When Tiger Woods makes his 2008 debut tomorrow he will be trying to extend a sequence that has seen him win his last three tournaments and five of his last six.
In a run starting at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational last August, Woods is 97 under par and has earned over €11million - almost € 5million in the events themselves and a whopping bonus for capturing the FedEx Cup series.
The world number one is the three-time defending champion in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines, also the venue for the US Open in June, and has lifted the title five times in the last nine years.
He has never finished outside the top 10 and with one more PGA Tour victory will equal the 62 achieved by Arnold Palmer in his career. Palmer needed 473 starts to reach the figure, while this is the 231st for Woods.
Only Ben Hogan (64), Jack Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (82) would then remain ahead of him.
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