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Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. He didn't even have to show up and play the Tour Championship to have won the FedEx cup because he was so far ahead in the standings. He's a freak of nature that will continue to win the cup no matter how many changes are made in the scoring method over the coming years. Unless they change the rules to say that Tiger Woods must play blindfolded he's going to continue to win--and I still would bet on Tiger with a blindfold on. Big ups to Tiger.

Tiger Woods won his seventh straight PGA Tour start by winning the Buick Open yesterday. Tiger was quick to point out that his is not a worldwide streak, as he lost a match play tournament in Europe, and came in second place in tournaments in Chile and Japan.

Still, this is an amazing feat considering that many pro golfers have seven wins for their whole career, let alone seven in just one year. Tiger now has 55 PGA Tour wins (77 total) since starting his pro career in 1996. In contrast, Phil Mickelson, the #2 ranked player in the world, has 29 PGA Tour wins (33 total) since turning pro four years earlier in 1992. Damn.

Tiger Woods won his fifth straight tournament this weekend. Keep in mind that many pro golfers go months or even years between victories. This latest win brings his win percentage this year to a staggering 50 percent. That's amazing!

The big story of this year's PGA Championship is that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will play head-to-head in a threesome that will also include Geoff Ogilvy. The three are the winners of the British Open, The Masters, and the U.S. Open respectively and historically the winners of the first three majors of the year start together at the PGA Championship. Whether they all finish together is another story. In any case, it should be fun to watch the top two players in the sport go head-to-head. Stay tuned.