The stats
Show tiger is still significantly better than everyone else, but has given up some ground to the field. If you think courses have gotten harder in the last 5 years then that skews this stat, but it looks like everyone else is treading water and Tiger is coming back to them.
While Tiger is still known as the tour's best closer, he also hasn't closed his victories as easily or convincingly as in 2000.
Also note that 2000 was an exceptional year. His stats this year look pretty similar to every good year he's had except for 2000. (1999, 2001, and 2002)
Adjusted Scoring Average - 2000
1 Tiger Woods 67.79
2 Phil Mickelson 69.25
3 Ernie Els 69.31
4 David Duval 69.41
5 Paul Azinger 69.68
6 Nick Price 69.75
7 Stewart Cink 69.79
8 Steve Flesch 69.80
9 Tom Lehman 69.84
10 Loren Roberts 69.89
Adjusted Scoring Average - 2005
1 Tiger Woods 68.59
2 Vijay Singh 69.01
3 Phil Mickelson 69.23
4 Jim Furyk 69.24
5 Luke Donald 69.35
6 Kenny Perry 69.53
7 David Toms 69.61
8 Sergio Garcia 69.69
9 Darren Clarke 69.78
10 Scott Verplank 69.80
Actual Scoring Average - 2000
1 Tiger Woods 68.17
2 Phil Mickelson 69.35
3 Steve Flesch 69.64
4 Davis Love III 69.89
5 David Duval 69.90
5 Ernie Els 69.90
7 Kenny Perry 69.96
8 Stewart Cink 70.00
9 Paul Azinger 70.06
10 Greg Chalmers 70.11
Actual Scoring Average - 2000
1 Tiger Woods 69.22
2 Vijay Singh 69.57
3 Jim Furyk 69.78
4 Phil Mickelson 69.80
5 Richard Johnson 69.88
6 Ben Crane 69.94
7 David Toms 70.00
8 Kenny Perry 70.16
9 Billy Mayfair 70.21
10 Mathias Gronberg 70.28
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