How the Tiger Woods career timeline works

Each card captures a moment in Tiger Woods' career, from his amateur titles and pro debut through majors, injuries and comebacks. A descriptive line under each card adds a hint. You're sorting the moments by year. One starts on the timeline with its year showing. You place the rest one by one, picking a gap each time. Right answers reveal the year; wrong ones still slide the moment into place and cost one of three lives.

Some seasons are packed, with several cards sharing a single year, so the hint lines matter. Majors are the main landmarks, but there are a lot of them, and the venue or rival named in the hint is often what separates two that look alike. Setbacks and returns are the trap: his career has more than one comeback, and it's easy to put the wrong one first.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 27 of the 27 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Won a third straight U.S. Amateur title Completed an unmatched run of junior and amateur dominance before turning pro
Turned professional Announced his arrival with the words 'Hello, world'
Won the Las Vegas Invitational for a first PGA Tour title Captured a first Tour victory in only his fifth start as a pro
Won the Masters by a record twelve shots at Augusta Became the youngest Masters champion with a record-shattering runaway
Rose to world No. 1 for the first time Reached the top of the world ranking faster than anyone before him
Won the PGA Championship at Medinah over Sergio Garcia Held off a young Spaniard's charge for a second major
Won the U.S. Open by fifteen at Pebble Beach Lapped the field by a record margin along the California coast
Won the Open Championship at St Andrews Completed the career Grand Slam on the Old Course
Won a playoff over Bob May at the PGA at Valhalla Prevailed in a thrilling three-hole shootout for a third straight major
Completed the Tiger Slam with a Masters win at Augusta Held all four professional major titles at once
Won a second Masters holding off Retief Goosen Slipped on a second green jacket at Augusta
Won the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black Conquered a brutal public course for a second leg of the year
Won the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Wept on the final green months after his father's death
Won the PGA Championship at Medinah again Returned to a favorite course for another Wanamaker Trophy
Won the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Battled brutal heat for another major title
Won the U.S. Open playoff on a broken leg at Torrey Pines Beat Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole playoff while badly injured
Underwent season-ending knee surgery Shut down his season to repair a torn knee ligament
Weathered a personal scandal after a late-night car crash A crash outside his home triggered a public unraveling
Returned to competition at the Masters Came back to the game amid intense scrutiny at Augusta
Reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking Climbed back to the top after years of struggle
Underwent the first of several back surgeries Began a long ordeal with a debilitating back injury
Was arrested for a DUI in Florida A roadside arrest revealed the toll of medications and pain
Won the Tour Championship at East Lake to end a drought Won on Tour for the first time in more than five years
Won a fifth Masters in an emotional comeback at Augusta Completed one of sport's great comebacks in a roaring finish
Tied the PGA Tour wins record at the Zozo Championship Matched Sam Snead's all-time Tour victory total in Japan
Survived a single-car rollover crash in Los Angeles A serious highway crash left his leg badly shattered
Made the cut on a return at the Masters Walked Augusta again on a surgically repaired leg