Tiger Woods blazing to victory in his Sunday red at the Masters, a scene once so familiar, was never more stunning.It was only two years ago at Augusta National that Woods needed a nerve block just to hobble upstairs to the Champions Dinner, unsure he would ever play another round of golf. He had a fourth back surgery with hopes of simply playing with his two children, not chasing Jack Nicklaus in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He won his fifth \ngreen jacket, his 15th major, but never with this much raw emotion. The \nmost ferocious fist pump was when he walked off the 18th green, scooped \nup 10-year-old son Charlie, and embraced his mother and his 11-year-old \ndaughter Sam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For them to see what it’s like to have their dad \nwin a major championship, I hope that’s something they will never \nforget,” Woods said.”It’s hard to really feel bad about how I played \nbecause I just witnessed history,” said Xander Schauffele, one of three \nplayers who finished second. “It was really cool coming down the \nstretch, all the historic holes, Tiger making the roars. I feel like I \ngot full Masters experience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comeback goes beyond the \ntwo-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience that watched \nmemories turn into reality.It had been 14 years since he last won the \nMasters no one had ever gone that long between green jackets. He had \ngone nearly 11 years since his last major, the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey \nPines on a shattered left leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woods never missed a shot that \nmattered over the final seven holes, taking the lead with a 5-iron to \nthe fat of the green on the par-5 15th for a two-putt birdie, delivering\n the knockout with an 8-iron that rode down the ridge by the cup and \nsettled 2 feet away for birdie on the par-3 16th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He tapped in \nfor bogey and a 2-under 70, and the celebration was on. Woods screamed \nas he headed for the scoring room with chants of “Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!” \nHe had never hugged more people, everyone in his camp who stood by him \nthrough a public divorce, an embarrassing mug shot from his DUI arrest \nwhen he took a bad mix of painkillers and the four back surgeries, the \nmost recent to fuse his lower spine”I had serious doubts after what \ntranspired a couple of years ago,” Woods said. “I could barely walk. I \ncouldn’t sit. Couldn’t lay down. I really couldn’t do much of \nanything.To have the opportunity to come back like this, it’s probably \none of the biggest wins I’ve ever had for sure because of it.”President \nDonald Trump, who has played with Woods at his Florida course, had two \ntweets of congratulations. Fenway Park posted the news on the \nscoreboard.It rates among the best because Woods has meant so much to so\n many in a sport he ruled for so long. Whether he can dominate it again \nis still to be determined. Woods needed some help to win this Masters. \nSix players had a share of the lead at some point on the back nine, and \nthere was a five-way tie at the top when the final group was still on \nthe 15th fairway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You couldn’t have had more drama than we all \nhad out there. And now I know why I’m balding,” Woods said. “This stuff \nis hard.”It didn’t look that way when he was younger, healthier and the \nmost popular sporting figure in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woods lost his \nimpeccable image to a sex scandal, one of the swiftest and most shocking\n downfalls in sports. He lost his health to back problems. He went two \nyears without even playing a major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A big ‘well done’ from me to\n Tiger,” Nicklaus tweeted. “I am so happy for him and for the game of \ngolf. This is just fantastic!!!” “I think 18 is a whole lot closer than \npeople think,” Brooks Koepka said.Joe LaCava, the caddie who stayed with\n Woods even when he didn’t play for the better part of two years, said \nthey have talked about the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’re on 14 and I said, \n‘Let’s get to 15.’ You can’t be on 14 and thinking about 18,” LaCava \nsaid. “But now we can start talking about 16. So we’re getting closer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\n was the first time Woods won a major when trailing going into the final\n round. Francesco Molinari, the 54-hole leader, was still up two shots \nheading into the heart of Amen Corner.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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