My vote goes for Tiger Woods at the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach, IMO this is when the legend of Tiger really grew and he totally demoralized the competition. Erine Els's interview during the tournament was very telling, he basically said there is nothing any of us can do, game over, we can't compete with this guy when he has his A game. Considering the course, the set up the fact it was the US Open to me says this is the most dominating performance in the history of the game, he beat 2nd place by 15 shots and is still the only person in US Open History to shoot double digits under par.

Tiger Woods $800,000 65-69-71-67--272
Miguel Angel Jimenez $391,150 66-74-76-71--287
Ernie Els $391,150 74-73-68-72--287
John Huston $212,779 67-75-76-70--288
Lee Westwood $162,526 71-71-76-71--289
Padraig Harrington $162,526 73-71-72-73--289
Nick Faldo $137,203 69-74-76-71--290
Loren Roberts $112,766 68-78-73-72--291
David Duval $112,766 75-71-74-71--291
Stewart Cink $112,766 77-72-72-70--291
Vijay Singh $112,766 70-73-80-68--291

I'd agree with that.

A special mention to Greg Norman for his TPC performance in 1994. But for a blocked 6 iron on the 13th on Sunday he'd have lapped the field and managed to go round a difficult course for four days running without a bogey.

Agreed 100% Total Domination.
There have been many great performances but not much compares to this.

Anyone going to disagree?

Ill throw a vote out there for Ben hogan in the US open at Merion in 1950. about a year and a half before that tournament they said he'd never walk again, and the guy did nothing but win the US Open in a playoff the very next year.

Tiger's performance was much more dominating, but Hogan's was a sheer act of will, and a stirring reminder of how truly great Mr. Hogan was.

Ok, I'll nominate Ben Hogan's performance in the 1950 L.A. Open at Riviera. His first tournament back from the accident and he was the leader in the clubhouse after 72 holes. Sam Snead was the spoiler and made a couple of late birdies to tie, then Snead won the rain-delayed playoff. There's no telling what amount of work and pain was involved to get to the point where he was competitive again, and this performance proved to himself and the tour that he was back.

2000 Open at Pebble no question about it to me at least. How do you win the US Open by 15 shots? Totally unbelievable!

Greatest Performance for entire tournament. OK you did not say most dominating performance. Just want to get that clear.

How about Nicklaus at the '86 Masters. 46 years old and winning a major. Pretty good.

Francis Ouimet at the 1913 US Open

Johnny Miller's 63 at Oakmont in 1973. He played a round without his yardage book and had to contend with Arnie's Army at every hole. He won the tournament.

Tiger 1997 Masters.....First golf tournament i cal recall watching for 4 straight days. I skipped school and went to a friends house to watch that final round. WOW....pretty much a dream tournament. To not have you A game for the first 9 holes and then figure it out and win going away is remarkable.

2000 US Open is also up there- i agree with that!

toss up between 97 masters and the us open at pebble

IMO after the 2000 US Open I might give #2 to the 2000 British Open, I know Duval hung around for awhile but he really never had a chance. I also rank the 97 Masters pretty high, but something about the 2000 season that makes me think it was the best golf ever played.

In the non-major category, I know Miller once won in the desert when he was either low score or tied for the low score in each of the four days. I don't know if anyone else has ever done that. Nobody beat him even once in four days.

1987 Open Championship Nick Faldo fires 18 straight pars in the final round to win by one. Winning your first major without making a bogey in the final round is amazing.

Maybe not one of the greatest but Tiger Woods Open Championship in '06, Royal Liverpool was a doozy. It was inspired golfing and course management and a stirring emotional finale, and full of amazing ballstriking, a holed-out 4-iron, some exquisite up and downs and of course the intriguing driverless strategy and all those wonderful stinging 2-irons off the tee...it certainly stands out as a great tournament performance. It is truly a Golf Channel Classic.

You have school on Sundays?

Well....he could have skipped class on thrusday and friday the first two rounds, and he could have skipped Sunday School.

TOURNAMENT...not ROUND

Anyway...it's not even close. 2000 US Open

Certainly not me. I was astounded by it when it happened. So was my Dad. He was a Tiger fan from that time on for the rest of his life. RIP, Dad.

How about Tommy Armour III's record-setting 254 (-26) in the 2003 Valero Texas Open?

I remember watching that and they put up a stat in the middle of Sunday's round that TAIII hadn't missed a put inside of 10 feet all week (he was something like 51 for 51) - then he promptly missed 2. Unbelievable putting performance but Tiger's US Open at Pebble has to be the most impressive ever IMO.

Isn't it a day ahead in the Far East? Our Sunday is their Monday


Anyhoo,

Payne Stewart's Victory at Pinehurst
Playoff Between Ernie Els and Tiger at the Sony.

U pick em

You're kidding, right?

Valero Texas Open <<< U.S. Open

It would be pretty boring if everybody agreed it was the 2000 U.S. Open.

Here's one.....

The 1964 US Open when Ken Venturi just about killed himself walking the second 18 holes on Sunday in 100+ heat, AFTER doctors told him to withdraw. (Back then, the final day of the US Open was 36 holes.)

Oh yeah, he won!

TAIII is an excellent player. I'm not slagging him at all. Just wondering how fast those greens were that week. And what the rough looked like. The phrases "Any given Sunday...", "Every dog has his day...", and "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile..." could all apply here. No sarcasm here, and no disrespect meant. Anyone on the Tour is capable of shooting lights out for four rounds when the planets align the right way for them.

You could make a case for it; no argument there. Did Tiger or Phil or Vijay tee it up at Valero that week?

I know tournament but he played one round without his yardage book and notes. Amazing. He was also harassed by Arnie's Army.

The 72 hole scoring record, wherever is was set, is impressive exactly BECAUSE of the fact that "anyone on the Tour" is capable of terrific play.

This is true, but there is a lot of difference in doing it on a U.S. Open course & setup and setting it on a relatively easy track.

According to Dan Jenkins, Frank Lickliter II's two successive 62's in Q-School were the best two rounds of golf in history. For some reason, my sarcasm detector pinged wildly when I read that...

EDIT: Here's a link to the article, incase you hadn't seen it: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2008/04/jenkins