Winner: Tiger Woods
Around the wider world of golf: Steve Stricker won the Sanford International on the Champions Tour; Anne Van Dam won the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open on the LET; Tom Lewis won the Portugal Masters on the ET; Kendall Dye won the Guardian Championship on the Symetra Tour; Denny McCarthy won the Web.com Tour Championship; Marcelo Rozo won the JHSF Brazil Open on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica; and Yuta Ikeda won the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup on the Japan Golf Tour.
Well, the Big Cat really hasn't lost his flair for the dramatic, has he? Had it not been for a birdie through Justin Rose at the very last hollow, Tiger could have taken it all within the very last occasion of the 2017-18 season.
But someway I do not assume the loads of enthusiasts charging down the 18th fairway to look at Tiger hoist his first trophy in 5 years simply cared about that. And primarily based on the tears Tiger himself became fighting returned as they collected, I do not suppose he cared either.
And perhaps that, in and of itself, is the final evidence -- if anybody still wanted any -- that Tiger Woods is not the identical man or woman he was a decade in the past. From the easy raised hands of victory after the faucet-in to stable his win, to the various players and enthusiasts amassed to greet him as he went to sign his card, to the trophy presentation wherein he took time to each congratulate and commend Rose's yearlong excellence, accompanied by more feelings as Justin paid his own respects to what Tiger has carried out this season -- what greater did each person need to see?
There will be a lot of discussion about Tiger's potential future going forward. He's already the Vegas favorite to win the Masters -- at least it seems a logical choice this time. And the speculation about what he'll do at the Ryder Cup this week will be at a fever pitch when coverage begins today... if it didn't begin already, right after Tiger posed for those photos with the Calamity Jane trophy. (Which, for those of you who somehow missed the history lesson, is a replica of the famous putter Bobby Jones used to make his own history. Or perhaps I should say putters, plural, since Jones wore out the first one and had to have a second made.)
At any rate, Tiger's long dark night is over. And I too am truly amazed, for I have to wonder... how did he ever manage to survive for nearly five years without a new Limerick Summary to grace his trophy case?
It took nearly thousand days
For Tiger to go into this segment
Of his new rent on life.
Now the drama and strife?S
Given way to his fans’ roaring praise. The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.
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