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His return to major relevance after a five-year layoff that won’t soon be forgotten, setting the stage for potentially one of the great Sundays in the 147-year history of this tournament.
The end result T-6 finish – his best at a major since the 2013 Masters – will hold our complete attention until he gives it another major go in the PGA Championship at Bellerive. Until he tries again.
That’s really what this comeback has always been about, and it’s way more compelling to watch someone put it all on the line after they’ve tried and failed.
There are a lot of questions now and many will go unanswered, but when he went full recoil out of a nasty fairway bunker on 10 to save par and maintain the outright lead it was old-school Tiger all the way.
We’ve all wondered how old school Woods would do against new school Tour players when it really counted and we got our first taste at Carnoustie. That was the best part of it all. The chance for a playoff featuring Woods and Jordan Spieth or Rory McIlroy was so good, and it was legitimately on the table.
Further down on the list of significance but big for Woods nonetheless was the fact that he qualified for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club. He’s won eight times there already and got in on the number after moving to No. 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, ensuring a chance at No. 9 before the event leaves Firestone in 2019.
For a bit of perspective, he was No. 69 in the world entering Carnoustie. He was No. 668 when he began this comeback at the Hero World Challenge in December.
We still don’t know if he’ll eventually get to major No. 15, but it’s been incredible to watch him try.
The end result T-6 finish – his best at a major since the 2013 Masters – will hold our complete attention until he gives it another major go in the PGA Championship at Bellerive. Until he tries again.
That’s really what this comeback has always been about, and it’s way more compelling to watch someone put it all on the line after they’ve tried and failed.
There are a lot of questions now and many will go unanswered, but when he went full recoil out of a nasty fairway bunker on 10 to save par and maintain the outright lead it was old-school Tiger all the way.
We’ve all wondered how old school Woods would do against new school Tour players when it really counted and we got our first taste at Carnoustie. That was the best part of it all. The chance for a playoff featuring Woods and Jordan Spieth or Rory McIlroy was so good, and it was legitimately on the table.
Further down on the list of significance but big for Woods nonetheless was the fact that he qualified for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club. He’s won eight times there already and got in on the number after moving to No. 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, ensuring a chance at No. 9 before the event leaves Firestone in 2019.
For a bit of perspective, he was No. 69 in the world entering Carnoustie. He was No. 668 when he began this comeback at the Hero World Challenge in December.
We still don’t know if he’ll eventually get to major No. 15, but it’s been incredible to watch him try.
