Instead, the recipient is actually the most ambitious and unspoiled member of his generation, that all-exempt legion bred on soft greens. To Woods, wealth seems utterly irrelevant. Anyone who saw him on the night that he won his first Masters knows that. When he finally went to bed, he did so in his green blazer, clutching his trophy. He played against the history books, which is harder.
Immortality is a lot tougher to play for than money.
Tiger's doing it. One of the hardest things to do in sport is to defend a single title, much less follow a season of three majors and seven victories in 15 tournaments. Mark McGwire chased his 70 home runs with 65, but now he looks like just another guy at the plate. But to Woods, it doesn't seem to be a problem. Jones had 13 majors by the age of 28.