With Tiger Woods, The Shirt Matches the Phone

Tom Goodman, who to the best of my knowledge has ever swung a golf club in anger, had perhaps the best opinion of Tiger Woods after his recent victory at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill tournament, sinking a 24-foot birdie putt on the final hole to do so:

I'll tell you what.... If that famous red phone rings in the White House at 3AM I want Tiger Woods to answer! Has there ever been a cooler head in the public eye? Has there ever been a more dominant athlete especially when on considers he is taking on all comers from all continents, 100 percent of whom are playing three opponents simultaneously: the course, themselves and Tiger? We are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.

Tiger's reaction to the win [see photo here] has this golfer thinking this could be the year Tiger wins the Grand Slam -- winning the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship all in one year.  The feat has not been accomplished since 1930 when Bobby Jones did it and even then, the four tournaments were different than they are now.

For Tiger to get so excited over something he's done 63 times before -- win a PGA Tour event -- it shows his inner drive is at a higher level than any before.

Is that a version of Tiger Woods that any one of us should bet against?