The Golf Blog says: Tiger Woods is excited about his golf game and says he appreciates being healthy more than he did when he was younger.

Thanks again to Johan Rivera for the photos. Follow him on Twitter @Hobbiesplus.

Lee Trevino? Chamblee put Lee (29 PGA Tour wins) higher than Phil because Trevino won 6 majors (2 U.S. Opens, 2 Opens, 2 PGAs), 3 of the 4 in the Grand Slam.

Ray Floyd? Chamblee put Floyd (22 PGA Tour wins) higher than Phil because Floyd won 4 majors (1 Masters, 2 PGA, 1 U.S. Open), 3 of the 4 in the Grand Slam.

Greg Norman? Chamblee put Norman (20 PGA Tour wins, 68 other wins worldwide) over Phil because Norman was ranked No. 1 for 331 weeks. Wait a second, Brandel. So Phil has double the number of major victories than Norman, but Norman ranks higher all-time because of the World Ranking? If we use the same criterion that Brandel used for Trevino and Floyd (more wins at majors, and ability to compete in more of the majors), Phil has Norman beat on both grounds. Phil won 4 majors to Norman’s 2, and won in 2 different majors while Norman only won in 1 major (the Open Championship).

Let’s be real, Brandel: the World Golf Ranking has dubious merit. Lee Westwood’s, Luke Donald’s, and David Duval’s chances of making the all-time best golfers in history would not be dramatically improved even if they held the No. 1 spot as long as Norman did. Why not? None of them has won enough majors to even be in the conversation. Majors define the true greats in golf. Unfortunately, Norman won only 1 more major than David Duval and the same number of majors as John Daly. Norman had a much better career than Duval and Daly, no doubt. But Norman’s body of work — including chokes on Sunday in several majors, including most recently the 2008 Open Championship — just does not match up to Mickelson’s.

And we should also add: Mickelson has had to compete in the Tiger Woods era, against arguably the best golfer ever who won 14 majors during the same time Mickelson competed. Norman faced Jack Nicklaus in the tail end of his career, but Norman ended up losing the 1986 Masters to Jack, who was 46 years at the time. To our knowledge, Greg Norman has never beaten Tiger Woods head-to-head in a major, something that Phil has done.

Here’s a great photo of Lee Westwood at the Qatar Masters. He really dips his head a la Natalie Gulbis, doesn’t he?

The Golf Blog says: John Daly is looking strong at the Qatar Masters, which has been shortened to 54 holes due to a sandstorm. Daly is at -5, one shot ahead of Gonzalo Fedez-Castano.
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Thanks to Johan Rivera for sharing some of his photos from Qatar. You can follow him on Twitter: @HobbiesPlus.