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Woods: four-time winner
The other guys definitely want to stop him but in this one looks like the only person who can beat Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods. It is really as simple as that, I feel.
Sir Nick Faldo
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Sir Nick Faldo believes the only man who can stop Tiger Woods winning a fifth USPGA Championship this week is Tiger Woods himself.
World number one Woods tuned up for the final major of the year with back-to-back tournament victories at the Buick Open and then on Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
But as the six-time major champion points out, Woods' goal is winning majors - something he has not achieved in 2009 so far.
"For Tiger, it is all about majors," Faldo said. "That is his yardstick, as it was Jack Nicklaus' yardstick. He wants to pass Jack Nicklaus with the 18 majors.
"The way he set it up to win all four (tournaments preceding this year's majors) is all good so he would deem that everything is on schedule, but he has not quite been able to pull it off (and win a major).
"Sometimes it is caused by his swing, sometimes it is the weather, as we saw was pretty obvious at Turnberry.
"I think it is pretty impressive to get yourself ready physically, technically, emotionally, and timing it that well to be prepared for a major. He just about does it every single time.
"To finish it off, the other guys definitely want to stop him but in this one looks like the only person who can beat Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods.
"It is really as simple as that, I feel."
Faldo also praised the newly-legthened Hazeltine course. At 7,674 yards, it is the longest lay-out in major championship history, outstripping Whistling Straits (2004 USPGA) by 138 yards.
Hazeltine is also some 319 yards longer than when the tournament was last staged here in 2002, when Rich Beem held off Woods to win his first and, to date, only major.
Faldo added: "I think Hazeltine is going to be an incredible test, with very long par-fives and a pretty daunting finish."
