this thread could easily have been called "He's back".
After eight months out with injury, and (perhaps) a little extra time out to enjoy the birth of his second child earlier this month, the world's most dominant golfer of the last decade and arguably the most iconic sportsman since Muhammad Ali will be back at next week's WGC Matchplay Championship.
Although Woods has won this event several times in the past, it seems an odd one for him to launch a comeback at. 18-hole matchplay is a bit of a lottery, even for the greatest players, and furthermore, for a player hoping to gently come back from injury, the prospect of playing (potentially) 7 full rounds of competitive golf (more, if his matches go into extra holes) in 5 days seems a tough one.
I wonder what will be made of it if he goes out in the first round to the 64th-ranked player. Even Tiger on imperious form could suffer that upset on any given day, so it will be very hard to read too much into it. If he comes back and wins the thing, though ... wow. Look out, everyone else.
After eight months out with injury, and (perhaps) a little extra time out to enjoy the birth of his second child earlier this month, the world's most dominant golfer of the last decade and arguably the most iconic sportsman since Muhammad Ali will be back at next week's WGC Matchplay Championship.
Although Woods has won this event several times in the past, it seems an odd one for him to launch a comeback at. 18-hole matchplay is a bit of a lottery, even for the greatest players, and furthermore, for a player hoping to gently come back from injury, the prospect of playing (potentially) 7 full rounds of competitive golf (more, if his matches go into extra holes) in 5 days seems a tough one.
I wonder what will be made of it if he goes out in the first round to the 64th-ranked player. Even Tiger on imperious form could suffer that upset on any given day, so it will be very hard to read too much into it. If he comes back and wins the thing, though ... wow. Look out, everyone else.
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