What a journey. From a 20-year-old, newly established professional to a worldwide sports icon, Tiger Woods has mesmerized the golf world on his way to tying the PGA Tour record of 82 career victories, set by the legendary Sam Snead.

Snead, the Hall of Famer who was born in the same year as golf legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, was 52 years old in 1965 when he became the oldest player to win on the PGA Tour. Eventually, that victory was determined to be his 82nd and last, setting a standard that decades of players could not match.

Jack Nicklaus topped out at 73 wins, while Hogan had 64 and Arnold Palmer 62.

Woods passed them years ago, before injuries seemingly sidelined his career, stalling at 79 victories after he captured the Bridgestone Invitational in 2013.

But the past 13 months have produced some amazing moments for Woods, now 43, as he won the Tour Championship last year for his first victory in five years, captured the Masters in April for his 15th major title and now has matched Snead in, of all places, Japan.

Here is a rundown of each and every one of those 82 titles.

1. Las Vegas Invitational
Oct. 6, 1996
Runner-up: Davis Love III
A final-round 64 in what was then a five-round tournament led to Woods' first victory in just his fifth start as a pro. He beat Love in a sudden-death playoff.

2. Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
Oct. 20, 1996
Runner-up: Payne Stewart
Woods shot a final-round 66 to edge the then two-time major winner by a stroke. The victory propelled Woods to the Tour Championship in just seven starts.

3. Mercedes Championship
Oct. 12, 1997
Runner-up: Tom Lehman
Then the season-opening tournament on the PGA Tour, the Tournament of Champions as it has been known, was played near San Diego. Weather shortened the event to 54 holes and Woods was tied with Lehman, whom he defeated in a sudden-death playoff.

4. The Masters
April 13, 1997
Runner-up: Tom Kite
Woods' first major championship was historic in many ways, and the way he crushed the field was impressive. After shooting 40 for his first 9 holes, Woods rallied with 30 strokes on the back nine and eventually won by 12 over Kite.

5. GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
May 18, 1997
Runner-up: Lee Rinker
In his first start after his Masters victory, Woods did not let up, opening the tournament with a pair of 64s on his way to a 2-shot victory.

6. Motorola Western Open
July 6, 1997
Runner-up: Frank Nobilo
Woods had a swarm of spectators following toward the green while playing the 18th hole at Cog Hill Country Club, where he beat Nobilo by 3 strokes. For the first time in his career, Woods went to No. 1 in the world, surpassing Greg Norman.

7. BellSouth Classic
May 10, 1998
Runner-up: Jay Don Blake
This was Woods' only victory of 1998, and a final-round 72 was good for a 1-shot win. It was also a tournament he never returned to, as the following year it was played the week prior to the Masters, and Woods did not defend his title.

8. Buick Invitational
Feb. 14,1999
Runner-up: Billy Ray Brown
A 62-65 weekend at Torrey Pines was the start of considerable success at one of Woods' favorite tour venues. He beat Brown by 2 strokes.

9. Memorial Tournament
June 6, 1999
Runner-up: Vijay Singh
His first victory at Jack Nicklaus' tournament came after a hot first two rounds and a 69 in the final round to defeat Singh by 2 strokes.

10. Motorola Western Open
July 4, 1999
Runner-up: Mike Weir
This became the first tournament that Woods won more than once as a final-round 71 was good for a 3-stroke victory.

11. PGA Championship
Aug. 15, 1999
Runner-up: Sergio Garcia
It might be hard to believe now, but many were questioning Woods' ability to win numerous majors before this win as 10 majors had passed since his Masters triumph. He got a big scare from 19-year-old Garcia down the stretch before prevailing by a shot with a final-round 72 at Medinah.

1999 - Tiger Woods won his first PGA Championship, breaking out of a tie with Mike Weir at the top, before dueling with Spain's 19-year-old Sergio Garcia through the back nine. #PGA100 pic.twitter.com/y4Iq4GzEjP

— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) July 20, 2018

12. NEC Invitational
Aug. 29, 1999
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
The first of three straight victories at Firestone in Akron, Ohio, in what was the first year of the World Golf Championship events. Woods led by 5 strokes after a third-round 62, and Mickelson, who was 7 back and tied for fourth, made it interesting with a closing 65 to pull within 1 shot.

13. National Car Rental Golf Classic at Disney
Oct. 24, 1999
Runner-up: Ernie Els
A somewhat frequent occurrence, Woods built a lead, then did what he had to do to win. After three straight rounds of 66, he shot 73 to beat Els by a shot.

14. Tour Championship
Oct. 31, 1999
Runner-up: Davis Love III
Woods cruised to a 4-shot victory over Love during a week that was marred by the death of Payne Stewart. The tournament was postponed for a day during the event so players could attend Stewart's funeral.

15. American Express Championship
Nov. 7, 1999
Runner-up: Miguel-Angel Jimenez
The forerunner to what is now the Mexico Championship, the WGC event moved around in its early years and was played in Spain at Valderrama -- site of the 1997 Ryder Cup. Woods was a shot back to begin the final round and shot 68 to tie Jimenez and won on the first extra hole of sudden death. It was the third victory in three weeks and eighth of the year for Woods.

16. Mercedes Championship
Jan. 9, 2000
Runner-up: Ernie Els
The start of a glorious year for Woods saw him beat Els in an epic duel that ended in a two-hole playoff. Both eagled the 18th hole in regulation, then both birdied it on the first extra hole. Woods then won with a 40-foot birdie putt on the next extra hole, his fifth straight victory dating to 2009.

17. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Feb. 7, 2000
Runners-up: Matt Gogel, Vijay Singh
In one of Woods' more epic victories, Gogel led him by 7 strokes with just nine holes to go. Woods holed a shot for eagle at the 15th, birdied the 16th and birdied the 18th for a final-round 64 during a Monday finish to win by 2 strokes.

