Tiger Woods wasted no time with his indoctrination to links golf. It was hardly subtle, showing up in 1995 as a 19-year-old amateur to Carnoustie, one of the hardest courses in the world.
The occasion was the Scottish Open, where Woods tied for 47th, shooting a final-round 78, the battering worth the lessons learned. A week later at St. Andrews, he played The Open (his first) on the Old Course, where he tied for 66th (along with Gary Player, who was then 59).
Woods would go on to win the Claret Jug three times, twice at St.