to do it than the iconic St Andrews?
It was a start-to-finish dominance for Woods in the tournament. He led every round, didn’t hit a single bunker in the championship and won by an incredible eight shots over Ernie Els and Thomas Bjørn.
The four days saw Woods shoot 269, which at the time was the lowest score ever at The Old Course. In doing so, he became the youngest-ever player to complete the career slam at 24 years old.
Woods won three majors in a row and would go on to win the 2001 Masters to complete the “Tiger Slam,” where he held all four major titles at once. But this tournament in particular is etched in the history books, and it took 25 years for the next man to achieve the career slam.
Rory McIlroy completes career grand slam 25 years after Tiger Woods, and now Scottie Scheffler chases him
It took a quarter of a century and a decade of heartache for Rory McIlroy to win the career slam at Augusta in 2025. He was the sixth man to achieve this incredibly rare feat, but another man might make it look easy.
You wait 25 years for a career slam, then two come at once, as Scottie Scheffler is one U.S. Open away from matching McIlroy. The world number one just won the Open at Royal Portrush and the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in a dominant 2025.
Not only would a win at the 2026 US Open for Scheffler match McIlroy in achieving the career grand slam, he would also match him in major championships won with five.
The American is building a name as one of the sport’s greats, and with Scheffler’s Tiger-like dominance, he may well fly past McIlroy in the all-time rankings.