1.   He declared his intention to become the best golfer in the world.

2.   Among the best golfers is a local sanitation worker.

3.   And that the latter is the best golfer on the planet does not obligate him to offer up social commentary or spot racial conspiracies behind every Georgia pine.

4.   And, right now, the kid is the best golfer in the world.

5.   Before Junuh left Savannah to fight in the war, he was the best golfer in Georgia.

6.   Best golfer.

7.   Best golfers?

8.   All that is expected of Woods is to make the leap from best American amateur golfer ever to best golfer, period.

9.   But ask about the best golfer he has seen, and the response is instantaneous.

10.   But he never deluded himself about his talent compared with that of the best golfers of his day.