I went up and buried that putt, and it felt so good to do that. Els had an up-close view of Woods' performance. It hardly was the first time he had seen Woods blow through a course that was beating up everybody else. He never got ahead of himself. If you want to watch a guy win the U.S. Open playing perfectly, you've just seen it this week.
Woods now is three-fourths of the way to a career grand slam.
By winning the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and Masters, Woods needs only to add the British Open to join golf's ultra elite. Only Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen and Gary Player have achieved the feat. It could happen as early as next month's British Open at St. Andrews, a course on which he can probably hit at least four par 4s from the tee. Before heading for Europe, Woods will defend his title at the Advil Western Open at Cog Hill from July 6-9. It doesn't get much better than this.