“You've got to stay patient, stay in the moment, keep grinding ... You never know what can happen,”

Tiger Woods

We’ve all heard the advice: take it one shot at a time.

If you can heed that advice, you can accomplish just about anything in life. If you can break down the complicated and focus on the simple, big things can—and usually will—happen. Sure, it’s easier said than done, but the payoffs can be huge.

“Simplicity is an important trend we are focused on,” Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin recently told Business 2.0 Magazine. “…Technology has a way of becoming overly complex, but simplicity was one of the reasons people gravitated to Google initially … success will come from simplicity.”

So what is a quote from the Google co-founder doing in an article about Tiger Woods becoming unbeatable? Because, unlike any golfer in the world, Tiger has the amazing ability to focus in on the shot at hand, ensuring that he keeps it simple. Just like Google did.

So, in a perfect world, could Tiger Woods stay in the moment on every shot and win every PGA Tournament he in which he played in one season? Not likely, but we here at Business Under Par could see it happening.

History shows us that pro golfers hit their prime in their mid-thirties. Arnold Palmer won 33 of his 62 PGA Tour victories from 1961-68, when he would have been between the ages of 32 and 39. And Jack Nicklaus won 30 of his total 73 PGA Tour wins from 1972-78 when he would have been between the ages of 32 and 38. Do similar math wth Tiger and he is about to win half of his total career wins over the next six or seven season. Through the 2007 season Tiger had already won 61 times, one short of Palmer. Could he win 30, 40, 50, 60 events in the next half decade or so now that he is entering his prime? 

Tiger is about to turn 32 (Dec. 30), and over the end of the 2006 season and beginning of 2007, he won seven tournaments in a row and that streak was broken only when he failed to see a ball mark in the line of a four-foot birdie try that would have kept him alive to win number eight. And in a streak of 14 PGA Tour events over that span, Tiger had won 10 times, finished second once and third once. And to end the 2007 season, Tiger went on a streak of five wins and one second place in his last 6 official and unofficial events.

What happens if and when he hits his prime as those other legendary golfers did?

And with the PGA Tour moving towards a more concise playing schedule, Tiger will have to be mentally prepared to play in a tournament over a lesser period of time. Plus, he only plays in about 18 tournaments per year.

And if anyone can stay at the peak of focus, it 's Tiger Woods. And if he does that, nobody can beat him.

“Tiger could certainly win every tournament during a year span,” says Bill Bowman, VegasGolfer Magazine editor. “He starts every tournament with the edge that every other player in the field knows Tiger can elevate his game like no one else the sport has ever seen. Even trailing in the final round, players and fans know Tiger will make a run. If the leader shows any weakness, Tiger is sure to be there to pounce.”

But others don’t see Tiger—or anyone—being able to stay at the ultimate level of focus for an entire season.

“There is too much talent out there, and I don’t think Tiger could win every tournament,” says Johnny Eusebio, PGA pro at Reflection Bay Golf Club.

Notable golf author Jack Sheehan also doesn’t think Tiger would have a chance at such a feat.

“His entire schedule is built around majors,” says Sheehan, who has written two books with PGA Tour player Peter Jacobson. “He has already shown he can win all four majors in a row, and I certainly think he's capable of winning the Grand Slam, but to win every tournament he played in, he would have to hit peaks 18-20 weeks per year, and that would never happen. He is the one guy out there who can win with his 'B' or B-minus' game, but just as he has said he isn’t that interested in breaking Byron Nelson's streak record, I think the idea of winning every single tournament in a season doesn’t even enter his mind.”

No matter what your thoughts are on if Tiger could accomplish the unthinkable of being undefeated for an entire season, there is something to be learned from his commitment. By watching how Tiger prepares for every shot and every tournament, we can all take away something from his mindset and determination. Sure, he has the talent, but without the ability to zero in on every shot, keep it simple and execute, Tiger would be just another great player on the PGA Tour, and not the legend that he is today.

“No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part,” Woods has been quoted as saying.

If he really believes that—and we know he does—who knows how many tournaments he could win in a row.

But there are a few guys named Mickelson, Singh, Scott and Furyk who might share the opinion of Eusebio and Sheehan.

But our money—and total focus, as always—is on Tiger.

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Brian Hurlburt was the co-founding publisher of VegasGolfer Magazine, and writes a golf and business column for In Business Las Vegas, and he founded BusinessUnderPar.com in 2006 and GolfLasVegasNow.com in 2007.