Eurosport - Wed, 15 Aug 23:30:00 2007
Our man on the European Tour, Kenneth Ferrie, has had first hand experience of playing with Tiger Woods this year and labels the American the best of all-time after watching him land his 13th Major championship victory at the US PGA Championship on Sunday.
It's hard to argue that there has been anyone better in the history of the game. Jack Nicklaus won more Majors but it's harder to win them these days.
He's got 13 at the age of 32 and you could say he's a better player now than he was in 2000 when he dominated the sport.
That year he won the US Open at Pebble Beach by a record 15 strokes, took the Open by eight and claimed the PGA before going on to add the 2001 Masters. It may not have been precisely the Grand Slam but it was good enough.
Now he is just five behind Nicklaus and he's certain to beat that record. They say a golfer is at his peak in his mid to late thirties and that's a scary thought if he has not peaked yet.
There's no reason why Tiger can't win 25, 30 or even more. Nicklaus won the Masters at 46 so there's no limit to how high he can go as long as he stays fit, keeps motivated and keeps working hard.
I think he will because unlike some other sportsmen when he got to the top he continued to work just as hard. His dedication is unbelievable.
I played with him during a practice round at the US Open and you have to see him to believe him, watching him on the TV does not do him justice.
His fitness is incredible, he really is ripped. I don't think he's wearing smaller shirts, I think he has grown out of his existing ones, his shoulders, triceps and biceps are really big.
Not only he is the fittest and the strongest but the mental side of his game is amazing.
He has a perfect record of winning 13 out of 13 Majors when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. It seems when someone challenges him, he has the ability to turn up his game a notch.
The only other person in sport who I've seen who is capable of that is Michael Jordan.
When Chris Di Marco was chasing him in The Open at Hoylake last year, everytime he made a birdie, Tiger responded with one. It's almost as if he needs that challenge.
He has to be mentally strong to hit it where he does sometimes off the tee and still get around in par.
Only hitting four or five fairways in a round would destroy most players but not Tiger.
He is in the top five in every single category in the game - driving, putting, scrambles, greens in regulation. Quite simply he is a phenomenon.
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