Woods, Nicklaus top honorees at MGM

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001 | 10:30 a.m.

Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus made the ESPY awards a golf show.

Woods won a record four awards, giving him 11 career ESPYs, and Nicklaus received a lifetime achievement award from the ESPN television network Monday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Woods won male athlete of the year, pro golfer of the year, championship performance of the year and come-from-behind performance of the year as he capped his 2000 season by breaking the one-year record of three awards he shared with Michael Jordan. Woods now has 11 career ESPYs, surpassing Jordan's 10.

"It was a very special moment, one I will always remember," Woods said of his victory at Pebble Beach, where he was seven shots down with seven holes to go. "I guess I like Pebble Beach."

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