Tiger Woods knows he's setting the bar high.
As he looked forward to the 2008 season on his website, Woods said that the calendar year Grand Slam is "easily within reason" this year. And it's hard to argue with the No. 1 player in the game.
After all, he's won five times, including the last three straight, at Torrey Pines, which hosts the Buick Invitational this week and the U.S. Open in June. Woods' success at Augusta National is well-documented and well-worn in those four Green Jackets, size 42-long.
And the last time the Open Championship was contested at Royal Birkdale, as it will be again in July, a 22-year-old Woods finished one stroke out of the playoff between his buddy Mark O'Meara and journeyman Brian Watts.
Is it any wonder so many think the stars have aligned this year to give Woods the opportunity to be the first to win the traditional, modern-day Grand Slam?
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