Tigers Woods completes a tale of persistence for the ages at the Masters | Andy Bull


Two years after contemplating retirement the American has eclipsed Ben Hogan’s remarkable recovery

This one was for the sinners, one for the egotists, addicts, idolaters and fornicators, for those who have suffered, those who have recovered and all the rest too, for everyone who ever believed in second chances or who just loves a good comeback story.

When Tiger Woods came here in 2010, right after his life started to fall apart, he told his old coach Hank Haney that he had decided one thing for sure: “When I play golf again, I’m not going to play for my dad or mum,” he said, or for his agent, Mark Steinberg, or his caddie, Steve Williams, or his sponsor, Nike, or for Haney either. “Only for myself.” But here he was, a decade later, playing for everyone.

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