A lot of guys are doing just that. Durant was the sixth player in the last 10 stroke-play events on the PGA Tour to set or tie a tournament scoring record, and none of the other five goes by the name Tiger Woods. Still, Woods has factored into the explanation. He s taken the scoring to another level, Durant said. It made all of us kind of realize, Hey, we have to step up a notch to try to compete with him.
Every week is just amazing how the scores have run.
And it s going to continue for a while. The question is whether such low scoring is ruining the game. A round of 65 used to be enough to at least get into contention. Nowadays, it seems like anything less is losing ground. Simply shooting par is a sure ticket to a weekend off.