Tiger Woods – Wow

Putt. Tap. Win. New day, same story. Tiger Woods won his 12th major championship yesterday in an easy victory over the rest of the field, winning by 5 shots over second place Shaun Micheel…but really, there was no competition at all. Starting the round at 14-under, tied for first with a Northwestern Alum (yeah baby! NU represent) Luke Donald, Tiger made a birdie on the first while taking the outright lead and didn’t look back after that. On a course that was absolutely punked by the field this weekend (28 players broke par! 28!), Tiger came out on top…again. Mr. Woods is now an astounding 12-0 when he goes into the final round of a major with the lead, a number that has to weigh down like a elephant on the minds of the other golfers…12-0. Sick.

Geoff Ogilvy was quoted as saying “someone is going to beat him one day…It would be more special to win the tournament if he would be leading going into the last round and you beat him. That would be a pretty good feather in your cap.” Well, right now the feather isn’t in the cap…more like in something else…and I don’t think it will see the light any time soon either. The fire within Tiger burns even stronger than before, and this was his way of telling the world “Baby, I’m just getting started.” He is now in second place with regards to Major victories, six behind The Golden Bear. With Jack now in his sights, I am taking predictions on when he will break the record. I am going to be bullish and say he does it in 2011 at the British Open…that gives him four seasons, and given his current form he should win at least two a year, maybe one in an off year, and give himself some time to have a baby Tiger…shouldn’t be a problem…

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Taps

P.S. For those keeping score at home, since I first wrote about Tiger he is 3-0…not bad…

P.P.S. As this is the last major of the year, I don’t think I will be writing about Tiger for a while…however, I hope I have piqued your interest in the sport a little. And for those of you who are wondering about what golf would be like without Tiger, check out this article by Jason Sobel on ESPN…hilarious.