Tiger Woods won the Chevron World Challenge today, and it was no gimme. Zach Johnson gave Tiger all he could handle, but Tiger birdied the last two holes. When he drained the putt on 18, he fist-pumped furiously as in the old days. It was good to see. Even Zach Johnson's face seemed to say, "Well, I guess it was his moment."CBS: Woods closed with a 3-under 69, sweeping his arm when the final putt dropped, then slamming down his first in a celebration that was a long time coming. It had been 749 days and 26 official tournaments since he last won on Nov. 15, 2009 at the Australian Masters, back when he looked as though he would rule golf as long as he played.
But he crashed his car into a fire hydrant outside his Florida home on Thanksgiving night, and shocking revelations of extramarital affairs began to emerge, which eventually led to a divorce. Since then, he has changed swing coaches and endured more injuries, missing two majors this summer and missing the cut in another.
Ain't it funny how the time flies? One day you're at the top of your profession, married to a Swedish model, and you have a couple of great kids. Two years later, you're minus the wife and kids - and a whole whack of money - and you're just glad to win one tournament in the past 700 days.
Anti-Tiger talk started out two years ago as a critique of his lifestyle. As he began losing tournaments and getting injured, the talk morphed into a critique of him as a golfer who had lost his stuff. Now that he's tasted glory again, maybe he'll start rolling. Golf will be better for it.
You can catch the video here. Fast forward to :25 to see the moment of truth.
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