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Woods is taking the Golf World by Storm
By DOUG FERGUSON
,c T he Asstx iated P ress
T ig e r W o o d s u s e d to k e e p a list
ta p e d to his b e d ro o m w a ll d e ta ilin g all
ab le to ,” Price added. “ M y h a t’s o ft to
th an w hat any other player faces.
T he N E C Invitational w as his fifth
tw o m ajors to three for N icklaus w h en he
victory in his last eight tournam ents. N ot
w as 23, he has w o n 12 tim es o n the P G A
W oods took hom e $ I m illion from
even D avid D uval w as this hot w hen he
Tour, com pared toeight tim es by Nicklaus
F irestone C ountry C lub, m aking him the
him.’’
W o o d s becam e the first player to w in
w o n four tim es in the eight tournam ents
leading to the M asters, in w hat now
at this stage.
T h e w av W o o d s has d om inated the
first player to surpass $4 m illion in one
five tournam ents in a season since Price
season and giving him a m ore than $8.9
in 1994. P n ce, w h o w o n the B ntish O p e n
deep a n d talented p o o l o t w orldw ide
m illiom n three lull v ears on the PG A four,
a n d the P G A C ham pionship that year,
players can m ak e o n e only w o n d er w hat
already good enough for 12th in career
re m e m b e rs w hat it w as like to show u p at
earnings. H e also is in the m iddle o f
e v ery tournam ent feeling that lfhe played
renegotiating his contract w ith N ike, a
w ell, h e w ould w in — o r at least h av e a
s u c h a s h is U .S . A m a te u r v ic to rie s ,
seem s like a n eternity ago.
“ I 'm playing w ell, but 1 kept thinking
h is N C A A title a n d a b o v e a ll th e 18
this w eek that it’s ju st a culm ination o f
p r o f e s s io n a l m a jo rs th a t s e rv e a s a
b e n c h m a r k to th e g r e a te s t c a r e e r in
h ard w o rk ,” W o o d s said after his one-
the future holds.
“ It can still get better,” W o o d s said.
stroke victory o v e r Phil M ickelson in the
H e has b e en saying all along he is
five-year deal reported to be in the neigh
W orld G o lf C ham p io n sh ip event for
building a sw in g that w ill m ak e him m ore
consistent, m o re controlled. N o o n e b e
borhood o f $80 m illion to $90 million.
really g o o d chance.
" It’sverv hard to describe." P neesaid.
W o o d s said this w eek those figures w ere
“ Y o u fe e llik e it’sn e v e r going to c o m e to
lieved him , especially since h e w o n only
too high, but that w as before he w on yet
o n e tim e o n the P G A T o u r last year.
again.
“ B y the tim e he gets to 25 o r 26, h e ’s
an e n d .”
G re g N orm an, w hen asked about
o f Ja c k N ic k la u s ’ a c c o m p lis h m e n ts ,
golf.
H e r e 's o n e W o o d s p ro b a b ly d id n ’ t
include.
W ith his victory S unday in the N E C
Invitational on S unday, W o o d s b e cam e
R yder C u p and Presidents C u p players.
“ E m starting to reap dividends o f a
better g a m e .”
‘A n d all o f a sudden, the com parisons
N ick Price saw it w ith his o w n eyes.
"1 p layed w ith him in the U.S. O p en in
D u v a l's play before the M asters, recalls
going to have conquered a lot o f m o u n
feeling so confident at tim es he w ould
'9 5 at S hinnecock Hills, and there w as a
lot o f ra w talent there, ” Price said. "O v e r
tain s,” P nce said. " H e ’ll have all the
stan d o n the first tee, look around and
" I ’ve alw ays been very confident in m y
abilities, but not the point w here I ’m
m o n ey in the w orld. H e ’ 11 have probably
w o n d e r w h o w as going to finish second
going to say som ething like that. T here
are 72 holes, and anything can happen. I
need to go out there and take care o f
b u sin e ss.”
