How will Woods react to not being top cat?
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Now we’ll find out if Eldrick Woods is still a Tiger. Now we’ll find out if he still has what it takes to be the best, instead of being just one of the best. Because, as much as his marketing men at IMG, and the ad execs on Madison Avenue, and a goodly portion of America’s golf fans, too, want Tiger to be No. 1, he most definitely is not. Not any more. Not after the Deutsche Bank tournament over the Labor Day weekend at TPC Boston. That was where Vijay Singh stared into the formerly intimidating eyes of the once seemingly invincible Tiger. And Tiger blinked. Tied for the lead with five holes to go, and with the world No.1 ranking at stake, Woods couldn’t stay with Singh down the stretch and wound up losing by three shots. So now, after more than five years as No. 1, Tiger is now No 2. He only remained on top as long as he did thanks to the same sort of computer wizardry that brought you the BCS rankings. How else to explain how a guy who had
