Tiger Woods made 142 consecutive PGA Tour cuts from 1998 to 2005, setting the tour’s record for consecutive cuts made. The streak began at the 1998 Buick Invitational and ended at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship, where Woods missed the cut by one stroke.
Woods’s run lasted more than seven years and included the period when he became the dominant player in professional golf. He surpassed Byron Nelson’s previous record of 113 consecutive cuts at the 2003 Tour Championship. Jack Nicklaus’s comparable streak was 105 cuts, achieved from 1970 to 1976.
A cut normally takes place after 36 holes, with players meeting a score-based qualification continuing into the weekend. The number 142 refers to tournaments in which Woods made the cut, not 142 rounds or 142 consecutive weeks. Withdrawals and events without a traditional cut can also complicate comparisons across eras.
The streak is sometimes confused with Woods’s separate record of 39 consecutive cuts in major championships. That major-championship run covered a different span and is counted independently from his overall PGA Tour record.