Tiger's Memorial Sunday 66 Is His 67th Win

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The Memorial Tournament, as its name implies, is to preserve the memory of golfing greats from bygone eras. This year's honorees were Joanne Carner, a winner of 43 LPGA events, and two-time Major winner Jackie Burke Jr.

Tiger Woods is already etched in our memory.

Last year's US Open playoff victory will go down in history as the one Tiger won on one leg and his most gutsy win ever.

This year's victories at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and at Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament will be a lasting legacy of Tiger's respect for the game of golf and for Mr. Palmer and Mr. Nicklaus.

The torch has been passed to Woods for a long time now. The 33-year-old phenomenon surpassed Palmer's 62 lifetime victories with last year's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Then he went right past Ben Hogan and his 64 career wins with the U.S. Open championship at Torrey Pines.

Now, with 67 and counting, Tiger has only Mr. Nicklaus' 73 and Sam Sneed's 82 victories to exceed as he continues to exceed the expectations of golfing fans worldwide.

Of course, there are the four remaining Major victories to tie Mr. Nicklaus' benchmark of 18. In two weeks, it is likely he will repeat his success as U.S. Open Champion, duplicating his 2002 win at Bethpage Black on Long Island.

Is it possible, with five straight Major victories, that Mr. Woods could set all the records straight as soon as the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links a year from now?

Woods' convincing win at Muirfield Village Golf Club sealed with a birdie-birdie finish would indicate it is not only possible, but probable that in a couple of years he could be crowned the greatest golfer to ever play the game.

The week started with Tiger and Jack paired in a Wednesday skins game for the first time since the first two rounds of the 2000 PGA Championship at Vahalla GC.

Woods, privileged to play with the golfing hero he idolized as a child, knew how special a treat it was.

"Anytime you can play with Jack—obviously, we all know he doesn't play much anymore."

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