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So with another year of Tiger dominance, courses and tournament purses continue to expand. With the 2006 season all but in the books, what were the best events of 2006?
5. Tadd Fujikawa becomes the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Open. The 15 year old Hawaiian held his own at Winged Foot and put his name in the record books.
4. Phil Mickelson meltsdown at Winged Foot. After winning two consecutive majors (2005 PGA Championship and 2006 Masters), Mickelson was poised to begin the Lefty Era in golf. With Tiger cut, Mickelson faced several only a single obstacle; himself.
3. Tiger Woods wins Bridgestone Classic in dramatic fashion. Despite firing a short iron onto the roof of Firestone C.C. on Friday, Tiger was all game all weekend. Woods outlasted Stewart Cink after three playoff holes on a climatic Sunday finish in Akron, Ohio.
2. Troy Matteson shoots himself a TOUR Card. After entering the last weeks of the 2006 campaign in 145th and needing a big finish to earn his card again, Matteson was on. The Nationwide Tour grad. won the Frys.com Open, and then nearly won the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort.
1. Tiger wins the British Open...again. Tiger faced adversity dead in the eyes after losing his father to prostate cancer and being cut in the U.S. Open. Despite numerous obstacles, Tiger took the Claret Jug at Hoylake. Oh yeah, Tiger then decided to win the PGA Championship too.
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