Greg Norman does not have any more guts at 50 than he did at 30. The Shark withdrew from the PGA Championship citing "muscle fatigue." Apparently, that's the new code for fear of embarrassing oneself.

Something tells me Norman saved himself from one humbling, uncomfortable first round. For Norman took some shots at Tiger Woods last week. Before he found out he would be paired with Tiger and Michael Campbell in the first round of the PGA.

Norman emphatically declared that Jack Nicklaus in his prime would dominate Tiger Woods in his prime. "Put the technology that we have nowadays in Nicklaus' hands 30 years ago, he'd eat (Tiger) for lunch,'' Norman told the New York Daily News.

This isn't to say Norman's an idiot. Imagining anyone "eating Tiger for lunch" sounds laugable to me, but I'm not one of those Michelle Wie message board posting zealots who rip on a golfer for daring to say something interesting that isn't kissing someone's butt.

But it's obvious how Tiger Woods would take it. The man does not like it when people question his legacy. Norman surely would have been in for two days of intense Tiger glares on every putt. The safe money would have been on Woods slapping the Shark for 10 strokes on the first day alone.

You don't mess with Tiger.

Of course, Norman suddenly does not have to worry about that. Mr. Choke himself sidelined himself with ... muscle fatigue! Yes, I know he played in four consecutive tournaments coming off back surgery and he had a neurosurgeon's note. And everyone in high school is really sick on Senior Skip Day too.

Please. This is called Tiger pain.

From Greg Norman, you expect anything else?

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