Click here to listen. Records are set “in the books” with the express consequence of beating them. This weekend, Tiger Woods implanted his name firmly among the greatest golfers of all time, tying Arnold Palmer in number of career victories achieved. Next golf legend to overcome? Ben Hogan, whose record is at 64 wins. That too will be achieved as Tiger Woods is most certainly focused decisively on his hero, Jack Nicklaus, who stands at 73 victories. Nicklaus was five years older than Woods when he won his 62nd tournament, finishing his winning streak at 46 years of age. Woods should be on ...

Click here to listen. John Daly was recently one of the casualties who fell prey to a new PGA Tour edict which punishes golfers on the cut line if there are too many lurking there. His comment about his fate at the Sony Open? “It’s a stupid rule.” Whereas this new regulation is probably an effort to speed up play, keeping the event within television programming limits, I wonder if it will detract from the excitement of the game? Consider the following conjecture. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are both getting off to a rough start at the Buick Invitational this week ...

Click here to listen. When PGA Tour golfers mention their season ambitions it’s usually hypothetical, mixing dreams with unspoken fears, hedging their bets with terms like “goals", “desires” and the “significant improvements” made over the previous year. Not Tiger Woods. Simply put, a single exclamation on his website is all that is needed to jump on the Grand Slam bandwagon. “I think it’s easily within reason,” said the world’s number-one, confident of his abilities. Taking the lead from Woods is Ernie Els who isn’t as positive but remains hopeful. Although Els has been a non-event in the U.S. for several years (he claims ...

Click here to listen. While Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson quietly enjoy their respective breaks from the PGA Tour, Daniel Chopra and Steve Stricker shouted out to the golf world that they are contenders for this year’s FedEx Cup. Dangling a new Mercedes-Benz like a carrot on the end of a stick was one good reason that Stricker stroked only eight putts in the final eight holes of the Championship but I’ll bet that Stricker’s long-term goals include dueling it out with the big names and a major win. Chopra’s use of Playstation to get to know the Plantation Course might have helped ...