NUMBERS GAME

4.5 shots has been Tiger Woods' average margin of victory in his 13 major championship wins. Woods has won by two shots or more in 10 of the 13 wins and has won by five or more shots five times.

UP A TREE

John Daly, who got the masses excited with his strong 67 in the first round, had his second shot on the par-5 fifth hole Sunday get stuck in a tree.

After a drop, he ended up making bogey. Daly shot his third straight 73 and finished the tournament at 6 over to tie for 32nd place.

DRAWING CLOSER

Players with the most major titles:

Player Masters U.S. Opens British Opens PGA Championships Total

Jack Nicklaus 6 4 3 5 18

Tiger Woods 4 2 3 4 13

Walter Hagen 0 2 4 5 11

Ben Hogan 2 4 1 2 9

Gary Player 3 1 3 2 9

Tom Watson 2 1 5 0 8

Bobby Jones 0 4 3 0 7

Arnold Palmer 4 1 2 0 7

Gene Sarazen 1 2 1 3 7

Sam Snead 3 0 1 3 7

Harry Vardon 0 1 6 0 7

Masters (1934-present); US: U.S. Open (1895-present); Br: British Open (1860-present); PGA: PGA Championship (1916-present)

HE SAID IT

"My other four performances in the majors were not what I wanted, obviously, but I don't want to be too hard on myself because for a couple, I wasn't able to make the swings and hit the shots I needed to try to hit."

Phil Mickelson, on his play in the four majors, after saying winning The Players Championship salvaged an otherwise subpar season impacted by a sprained left wrist.