Who's Up Next?

The Next Tiger Woods

By Jordan Raanan
Xfinity.com Sports

Tiger Woods is injured, aging (in golf years) and mentally fragile. His time atop the leaderboards might just be over.

So who is next?

There are a handful of potential replacements spawned during the Tiger boom, among them the newly crowned U.S. Open champion.

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Who's Up Next? By Jordan Raanan
Xfinity.com Sports

Tiger Woods is injured, aging (in golf years) and mentally fragile. His time atop the leaderboards might just be over.

So who is next?

There are a handful of potential replacements spawned during the Tiger boom, among them the newly crowned U.S. Open champion.

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Rory McIlroy At 22 and with a beatdown of the U.S. Open field under his belt following a Masters collapse, McIlroy seems destined for greatness. He's the most likely to entrench himself atop the world rankings for the next two decades. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Jason Day The 23-year-old Aussie had back-to-back second-place finishes at the Masters and U.S. Open. Clearly he has game. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Dustin Johnson He's yet to win a major but has been consistently close and does have six professional wins. Plus, when you hit the ball as far as he does, there's a lot of eagle chances. As Tiger said, Johnson is young and "stupid long." (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Anthony Kim Kim's a long shot. He would have to get healthy and change his partying ways. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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Jordan Spieth Spieth skipped his high school graduation to play in the Byron Nelson Classic this year; he made the cut and was just four shots off the lead going into the final round. He'll attend Texas on a golf scholarship in the fall. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Charl Schwartzel Maybe the Masters champ is for real. The 26-year-old South African also had a Top 10 finish at the U.S. Open. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Martin Kaymer The German, 26, was the No. 1 ranked player in the world earlier this year and has a major (2010 PGA Championship) under his belt. (AP/photo Ermindo Armino)

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Rickie Fowler There's more to Fowler than just his outfits. He won Rookie of the Year over McIlroy last year. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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Ryo Ishikawa He's born in the 90's and has 10 career professional wins. Watch out world. It's only a matter of time before the 19-year-old is a factor in a major. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Matteo Manassero The youngest player ever to win a European Tour event was born in 1993. That's right, 1993! It's fair to say he should have a long playing career ahead of him. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Tiger Woods Hey, there is a chance that Tiger has another run in him if he gets healthy. He's only 35 and the man he's chasing, Jack Nicklaus, won three majors in his 40s. The post-crash Tiger would also be an intriguing replacement to the pre-crash Tiger. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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