Tiger Woods found his game at the 2011 Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia, nearly two years after losing it along with his credibility during a winter incident at his Florida home.
Since late 2009, it had been painfully obvious that Woods was shaken to his core by the developments in his personal life. The Tiger Woods sex scandal was front page news everywhere and Woods' golf game went to the dumps.
But if Woods' solid play was any indication the past four days down under, the 35-year-old is once again relevant and among the top golfers in the world. Here's what fellow professional golfer Greg Norman had to say about Woods' play:
He stepped up to the plate. He putted extremely well, any player hates to see another great player struggle, because we all know what it's like to go through the ins and outs of the game. At the end of the day, you want to see the player who has dominated the game come back.
Woods strong final day at the Presidents Cup locked up an American victory, and that cannot be denied. Without his brilliant late-tournament stretch, the U.S. doesn't win.
After an embarrassing Day 1 effort that had and will continue to have the nonbelievers somehow suggesting he's done already, Woods stuck with it and knocked off Aaron Baddeley 4 and 3, proving he still relishes in big moments that shrink 95 percent of golfers.
His perseverance and clutch shots reminded everyone why and how he managed to captivate so many sports fans not so long ago.
A dismal 2011 campaign for Woods has been turned completely around—like the water in the toilet bowl in Australia.
After having been cut from seven out of nine events this season, the California native has returned to golf, come full circle and for that we are grateful.
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