Tiger Woods Leads PGA by 4 Strokes

Eight for eight. That is Tiger Woods' record at majors when he has the lead through 36 holes. Perfect. Interesting that that's the word that comes to mind.

If not for a bogey on Tiger's final hole from the middle of the fairway, Tiger's second round, in the windy conditions he played, would have been nearly perfect. Because of the bogey, Tiger had to settle with a 2-under 70 on Friday to sit at 7-under, four shots clear of the field.

A friend of mine commented on Twitter that he believed 99 percent of all tweets about the PGA championship included the words "Tiger" and "it's over" and, sadly (from a competitive standpoint), he's right. Nobody thinks that someone can come back when Tiger has this much of a lead. The way he's hitting the ball, and controlling his irons, a loss would be as legendary as his Tiger Slam from earlier in the decade.

Tiger's round got off to a bumpy start, mostly due to a bogey on the first and a failed birdie attempt at the par-5 third hole. The world's No. 1 found his groove not long after that, making birdies on six and seven. A bogey on the 10th was followed up by birdies on 14, 15 and 16, giving Tiger a little breathing room come the weekend.

Names like Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington and Lucas Glover highlight a group at 3-under that will be chasing Mr. Woods. Tiger gets paired with Vijay on Saturday, something that seems a bit odd considering the year Singh has had. Only three top-10s, no wins and a lot of head scratching comes from the defending FedEx Cup champion.

Nonetheless, they will be chasing the best front-runner in the history of the game on a par-72 golf course. He has won 10 of 21 majors when the par has been that number. If anyone behind Woods can find solace in anything, it's this -- in his 14 majors, Tiger has broke 70 in the second round every single time. Today's 70 would be the first time he couldn't do that on a Friday.

When you're desperate, these are the stats you look at. Good luck, field. Tiger looks like the guy we've been waiting for in majors all year long.