✅ @TigerWoods
✅ Sunday red
✅ Pebble Beach

This eagle led to a classic Tiger fist pump in 2000. ??#TOURVault pic.twitter.com/5OFJXG2ChR

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 6, 2019

18. Bay Hill Invitational
March 19, 2000
Runner-up: Davis Love III
The first of eight victories at Arnold Palmer's tournament, Woods shot a final-round 70 and cruised to a 4-shot win.

19. Memorial Tournament
May 29, 2000
Runners-up: Ernie Els, Justin Leonard
The weather-marred tournament finished on a Monday, and Woods had built a 6-shot advantage through 54 holes, cruising with a final-round 70 that assured a 2-stroke win, his fourth of the year and a defense of his Memorial title.

20. U.S. Open
June 18, 2000
Runners-up: Ernie Els, Miguel Angel Jimenez
A record-setting performance at Pebble Beach saw Woods open with a 65 and never look back. Even a triple-bogey during the third round could not derail him. He was the only player to break par for 72 holes and won by 15 shots.

21. The Open
July 21, 2000
Runners-up: Thomas Bjorn, Ernie Els
Woods made history by completing the career Grand Slam at the Home of Golf -- St. Andrews -- where he led by 3 shots after 36 holes and was 6 ahead of Bjorn and David Duval through 54 holes. Woods cruised to an 8-shot victory, never finding any of the Old Course bunkers during the tournament.

22. PGA Championship
Aug. 20, 2000
Runner-up: Bob May
With a 1-shot advantage through 54 holes, Woods could not shake May, who shot a final-round 66 at Valhalla to force a three-hole aggregate playoff that Woods won. Woods became the first player since Ben Hogan to win three major championships in the same year.

23. NEC Invitational
Aug. 27, 2000
Runners-up: Justin Leonard, Phillip Price
Winning three straight majors wasn't enough for Woods. He went to the WGC event at Firestone that followed the PGA and cruised to another victory, opening with a 64 and winning by 11 strokes.

24. Bell Canadian Open
Sept. 10, 2000
Runner-up: Grant Waite
Long remembered for the 6-iron shot Woods hit out of a fairway bunker from 218 yards on the final hole at Glen Abbey that set up a two-putt birdie and a 1-stroke victory. It also capped a remarkable nine-victory season.

25. Bay Hill Invitational
March 18, 2001
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
Amazingly, Woods was deemed to be in a "slump'' before this win, having played six worldwide events without a victory (but with four top-10s). A final-round 69 was punctuated by an 18th-hole birdie that relegated Mickelson to his second runner-up finish to Woods.

26. Players Championship
March 25, 2001
Runner-up: Vijay Singh
The tournament where Woods made the "better-than-most'' putt on the 17th green during the third round. Often forgotten is that this victory came amidst the "Tiger Slam'' of majors. A final-round 67 meant a 1-stroke victory.

27. Masters
April 8, 2001
Runner-up: David Duval
A first-round 70 left Woods 7 strokes behind leader Chris DiMarco, but a second-round 66 pulled him into a tie with Phil Mickelson, just 2 strokes back. A third-round 68 gave him a 1-shot lead over Mickelson in his bid to become the first player to win four consecutive professional majors. Duval briefly tied for the lead with a birdie at the 15th hole before a bogey at the 16th. Woods birdied the 18th for his 2-shot margin of victory.

In 2001 at #themasters, @TigerWoods became the only player to hold all four professional majors at one time.https://t.co/nhI8e3950b

— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 6, 2016

28. Memorial Tournament
June 3, 2001
Runners-up: Paul Azinger, Sergio Garcia
Woods made it three in a row at Muirfield Village, shooting all four rounds in the 60s and cruising to a 7-shot victory.

29. NEC Invitational
Aug. 26, 2001
Runner-up: Jim Furyk
Unable to add a major victory after his Masters win earlier in the year, Woods settled for his fourth WGC title and third in a row at Firestone. But he needed overtime to do it. After shooting a final-round 69 to tie Jim Furyk, Woods needed seven extra holes before defeating him in a sudden-death playoff.

30. Bay Hill Invitational
March 17, 2002
Runner-up: Michael Campbell
Like Firestone and Muirfield Village, Woods was finding Bay Hill very much to his liking. Despite a third-round 74, he went on to win by 4 strokes.

31. Masters
April 14, 2002
Runner-up: Retief Goosen
Woods became just the third player to defend his Masters victory, shooting a final-round 71 to break a 54-hole tie and win by 3 strokes. It was Woods' third Masters win.

32. U.S. Open
June 16, 2002
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
Woods grabbed the first-round lead, and despite shooting higher scores each day, won by 3 strokes over Mickelson. He became the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year.

33. Buick Open
Aug. 11, 2002
Runners-up: Fred Funk, Brian Gay, Mark O'Meara, Estaban Toledo
Woods cruised to a 4-stroke victory after opening the tournament 67-63.

34. American Express Championship
Sept. 22, 2002
Runner-up: Retief Goosen
Woods famously quipped that he could think of a million reasons (first place: $1 million) why he'd rather win this World Golf event than the following week's Ryder Cup (which the U.S. lost in England) before winning by a stroke over Goosen. It was his second victory in the event, played in Ireland that year.

35. Buick Invitational
Feb. 16, 2003
Runner-up: Carl Pettersson
Woods' second professional win at Torrey Pines was aided by a 68-68 weekend. He won by 4 strokes.

36. Accenture Match Play
March 2, 2003
Runner-up: David Toms
One of the best-ever as an amateur in the match play format, Woods got his first professional victory at match play in the WGC final -- 2 and 1 over Toms.

37. Bay Hill Invitational
March 23, 2003
Runners-up: Stewart Cink, Brad Faxon, Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett
Not even a bout of food poisoning could keep Woods down during a rainy final round that saw him visibly ill on the course but still able to shoot 68 and win by 11 strokes. It was his fourth straight victory in the event.

