6/7/2023 0 Comments Tiger gone home fromThough it is good to hear the former terminator talk in humanizing tones, Woods can’t be ruled out as a threat to break his tie with Sam Snead for all-time PGA Tour victories (82) and to win his 16th major championship, two shy of Jack Nicklaus’ record. It’s incredible, the bonding and the moments that come because of this sport.” And to share some of the things that … I experienced with my dad, the late-night putting or practice sessions that we did at the Navy Golf Course, I’m doing with my son. “I’ve been able to spend more time with my son, and we’ve been able to create our own memories out there. He’s not yet Arnie & Jack in their golden years, but close enough. A spinal fusion surgery on top of the leg-saving surgeries on top of all the other injuries and procedures over the years have largely reduced Woods to an ambassador and tournament host. But now Woods is making concessions to the forces of gravity and time. It was long assumed that Woods would retire when he could no longer compete on the PGA Tour, and that he would find no satisfaction in riding a cart while beating the graybeards he pounded in their primes. And that would be largely true, as Woods has permanently reduced his annual schedule to the four majors and a couple of carefully handpicked tournaments in between them, and has started talking about using a cart - he calls it “a buggy” - to play the Champions Tour at age 50. Given the alarming optics - Tiger could barely walk to his golf bag before exiting stage left - and the fact Woods conceded that every Masters could be his last Masters, it’s natural to figure he is done as a competitive force. “Thank you to the fans and to who have shown me so much love and support. “I am disappointed to have to WD this morning due to reaggravating my plantar fasciitis,” Woods tweeted. Tiger Woods withdrew midway through this year’s Masters. And yet in that same presser, Woods maintained that his severely damaged right leg “aches a little bit more this year than last year,” a truth hammered home by Sunday morning’s announcement that Tiger was going, going, gone. Last April, 14 months after what a moderator in Tiger’s Tuesday presser called “that horrific accident,” Woods somehow made the cut, an achievement equal to any of his five tournament titles.
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