Woods aims for seventh straight win at Buick Invitational
 
Jan. 24, 2007

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- When Tiger Woods makes his 2007 PGA TOUR FedExCup debut at the Buick Invitational in San Diego, he will be seeking his seventh consecutive TOUR victory dating back to last year's British Open.

A win at the Buick Invitational would not only extend his streak to seven (which would be the second-longest in TOUR history), it would also be his third in a row at the tournament and his fifth overall.

How has Tiger fared in his first start of the year?

TIGER WOODS' SEASON-OPENING STARTS
Year Tournament Finish
1996 Greater Milwaukee Open T60
1997 Mercedes Championships 1
1998 Mercedes Championships T2
1999 Mercedes Championships T5
2000 Mercedes Championships 1
2001 Mercedes Championships T8
2002 Mercedes Championships T10
2003 Buick Invitational 1
2004 Mercedes Championships T4
2005 Mercedes Championships T3
2006 Buick Invitational 1

What about his record at the Buick Invitational? It's just as impressive, maybe even more so.

TIGER WOODS AT THE BUICK INVITATIONAL
Year Finish Score To Par
1998 T3 71-66-68--205 -11
1999 1 68-71-62-65--266 -22
2000 T2 71-68-67-68--274 -14
2001 4 70-67-67-67--271 -17
2002 T5 66-77-69-66--278 -10
2003 1 70-66-68-68--272 -16
2004 T10 71-68-72-69--280 -8
2005 1 69-63-72-68--272 -16
2006 1 71-68-67-72--278 -10

Of course, when Tiger won six in a row over the course of late 1999 and early 2000, his streak came to an end at the Buick Invitational when Phil Mickelson topped both he and Shigeki Maruyama by four strokes.

It should be a very interesting week in San Diego with Woods, Mickelson and Vijay Singh headlining a field that includes 17 players who won on the PGA TOUR in 2006.

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