Tiger Woods won, and he won big. He turned the clock back and made it clear that he is not done yet. For all the unbridled joy of his legion of fans, the victory means infinitely more to him than anyone in the world, save perhaps his family.
After 11 excruciating years, Tiger Woods could throw back his head, raise his arms and roar his delight at getting another precious “W”.They don’t do phones on the course, or cameras, or anything else that might distract the patrons who file into the pristine estate to observe championship golf. Patrons, not fans, mind you — Augusta will tell you there is a difference. They simply don’t do loud and gregarious at Augusta because it is not quite in keeping with the feel of the place.
His children saw stories about their father needing to bow out with dignity, rather than humiliate himself under the unforgiving glare of tour life. Particularly in the age of Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and muscle-bound brutes like Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka. As revelation after revelation came forth and his divorce played out publicly, Woods may well have considered retreating to an enclave that shielded him from it all — perhaps on his yacht, aptly named Privacy.
It says much about his physical ailments that even that unflinching mind had doubts about competing at the highest level again. And then September 2018 happened; a priceless win at the Tour Championship, his reward for a series of nearly moments. Often, when the influence of prominent sportsmen and women is discussed, there is talk of them pushing the needle. Woods is the needle. When he wins, the world knows. And they react accordingly.
As the three-time Major winner readied himself to tee off on the penultimate hole, still one shot off the lead, Woods very nearly holed out his 8-iron on the 16th hole, leaving it two feet from the flag. Will Woods usurp the mark of 18 Majors set by Jack Nicklaus? The answer to that question had become a solid no in the past few years, but ask it again.
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