N o one is doing it better n g h t now .
the youngest p layer to w in five tim es in
o n e y e ar since N icklaus w o n h is fifth
to N icklaus are starting to co m e into focus
tournam ent o f 1963 in the S ahara Invita
ov erw h elm ed A u g u sta N ational m ore
tional at the sam e a g e — 23 years, 8
than N icklaus e v e r d id, w inning w ith a
reco rd -sco reo f2 7 0 b y a reco id -m arg in o f
the last tw o o r three y ears, every tim e I' ve
w o n m ore m ajors in the next three years.
played w ith him it seem s like h e 's ju st
It’s ju st a question o f can h e keep going
that w e e k W o o d s do esn ’t quite see it
that w ay, even i f his play suggests oth
12 strokes.
N icklaus even sug g ested that W oods
rounding o f f an edge h e re o r there. I think
likeN icklausdid.
" T h e w ay he looks n g h t now , h e ’ 11 be
erwise.
"I n ev er had that o u tlo o k ” he s a id
m onths, 30 days.
O nly W o o d s isn ’t finished.
again. T hey first surfaced w h en W oods
h e ’s going to continue to im prove, too.
P rice’s o nly co n cern is that W o o d s
H e still has at least three tournam ents
left this year, m aybe m ore. T he w ay h e has
m ig h t w in lO g reenjackets before he w as
played since M ay, it is not unreasonable
done, w h ich so u n d ed like a stretch w hen
to think W oods c an w in again — m ay b e
W o o d s w ent 10 m ajors before w inning
d o e sn ’t lose his edge. T h e pressure o n
him isn 't as great as w h e n rig erm an ia
w in them all.
a n o th er one. B ut w hile W oods has only
peaked m m id -1997, b u t it is still greater
Michael Johnson IS
Track Magic
By BERT RO SEN THAL
,c T he A ssociated P ress
T h e m a g ic o f M ic h a e l J o h n s o n ’s
hum an. ’ ’ Johnson w ill have n o part o f it,
Johnson also has three O ly m p ic gold
not after his disastrous confrontation
m edals, ran o n the U .S. team that set the
w ith C a n a d a 's D o n o v a n B ailey in 1997,
w orld 1,600 relay record last y e ar and
w h e n h e tore his right quadriceps.
ow ns the w orld indoor re co rd for 400
4 0 0 -m e te rw o rld re c o rd w as the defining
A Johnson-G reene sh ow dow n over
m eters. In addition, h e w o n the 200-400
m o m e n t o f the W o rld C ham pionships.
2 0 0 m eters probably w ill com e next year
d o u b lea tth e 1995 U .S. C ham pionships,
T here co u ld b e m o re m agic in his future.
at the U .S. O lym p ic trials at Sacram ento,
the first m an to accom plish that feat since
W hileJohnsonhasaccom plLsliedm ore
1899. a n d he repeated in 1996; he w as
than any track a n d field athlete du rin g the
C ahf
Jo h n so n cap p ed the W orld C h am p i
unbeaten in th e 4 0 0 from 1989 to 1997, a
’90s, his c are er is far from o v e r at 31.
o nships w ith a n o th er m ilestone, anchor
span o f 58 finals; and h e w as the first to
ing the U .S. 1,600-m eter relay team to
victory for his ninth care er gold m edal at
b e ranked N o. 1 in the w orld in b oth the
the w orlds, the m ost b y a n y athlete, one
tim es since 1990.
“ H e ’s superhum an, h e ’s p h e n o m
H e still has so m e big goals, including
d ropping the 4 0 0 record b e lo w 4 3 sec
o nds and w in n in g an u nprecedented
second 200 -4 0 0 dou b le at the S ydney
Olym pics.
“ I n e v er put lim its o n m y se lf,” said
200 and 400, h aving achieved that five
m ore thanC arl Lew is.
“ It’s a n h o n o r,” Jo h n so n said. " It’s a
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w ith a n e le c trify in g tim e o f4 3 .18.
D allas and rest before preparing for the
Johnson ran the first2 0 0 in 21 O andthe
a n d g o in to w in .”
H e n o w h a s w o n fourconsecutive400
seco n d 2 0 0 in 2 2 .2 .a p attem th ato th er4 0 0
w orld titles, three relay gold m edals and
200001vm pics.
"M ic h ae lco m e sb ac k fast,” H art said.
runners cannot m atch. F or the av erage
tw o 2 0 0 cham nionshios.
“H e’s never much out o f «bane "
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lik e a w a lk in th e p a rk .”
"H e looks like h e can d o a n y th in g h e
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