Page 18 - ARUBA TODAY

A18
Monday 24 SepteMber 2018

Tiger Woods caps off amazing comeback with a win

By DOUG FERGUSON
ATLANTA (AP) — A come-
back not even Tiger Woods
saw coming a year ago. HE’S
A chaotic celebration that
golf hasn't seen even in the
best of times.
Woods delivered the per-
fect ending to his amaz-
ing return from four back
surgeries on Sunday with a BACK
performance that felt like
the old days. He left the
competition feeling hope-
less as he built a five-shot
lead early and hung on to
win the Tour Champion-
ship.
Woods raised both arms
over his head after he
tapped in for par and a
1-over 71 for a two-shot
victory over Billy Horschel,
the 80th victory of his PGA
Tour career and his first in
more than five years.
"It was a grind out there,"
Woods said. "I loved every
bit of it."
It felt like a coronation
coming down the 18th
green after he hit his sec-
ond shot to the par 5 safely
in a bunker in front of the
green. The crowd came
through the ropes and
walked behind him, just like
that walk from the left side
of the 18th fairway when
he won the Masters in
1997, and when the enor-
mous gallery of Chicago
followed after him when
he won the Western Open
that summer.
They chased after any inch
of grass they could find to
watch the ending.
This felt just as big as a ma-
jor, maybe better consid-
ering where Woods had
been.
“I didn’t want to get run
over,” Woods said with a
laugh.
Only when he was on the
green, the last one to putt
after Rory McIlroy tapped
in for birdie, did it start to
sink in. “All of a sudden it
hit me that I was going to
win the tournament. I start-
ed tearing up a little bit,” Tiger Woods hits from the third fairway during the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, in
Woods said. Atlanta.
Continued on Page 20 Associated Press