PGA Championship spotlight: Tiger Woods

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Each week during the 2009 season, PGATOUR.COM will spotlight one key player in the field. (Click here to see previous spotlights.) For this week's PGA Championship, it's four-time PGA winner Tiger Woods.

Consider this file to be your one-stop source for everything concerning Tiger this week, with links to Tiger-related content, notes, stats, video and other multimedia elements.

FRIDAY
Video: Tiger on top after 36 holes
Transcript: Download Tiger's interview

THURSDAY
Video: Tiger on his first-round 67
Transcript: Download Tiger's interview

Tiger's round-by-round results

Rd. Score Position Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys Others Scorecard 1 67 (5-under par) 1 0 5 13 0 0 Click to view scorecard 2 70 (2-under par) 1 0 5 10 3 0 Click to view scorecard Woods is looking for his third straight win, and his first two rounds have set the tone. A second-round 70 kept him at the top of the leaderboard going into the weekend. 3 71 (1-under par) 1 0 2 15 1 0 Click to view scorecard Woods ground out 15 pars on Saturday to remain in the lead for the third day in a row. Woods missed a makeable birdie putt on the final hole to par the hole and stay two shots ahead of the field.

About the art

New York City artist Steven Anthony Salerno created the original artwork for this week's PGATOUR.COM Player Spotlight on Tiger Woods. Salerno explains how he created the Tiger artwork: "Since I was creating an image of one of the most recognizable sports icons on the planet, especially when he is dressed in his Sunday black and red colors, it gave me the opportunity to push the envelope, allowing me to not even have to depict his face in any detail. All I had to show was a bit of his cap, arms, red shirt (the one he wore at Firestone on Sunday) and some of his black pants, and any golfing viewer would know it is of Tiger Woods. So I cropped in close on the painting to obtain the truncated composition that you see in the final art piece. And the fact that he had just won his 70th event was just too compelling of a number to not include as a graphic element within the image." To see a larger image of the Woods art and to learn more about the artist, click here.

Featured content

WRITERS' ROUNDTABLE. Is Tiger Woods' year a success without a major? Our panel of experts debate how Tiger's season will be defined if he doesn't score his 15th major title. Click here for story REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS. Tiger Woods' ability to improve course management every year is part of the reason he will own most of the all-time records by the time he's done, says Melanie Hauser. Click here for story BIG-TIME OLYMPIC SUPPORT. Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington each said on Tuesday that they would love to represent their countries if golf is added as an Olympic sport for 2016. Click here for story MAJOR MOMENTUM. Tiger Woods enters the week at Hazeltine on a tear through the TOUR, with two victories in two weeks heading into the season's final major. Click here for story VICTORY ROOM. Everything you ever wanted to know about Tiger's 70 (and counting) PGA TOUR victories. Click here for Victory Room IN BLACK AND WHITE. Jules Alexander has picked out 10 of his favorite photos from his book, "Tiger Woods In Black & White,"and provided PGATOUR.COM with exclusive commentary. Click here for gallery PLAYER PAGE. Want more Tiger? Check out his results, stats and more for this season and beyond. Click here for player page

Featured videos

WOODS STILL ON TOP. Tiger Woods shot a 2-under par 70 in the second round of the 2009 PGA Championship. Following his round, Woods answered questions from reporters. Click here to watch BREAKING DOWN HAZELTINE. Tiger Woods gives an exclusive tour of the key holes at Hazeltine National, the home of the 2009 PGA Championship. Click here to watch SHOT OF THE YEAR? Tiger Woods grabbed the lead on the 70th hole at Firestone South with one of the best approach shots of his career. Click here to watch TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION. The foundation is a safe place where kids in grades 5 through 12 can discover who they are, and what they want to be. Click here to watch JUST LIKE DAD. Tiger attributes his baseline putting style to his father. Click here to watch CHECK OUT THAT SWING. Bill Kratzert breaks down Tiger's new swing at the CA Championship, where he tied for ninth in his second start back from surgery. Click here to watch JUDGED BY HIS PEERS. Justin Leonard, Shaun Micheel and other PGA TOUR players talk about the era of Tiger Woods. Click here to watch

Inside Woods' five PGA TOUR wins in 2009

Event Margin Key shot More Arnold Palmer Invitational 1 shot 15-foot birdie putt on 72nd hole Wrap-up The Memorial 1 shot 7-iron to one foot on 72nd hole Wrap-up AT&T National 1 shot 20-foot birdie putt on 70th hole Wrap-up Buick Open 3 shots Chip-in eagle in Round 2 Wrap-up Bridgestone Invitational 4 shots 8-iron to one foot on 70th hole Wrap-up

Take Five

Five things you should know about Tiger Woods

Since turning professional in 1996, Woods has won 91 tournaments -- 70 of those victories on the PGA TOUR, including at least three wins in each of the four majors with the exception being the Masters and British Open, where he has four victories in each event, for a total of 14 Major wins. Since its launch in 1996, The Tiger Woods Foundation has touched more than 10 million youths through character development programs, scholarships, grants, junior golf teams, and the Tiger Woods Learning Center in an attempt to help young people reach their goals. He has more career major wins and career PGA TOUR wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on TOUR. Tiger's perfect day is to surf, ski, play golf and go spear-fishing, and his favorite movie is Caddyshack. Woods refers to his ethnic makeup as "Cablinasian" (a blended word he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian). To be exact, Woods is one-fourth black, one-fourth Thai, one-fourth Chinese, one-eighth white and one-eighth American Indian.