38. 100th Western Open
July 6, 2003
Runner-up: Rich Beem
Woods cruised to a 5-shot victory, leading wire-to-wire and shooting a final-round 69 at Cog Hill to win the Western for the third time.

39. American Express Championship
Oct. 5, 2003
Runners-up: Stewart Appleby, Tim Herron, Vijay Singh
Woods' third victory in the event came at a third different venue -- this time the Capital City Club in Woodstock, Georgia. With a 67-66 start, Woods jumped to a 5-stroke 36-hole lead but a final-round 72 was still good for a 2-shot victory.

40. Accenture Match Play Championship
Feb. 29, 2004
Runner-up Davis Love III
Woods defended his title at LaCosta, this time defeating Love in the championship match, to surpass Tom Watson on the all-time PGA Tour victory list. It was also Woods' only victory of the year -- and the first time since 1998 that he won just once -- as he worked through a swing change.

41. Buick Invitational
Jan. 23, 2005
Runners-up: Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Tom Lehman
Woods returned to familiar territory for his third victory at Torrey Pines and his first win in nearly a year. He had to come from behind to overtake Lehman, who bogeyed the final two holes as Woods won by 3.

42. Ford Championship at Doral
March 6, 2005
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
In one of their rare duels, Woods and Mickelson went at it in an epic final round at Doral that saw Woods overtake Mickelson on the back. It came down to the last hole, where Mickelson narrowly missed chipping in for a birdie that would have forced a playoff.

43. The Masters
April 10, 2005
Runner-up: Chris DiMarco
Woods' first major title in nearly three years, his first working with instructor Hank Haney, came in dramatic fashion. There was the famous chip-in for birdie from behind the 16th green; then two bogeys to fall into a playoff with DiMarco. Then a birdie on the first playoff hole. The win was Woods' ninth major title.

10 years ago, Tiger Woods holed out on No. 16 in dramatic fashion. Watch this historic shot from a different angle.https://t.co/5bnny62LBO

— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 5, 2015

44. The Open
July 17, 2005
Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie
Woods won his second major of the year and his second Open at the Home of Golf, opening 66-67 at the Old Course in St. Andrews. Woods led by just 2 after three rounds, but cruised to a 5-stroke victory. Jack Nicklaus played his final major championship, missing the cut. It was Woods' 10th major title.

45. NEC Invitational
Aug. 21, 2005
Runner-up: Chris DiMarco
Woods claimed his ninth WGC title and fourth at Firestone, holding off DiMarco with a final-round 71 to win by 1.

46. American Express Championship
Oct. 9, 2005
Runner-up: John Daly
A fourth victory at a fourth different venue in this event -- this time at Harding Park in San Francisco. Woods shot a final-round 67 to tie Daly, who missed a short putt in a sudden-death playoff. It was Woods' sixth victory of the year.

47. Buick Invitational
Jan. 29, 2006
Runners-up: Nathan Green, Jose Maria Olazabal
A final-round 72 landed Woods in a tie with Green and Olazabal -- and he needed a final-hole birdie to do it. Woods won on the second extra hole when Olazabal missed a 4-foot putt.

48. Ford Championship at Doral
March 5, 2006
Runners-up: David Toms, Camilo Villegas
Woods defended his title, opening with a 64 and bogeying the final two holes of the tournament for a 1-shot margin of victory. It was the last time Doral served as a venue for a full-field PGA Tour event.

49. The Open
July 23, 2006
Runner-up: Chris DiMarco
Playing a baked-out Royal Liverpool, Woods famously hit just one driver during the tournament, electing to use irons off tees and rely on a precision iron game. For the second time in consecutive years, Woods had to hold off DiMarco, winning by 2 shots in what turned out to be an emotional win -- his first major title since the death of his father, Earl, earlier that year.

50. Buick Open
Aug. 6, 2006
Runner-up: Jim Furyk
Woods shot 66 all four days at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Michigan, to win the tournament for the second time and reach a milestone 50th win. He finished 3 strokes ahead of Furyk.

51. PGA Championship
Aug. 20, 2006
Runner-up: Shaun Micheel.
Woods won his second straight major, third PGA and second at Medinah by fighting his way into a third-round tie with Luke Donald and then shooting a final-round 68 to finish 5 strokes ahead of Micheel. It was his 12th major title.

2006 - Tiger Woods walked off Medinah Country Club's No. 3 Course for the second time in six years in victory, collecting a third PGA Championship and was voted an honorary member by the club. pic.twitter.com/DudaYGk2u7

— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) July 28, 2018

52. Bridgestone Invitational
Aug. 27, 2006
Runner-up: Stewart Cink.
Woods won for the fourth time in five weeks at a place where it was becoming a habit, capturing his fifth victory at Firestone but needing a playoff to do it. It was his 11th WGC title.

53. Deutsche Bank Championship
Sept. 4, 2006
Runner-up: Vijay Singh.
Despite having won two majors and a WGC in the previous four weeks, Woods was not done winning. He shot a final-round 63 to beat Singh by 2 strokes.

54. American Express Championship
Oct. 1, 2006
Runners-up: Ian Poulter, Adam Scott.
Woods capped an eight-victory season with a whopping 8-stroke victory, his fifth in the event, all at different venues. This was played at The Grove in England, the week following a U.S. Ryder Cup loss in Ireland.

55. Buick Invitational
Jan. 28, 2007
Runner-up: Charles Howell III
Woods' fifth win at Torrey Pines came with some luck -- or bad luck for Howell, whose approach to the 18th green hit the flagstick and rolled back into the water.

56. CA Championship
March 25, 2007
Runner-up: Brett Wetterich
This was a third-straight victory for Woods at Doral, although the first in the new format as a World Golf Championship event. It was Woods' sixth WGC title in what had previously been called the American Express Invitational. He defeated Wetterich by 2 shots.

