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From Tim Rosaforte, Golf World

How big has Tiger Woods become? Not so big that he''s forgotten to respect the man he''s about to surpass on the way to the top of golf''s pantheon. When NBC''s Jimmy Roberts asked Tiger what he thought about coming one stop short of Arnold Palmer on golf''s all-time wins list, the first words out of Woods'' mouth said it all.

"He''s the King," Woods said. "To even be mentioned in the same breath as Arnold Palmer you know you''ve done something special. To have him at 62 wins, and I''m one away . . . I would never have dreamt this in my wildest dreams. To have this much success this soon in my career . . . hopefully, it never ends."

It took Palmer 430 events to win his 61st golf tournament, and another 43 before he raised a trophy again--and for the last time on the regular tour. When Palmer won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 1973, he was 43 years old, had been in the game for 18 years and was on the downside of his career.

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