It was not at all unfair for Tiger Woods to stay in the moment as the rest of golf cast eyes dreamily forward. Woods’s triumph at Augusta National on Sunday took his major haul to 15. Suddenly, from the recent position where the discussion felt irrelevant, Jack Nicklaus’s record tally of 18 is back within view. “I don’t know if Jack is worried or not,” said Woods. “I really haven’t thought about that yet. I’m sure that I’ll probably think of it going down the road. Maybe, maybe not. But right now it’s a little soon. I’m just enjoying 15.”
It did not take long for Nicklaus to respond. Worried? You bet he is. “I thought for a long time that he was going to win again,” Nicklaus said of Woods. “The next two majors are at Bethpage, where he has won, and at Pebble Beach, where he has won. So he has got me shaking in my boots.”
Written by Ewan Murray in Augusta
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/apr/15/tiger-woods-jack-nicklaus-majors-masters under the title “Will resurgent Tiger Woods beat Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 majors? | Ewan Murray”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
