Dumb post of the day. Zach just happened to have set the new tournament scoring record at -21. There were plenty of players that were only a few shots back. There was some great golf being played by some highly skilled professional golfers.
Tiger is good but he doesn't just show up and dominate a bunch of hackers. In fact... Tiger doesn't dominate as much as some people like to think he does.
How did Tiger do at Quail Hollow? He got embarrassed by a bunch of JV golfers as he couldn't even make the cut.
I agree with the fact that Tiger doesn't just show up and dominate a bunch of hackers...I think with both technology and training (there are far fewer fatties on tour today) that the game of golf is much better today than it was in the past.
However, to say Tiger doesn't dominate as much as some like to think he does is ludicrous.
He is in his 15th season as a pro. During that time he has 71 PGA wins...3rd most all time. Only Sam Sneed (82 wins in 30 years) and Jack Nicklaus (73 wins in 25 years) have more all time PGA wins. For comparison's sake, Mickelson has 38 wins in 20 years as a pro.
He is 3rd all time in European tour wins (38)...only behind Seve (50 wins) and Bernhard Langer (42 wins).
He has 14 majors...only trailing Nicklaus with 18. The only other man with double digit majors is Walter Hagen with 11.
He has been PGA POTY 10 times in the 14 completed seasons he has played. He has been the top money earner in the PGA 9 times in the 14 completed seasons he has played (never finishing lower than 4th with the exception of his rookie year).
All this while playing in fewer tournaments than most of the other professionals do. I don't have the numbers but at one point he had won almost one of every three tournaments he had entered.
Tiger is absolutely dominant in his sport...a sport where you have to do it on your own and not with the help of another. If Tiger quit today he would have to be considered the best golfer to have ever played the game.