Tiger Woods grew up wanting to win everything. The kid who taped a list of Jack Nicklaus' achievements to his bedroom wall and beat him to every one so far is now 25. Golf's Mozart is running out of challenges. He's already crammed a career's worth of winning into a half-dozen years on tour. He's cleared the horizon of rivals.
History is the last one standing.
Counting Sunday's Masters, Woods owns six majors, as many as Lee Trevino and Nick Faldo. Ten names remain ahead of his on the list of major winners, topped by Nicklaus and the 18 titles beside his name. The earliest Woods could catch Nicklaus, assuming he wins every major staged between now and then, is at the Masters in 2004. Woods was already the youngest golfer to accomplish the career Grand Slam. Before now, golf historians argued all four majors must be won in a single year, the way Jones did it in 1930.