57. Wachovia Championship
May 6, 2007
Runner-up: Steve Stricker
Woods overcame a double-bogey on the back nine to overtake third-round leader Rory Sabbatini and win by 2 strokes over Stricker.

58. Bridgestone Invitational
Aug. 5, 2007
Runners-up: Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini
Another rout at Firestone. Woods won the WGC event for the sixth time, shooting a final-round 65 to win by 8 as the tournament moved to the week prior to the PGA Championship for the first time.

59. PGA Championship
Aug. 12, 2007
Runner-up: Woody Austin
Woods narrowly missed shooting a major championship record 62 during the second round (settling for 63) and went on to a 2-shot victory in sweltering conditions at Southern Hills Country Club in Oklahoma for his 13th major title.

60. BMW Championship
Sept. 9, 2007
Runner-up: Aaron Baddeley
Formerly the Western Open, the longtime Chicago-area event got a new date and a new designation as a FedEx Cup playoff event. Woods shot a final-round 63 to win by 2 shots. It was considered Woods' fourth win at the Western/BMW, first in the newly-formed FedEx Cup playoffs.

61. Tour Championship
Sept. 16, 2007
Runners-up: Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson
An exclamation point on another remarkable season, Woods won for the seventh time in 2007 and did so by 8 shots after opening the tournament with rounds of 64-63-64 on the par-70 East Lake course. Woods also became the first FedEx Cup champion after the win.

62. Buick Invitational
Jan. 27, 2008
Runner-up: Ryuji Imada
For the fourth straight year, Woods began his season with a victory at Torrey Pines, this time by 8 shots over Imada. He needed just a score of 71 in the final round to cruise to victory. It was his sixth PGA Tour victory at the venue.

63. Accenture Match Play Championship
Feb. 24, 2008
Runner-up: Stewart Cink
This was shaping up to be a special season for Woods, who was 3-for-3 in victories including a performance a few weeks earlier at the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour where he shot a final-round 65 to win by 1. In the 36-hole match play final against Cink, Woods put an end to it early with an 8 and 7 victory.

64. Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 16, 2008
Runner-up: Bart Bryant
Woods needed a 25-footer for birdie on the 18th hole to edge Bryant by 1 shot -- the first time in seven years he won with a birdie on the 72nd hole. It was his third victory of the year on the PGA Tour and his fifth in a row on tour. It was also his fifth at this tournament, but first under with Palmer's name in the title.

65. U.S. Open
June 16, 2008
Runner-up: Rocco Mediate
Among Woods' more epic victories, he defeated Mediate in an 18-hole playoff after making a 12-footer in regulation to force a tie. Woods, it was later learned, played with two broken bones in his left leg -- which needed surgery for a torn ACL. That kept him from playing the rest of the year, with a record of four wins in six PGA Tour events, including his 14th major title.

Hey, Tiger...Give us a snapshot of what you remember at Torrey

"I made a putt in 2008 that a few people remember."pic.twitter.com/fRCqyNylir

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 25, 2017

66. Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 29, 2009
Runner-up: Sean O'Hair
Another walk-off win at Bay Hill, this time a 15-footer on the 18th green to shoot a final-round 67 and stun O'Hair by a shot in Woods' third start of the year. It was his first victory since the reconstructive knee surgery.

67. Memorial Tournament
June 7, 2009
Runner-up: Jim Furyk
An interesting tidbit: Woods hit every fairway in the tournament. To win, he overcame a 4-shot final-round deficit. Woods also birdied the last two holes to shoot 65.

68. AT&T National
July 5, 2009
Runner-up: Hunter Mahan
This tournament featured a duel that we've been sadly denied: Anthony Kim was in the mix, and took the lead early in the final round, before falling back. Kim had shot 62 at Congressional in the first round. Woods' final-round 67 was enough to hold off a charging Mahan by a stroke.

69. Buick Open
Aug. 2, 2009
Runners-up: Greg Chalmers, John Senden, Roland Thatcher
Woods added this tournament late as it would be the last for his longtime sponsor Buick at the Michigan venue. It would be the first of three straight events for Woods, including the PGA Championship. He shot a final-round 69 to win by 3.

70. WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Aug. 9, 2009
Runners-up: Padraig Harrington, Robert Allenby
Woods was involved in a heated back-nine duel with three-time major winner Harrington, who fell apart after he and Woods received a slow-playing warning over the closing holes -- one that Woods later criticized. A final-round 65 meant a seventh victory at Firestone and a 4-shot win.

71. BMW Championship
Sept. 13, 2009
Runners-up: Jim Furyk, Marc Leishman
The dominating victory at Cog Hill -- his fifth at the venue, second in what was now a FedEx Cup playoff event -- made many wonder how Woods ever coughed up a lead to Y.E. Yang a few weeks earlier at the PGA Championship. He won by 8 shots and it was his sixth victory of the year on the PGA Tour.

72. Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 25, 20012
Runner-up: Graeme McDowell
His first official post-scandal victory, Woods did it at a familiar place, winning for the seventh time at Bay Hill. He shot a final-round 70 to pull away from McDowell and win by 5.

73. Memorial Tournament
June 3, 2012
Runners-up: Andres Romero, Rory Sabbatini
A historic victory for Woods, as it tied him with tournament host Jack Nicklaus with 73 PGA Tour titles. And he did it in style, coming from 4 strokes back, holing a flop shot on the 16th hole, and shooting a 5-under-par 67 to win by 2.

74. AT&T National
July 1, 2012
Runner-up: Bo Van Pelt
Woods got some help from Van Pelt, who bogeyed his last three holes as Woods shot a final-round 69 to win by 2. The third round was played without spectators at Congressional Country Club due to a storm that left the course dangerous. The win moved Woods past Jack Nicklaus and into second place on the all-time PGA Tour victory list, eight wins behind Sam Snead.

