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How did Tiger Woods become the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam?

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Tiger Woods follows through on his golf swing after teeing off, standing in tall grass with spectators watching in the background at St Andrews Golf Links. — golf American golfer Tiger Woods competing at the British Open (Open Championship) at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2005.

Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam of the four modern men’s major championships—the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship—by winning the British Open on July 23, 2000.1

He achieved this milestone at age 24, finishing the tournament with a record-setting 19 strokes under par and winning by a margin of 8 strokes. This victory made him the fifth player in history to accomplish the career Grand Slam. Following this achievement, Woods went on to win the 2001 Masters, becoming the first player to hold all four major titles consecutively, a feat famously dubbed the "Tiger Slam."12