Jack Nicklaus's major target slips away for birthday boy Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods won 14 majors by the age of 32, but turns 40 today, facing a daunting task to match the record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.

What once looked inevitable now looks impossible, especially when the man himself concedes any future success would be a bonus, following his litany of surgeries.

As surprising as it was to see Woods shoot rounds of 85 in Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament and 80 in this year’s US Open, it was genuinely shocking to see his press conference at the Hero World Challenge in December.