75. Farmers Insurance Open
Jan. 28, 2013
Runners-up: Brandt Snedeker, Josh Teater
For the seventh time (and eighth including the U.S. Open), Woods won at Torrey Pines. This time, though, it was with a shaky finish and a bizarre Monday ending. Woods at one point had an 8-shot lead, but bogeyed four of his last five holes in the fog-delayed tournament. He still won by 4 shots.

76. WGC-Cadillac Championship
March 10, 2013
Runner-up: Steve Stricker
A 66-65-67 start gave Woods a 4-shot lead through 54 holes, and he cruised to a 2-shot win over Stricker for his seventh title in this tournament. It was also the fourth time he won a tournament at the Doral Resort in Miami.

77. Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 25, 2013
Runner-up: Justin Rose
A Monday finish saw Woods get a hearty congratulations from tournament host Arnold Palmer as he ended up a 2-shot winner over Justin Rose, winning at Bay Hill for the eighth time to match a 48-year-old PGA Tour record. The victory also moved Woods back to No. 1 in the world for the first time since October of 2010.

78. Players Championship
May 12, 2013
Runners-up: David Lingmerth, Kevin Streelman, Jeff Maggert
A third-round spat with Sergio Garcia didn't keep Woods from prevailing at a place where he traditionally has had trouble. Neither did a later tee shot in the water at the 14th hole -- where his drop was questioned afterward. Rounds of 67-67 helped him get in front, and he closed with a 70 for a 2-shot win and his second at TPC Sawgrass.

79. WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Aug. 4, 2013
Runners-up: Keegan Bradley, Henrik Stenson
A second-round 61 -- matching his career low -- had Woods well on his way to a 7-shot victory, his eighth at Firestone and his 18th World Golf Championship title.

80. Tour Championship
Sept. 23, 2018
Runner-up: Billy Horschel
His first victory since a remarkable return from spinal fusion surgery came after a couple of close calls at The Open (T-6) and PGA Championship (2nd) and saw him play with Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy over the final three rounds. A third-round 65 put him in position, and Woods extended his lead on the front nine at East Lake, leading to a coronation as he played the 18th hole, winning by 2.

81. Masters
April 14, 2019
Runners-up: Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele
With an all-star cast of players in contention on the final day, Woods for the first time came from behind to win a major, shooting a final-round 70 at Augusta National to win his 15th major title and first in 11 years. Trailing by 2 shots through 11 holes of the final round, Woods parred the par-3 12th while several pursuers found the water, then made birdies at the 13th, 15th and 16th holes to build a 2-shot lead he took to the 18th tee. He could withstand a final-hole bogey, setting off a celebration never seen by Woods in any of his previous victories.

After Tiger Woods won his first Masters in 1997, he embraced his father, Earl.

22 years later after winning his 5th Masters, he got to share that same moment with his own son, Charlie. pic.twitter.com/BqH1AyvM6A

— ESPN (@espn) April 15, 2019

82. Zozo Championship
Oct. 27, 2019
Runner-up: Hideki Matsuyama
Playing for the first time in nine weeks, Woods surprisingly looked strong and fit after a summer of physical struggles that included knee surgery following his final event of the 2018-19 season. After bogeying his first three holes, Woods shot an opening-round 64, and then followed it with another one to take a 2-shot 36-hole lead. He increased his advantage to 3 shots after 54 holes and needed seven holes on Monday to finish, winning for the 82nd time and tying Sam Snead's all-time PGA Tour record that dates to 1965.

In his healthy prime, Tiger Woods was Mike Tyson in a red shirt and slacks. He arrived at the tee box as if he were stepping through the ropes and into the ring, where cowering, wide-eyed opponents all but prepped themselves for the knockout.

Woods is no longer that heavyweight champ who rules through intimidation. He still has muscles, yes, but they don't look as forbidding on a balding man made vulnerable by age, gravity, surgery and the disclosure of his own personal failings. And yet a diminished Woods can still win golf tournaments. He can still make history without what had been the most valuable club in his bag:

His aura of invincibility.

Woods tied Sam Snead's record for PGA Tour victories Monday morning in Japan, finishing off No. 82 at the Zozo Championship. He shot a first-round 64 in front of a packed house before a typhoon hit the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, and then he shot a second-round 64 in front of, well, almost nobody after the storm left the course too compromised to accommodate the fans. Woods controlled the rest of the tournament, and even though he had to play 29 holes on Sunday in Japan, he was a sure bet to win as soon as he completed Round 3 with a 3-shot lead.

Woods was 24-0 when carrying at least a 3-shot lead into the final round. Even at 43, only two months removed from a procedure on his knee, Tiger wasn't about to lose his perfect record with the legendary Slammin' Sammy finally within reach. He finished at 19-under and never gave an inch to a game challenger, Hideki Matsuyama, who finished right where he started the closing 18 - three back.

Victory No. 82 came 23 years after Victory No. 1. In his championship ceremony, Woods told the crowd that Snead's record was one "that I certainly did not think was possible when I first started my career."

In the end, this latest (and probably last) chapter of Woods' incomparable career is no less remarkable than his seek-and-destroy days of the early-to-mid 2000s. He can't win anymore with the power of his presence, or with the power of his driver. The tour's young stars aren't afraid of Woods, and most of them can hit it past him. At Carnoustie two summers ago, Rory McIlroy said the aging Tiger who had endured four back surgeries, including the Hail Mary spinal fusion in 2017, was "not the Tiger that, you know, Phil [Mickelson] and Ernie [Els] and those guys had to deal with. It's a different version. ... I wouldn't say we're worried about him, but he's one of those guys that's always in with a shot."

When the college coach who recruited Brooks Koepka to Florida State told Koepka four years ago that he'd better start winning before Woods returned from injury and dominated again, Koepka assured the coach he was stronger, straighter and better than his surgically altered idol. "How is Tiger ever going to beat me?" Koepka asked.

