Chasing Jack: Tiger Woods and his major victories

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Of all of Tiger Woods' victories, none are sweeter than the major championships that he's won.

"These are the most fun events to play in, the major championships," Tiger once said. " I just thoroughly enjoy coming down the stretch on the back nine with a chance to win it. That's why I practice as hard as I do and what I live for. That to me is the ultimate rush in our sport is on that back nine on Sunday with a chance to win a major championship."

No player has won more majors as a professional than Jack Nicklaus, who has 18. But Tiger has been steadily closing in since his first major victory at the 1997 Masters. Tiger currently has 14 majors. Here's a look at his performance chart in the majors:
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Tiger's performances in majors

Year Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA Championship 1995 T41 W/D T68   1996 CUT T82 T22   1997 Won T19 T24 T29 1998 T8 T18 3 T10 1999 T18 T3 T7 Won 2000 5 Won Won Won 2001 Won T12 T25 T29 2002 Won Won T28 2 2003 T15 T20 T4 T39 2004 T22 T17 T9 T24 2005 Won 2 Won T4 2006 T3 CUT Won Won 2007 T2 T2 T12 Won 2008 2 Won     2009 T6 T6 CUT

Tiger vs. Jack: Battle of the Ages

Here are the ages of Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus on the days each player won a major

Major No. TIGER WOODS (born: Dec. 30, 1975) JACK NICKLAUS (born: Jan. 21, 1940) 1 21 years, 4 months, 14 days 22 years, 4 months, 27 days 2 23 years, 8 months, 16 days 23 years, 2 months, 17 days 3 24 years, 6 months, 19 days 23 years, 6 months 4 24 years, 7 months, 24 days 25 years, 2 months, 21 days 5 24 years, 8 months, 21 days 26 years, 2 months, 21 days 6 25 years, 4 months, 9 days 26 years, 5 months, 18 days 7 26 years, 4 months, 15 days 27 years, 4 months, 28 days 8 26 years, 6 months, 17 days 30 years, 5 months, 20 days 9 29 years, 4 months, 11 days 31 years, 1 month, 7 days 10 29 years, 7 months, 18 days 32 years, 2 months, 19 days 11 30 years, 7 months, 24 days 32 years, 4 months, 28 days 12 30 years, 8 months, 21 days 33 years, 6 months, 22 days 13 31 years, 8 months, 13 days 35 years, 2 months, 23 days 14 32 years, 6 months, 16 days 35 years, 6 months, 20 days 15   38 years, 5 months, 24 days 16   40 years, 4 months, 25 days 17   40 years, 6 months, 20 days 18   46 years, 2 months, 23 days

All-time Major Championships wins (professional only)

Player Total Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus 18 6 4 3 5 Tiger Woods 14 4 3 3 4 Walter Hagen 11   2 4 5 Ben Hogan 9 2 4 1 2 Gary Player 9 3 1 3 2 Tom Watson 8 2 1 5   Bobby Jones 7   4 3   Arnold Palmer 7 4 1 2   Gene Sarazen 7 1 2 1 3 Sam Snead 7 3   1 3 Harry Vardon 7   1 6   Nick Faldo 6 3   3   Lee Trevino 6   2 2 2 Seve Ballesteros 5 2   3   James Braid 5     4   Byron Nelson 5 2 1   2 John H. Taylor 5     5   Peter Thomson 5     5

Players with four major wins: Willie Anderson, James Barnes, Ray Floyd, Bobby Locke, Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, Willie Park
Players with three major wins: James Anderson, Tommy Armour, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Henry Cotton, Jimmy Demaret, Ernie Els, Robert Ferguson, Ralph Guldahl, Padraig Harrington, Hale Irwin, Phil Mickelson, Cary Middlecoff, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Denny Shute, Vijay Singh, Payne Stewart