Monday 15 April 2019

Unlabelled [BigBrother_Survivor] Tiger Woods wins Masters for first time since 2005

[BigBrother_Survivor] Tiger Woods wins Masters for first time since 2005

by Crime Time Tamil on April 15, 2019

Good for him He has been through a lot over these past few years and it looks like he finally got it together .

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/tiger-woods-wins-masters-for-first-time-since-2005

Tiger Woods wins Masters for first time since 2005

It was a Sunday unlike any other at this tradition unlike any other.

But as on four previous Sunday afternoons at Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger Woods stood alone at the top of the Masters leaderboard.

Woods, 43, shot a 2-under par 70 to win his first green jacket since 2005 and his first major since the 2008 U.S. Open. His 13-under 275 was enough to defeat Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffle, and Brooks Koepeka by one stroke, but that does not begin to tell the story of a dramatic Sunday that ended approximately four-and-a-half hours early after Sunday's tee times were moved ahead due to the threat of severe weather.

In addition to Woods' fifth Masters championship and 15th major title (trailing only the great Jack Nicklaus in both categories), Sunday marked his 81st victory on the PGA Tour, one title away from the career record held by Sam Snead. It was also the first time Tiger had won one of golf's four major championships when not entering the final round with at least a share of the lead.

"It fits," Woods quipped after 2018 champion Patrick Reed slipped the traditional winner's garment over his shoulders in Butler Cabin. It was a far more sedate setting than the 18th green had been a few minutes before as Woods clinched the title with a short bogey putt.

"WOOOOOOO!!!" Woods screamed as he headed for the scoring room with chants of "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger" echoing as loud as any of the roars on the back nine at Augusta National. He scooped up 10-year-old Charlie, born a year after that dramatic victory on Father's Day weekend at Torrey Pines. He hugged his mother and then his 11-year-old daughter Sam, and everyone else in his camp that stood by him through a public divorce, an embarrassing DUI arrest from a concoction of painkillers and surgeries.

"To have my kids there, it's come full circle," Woods told CBS during the post-round interview. "You know, my dad was here in '97 and now, I'm the dad with two kids there."

Woods began the day in a tie for second with Tony Finau, two shots back of Francesco Molinari, the defending British Open champion with nerves so steady that entering Sunday, the Italian had not bogeyed any hole since the 11th on Thursday.

But Molinari's nerves and shotmaking skills failed him on the back nine Sunday. Holding a two-shot lead on the 12th tee, Molinari watched helplessly as his tee shot rolled off the green and into Rae's Creek. A double bogey was not enough to drop Molinari from contention, but the veneer of invincibility had cracked.

That was the cue for a roller coaster ride at the top of the leaderboard. Six players had a share of the lead at some point on the second nine. With the final trio of Woods, Molinari and Tony Finau in the 15th fairway, five players were tied at the top.

If what happened at 12 was tragedy, what happened to Molinari at 15 was a farce. Playing conservatively to avoid the water on the par-5, Molinari found himself with what should have been a simple third shot onto the green. But he hit his wedge shot fat, popping it up into the air, off a nearby tree and into the water. He double-bogeyed the hole to drop out of a share of the lead and out of contention.

On the same hole, Woods made a two-putt birdie-4 to take the outright lead for the first time. He secured his advantage at the par-3 16 by sticking an 8-iron within 2 feet of the cup for another birdie and a two-stroke lead.

In the end, three-time major winner had a chance to put pressure on Woods at the last, but he pulled a birdie putt left of the hole to give Tiger all the cushion he needed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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