Tiger Woods never posted any of Harry Vardon's feats on his bedroom door. His career has always been about Jack Nicklaus and that benchmark of 18 professional majors, and Woods has made incredible strides in his first decade on the PGA Tour. He captured the career Grand Slam at age 24, two years sooner than Nicklaus. He won back-to-back titles at the Masters, and one-third of his majors have come from Augusta National, just like Jack, reports AP.
But along with a closet full of green jackets, Woods is starting to assemble quite a collection of claret jugs.
He heads to Carnoustie for the 136th British Open with a chance to become the first player since Peter Thomson in 1954-56 to win golf's oldest championship three straight times. If he's successful, that would give him as many jugs as jackets.
Nicklaus and Vardon share the record for most titles (6) in a single major. For all the fixation over Woods and Augusta National, his presence at the British Open has become equally daunting.
Could he reach Vardon's record at the British Open before Nicklaus' mark at the Masters?
Is it possible his dominance lies more on the linksland than amid the azaleas?
Woods starting to collect claret jugs
FE Team | Published: July 16, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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