Sunday, March 16, 2008

Dominance.

Some are calling this the most amazing run in sports history. On Sunday Tiger Woods continued to dominate the golfing world with his 64th victory, tying Ben Hogan at No. 3 on the tour's career list. His victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational was his 5th straight PGA victory and 7th straight victory worldwide. Tiger is now 4 for 4 in 2008.


Tiger Wood was challenged on Sunday by Bart Bryant. Bryant was sitting in the scoring trailer when Tiger nailed a 25 foot birdie put to win it. "I heard a big cheer, and I got up and left," Bryant said. "That's why he's Tiger Woods."


That's exactly why he is Tiger Woods. There have been five winning streaks of at least five tournaments in PGA Tour history and Tiger holds three of them. I will admit I do not watch much golf, but watching the final few holes of this one made me realize how special this was. Watching Tiger throw his hat to the ground in joy after sinking the winning put was a sight to see. I haven't seen him celebrate a victory like that in a while. You can tell how much his accomplishments mean to him.


Another note about Tiger's dominance: He has more career victories than Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh combined.


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