Only six golfers have ever done it. It’s only happened 11 times at all on the PGA Tour. Tiger Woods has done it six of those times. On two of those occasions, Woods won the same tournament four years in a row.
Three in a row, however, hasn’t happened in 12 years, not since the 2011 John Deere Classic.
The list of PGA Tour golfers who have won the same tournament three consecutive seasons has some big names on it, for sure. Woods, as mentioned. Jack Nicklaus was the first to do it. Many of the game’s greats never pulled off this feat, though.
Check out the list of names and tournaments below. Source: pgatour.com.
Steve Stricker reacts after making a birdie putt on the 18th green to win the 2011 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. (Photo: Associated Press)
Steve Stricker won the John Deere Classic in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He’s the last PGA Tour golfer to win the same event three years in a row.
Tiger Woods poses with his winner’s trophy and children from the Tiger Woods Learning Center after his eight-shot victory in the 2008 Buick Invitational in San Diego. (Photo: Denis Poroy/Associated Press)
Tiger Woods won the Buick Invitational four times in a row: 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Woods didn’t get a chance to five-peat because he missed the 2009 tournament recovering from knee surgery.
Tiger Woods plays his tee shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
From 2005 to 2007, Tiger Woods won the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Tiger Woods hits his third shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2007 WGC-CA Championship at Doral. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Tiger Woods dominated the WGC’s and won the World Golf Championships-CA Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Stuart Appleby celebrates after winning the 2006 Mercedes Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii. (Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)
Stuart Appleby won three straight at the Mercedes Championship in Hawaii in 2004, 2005 and 2006, becoming the first player in five decades to capture the winners-only gathering three consecutive years.
Arnold Palmer presents the Bay Hill Trophy to Tiger Woods at the 2002 Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando. (Photo: Phelan Ebenhack/Associated Press)
Another event that Tiger Woods won four straight times was the Bay Hill Invitational – now called the Arnold Palmer Invitational – doing so in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Woods famously has eight victories in all at Bay Hill but in 2004, in his bid to win this tournament for a fifth time in a row, Woods tied for 46th. In fact, the 2004 Bay Hill marked the first time in a PGA Tour event that Woods shot over par three days in a row.
Tiger Woods celebrates in the darkness after winning the 2000 NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Tony Dejak/Associated Press)
Tiger Woods won 18 WGC events in all, including three in a row – 1999, 2000, 2001 – at the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club, one of Tiger’s biggest hunting grounds.
Tiger Woods receives the championship trophy from Jack Nicklaus at the 2001 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. (Photo: Brian Spurock/USA TODAY Sports)
Tiger Woods won three in a row at Jack’s Place, Muirfield Village from 1999 to 2001 at the Memorial Tournament.
Byron Nelson talks with Tom Watson before the 1979 U.S. Open at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo: Associated Press))
In 1980, Tom Watson became the third PGA Tour golfer to win the same tournament three years in a row at Byron Nelson Golf Classic.
(Photo: Associated Press)
Johnny Miller won the Tucson Open three years in a row: 1974, 1975, 1976. The tournament was called the Dean Martin Tucson Open the first two years and then it was the NBC Tucson Open. He won the event a fourth time in 1981 when it had yet another name, the Joe Garagiola Tucson Open.
Jack Nicklaus after winning the 1973 Walt Disney World Open Invitational. (Photo: Disney World)
On many of the lists of firsts on the PGA Tour, Jack Nicklaus was the first to win the same event three years in a row, claiming the Walt Disney World Golf Classic in 1971, 1972 and 1973.