Masters champion Bubba Watson played alongside Tiger Woods
for the first two days of the U.S. Open. Based on what he saw at The
Olympic Club, Watson believes Woods can at least tie Jack Nicklaus' mark
of 18 major victories.
"He just hasn't won a major, but he's playing pretty good and he's
going to be back," Watson said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning." "He's
definitely going to win again."
Woods, 36, has insisted he has at least a
decade to add the four majors to catch Nicklaus, who won his last major
at age 46 in the 1986 Masters. Watson agrees with Woods' view.
"You know, if he stays healthy, I think for sure," he said, "because
he's still got 10 years to get to where Jack was. So, he's got 10 years
to produce four more victories."
Woods has two PGA Tour wins this season, at the Arnold Palmer
Invitational in March and the Memorial Tournament earlier this month,
but has failed to capitalize on the momentum from both in ensuing
majors. He shot 8 over on the weekend at the U.S. Open to go from a tie
for first to a T-21 finish. At The Masters in April, Woods finished in a
tie for 40th place.