Tiger Woods, Stuck on 14: How His Major Win Window Is Closing

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Published: September 18, 2012

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It all started on his bedroom wall.  We now know it as the List.

We know that Tiger posted the major championship mark set by Jack Nicklaus somewhere on his bedroom wall, maybe near the mirror or the closet and it has smacked him in the face every waking day.

This year, many pundit's felt he would win at least one major, if not two.  

As the sun faded at Kiawah, so did his chances for at least seven more months. But, looking at his year, the 2012 campaign was hardly a disappointment for the Woods' camp.  He won Arnold's Tournament, Jack's Tournament and his own tournament (AT&T).  But, at this point in his career, does he measure his success by winning at the Memorial, or only by taking a step on the ladder to the host of the Memorial?

He is four rungs shy, and his body, which was once like a Navy Seals' (or at least his workout regimen was once that of a Navy Seals'), is now breaking down.

At the age of 36, Woods has gone four years (2008, the duel with Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines) without a major.  And, he's chasing a reason to put the improvement in his game into perspective.  

After he won the AT&T event at Congressional, the win put him at 74 PGA Tour wins for his career.  This staggering sum put him shy of just one player—Sam Snead.  Woods waxed eloquently about Snead at the Greenbrier Classic and his new position as runner-up to Slammin' Sammy.  

The notion that Woods is chasing Snead's mark would be out of character for Woods.  Sam Snead is not the rabbit on the dog track. Wood's does not covet Snead's mark.  

The Nicklaus barometer, the number 18—as in majors, not holes, is the real rabbit. 



The window is closing.  Why?

Have you peaked inside a gym at a recent PGA Tour stop?  Have you looked on the range at any PGA Tour event to find the swi...
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