Odds World Rankings President Cup Stand. That's about what it comes down to this week. The American Express Championship, which begins today on the course where Woods had the greatest setback of his career, is more of a world challenge than a world championship. Even in a field of 62 top players from the five major PGA Tours around the globe, the challenge has never been so succinct.
Recent history suggests otherwise.
A victory this week at Valderrama Golf Club would make him the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments, and the first to win eight PGA Tour-sanctioned events in one season since Johnny Miller in 1974. If the pressure is mounting, Woods seems impervious to it. And this year, I've done a pretty good job of accomplishing my goals. Hopefully, this week I can do it again. Already, players are lining up to take their best shot.