This is the busiest and most pressure packed time of the year for Tiger Woods and the world’s best golfers.
Over the next seven weeks the players will play for:
-$ 8.0 million for the PGA Championship
-$32.0 million ($8 million each for the four FedEx Cup Playoff events)
-$10.0 million to the FedEx Cup Champion
That makes $50 million reasons why a player wants his game to peak over the next seven weeks.
Tiger Woods has won the PGA Championship four times but has not won a major championship since the U. S. Open in 2008. He has three wins in 2012 and currently leads the FedEx Cup points list.
His career goal is to surpass Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championship titles. He is currently stuck on 14 and at the age of 36 on creaky knees it has become a question whether he will reach Nicklaus.
Tiger was never a factor at the 2012 Masters. He played two excellent rounds at Olympic Club in the U. S. Open but faded on the weekend. He was near the lead in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham until a triple-bogey seven on the sixth hole on Sunday proved to be his undoing.
The PGA Championship is the last major of the year. Can Tiger salvage his year and pick up a fifth Wanamaker Trophy for his 15th major title? Tiger was the FedEx Cup Champion in 2007 and 2009. Can he pick up his third FedEx Cup Championship and the $10 million that goes with it?
There are a lot of questions be answered and a ton of money to be won on the PGA Tour over the next seven weeks.