Tiger Woods majors poll

Don't we all?

Ferguson is the ESPN of golf journalists -- all Tiger and Wie, all the time.

 

That, my friend, is precisely why Tiger is great. He gets birdie when others would get par. He saves par when others would bogey or double. He's simply an incredible golfer. Absolutely incredible. We don't get to see greatness like this too often. I'm choosing to soak it up and enjoy it while I can.

 

Nicklaus averaged finishing sixth in the majors from age 31 through 41, the decade Tiger will be entering as of the 2007 Masters.

So, yes, seven more majors should be a done deal.

 

If he keeps up his pace, Tiger will win 10 more majors by the time he's 40, which will put him at 22. He may win a few more after 40 — Jack was 46 when he won his last one at Augusta, and Tiger will be in much better physical condition in 2022 than Jack was in 1986.

 

you need to change this poll....

12-17
18-20
21-25
25 plus

i predicted 25 after tiger won his first major. i still believe in 25....

what's going to be interesting is when performance-ehnanching drugs enter golf. it's on the way.... people are not going to take this beating without doing something.

 

Are you saying Tiger will test positive for performance-enhancing drugs, JW?

Should we really test John Daly or Tim Herron? Cheeseburgers must be their enhancer!

 

By the way, Tiger will win 20 and then see what he wants to do next in life. And as for when he'll pass Jack, I'm not sure of the year, but I think it will be at a U.S. Open, just because.

 

no. i'm saying tiger's competitors will turn to PEDs....

and, for the life of me, i don't know why sports writers believe you can look at a guy built like daly or herron and assume they're not using PEDs... that's just ridiculously naive.

 

Actually, I just don't want to look at them at all.

 

I haven't seen a poll this one-sided here since Seinfeld rolled over The Simpsons.

;D

 

I think it will probably be 22-plus, but some of you need to calm down. Every time Tiger wins a major, people go completely overboard and basically declare this the end of competitive golf as we know it. People who should know better (say, Gary Van Sickle, for starters) are now predicting that Tiger will win five majors in a row, calling him a mortal lock to win at Augusta, Oakmont and Carnoustie.

Pu-leaze. 1-for-3 would be impressive, 2-of-3 would be amazing, and 3-for-3 would be just scary. If he wins at Oakmont, a Par 71 where the rough will be eight inches long, it will be incredible.

The man is the most talented, focused, and driven golfer this planet has ever seen, but the nature of golf is that, no matter now good you are, you can't be your ass-kicking best all the time. There is too much timing involved, and fractions of an inch and random luck play too much of a role for him to completely dominate every single time he tees it up. He'll probably thump Jack's records, but it's still not going to be the cakewalk people think.

The man I'm interested in seeing is the 46-year-old Tiger Woods. The guy with three kids who doesn't have the physical gifts he once did, the guy who can't win every third time he tees it up, but the guy who still manages to put it together one Sunday on the back nine at Augusta to make a late charge while the crowd goes absolutely bonkers. It's sort of uncomfortable to watch him now when he's so smug and dominant. It's hard to relate to. But it's going to be fun to watch him dig deep and summon that greatness when people don't expect it, when they think he's got nothing to play for because he's already got the records and golf is slowly easing him toward the exit.

I don't particularly like him personally, but I did enjoy watching one of his interview sessions on ESPN News this week after his third round. It was the perfect example of why he's so good. Some reporter tossed him a softball question, a silly question really, but it got a great answer, which means it was a good question in the end. She asked him, "After you missed the cut at the U.S. Open four months ago, could you ever have imagined yourself being in the position you are now, having won the British Open and now being on the verge of winning the PGA?"

"Yes," Woods said, quickly and deadpan.

Why, the reporter asked.

"Because when you enter tournaments, you should expect to win. I figured I was probably going to enter a few more tournaments after the U.S. Open."

It didn't strike me as arrogant. It just struck me as honest.

The biggest difference between Tiger and Jack is that Tiger would probably kill himself if he finished second 19 times in a major. Jack sort of let his focus wander and let other players pass him by late in his career, but just watching Mickelson be in position to win three majors in a row and even be considered Tiger's "rival" probably pissed Tiger off so bad, he doubled his workouts, his practice sessions, his preperation. I think history motivates him, sure, but probably not as much as putting that green jacket on Phil's back.