Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Can Tiger write the next chapter in his comeback?
EVEN if you don’t like golf, you may want to watch the US Open. The world-famous golf tournament may be the next chapter in the most incredible comeback in the history of sports: the story of Tiger Woods.
Woods was a great golfer for years. How great? Let’s take a look:
Woods won his first major tournament in 1997 when he was only 21. The “major” tournaments are the Masters, the US Open, the British Open and the PGA.
Woods kept winning golf tournaments and major championships for many years. By 2008, he had won 14 major titles – only the legendary Jack Nicklaus had won more (18).
Woods was one of the richest, most famous athletes in the world. It appeared that his life was perfect.
But then things began to fall apart for Woods.
His family and friends discovered that he had been lying to them. Those lies led to his marriage ending.
Woods also had injuries and surgeries that made it difficult to play golf. His injuries were so bad he hardly played from 2014 to 2017. It looked as though his career was over.
In April 2017, a fourth back hoped it would live “a normal him play with Woods had surgery. He help him life” and let his children (Woods has a daughter, Sam Alexis, 11, and a son, Charlie Axel, 10).
The surgery worked. Not only did it allow him to play with his kids, but it also allowed him to play golf without pain.
In September 2018, he won a professional PGA tournament, his 80th (only “Slammin’ Sammy” Snead has won more with 82).
Then in April, Woods did something almost no one thought possible. The 43-year-old won the Masters – his 15th major win.
Woods was a sports hero again. Not because he was on top of the sports world, but because he had been on the bottom.
Sometimes it’s difficult for anyone, especially children, to identify with a world-class athlete such as Woods. Who can imagine the feeling of being the best in the world at anything?
But everyone knows the feeling of losing then having to come back and try again. It takes courage.
The courage of a Tiger. – Washington Post