Sam Macdonald
It's another Sunday evening on the PGA tour. The Orange County crowd is silent. Tiger Woods has a 16 foot putt to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational for the second year in a row. In only his third tournament back after knee surgery, the greatest player ever to grace a fairway was scintillating as he came from five shots behind on the final day to win. Woods' exploits consistently amaze the thousands of fans who flock to see him week in week out.
He delights his supporters with his supremacy under pressure. He also frustrates a contingent that think the game has become less interesting because of his dominance. Many dared to whisper the question “will he be as good when he comes back?” Tiger gave an emphatic answer on Sunday afternoon. Woods is a genius. The most outrageously talented golfer since the game began. He makes other, world class golfers look embarrassingly ordinary in comparison.
He is surely the best sportsman of his era, if not all time. Ruling his sport with a devastating ability to put the fear of god into his opponents. Just ask Sean O'Hair, who watched his five-shot lead disintegrate on Sunday as Woods piled on the pressure.An eight month lay-off after his visit to the surgeon does not seem to have affected Woods' desire to become the greatest golfer of all time. He is only 4 major victories away from equalling Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 titles.
Few would put the grand slam this season and equalling Nicklaus' record past the great man. It has taken Tiger less than a month to get back to winning ways. Anyone who doubted his ability to continue lifting trophy after trophy will surely continue to be embarrassed as Woods moves ominously towards the Masters in just over a week's time.
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