Tiger Woods turned professional in September of 1996. Competing in the final five regular PGA TOUR tournaments of the year, he finished 5th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, and 1st, placing him among the top 30 money-winners for the year and earning him the title of PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year. In 1997, Tiger went on to win four PGA TOUR tournaments, including the Masters which he won by a record 12 strokes. After an up-and-down 1998 season, he would embark on a period of dominance that had not been seen in professional golf for several decades. Over the next five years, he would win 32 PGA TOUR events and spend 264 consecutive weeks as the world's top-ranked golfer. In 2005, at the age of 29, he became only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win all four majors more than once.