Fox Sports’ Tom LaMarre is begging for someone to step up and put a “Tiger pelt on the wall.”

Its worth reading.

Tiger is having a remarkable season thus far, with his second victory in three PGA regular event starts. And who knows what he would have done at the Nissan if he hadn’t been sick. So he’s two for two in events that he’s finished. If you count Dubai, he’s three for three.

And I’m feeling like a dope for not taking him on my Fantasy team. I had Mickelson and Garcia instead.

A couple of observations about Tiger this weekend.

First, he’s got to be one of the luckiest men on the planet. Villegas misses the fairway and he ends up behind a banyan tree (twice). Tiger misses in the same direction and still has a shot at the green. Other players hit a sand trap and their balls die. Tiger hits a sand trap, and the ball skips out to settle in a good spot on the green. Even more lucky: had he missed the trap, his ball would have skpped completely across the green and off the back side.

Second, no other player seems to be able to handle the pressure of challenging him. Mickelson, Beem and others simply self destructed. Toms had a shot at forcing a playoff at least, but couldn’t close it out on the 18th.

The Ford Championship had 17 of the World’s Top 20 in attendance, and only Toms showed up to play. Els was the next closest at seven shots back.

So in truth, Woods didn’t have to play his Sunday best to walk away with a “W.” And with that kind of competition, he might not lose again this year.

With two wins in as many outings, Tiger Woods has extended his lead on number two Vijay Singh. As of Monday, Woods has 17.77 points, with Vijay at 9.17.  The rest, in order: Retief Goosen, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Sergia Garcia, Jim Furyk, Chris DiMarco, David Toms and Adam Scott.

This is Woods’ 376th week at number 1.

Wow.

I’m watching the Golf Channel’s Tape delay of the Dubai Classic, and am really impressed with Tiger’s play. They just showed a couple of long bunker shots that he managed to get within an inch or two of the hole.

Given that he won his first tournament of the season—and as of this writing is making a run at Els in the top sport at Dubai—this could be a very good year for Tiger.

(Yes, I know that the outcome of the tournament already has been determined, but I refuse to look at the news until I finish watching.)

While watching the FBR Open today, I had a sense that television is desperate for a young player to step up and challenge the dominance of Mr. Woods. They kept talking about the various young players on the tour, and how they might challenge the World’s Number 1. High on their lists were JB Holmes and Ryan Palmer.

But there have been many challengers to Tiger over the past decade, and none could stand up to the legend. It would be good for golf if one of these young guys did turn out to be the Tiger’s Tom Watson, or Lee Trevino.

But I’m not holding my breath.