This is a breakdown — by caddie — of Tiger Woods’s 82 career PGA Tour victories
By T.J. Auclair · November 2, 2019
A Tiger Woods victory in the 2019 ZOZO Championship — the inaugural PGA Tour event in Japan — proved historic. With the victory, Woods notched his 82nd career PGA Tour win, tying him for first all time with the legendary Sam Snead.
The latest win — unsurprisingly — came with caddie Joe LaCava on the bag.
Ask most people how many different caddies he has won a PGA Tour event with and you’re likely to hear: “Three — Mike ‘Fluff’ Cowan, Steve Williams and LaCava.”
A logical guess, but that answer would actually be wrong.
In his 82 career wins, Woods has actually used the services of four different caddies.
Along with the household names we’ve already listed, which account for 81 wins combined, Woods won the 1999 Buick Invitational with longtime friend and occasional fill-in caddie, Bryon Bell.
Here is a chronological look at — per caddie — of Tiger’s 82 career PGA Tour wins. Major championships are in bold.
Caddie: Mike “Fluff” Cowan
Time spent with Tiger: August 1996-February 1999
No. of PGA Tour wins: 7
No. of major wins: 1
- 1996 Las Vegas Invitational
- 1996 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
- 1997 Mercedes Championship
- 1997 Masters
- 1997 GTE Byron Nelson Classic
- 1997 Motorola Western Open
- 1998 BellSouth Classic
Caddie: Bryon Bell
Time spent with Tiger: Occasional fill-in caddie/longtime friend of Woods
No. of PGA Tour wins: 1
No. of major wins: 0
- 1999 Buick Invitational
Caddie: Steve Williams
Time spent with Tiger: March 1999-July 2011
No. of PGA Tour wins: 63
No. of major wins: 13
- 1999 Memorial Tournament
- 1999 Motorola Western Open
- 1999 PGA Championship
- 1999 NEC Invitational
- 1999 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney
- 1999 Tour Championship
- 1999 American Express Championship
- 2000 Mercedes Championship
- 2000 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- 2000 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2000 Memorial Tournament
- 2000 U.S. Open
- 2000 Open Championship
- 2000 PGA Championship
- 2000 NEC Invitational
- 2000 Bell Canadian Open
- 2011 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2001 Players Championship
- 2001 Masters
- 2001 Memorial Tournament
- 2001 NEC Invitational
- 2002 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2002 Masters
- 2002 U.S. Open
- 2002 Buick Open
- 2002 American Express Championship
- 2003 Buick Invitational
- 2003 Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2003 Bay Hill Invitational
- 2003 100th Western Open
- 2003 American Express Championship
- 2004 Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2005 Buick Invitational
- 2005 Ford Championship at Doral
- 2005 Masters
- 2005 Open Championship
- 2005 NEC Invitational
- 2005 American Express Championship
- 2006 Buick Invitational
- 2006 Ford Championship at Doral
- 2006 Open Championship
- 2006 Buick Open
- 2006 PGA Championship
- 2006 Bridgestone Invitational
- 2006 Deutsche Bank Championship
- 2006 American Express Championship
- 2007 Buick Invitational
- 2007 CA Championship
- 2007 Wachovia Championship
- 2007 Bridgestone Invitational
- 2007 PGA Championship
- 2007 BMW Championship
- 2007 Tour Championship
- 2008 Buick Invitational
- 2008 Accenture Match Play Championship
- 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2008 U.S. Open
- 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2009 Memorial Tournament
- 2009 AT&T National
- 2009 Buick Open
- 2009 Bridgestone Invitational
- 2009 BMW Championship
Caddie: Joe LaCava
Time spent with Tiger: September 2011-present
No. of PGA Tour wins: 11
No. of major wins: 1
- 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2012 Memorial Tournament
- 2012 AT&T National
- 2013 Farmers Insurance Open
- 2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship
- 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2013 Players Championship
- 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- 2018 Tour Championship
- 2019 Masters
- 2020 ZOZO Championship
I was at the final round for the ‘99 Buick. Byron Bell (friend from high) school) I believed was going to school at UCSD at the time and Tiger put him on the bag so any earnings would help pay for school.