Jaime's Top 10

All we heard this season was Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. Almost. Here's how I rank the year's top 10 feats that had nothing to do with Woods.

1. Paul Azinger wins the Sony Open in Hawaii (above). As emotional as golf gets. After winning for the first time since lymphoma in his right shoulder was diagnosed, in December 1993, Zinger dedicated the victory to the family of his late friend Payne Stewart.

2. Karrie Webb (lower right) dominates the LPGA tour. The 25-year-old Australian's seven victories, including the Nabisco Championship and the U.S. Open, was the winningest year by a woman since Bern Daniel won seven tournaments, but only one major, in 1979.

3. Teenage twins nearly win LPGA titles. Thirteen-year-old Aree Wongluekiet tied for 10th at the Nabisco in March, after playing with Webb in the final group on Sunday. Naree was tied for the lead after two rounds of the Safeway LPGA Championship and finished 13th. Together, the girls gave women's golf a startling glimpse into its very near future.

4. Vijay Singh prevails at the Masters. It was a triumph of raw talent and persistence in the face of long odds for the guarded man from Fiji. That Singh, only a mediocre putter, mastered Augusta's treacherous greens made the win that much more impressive.

5. Loren Roberts wins by eight in Milwaukee. Roberts, 45 and one of the Tour's shortest knockers, proved one can dominate without playing Tiger-style golf. His tournament-record 24-under 260 was inspiring to the old guys and instructive to the young ones.

6. Notah Begay takes back-to-back titles, at Memphis and at Hartford. After serving seven days in jail in February for his second DWI conviction, Begay returned to the Tour's summit in late June. His comeback was an inspirational exhibition of character and heart.

7. Lori Kane snaps her career winless slump. In July, Kane was the LPGA's best bridesmaid, a fifth-year player from Canada with no wins but nine seconds. In August she finally broke through at the Michelob Light Classic, then went on to take two more titles.

8. Shigeki Maruyama shoots 58 in a U.S. Open qualifier. O.K., Maruyama's 13-under-par round, at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., wasn't an official Tour record because it wasn't shot in a Tour event, but the number is still mind-jarring. Larry Nelson also shot a 58, in a pro-am at the Senior tour's Kroger Classic, to further demystify the mark.

9. Larry Nelson has a breakout year. Winning three majors and seven other titles on the regular Tour after taking up golf as a 21-year-old Vietnam vet never propelled him into the spotlight. However, it's nice to see that Nelson's six victories in '00, fueled by a New Age diet, have brought him long-deserved attention.