Memorial Tournament 2012: Tiger Woods Will Use Victory as a Springboard in 2012

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Published: June 3, 2012

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Sometimes you can tell when a golfer's victory will be looked back on as a turning point of his season. Tiger Woods' victory at the 2012 Memorial Tournament will certainly be looked back on as one of those stepping stones that helped him turn the year around.

Woods benefited from a choke job by Spencer Levin, but got no help from Rory Sabbatini as the South African did all he could to keep himself at the top of the leaderboard.

Tiger would have none of that, as he finished the tournament at nine-under.

With the victory at Muirfield Village, Woods moved into a second place tie with Jack Nicklaus for most career PGA Tour wins with 73. This was his fifth career victory at the Memorial Tournament, and it will definitely be looked back on as the most important.

He was two back with four to play but saw the turning point of the weekend come about at hole 16 when he sank a miraculous chip-in from the rough for a birdie.



This win is so important because of the events that are near on the schedule.

The St. Jude Classic is scheduled to begin on June 7, and while every event is important, we don't yet know if Tiger will be playing that tournament.

Even if he chooses to participate, it is nowhere near as important of an event as the tournament that is set to begin on June 14—the U.S. Open.

With the U.S. Open up next for Tiger, he'll be looking to avoid the same fate that befell him when he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational back in March, then lost the Masters that immediately followed.

Based on the performance he put on today, he should be able to play among the leaders in San Francisco, Calif.

This is a huge win for Woods. He has gotten back to his winning ways in 2012 after going winless in 2010 and 2011.

It was obvious that we saw a different Tiger today than what we have seen since the events that transpired outside of his Florida ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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