Witness: Frank (Sandy) Tatum Jr. Former USGA president

EVENT: Final round of the PGA Championship, Valhalla Golf Club,
Louisville
DATE: Aug. 20

"In my experience, your emotional connection to the tournament
is much enhanced when you're there, which I have often been.
However, I was watching the PGA Championship on TV in my living
room and have never been more captivated. That had everything to
do with Tiger.

"On 15, [Bob] May has a four-footer for birdie. Tiger has a very
difficult 15-footer to save par. I'm thinking, He'll miss, May
will make, he'll have a three-shot lead with three to play, he'll
win the PGA.

"Tiger stalks the putt the way I've never seen a putt stalked
before, but there's a total calm about him. No manifestation of
panic whatsoever. The camera is following him. I feel as if I'm
right in his eyes. That doesn't happen on TV, but that's how I
felt. Arnold Palmer had that same quality. He made TV alive.

"Tiger makes, May misses, Tiger wins his third straight major.

"I knew that had I been in that spot, I would've been thinking
about defeat. The only thing Tiger was thinking about was making
the putt."

B/W PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY JULIE DENNIS BROTHERS/SABA

$9,188,321
Woods's PGA Tour earnings in 2000, which alone would place him
20th on the alltime money list. (His winnings from '99 and '00,
$15.8 million, put him atop the career list.)

$459,416
Tiger's average winnings per start in 2000.

$110,703
HOW MUCH HE WON PER ROUND.

$1,622
per stroke.