Woods Back on Track to Break Majors Record
“AUGUSTA, Ga. – All the images paint a picture of Tiger Woods returning to the pinnacle of golf. A shot that ranks among the most amazing ever at Augusta National. The intense face bursting with raw emotion when the winning putt dropped on the 18th hole. His fist punching the air with an uppercut, his roar drowned out by a delirious gallery. The red shirt beneath a green jacket.
Woods won the Masters for the fourth time and returned to No. 1 in the world Monday.
CBS Sports said the overnight television rating was 10.3, up 41 percent from last year and the highest for a final round at the Masters since Woods won in 2001 to become the first player to sweep all four majors.
The victory Sunday at Augusta National put him back on track to go after Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors. Woods now has nine majors, tied with Ben Hogan and Gary Player, and he is still only 29.
But there was something different about this victory.
Woods no longer looked invincible with a final-round lead in a major, spitting up three shots on the final nine holes. No one feared him, least of all Chris DiMarco, who outplayed Woods in every aspect of the game except when it mattered — with a putter in his hand.
Having gone nearly three years without a major while retooling his swing, it appears that this might be the start of a new era for Woods. If that’s the case, it might be different in one area.
Nothing seems to come easily.”
I think that this is just utter foolishness. Tiger might have gone a few years without winning a major, but that is not such a big deal to me. If you look at his age it is obvious that he is still young and has decades of competition ahead of him if he so chooses.
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