There won't be any asterisks in the history books detailing the majors won by Harrington while Woods was rehabbing his left leg, just as record books don't note that Cary Middlecoff won the 1949 U.S. Open while Ben Hogan -- who won the Open in 1948, '50 and '51 -- was in a hospital bed after his near-fatal car crash. But let's not jump to the conclusion that Harrington is now the second-best player in the world.
That is still very much a wide-open race waiting for someone to raise his head and shoulders above the crowd, although right now, for my money, that person is still Mickelson. One more major victory, however, with Tiger back in the field, and Harrington can lay claim to the title of Best in the Majors in the Tiger Era Not Named Tiger. But not yet, Sparky. There may not be asterisks, but there are still questions.
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