
I like Stuart Appleby, and I would love to see him win his first major today. But I -- like just about every other golf fan on the planet --
love Tiger Woods. And I wouldn't be too upset if he got one step closer to Jack Nicklaus's 18-major record.
The Golf Channel just slapped up this graphic, which is pretty sobering if you're Woods' playing partner in the final group:
2006 PGA - Tiger, 68; Luke Donald, 74
2006 British Open - Tiger, 67; Sergio Garcia, 73
2005 British Open - Tiger, 70; Jose Maria Olazabal, 74
2002 U.S. Open - Tiger, 72; Chris DiMarco, 68
2002 Masters - Tiger, 71; Retief Goosen, 74
2001 Masters - Tiger, 68; Phil Mickelson, 70
2000 PGA - Tiger, 67; Bob May, 66
2000 British Open - Tiger, 69; David Duval, 75
1999 PGA - Tiger, 72; Mike Weir, 80
1997 Masters - Tiger, 69; Costantino Rocca, 75
Well, the good news, I guess, is that Tiger isn't infallible. But interestingly, it wasn't the big-named players who made a run at Eldrick -- it was Bob May and Chris DiMarco. Don't get me wrong, DiMarco's no scrub, but he has yet to win a major (though I thought he had in '05), and not many people would argue that he's better than Goosen, Mickelson, Duval (in his prime) or Mike Weir.
Whatever, for today Stuart Appleby should channel Bob May.