35 days until golf: Tiger's dominant major performances in 2000

The PGA Tour plans to restart its season June 11 after halting due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each day until then, we'll highlight key moments, people, or facts relating to where we are in the countdown.

Everyone is well aware of Tiger Woods' major-championship run in 2000. He finished fifth at the Masters, then went on to win the first three legs of what would become the "Tiger Slam."

But one number stands out, and it emphasizes his dominance in 2000: 35.

That's the cumulative amount of strokes he beat the next closest competitor by in those majors. His four-tournament score relative to par was 53-under, 35 strokes better than Ernie Els' total for the year.

Woods' 15-shot win over Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez at the 2000 U.S. Open held at Pebble Beach remains the largest margin of victory in major-championship history. He broke the previous mark of 13 that Old Tom Morris set at the 1862 Open Championship.

Then at The Open, Tiger became the youngest player to claim all four major championships, securing the career grand slam with his eight-stroke triumph at the Old Course. He broke Jack Nicklaus' previous record by two years while also setting the mark for the lowest score relative to par in a major at 19-under, which stood for 15 years.

However, despite all the records established in the previous two events, Tiger's most-iconic moment from 2000 occurred in a playoff versus Bob May at the PGA Championship.

On the first hole during the three-hole playoff, Tiger stood over a 30-footer for birdie. After contact, he tracked the ball during its approach to the hole, began chasing it, and pointed as it dropped into the cup for birdie.

Woods held off May over the final two playoff holes at Valhalla to earn his third straight major championship title.

Tiger won 10 events worldwide in 2000, and many consider that season the best of the now 15-time major winner's career.