Tiger Blew Up the Competition

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Zach Johnson said it best, "The man is a freak," pausing a second and finishing with, "of nature.

Tiger Woods was who Zach was talking about after Tiger won both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup that he criticized. Tiger won the Tour Championship by 8 strokes (no, not a misprint) at 23 under par to win his 61st career victory, tied with Jack Nicklaus. Tiger won a $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup which he personally has no problem with. Tiger broke the tourney record by six shots and shot a 257, which matched the third-lowest score over 72 holes in tour history. And in his 3 starts in the FedEx Cup, he shot a combined 59 under par in 12 rounds.

Tiger before the start of the Tour Championship was on top of the FedEx Cup Standings and didn't budge. One of the biggest criticisms of the FedEx Cup was how the standings and points were dealt out to the players and it showed here today. Just like how Nascar for years tried to get the points to work and for years there was always a problem with them at the end of the season is how the FedEx Cup worked. Mark Calcavecchia and Zach Johnson tied for second with 15 under par in the tournament with the underdog Steve Stricker taking second overall in the FedEx standings.

Tiger Woods (PGA), Roger Federer (Tennis), and Alex Rodriguez (MLB) all are on top of their games and professions. Tiger still doesn't have a competitor that can beat him at any given day and Roger is trying to find ways to motivate himself he is so good. Alex is hated probably the most in all of baseball (behind Barry Bonds obviously) because of the salary he has and in where he plays (New York). Tiger has broken so many different records years before he should have and is not showing that he is going to slow down anytime soon.

For golf (PGA) to get more exciting and watched by more people in the world, Tiger Woods needs at least one player that can create a rivalry that people will want to watch every weekend. Phil Mickleson is too inconsistent for that to work. Yes, Phil beat Tiger while paired with him once and it was good for golf, but it has only happened once ever. Vijay Singh was supposed to be that one person at the beginning of the season but he has been a dud in many ways for golf.

Woods is dominating golf and seeing him shoot a 28 on the front nine after 5 birdies in a row never will get old. Seeing him make the fellow golfers look like high school kids will never get old for me either. Some people do not like Tiger mostly because he is so good.
Enjoy,
Ryan

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