Yesterday, February 20, 2008, I witnessed, on TV, the greatest putting performance I have ever seen. Tiger Woods was two strokes down with five holes to play in a match against J. P. Holmes in the World Golf Championships Match Play tournament. Two weeks earlier Holmes had defeated Phil Mickelson in a one hole playoff to win the FBR tournament by sinking a ten foot birdie putt after Mickelson missed a 25 footer for birdie. In the Match Play tournament Woods sank birdie putts on the 14th hole, the 15th hole and the 16th hole, then on 17 he sank a 35 foot eagle putt. No other golfer I have seen can putt like this man. The putts he made to win this match were not gimmies, they were 15ft, 18ft, 20ft and 35ft putts. In comparison Mickelson, a good player, could not make a single 25ft put in a playoff. Much is made of Tiger's strength and his short game prowess, but he wins tournaments with his putting. I wonder if this is the year he wins all four grand slam championships? The only thing standing in his way is himself.