Tiger Woods completed one of sport's great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year major title drought at TheMasters by claiming a fifth Green Jacket
Unsurprisingly, the triumph also renewed talks of Woods making a run at Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 majors.
He then quickly spotted his family and raced over to hug his children before making his way to the scorers room while being congratulated by his fellow golfers who lined the way."I was just trying to plod my way along the golf course all day," said Woods. "When I tapped the putt in, I don’t know what I did but I know I screamed."To have my kids there – it’s come full circle. My dad was here in 97 and now I'm the dad with two kids there.
At Carnoustie it was Woods who stumbled on the back nine while leading. But on Sunday it was Molinari who slipped up, with the 36-year-old from Turin finding the water at the 12th and 15th. The two double bogeys ended his Green Jacket bid. Woods turned pro in 1996 and almost immediately became the sport's dominant player. He won 14 majors before his 33rd birthday, and had a seismic impact off the course, driving new interest in golf worldwide and huge television ratings in the US. He won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
No one has dominated the golfing landscape, on or off the course, in the way that Woods did in his heyday. Players from Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth to Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka are among those vying to be the new wunderkind of the fairway, but there's been no consistent standout.At the height of his dominance, Woods was making $US110 million per year as the world's highest paid athlete, with $US30 million coming from Nike alone, according to.
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