Tym Glaser

I DON'T know which planet the dude's from, all I am sure of is that Tiger Woods is not of Earth.

I think he may be from planet Jordan or Krypton, Ork maybe, but definitely not our likkle blue orb.

You just don't do the things Eldrick does - they are impossible to human beings.

You don't stare down and then nail a 12-foot putt on the 18th hole of the world's toughest tournament, the US Open, to force a play-off.

You don't come back the next day and win a 19-hole play-off for the title, while hobbling around on a left leg which has torn cartilage of the knee and stress fractures.

You don't win five of the seven tournaments you compete in this year and come second (at the Masters) and fifth in the other two.

Superhuman

Nope, El Tigre must have caught a flight on the Superman express to Earth and now, he's performing superhuman feats on the fairways and greens - faster than a speeding bullet and more powerfully than a locomotive.

Due to his leg woes, he's not able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but I'm sure that's on the way once he recovers.

With 14 major titles, Woods is just four behind 'Golden Bear' Jack Nicklaus's record tally of 18 and should gobble that up in the next couple of years on his way to sporting immortality.

Really, it's just not fair that one alien can have so much skill, nerve and courage in one body. The miracle of play-off Monday at Torrey Pines in California was not that Woods won his third US Open; it was that likeable journeyman Rocco Mediate hung with him for 19 holes.

Rocco was never, ever going to win but somebody forgot to tell him that, so he went toe-to-toe with the monster and that provided even more great theatre.

Some people don't regard golf as sport and they are flat out wrong, and Tiger just may be the greatest sportsman of all time - beyond Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali, two other otherworldly freaks.

Watch out

That's still to be established, but when Tiger comes back next season, watch out!

Meanwhile, now for something completely different; did anyone notice who won the NBA Championship? Hmmm ...

It was the Celtics, baybee! woooooo! After 21 years in the basketball wilderness, the 'green machine' is back, and to make things even better, they beat LA, in the finals - and how.

The city of Boston now boasts the 'world' champions of basketball and baseball and was only a few minutes away from having the Super Bowl champions to boot.

Keeping with the green theme, we're back on the grass of Wimbledon next week and we won't inhale while predicting Rafael Nadal to break Roger Federer's streak at the All-England club and Ana Ivanovic to back up her French Open title with the big plate on ladies' final day.

You know what else is green? Kryptonite. Take note Tiger, take note.

Later ...

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