There are dozens of check cashers on the PGA Tour. Get seven or eight top 10 finishes. Collect a couple of million bucks in earnings, and more in endorsements. Blah, blah, blah. These gentlemen are golfers with tremendous talent who are hoping to win.
Problem is, they are playing against a young man with extraordinary talent who insists on winning.
Duval was two pairings in front of Woods-Mickelson on Sunday, making birdies all over Augusta National. He had seven birdies in his first 10 holes, eventually reaching 14 under par. Tiger had to get rolling or get passed. Then, on No. 8, a par-5 where a birdie is required to keep pace, Woods fanned his second shot way right of the green. He had a downhill lie and a long flip to an ultra-fast green.