When you remained resilient, never giving up and being hopeful, then anything can happen and your efforts might be rewarded with the ultimate prize.
This lines vividly captured the travail of Tiger Woods in the past 11 years. From divorce to injury, litigation, abandonment by sponsors and loss of form, Tiger braves it all to rise by winning the Masters at Augusta on Saturday coming from 2 shots deficit.
It was a delirious celebration by golf fans and indeed sports in general. Tiger Woods is the postal figure of golf, his absence at the top imparted negatively on the game. Nike must be commended to keeping faith with Tiger during the many years of trouble
“WOOOOOOO!!!” Woods screamed as he headed for the scoring room with chants of “Tiger! Tiger! Tiger” echoing as loud as any of the roars on the back nine at Augusta National.
Tiger hugged his 10 years old, his 11 years daughter and his mother. It was a comeback many yearned for yet doubted. The victory is his 15th majors, 3 short of Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18. It was his 81st victory on the PGA Tour, one title away from the career record held by Sam Snead.
The 2019 Masters purse is up to $11.5 million from $11 million a year ago, and Tiger Woods will receive $2,070,000 for the victory. Runners up (T2) — Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka: $858,666.67 each.
T5 — Jason Day, Webb Simpson, Francesco Molinari, Tony Finau: $403,937.50 each
