On October 9 in golf history — 2005: Tiger Woods wins American Express at Harding Park, plus 4 more moments from 1970–2022.
Annika Sorenstam, the most dominant women's golfer of her era with 72 LPGA Tour wins and 10 major championships, was born on this day in Sweden.
Around her birthday in the early 2000s, Annika Sorenstam was rewriting the LPGA record books, including a famous appearance against the men at the 2003 Colonial.
Tiger Woods defeated John Daly on the second playoff hole to win the WGC-American Express Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco, his tenth World Golf Championship title.
Tiger WoodsJohn Daly came within a short putt of beating Tiger Woods in the 2005 WGC-American Express playoff at Harding Park, missing from close range on the second extra hole.
John DalySouth Korea's Tom Kim won the Shriners Children's Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for his second PGA Tour title at age 20.