Can you imagine what the doctor said back? Tiger Woods is from another planet and the quicker everyone understands that, the better they will realize what he is accomplishing. So he did play and in dramatic fashion went 91 holes to beat "The Rock" Rocco Mediate in only the third sudden death playoff in U.S. Open history. He did it limping, with great courage, with grit and with a will to be the best to ever play the game of golf. Now he will have major surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee and is done for the rest of the 2008 season.

The PGA tour without Tiger is like having the Celtics without Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Things become mediocre in a hurry and that is what we will be seeing in the golf world. How excited are you going to be to see the British Open or the PGA Championship without the "Swoosh" master. You're going to check out the final rounds but you won't be glued to the TV waiting to see if he wins major #15. The interest just won't be there and everyone knows it.

Tiger's recovery time will be six to eight months. He won't be able to swing but to all those who think he will just be sitting around doing nothing, think again. As he was putting on his shoes after the doctor told him not to play the Open, he looked at Haney and said, "Come on Hank. We'll just putt today."

In the game of golf, you drive for show and putt for dough. As great as he is on the greens right now, you know he will devise some way to roll the ball during his long recovery. So a message to all the players on tour, you better win while he is gone because when he gets back, if you think you have seen a dominant figure up to this point, think again. He could be growling at a higher level than he is right now.