He had already been warning about it, and he has finally confirmed it. Tiger Woods returns to the victorious path five years after his last triumph, and he does it in a big way, winning the Tour Championship, which gathered the best of the season and where the FedExCup was decided. After four surgeries on his back that barely allowed him to walk a few months ago, the Californian was very excited after his victory: “I had to fight all day but I loved this day. It was a big challenge at the beginning of the year to think I could win again but as the competitions went on I saw that it was possible”.
At a packed East Lake Golf Club, the former world number one faced the final hole with a broad smile on his face, knowing he had the title in his hands. “I had a hard time holding back tears on the last hole. I kept telling myself, ‘Hey, you can still shoot it out.’ But once I got the ball on the green, I high-fived Joey (LaCava, his caddie) because I knew I had made it,” he added.
The thousands of fans who accompanied him on the field in Atlanta celebrated the return of their idol to the top. He who was bedridden just a year ago, this Sunday was cheered and surrounded by cheering fans who enjoyed watching his return to the top.
His last success was in August 2013, when he won the Bridgestone Invitational. At that time nobody thought it would take him 1876 days to lift a trophy again but, after dominating since the first day, he was crowned again at the Tour Championship. For the third time in his career. Despite not shining this Sunday, with a card of 71 strokes, one over par, the ‘Tiger’ had done his homework in the previous three to finish the tournament with 269, two strokes behind his compatriot Billy Horschel (271) and with four of margin over the also American Dustin Johnson (273), second and third respectively. Thus, Woods added the 80th title of his sporting career and was only two behind the absolute record of his compatriot Sam Snead.
Meanwhile, British Justin Rose finished in fourth place with 274 strokes after a disappointing last day, which ended with three over par, but ended up taking the FedEx Cup as the first of the annual ranking of the PGA Tour. Woods was second. Spain’s Jon Rahm, who had started the day in fourth place, fell to eleventh as he finished Sunday two strokes over par for a total of 276 strokes.
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