McIlroy and Koepka were right. Old Tiger could never be the Tiger of old.

But that fact makes his three most recent victories -- at last fall's Tour Championship, at the Masters in April and at the Zozo on Monday -- just as impressive as his 12-stroke victory at the 1997 Masters or his 15-stroke victory at the 2000 U.S. Open or his 2000-01 Tiger Slam. Only 2½ years ago, Woods was telling people close to him that he was through playing competitive golf, that he just wanted to ease the back pain that dropped him to his knees and left him bedridden and desperate to participate in his life with his two kids. It's why he hasn't been spitting too many I-told-you-so quotes at credentialed doubters and critics after these late-life triumphs.

Woods knows the man in his own mirror was the ultimate doubter and critic.

"Oh god," he said last year after nearly beating Koepka at the PGA Championship in St. Louis, "I didn't even know if I was going to play golf again."

Ten years ago, the fall of the indomitable Tiger began at another PGA Championship, at Hazeltine, where the journeyman son of a South Korean vegetable farmer, Y.E. Yang, shocked the world by beating Woods and ending his streak of 14 consecutive major victories after holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. For the first time, opponents saw Tiger as beatable on the biggest stage.

Three months later, Woods was found bleeding and unconscious in the street outside his home after crashing his Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree. He would be exposed as a serial philanderer, and he would ultimately lose his marriage and his standing as an untouchable. Woods became a global punch line, good for an easy round of laughs on late-night TV.

Tiger followed two winless seasons with three tour victories in 2012 and five more in 2013, before the injuries mounted and his game collapsed. Woods' drought in the majors was at seven years and counting in 2015 when Yang told ESPN.com, "I, amongst many other players, believe that it has to do with his personal issues and that it is none of our business. Tiger is not a machine and is a person like all of us. I think once he gets his focus back, he will be fine."

Woods needed to get his health back, not just his focus, and once that happened, he manufactured new ways to win. He no longer had blind belief in himself, but he figured if he could stay upright and keep a few drives in the fairway, his iron game would give him some Sunday chances here and there. Small fields wouldn't hurt, either. Woods had small fields to beat at East Lake, at Augusta National and at the Zozo. But who's counting?

In the middle of the World Series, it's worth pointing out that Woods has effectively transitioned from a dominant starter with a 99 mph fastball to an opportunistic veteran living on the edges of the plate, prevailing with precision and poise. Woods hung close at the Masters and then pounced when his fellow contenders made their fatal mistakes on the devilish 12th.

He won his fifth green jacket, then did a whole lot of hobbling and wobbling before he went in for his fifth knee procedure, arthroscopic work on cartilage damage in his left knee in August. Woods' Utah surgeon predicted a full recovery, but after a dreadful summer of golf, it seemed Tiger was making this 15-hour flight overseas to earn a quick silly-season buck playing an exhibition with fellow stars (and hulking rugby players) before getting in some live reps in the first official event played in Japan.

The trip turned out to be far more meaningful than that. Woods recovered from three bogeys in his first three holes Thursday by going on a staggering birdie blitz, and by picking up where he left off after spending Friday's typhoon in a movie house (to see "Joker") and a pizza place. "Just putt to the picture," Woods' father, Earl, used to tell him. Tiger's aim on the greens matched up with the vision in his mind, and the marathon's Monday finish enhanced a legend that didn't need any enhancing.

Woods was 5 years old when he first met Sam Snead -- "I was this little snot-nosed kid" Tiger would say -- at the Calabasas Country Club near Los Angeles, where the future great and the retired great played two holes. Young Tiger landed his tee ball on a par-3 in the water and ignored Snead's suggestion to pick it up. Woods' father had always told him to play his ball as is, and so Tiger hit it out of the water and impressed Slammin' Sammy with a bogey.

Truth is, Snead's record was never connected to Woods the way Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles was connected to him. "In order to get to Jack's record," Tiger had said, "I have to pass Snead's record. Just simple math."

It all added up Monday. Woods' caddie, Joe LaCava, a rabid New York Giants fan from Connecticut, is in the habit of texting to Giants executive Chris Mara the names of players who wore the jersey numbers that correspond with Tiger's victory total. It's likely Mario Manningham, one of the heroes of Super Bowl XLVI in happier Giants times, will represent the team's No. 82s in LaCava's latest text.

Meanwhile, Woods proved yet again that he can still beat the best when his body cooperates, and that, after turning 44 in December, he should still be considered the favorite to go back-to-back at the Masters for major title No. 16. Woods won two of the four biggest tournaments played from July 2018 to April 2019 (The Open, PGA Championship, Tour Championship and the Masters), and nearly won all four. He's capable of another run just like it.

Tiger doesn't have the firepower or the mystique of his dynastic past. Surgeons have stitched him back together more times than anyone can count, and after his hellish 2017 DUI arrest and plunge to 1,199th in the world rankings -- 1,199th --Woods said he'd been recovering from "some really dark, dark times."

But now, he will almost certainly break his tie with Snead to become the most prolific winner of all time and likely move within close striking distance of Nicklaus. All these years later, with his aura of invincibility long gone, Tiger Woods can still figure out a way to finish in first place. And that's one of his most amazing feats yet.

LOS ANGELES -- DeMarcus Cousins could end up playing for the Los Angeles Lakers this season after all.

Lakers coach Frank Vogel said L.A. has not ruled out the possibility of Cousins, who underwent offseason surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, coming back to play should the Lakers make a playoff run.

"We've not closed the door on that," Vogel said Sunday before the Lakers played the Charlotte Hornets. "We'll just -- we're going to be a wait and see. With these injuries that are long rehabs, you have to see and take it kind of month to month and see where he's at. But we've not closed the door on a possible return for him."

