The 10 great sporting comebacks of all time
Tiger Woods of the US celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters last Sunday. Picture: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersOne of the craziest spectacles you are about to witness on golf courses around the word is that of old men and women chewing gum on the fairways as they race to emulate the success of the greatest golfers to have played the game, Tiger Woods.
Talk about confounding the naysayers. Until last weekend many who will most definitely now be hiding in their bunkers, had condemned Tiger to the scrap heap, declaring on public platforms that he would not win another golfing tournament, let alone a major.During that period he struggled with injuries and some serious personal demons.
How else do you explain the reason they give him get-out-of-jail cards long before he commits his first sin? The excuse that playing 36 holes in one day might have taken its toll on his “fragile” back became the hymn sheet, determining in the process, the universal hope that he would bounce back.Brother, make no mistake about it; there was deep sorrow after that defeat at the WGC. Name-calling on WhatsApp groups. Expletives, too.
The universal prayers carried the ball down the middle of the fairway. Those who were at the Augusta National clapped and shouted: “Great shot, Tiger”.
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