Monday, April 11, 2005

tiger's major thrillers

Tiger has prevailed in several close major thrillers -- which was the best?:

1. defeating Sergio Garcia by 1-stroke at the '99 PGA Championship.

2. defeating Bob May in a 3-hole playoff at the '00 PGA Championship.

3. defeating David Duval by 2 strokes at the '01 Masters.

4. defeating Chris DiMarco in a playoff at the '05 Masters.

I tried to think of the times Tiger has lost in close thrillers, but could only come with one (so cheated by adding the TPC to the mix):

1. Rich Beem over Tiger by 1-stroke at the '02 PGA Championship.

2. Hall Sutton over Tiger at the '00 TPC.

3. can anyone else stare him down, mano a mano?