Normally, if you sit through five hours of anything, chances are you're going to feel like someone owes you at least an hour or two of your life back. Ever sat through an hour of Moment of Truth? And I can say I've felt that way about most of the Finals games I've watched, although Game 4 was pretty amazing given the Lakers' second-half meltdown, while Sunday's Game 5 at least went down to the wire, besides being another lame example of "bad basketball." I loved Jason Whiltlock's line that Paul Pierce is going to drag the Celtics to a championship "over Garnett's dead body." Classic.

But back to golf for a second. Was there any doubt Tiger was going to make that putt last night? Well, there should have been. The green was pretty chewed up, it was 12 feet on the final hole on the biggest stage in the heart of prime time and his knee wasn't exactly right. Oh, and my brother, who sat on 18 all day, told me later no one even came close to making a putt from there all day. I actually thought that even the great Tiger Woods might not be up to the task, but my wife quickly set me straight just before he struck the ball. "Of course he's gonna hit it...He never misses them when they matter." Once again, my wife proved she is smarter than me. Tiger rolled it in, although it did take half a victory lap before falling, and he'll now face Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole playoff today. Yes. Rush fan, wannabe comedian, Rocco Mediate.

Actually, I found myself rooting for Rocco a bit yesterday, which I can safely say is the first time I've ever had that experience. He's old like me, we both try to be funny, but rarely succeed at it, and neither of us is the greatest golfer around.

I'm not sure what Vegas is saying, and yeah, Rocco could pull off a miracle win today at Torrey Pines. But this thing is over. Tiger didn't go through all that nonsense yesterday (double bogey at one, bogey at two, duck hook into the ice plant, etc.) to get beat by an old guy wearing a "peace" belt buckle in a head-to-head match today.

And assuming Tiger finishes the deal this afternoon, his 14th Major win will probably go down as his greatest, given the fact he was essentially playing on one leg and had to make the up-and-down of his life on the final hole to force the playoff. I used to buy into the belief that because Tiger was playing golf, he really couldn't be compared to guys like Muhammed Ali, Michael Jordan, etc. But make no mistake. He's the most clutch performer in the history of sports and in my book, the greatest sports professional of all time. Like the lady said...He never misses them when they matter.

And when Tiger wraps it up today, he will have won his 14th Major with two left on the schedule this year. Let's say he wins the British Open...That will give him 15 with Jack Nicklaus' record standing at 18 Major wins. We're not likely to see Tiger catch Jack next year, but it's possible. But by the end of the 2010 season, we should officially have a new "greatest golfer of all time," even though Tiger unofficially has already passed Nicklaus in most of our minds.