Tiger Woods: Why His Win at the Memorial Was Different

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Published: June 5, 2012

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Tiger Woods has won three times in the past six months but his victory last Sunday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament was, in this writer’s opinion, Woods’ first real victory since 2009.

Sure, he managed to defeat a field of 18 golfers at the Chevron World Challenge last December, but that was a field consisting of players bearing either signs of winter rust or pure exhaustion from the Presidents Cup which had taken place in Australia just two weeks prior. 

Woods won again in late March by five strokes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which is the still the largest margin of victory at any PGA Tour event this year. But, there was just something about that win that didn’t quite scream “I’M BACK!”

Woods looked more like a player still terrified of a duck hook or 50-yard slice that week than a player completely comfortable with his game.

Following his win at the API, Woods went on to finish T-40 at the Masters. He then missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship for the second consecutive time and notched another T-40 at the Players Championship the following week.

But Woods somehow managed to revive both his season and possibly even his career last Sunday afternoon in Dublin, Ohio.

Whereas two months ago at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Woods appeared to be a player walking on egg shells just hoping one of them wouldn’t crack and result in a vicious hook that would take him completely out of the tournament, last Sunday Woods appeared to be a man fully confident in what he was doing on the golf course.



Woods’ win at the Memorial will forever be remembered for his improbable chip-in for birdie on the 16th hole, but that one shot in itself is not the reason why Woods may have finally turned the corner.  

Woods’ chip-in on 16 may have been the first time in three years we’ve seen the type o...
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