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What else was happening in sport the last time Tiger Woods wasn't in the top 100

Tiger Woods playing in Las Vegas in his first week ranked inside the world's top 100
Image: Tiger Woods playing in Las Vegas in his first week ranked inside the world's top 100

The last official date that Tiger Woods did not appear in the world's top 100 was the September 29, 1996. Here, we take a look back at the state of sport in that week ...

Tiger Woods first broke into the world's top 100 on September 30, 1996 - the same day that Arsenal announced the appointment of Arsene Wenger as their new manager. He stayed in the top 100 for 6,749 days.

Sheffield United claimed a 2-0 victory over Manchester City in Football League Division One. Wigan, Fulham, Swansea and Brighton were among the teams in the fourth tier of English football.

Leicestershire beat Middlesex by an innings and 74 runs to clinch their first County Championship title in 21 years. Graham Gooch finished third in the domestic batting averages for the season.

Jacques Villeneuve won the Portuguese Grand Prix ahead of Williams team-mate Damon Hill to extend the Formula One title battle to the last race of the season, although Hill would seal the World Championship with victory in Japan.

Pete Sampras beat Hendrik Dreekmann to win the ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors title in Basel, while Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport led the USA to Federation Cup success on the same weekend.

Per-Ulrik Johansson snatched a one-shot victory over Constantino Rocca in the Smurfit European Open at the K-Club.

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Current women's world No 1 Lydia Ko was seven months away from being born.

And the men's world No 1 in September 1996? Greg Norman.

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