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Tiger Woods Becomes Youngest Golfer Ever to Win Grand Slam

Aired July 23, 2000 - 8:00 p.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Two American athletes made it look easy as they won major championships on Sunday. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France by a wide margin, and Tiger Woods set more records on his way to the British Open championship. Tiger Woods first: burning up the St. Andrew's course, he is now the youngest Grand Slam winner in men's golf.

CNN's Jim Huber reports now on the man who seems to be taking over professional golf.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM HUBER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Someone, and probably right here in the land of subtle eloquence, once put it this way, go with the moment, go with the man. And in one of the grandest moments ever presented to any athlete, Tiger Woods went boldly, gracefully, historically here at St. Andrews on Sunday, winning the British Open at a record 19 under par.

TIGER WOODS, BRITISH OPEN WINNER: It means an inordinate amount. You know, people I don't think have the -- I guess the fondest idea of, you know, how, you know, special this is to me to win here at St. Andrews, because this is where the game -- it all started. And all the great champions, all the people have walked off that 18th hole.

HUBER: The victory, his sixth alone this season, completes his career Grand Slam; at 24, the youngest in history to win all four professional major championships, joining Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Gene Serezan (ph) and Ben Hogan as the only men ever to have accomplished that.

WOODS: I've always envisioned that I would have the Slam eventually. I knew I would have it. And to have at such a young age just -- it makes it even that much more special. But to beat some of the greatest champions this game has to offer and to play this great game of golf and to be able to win at this venue and to complete the Slam at this venue, that's what makes it so special.

ERNIE ELS, PRO GOLFER: He's a man for the big occasion. You know, he's won all four majors today, he's 24-years-old, and, you know, I guess when he looks back on his career one day he's not going to -- really going to care how far he won it by, but he got it, you know. But he's really rubbing our noses in it.

HUBER: The men who face him every week can only shake their heads in admiration.

PAUL AZINGER, PRO GOLFER: It's amazing, but I can't say I enjoy getting waxed every week, you know, like that. But what are you going to do, you know? The guy is just -- that's the way he's playing. Those are great scores he's shooting and you just have to say, wow, pretty impressive.

TOM WATSON, PRO GOLFER: I always said, yes, there will be somebody to dominate the game and Tiger has -- he has raised the bar to a level, as I said many times, over which he could -- only he could jump.

TOM LEHMAN, PRO GOLFER: You know, supposedly you can't do that this day and age, you know, but he's proved all those theories wrong.

HUBER: He has now in a space of a month won the U.S. Open by a record 15 shots and now the British by 8. One wonders what can be done, if anything, to slow this amazing juggernaut.

NICK FALDO, PRO GOLFER: If you want to go out and play now, you got to beat this guy. You have to either work physically, technically, mentally. You know, you better not -- you know, if you end up eating the donuts you better not be -- and if it's raining you better get -- still get out there. You know, the guys are going to have to work really hard and -- because if you're going to beat this guy, you have to have -- you have to be better than him. This is going to be a bit of a daunting charge for right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's just an absolute machine at the moment. I mean, I don't know what we're going to do. You know, we'll have to go to the drawing board again and maybe make the holes bigger for us and a little smaller for him, or something, I don't know.

WOODS: When you're a part of it, I don't think you can really understand exactly the significance of it. When you're out there as a player, and any player understands, when you're playing and you win a tournament, that's what you came here to do, is win. And -- but if you look back and you put all the pieces together, I guess all the tournament pictures, then you have a better understanding and better appreciation for what you have accomplished.

HUBER (on camera): Tiger now owns the low scoring record in the Masters, the U.S. and now the British Open, and is the defending champion next month at this year's last major, the PGA Championship. Just how dominant has he been in his career Grand Slam? He has won those four majors by a total of 36 shots.

At the British Open at St. Andrews, I'm Jim Huber.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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