Right now, Tiger doesn't have that. He has, instead, golf's version of haggis, the Scottish dish that consists of ground-up, unspeakable animal parts. Among his competitors in their prime today, Tiger has already eclipsed the two majors won by Ernie Els. Nick Faldo has six majors, and Nick Price has two to his name, but both those men are 43 years old and not likely to take up the chase. Which makes you wonder if Tiger's biggest challenge will be to battle the history books or sheer boredom over the next couple of decades.
Every famous hero needs a villain, just as each great champion needs a worthy challenger.
But for the second straight major this year, the Saturday round that was supposed to get others into place to make a run at Woods instead saw them scrambling for their now familiar place. This was a day when Tiger, by his own admission, was not even tempted to roar. He played conservatively and smartly and just waited for the others to break down. Sixteen under par is the kind of weekend golfers have been dreaming about at St. Andrews since the Old Course was middle-aged. Yet this was an afternoon when Woods displayed his humanity, finally ending a string of 63 holes without a bogey at a major when he three-putted at No. 2.