Ed Sherman of the Chicago Tribune writes a short piece about whether or not Tiger Woods could still win Player of the Year honors without playing another event in '08. Sherman argues:
In just six starts, Woods won four tournaments and $5,775,000 in earnings. In the majors, he won the U.S. Open and finished second in the Masters.
Nobody is going to touch Woods unless he gets really hot, wins at least the British Open or PGA Championship and a bunch of other tournaments. Besides Woods, Phil Mickelson is the only player with multiple victories this year with two. But Lefty has been inconsistent (only five top-10 finishes in 14 starts) and is going to have to step it up in the next two majors to be considered.
As for the status of his number one ranking in the world, John Antonini of Golf Digest does the math, and offers his perspective here.
