Tiger Woods On Pace To Win A Bet Against John Smoltz

The PGA Championship was the last chance for Tiger Woods to avoid doing something he has not done since 2004, go a whole calendar year without winning a major title.

In true Tiger fashion he would not let himself down as he played well enough on Sunday to hold off the competition and win his 13th major championship. He is on pace to shatter Jack Nicklaus' major championship record in the next few years.

The interesting side note to this championship win was a bet that was made in the baseball off season between Woods and Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz.

The two get together throughout the year to play golf together, and this year in spring training, they made a bet.

Tiger bet that he would win more tournaments than Smoltz would have wins this season. The way the bet works is, every win by Tiger on the tour equals three Smoltz victories.

Tiger has won 5 tournaments after Sundays PGA win, which equals 15 victories from Smoltz. As of Sunday, Smoltz only had ten wins, and although winning five more games down the stretch is possible, it is not likely.

So once again, Tiger will most likely prove that he is not just the best in his sport, but one of the greatest athletes of a generation.



2007-08-13