With Annika Sorenstam''s Retirement Looming, Is Tiger Woods Next?

5/14/2008 10:45:22 PM

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From PGATour.com

By John Maginnes, PGATOUR.COM Contributor




Annika Sorenstam''s retirement has brought to light a question that no one in the game wants to ask. No player, fan or member of the Media is quite ready to contemplate the idea of Tiger Woods flashing one last smile and saying, "I am taking my bat and my ball and going home."

I would imagine most of us would like to see him break Sam Snead''s records before he goes -- not just the all-time wins mark, but the oldest player to ever win on TOUR, too. That seems a bit unlikely, though. Occasionally, Tiger is asked about the timeline of his career, and he deflects the question like a politician asked about taxes. The last time I heard the question posed, he smiled that $1-billion smile and said coyly, "Not today."




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