WHEN Tiger Woods won the US Masters by a record 12 shots in 1997 in his first full season as a professional, it was a foretaste of what would become an unparalleled period of dominance in the Majors.

It may have taken the American two more years to triumph in another big-four tournament – the US PGA Championship at Medinah in 1999 – but from the moment he donned the green jacket at Augusta, you knew there would be more to come.

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