Tiger Shows Again That There's No Heir Apparent

So there was CBS superstar announcer Jim Nantz questioning out loud if Anthony Kim is the "heir apparent" to his majesty, Tiger Woods.

Nantz will have to find someone else to fill that role.

Tiger Woods showed us again on Sunday that there is no "heir apparent" to the No. 1 player in the world.

While the 24-year-old Kim was looking for his game at Congressional, Woods was busy, going about his business, showing us another precise, methodical, surgical, Tiger-like effort that helped him win his own tournament, the AT&T National.

It was simply a case of Tiger being Tiger.

It was a case of Tiger ignoring a course record-tying 62 by Hunter Mahan.

It was a case of Tiger shooting a three-under par 67, the number he needed to win his third tournament of the season.

It was a case of Tiger getting yet another clutch birdie putt to fall when he needed one, then slamming the door shut with a par-par finish that provided his third win of the season and the $1 million-plus first place prize money to his foundation.

Yes, Tiger played and won this one for free. His winnings go to the Tiger Woods Foundation. Take that, Jim Brown.

For a moment, it had all the appearances of a playoff between Woods and Mahan.

After a huge drive at 16, Woods chose to lay up on the par five, then left himself about 18 feet short of the hole with his third shot.

Woods made that putt, a clutch putt, like the many clutch putts he has made during his reign as golf's finest player. He finished 13 under, one better than Mahan. 

A packed house at Congressional saw Woods again doing what he has done so often.

He let us all know that he's the guy.

He let the Anthony Kims and the Hunter Mahans of the PGA Tour know that he's the guy.

And he let Jim Nantz know that apparently, there is no heir apparent.