They are young enough to be fearless and yet experienced enough to avoid the rash mistakes of intemperate youth. They lash lasers from the tee, strike iron shots with majestic trajectory and pristine precision, and putt like highwaymen. Both have stroke averages under 70. Both are threats to break 60 every time out. Duval already has.
Nothing spices a sport like a fierce, unrelenting rivalry.
We can only hope that Duval and Woods turn out to be for golf what Ali and Frazier were for boxing. If we're really fortunate, they will slug it out on the game's grandest stage. At Augusta National. In the Masters. Then he went to Hawaii and won the season-opening Mercedes Championships in early January.