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| TW with a trophy he's very familiar with |
With today's win at the WGC Cadillac Championship, Tiger Woods earned his 76th total PGA TOUR victory and his 5th win in the last 50 weeks. And although he's been "back" since his triumph at Bay Hill in 2012, I think most would admit that, after this week's showing, he really is "BACK".
Although he hasn't won a major in 5 years, the questions of him being able to hang with the games elite are now gone. Look at the top-10 leaderboard of this week's event. The star power on it was incredible. Graeme, Phil, Sergio, and Adam Scott are just a few of the tons of pros who played well this week. So for Tiger to take down others who were playing well just shows how good his game is right now. And since he hadn't won a WGC event in 4+ years, it is a good sign for him to win tournaments that are known to be just 1 notch lower than the big 4 events.
Tiger won this event on Saturday, with stellar ball striking and some of the best putting he's had in his life (thanks to Steve Stricker). All he did on Sunday was stay in cruise control and let everyone try and catch him. As it turned out, nobody did. Just like old times when he was the man.
Obviously, Tiger is still the number 2 ranked player in the world, but with this 2 shot victory, everyone pretty much knows he's number 1 again. It's only a matter of time before the rankings show it. And with Rory's game turning around, we could be headed for a very special version of The Masters this year.
Congrats, TW!
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