Cousins, who signed a one-year, $3.5 million free agency deal with the Lakers, suffered the injury during a summertime pick-up game.

The Lakers scrambled to fill his spot at center, signing Dwight Howard to a veteran's minimum deal and also applying for, and being granted a $1.75 million disabled player exception (half of Cousins' salary), which they must use by March 10 on a replacement player, or it will expire.

In order to qualify for the DPE, an NBA-appointed doctor has to rule a player "substantially more like than not" to be sidelined through June 15 - the end of the NBA Finals. But should L.A. use the exception and Cousins rehab himself back into shape, he would be eligible to return.

Just two months removed from surgery, Cousins has been limited to time on the exercise bike, walking laps around the perimeter of the Lakers' practice court and, in recent days, stand-still shooting drills.

In his nine NBA seasons, Cousins has averaged 21.2 points and 10.9 rebounds a game, making the All-Star game four times. He teamed with Anthony Davis and Rajon Rondo on the New Orleans Pelicans in 2017-18, averaging 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.6 blocks in 48 games before suffering a torn Achilles that shut down his season.

Cousins did not travel with the team on its preseason trip to China and Vogel said he was unsure if the 6-10, 270-pound big man would join L.A. on its upcoming three-game road trip through Dallas, Chicago and San Antonio or stay back and rehab.

"Guys that are out for a prolonged time that aren't going to be in the rotation we typically don't travel with," Vogel said. "But ... I don't think we've made the final decision on that yet."

Cousins is also facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge after allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his 7-year-old son during a phone call this summer.

He has not spoken to reporters since the Lakers opened up training camp last month.

President Donald Trump was met with loud, sustained boos and chants of "Lock him up!'' from fans at Nationals Park when he was shown on the in-stadium video screen after the third inning of Game 5 of the World Series.

The boos ended only after the video screen cut to a shot of U.S. service members waving to the crowd and then showed a message thanking the military. Trump is attending the game with five wounded veterans.

Then, as Nationals starter Joe Ross took the mound to warm up for the fourth inning, fans started chanting, "Lock him up!'' in an apparent reference to ongoing impeachment proceedings against the president. Pro-Trump crowds have frequently chanted "Lock her up!'' about Hillary Clinton at the president's campaign rallies.

Trump was attending his first major league game since he took office in January 2017. He did not throw out the ceremonial first pitch and arrived with no fanfare just as the game began.

Trump's entourage in a lower-tier box to the left of home plate includes two Republican senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Florida's Marco Rubio. Also in the group is congressman Kevin Brady of Texas.

His arrival was not shown on in-stadium video monitors, but fans near the president turned and took pictures of him.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Joe Ross has allowed the two-run homer to Yordan Alvarez through three innings, but the Astros have hit him hard: Five balls in play have been hit at 99 mph or harder -- luckily, four of them resulted in outs. He's up second this inning and will probably bat, but he's been a little lucky the damage hasn't been more severe so far.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is set to be out until December, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed after Sunday's 3-1 win over Norwich.

Pogba has struggled for most of the season with an ankle injury, with the latest setback coming at the start of October meaning he has missed United's past five matches.

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And Solskjaer thinks he will be out for at least the next two, and possibly four, games as he recovers from the problem, but could be back in time to face Tottenham and Manchester City.

"I don't think we'll see him before December," Solskjaer said, after the victory at Carrow Road. "He'll be out for a while. He needs time to fully recover so I don't think he will be back before maybe Sheffield United after the international break [on Nov. 24] but probably it will be December before you can see him."

Solskjaer was vague about the exact nature of the injury, other than to confirm that it is Pogba's ankle.

"I'm not a doctor but there is an injury there that needs healing. There's no use talking about who's not going to be here for a long time because he's not going to come on the pitch and help us.

"Paul's been brilliant and he is the creative midfielder that we need but then it's up to the others to step up."

United are also currently without a number of other players, including Luke Shaw -- who has been missing since August with a hamstring problem -- Eric Bailly, Axel Tuanzebe, Nemanja Matic and Diogo Dalot.

Anthony Martial made his first league start since August against Norwich, scoring United's third goal after strikes from Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford.

Whatever the letter of David Warner's lifetime ban from leadership positions in Australian cricket, he was never going to be left out of the team's tactical thinking.

Apart from the fact it is nigh on impossible to picture Warner sitting quietly in the corner minding his own business while the national team's campaign for next year's T20 World Cup is constructed, he is one of the squad's most agile minds in the shortest format. After all, only one current Australian cricketer can boast of captaining a winning IPL team, and that is Warner with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016. His thoughts on Australia's build up are many.

To that end Warner has taken a central role in discussing the many and varied permutations for the team led by captain Aaron Finch and coach Justin Langer. As one of several members of the team to play all three formats consistently, he has ample opportunities to do so.

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The reality of the higgledy piggledy international schedule is such that planning for one format must often take place while playing another, meaning that Warner's rich source of experience and ideas has been useful to Australia's' T20 planners for quite some time before the squad assembled in Adelaide last week.

"It's massive for us all these games for us leading into the World Cup," Warner said after his first T20I hundred. "The thing we can take out of this is sticking to our game plans and we're going to be playing at all those venues. So you've got to work out where you're going to hit the ball, the boundaries, what gaps you're going to hit, what bowlers you're going to take on in the first six overs. Those are the things you got to think about when you're out there.

"Same with our bowlers, with how they structure. There's going to be a lot of off-pace into the wicket, and a lot of short balls into the wicket, and it's about us as batters work out and learning off our bowlers as well about how they're trying to bowl at the opposition because we're going to get that as well."

Among the most intriguing elements of the T20 scenario confronting Australia and the rest next year is that by its nature, the type of cricket required to succeed at home will contrast markedly to that of the IPL, even if it is the world's pre-eminent tournament in the format. Warner summed this up by noting how much more critical it was to maintain a high fitness level in Australia, where bigger grounds and slower outfields mean that strong running between the wickets, particularly in search of twos, is vital.

