Like him or not, Tiger Woods is one of the biggest sporting legends of the modern era.
For a golf player, he’s attracted a lot of attention when it comes to his cards. Golf doesn’t get that much attention from card collectors, but the presence of such a star like Tiger Woods has turned some heads.
There haven’t been many annual and regular releases of golf cards over the years, so the majority of the cards we’ll cover here will be one-offs.
Many of these cards are produced by Upper Deck, who has a license with Tiger Woods for producing sports cards.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the best Tiger Woods rookie cards, and the rest of his cards as well.
Best Tiger Woods Rookie Cards
Now, the official rookie year for Tiger Woods in the PGA was 1996, but you won’t find many cards from that date.
Many of Tiger Woods rookie cards come from 2001.
1996 Sports Illustrated for Kids Tiger Woods #536
If there was a rookie card for Tiger Woods, then the Sports Illustrated card from 1996 would take all the credits…
The problem is that this card is often not seen as the true rookie card because it wasn’t released by one of the major card companies.
Instead, it was released by Sports Illustrated for Kids. This card was a part of a nine-card sheet that was typical for SI for kids. These cards contained some of the most famous sportspeople at the time, and they decided to include Tiger Woods in December of 1996.
It’s quite a rare find, this card.
In addition, it is often pestered by conditioning problems.
The card was included in a card sheet, which meant that cards had to be torn away from the sheet if you wanted to have an individual card.
This sometimes resulted in the tearing of cards, leading to many problems when it comes to the edges of the card. That’s why it’s incredibly hard to find cards like this with a high grade – and if you do find one, it will usually sell for high amounts.
Cards of this type with the best grades can cost several thousand dollars.
2001 Upper Deck Golf Tiger Woods Rookie Card #1
This is probably the most famous Tiger Woods rookie card of them all.
It is an iconic card released as a part of an Upper Deck golf set, which was one of the first-ever card sets to include golf cards. This was one of the first mainstream card sets after the early 1990s to include golfing stars.
After Tiger Woods signed a contract with Upper Deck in 2001, it became clear that Woods would become the face of the company.
After 2001, Upper Deck released many Tiger Woods cards, including this one – which was the first of a series of Tiger Woods cards created by Upper Deck.
Instantly, the card gathered a lot of interest. Card collectors and golf fans went crazy for this card, although the higher print run enabled most people to get their hands on their favorite Tiger Woods card.
With years though, these cards became rarer and rarer on onli