Time Warp

With Tiger Woods ona rampage and the possibility of a Grand Slam the talk of the practice range,the first major of 2008 is the most anticipated Masters since '01, when Woodssuccessfully completed the Tiger Slam at Augusta. Here's what's different—andwhat's so much the same—between then and now.

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Then	Topic	Now
Clinton waning	Presidency	Clinton running
Recessionary	Economy	Recessionary
Xbox	Cool TW Game Platform	Wii
First movie	Harry Potter Milestone	Last book
Pop dream girl	Britney Brouhaha	Paparazzi nightmare
Solid-core ball	Equipment Trend	64-degree wedge
Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson Ernie Els	Top Three In World	Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson Ernie Els
Aaron Baddeley Adam Scott	Hot Aussie Newcomers	Jason Day Matt Jones
Karrie Webb (wins 5 of 6 majors)	Annika Rival	Lorena Ochoa (wins 8 of last 18 starts)
$22,213,450	TW's Career Earnings	$74,194,376
Joanna Jagoda	Recent Loss	Earl
Elin Nordegren	New Love	Sam Alexis

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KIERAN DOHERTY/REUTERS (BILL CLINTON)

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MARK WEBB/AP (HILLARY CLINTON)

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NINTENDO/AP (WII)

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GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS (SPEARS)

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DAVID WALBERG (MICKELSON)

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DAVID WALBERG (JONES)

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REED SAXON/AP (SAM ALEXIS)

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