"As a batter, it's pretty simple. You have to have at the back of your mind a plan when you're going out there. For me, it's targeting straight, the sightscreen, not try and play too many cross-batted shots and being positive running between wickets," he said. "That's the element to our game here in Australia if you want to win the World Cup next year, you've got to run really hard between the wickets. We've got big boundaries here. It's not like in the IPL where if you don't want to run, you can stand and deliver. But in my game I have a strong emphasis on running between wickets and rotating the strike. I think that's very important."

The flip side of this need for fitness and running is how, given a good start, it is relatively simple in Australia to get into a rhythm on true pitches and hit with something approaching impunity, big boundaries or not. The ease with which the hosts entered "beast mode" against Sri Lanka's bowlers at Adelaide Oval, pummelling their way to the highest ever T20I score for Australia at home, was pointed out by Warner as an example of how a steady build with wickets in hand would generally work well.

"I think you saw it out there first-hand if you are 0 for 60 then you can post a big total without taking too many risks. You saw the ease with which Maxi came in and used the pace of the wicket. There're going to be very good wickets so as batters you don't need to over-hit the ball here in Australia."

At the same time, Warner acknowledged the balance he strikes each innings with Finch, who at a career strike rate of 156.58 has proven himself some 15 runs per 100 balls more effective at taking the bowlers on than his longtime opening partner. Not getting too caught up in catching up, in a manner of speaking, is vital to Warner's method.

"It's not a conscious effort. But if he gets three or four away, and I get only one ball at the other end, then I've only faced only a couple of balls," Warner said. "It's very hard to get rhythm. If I get the ball there that I can put away, I can obviously do that. But you've got to play that situation. If he's hit two or three boundaries and gets off strike, you've already won the over.

"There's no need for me to go hammer and tongs. I can just play the way I do and get him on strike and that's how it pans out. That's the natural game plan if I get out, he bats deep. If he gets out, I'll try and bat deep. That's how the top-order always thinks."

Of course, should the quick and wickets-in-hand start not eventuate, Warner had an apt descriptor for Steven Smith, who on Sunday spent most of his time shuffling down the batting order while bigger hitters took precedence.

"I call him the fixer. He can just sit there and do what he wants. If anything goes wrong then he comes in," Warner said. "Everyone's got their roles and he knows his role very well. It's a bit similar to Rooty [Joe Root] in the one-dayers for England. You've obviously got to have someone to come in and steer the ship."

Warner, it is clear, is not permitted to captain Australia again. But that edict does not preclude him from the ability to lead.

INDIANAPOLIS -- After the Denver Broncos' 15-13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, an angry Joe Flacco called into question the team's conservative approach down the stretch, including first-year offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello's play-calling given the Broncos had held the lead for most of the game.

Adam Vinatieri's 51-yard field goal with 22 seconds to play completed the Colts' comeback, as the Broncos suffered their third loss of the season decided in a game's final 30 seconds.

"Well, c'mon, I just look at it like we're now a 2-6 football team and we're like afraid to go for it in a two-minute drill, you know?'' said Flacco, who received medical treatment on his neck throughout the game. "Who cares if you give the ball back with a minute, 40 seconds left? They've obviously got the field goal anyway.''

Pushed on the Broncos' late-game offense, Flacco added: "Once again, we're a 2-6 football team and it just feels like we're kind of afraid to lose a game. It's third-and-5 at the end of a game, who cares if they have a timeout at the end or not? Getting in field goal range isn't that tough, you're just putting your defense in these bad situations and I just felt like what do we have to lose? Why can't we be aggressive in some of these situations? That's kind of how I feel a lot about the game today.''

The Broncos certainly had multiple opportunities to put away what would have been their third win of the season.

With 7:38 remaining, after a sack and a forced fumble by Derek Wolfe on Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett had given the ball to the Broncos at the Indianapolis 48-yard line, the Broncos had an ugly three-and-out that included pass plays on first and third downs. But then the Broncos' defense forced another punt and Denver got the ball at their own 38-yard line with 3:37 to play.

After two runs to move the ball to the Colts' 48, the Broncos gained just 5 yards on the next two plays as they faced a third-and-5 at the two-minute warning. The Broncos, in a three-wide set and Flacco in the shotgun, chose to run Phillip Lindsay into the middle of the line for no gain on third down.

They then punted the ball away, and seven plays later, Vinatieri kicked the game winner.

"We've got to find a way to score more points, we've got to be more aggressive at it, period, [because] our defense is doing its job ... we should have been able to get the 5 yards and run the clock out,'' Lindsay said. "We're asking [the defense] to do a lot, we got to do better. Like Flacco said, Joe is right, we've got to be more aggressive. When that's coming from our quarterback, that's saying something. Joe is our leader.''

Flacco said the Broncos should have gone more to wide receiver Courtland Sutton late in the game. Sutton drew several penalties on Colts cornerback Rock Ya-Sin (three for holding and twice for pass interference) and finished with 72 yards on three receptions.

Asked whether he had the power to question some of the calls, or if he had in between series, Flacco said: "Of course you talk on the sideline about what's happening, but there's only so much you can do. As players you've got to go out and execute what's given to you ...

"I felt like at some point we just got to start going up to [Sutton] and taking some shots. I kind of mentioned it at halftime. He's a really good wide receiver and you can't not take some shots with him. Even if you don't hit them ... good things happen.''

The Broncos have now scored 24 or fewer points in 17 consecutive games, the longest stretch in the league over that span and they have scored more than 16 points just twice this season - a 26-24 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 4 as well as a 20-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5.

Scangarello is in his first season as an NFL play-caller after serving as the San Francisco 49ers' quarterbacks coach the previous two years. He also worked with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan when the two were with the Atlanta Falcons.