Tiger is Back

As Tiger Woods safely hit over the water on the 18th hole Sunday, he approached the green with a feeling of relief. He had just secured his first PGA victory in over 30 months. It was just two weeks ago when Tiger re injured his achilles and it seemed that all the progress he had made over the past few months was for nothing. Instead, Tiger dominated this weekend in the Arnold Palmer event, a tournament he has previously won six times. He set himself up on Friday after he shot a (-7) 65 sending him to the top of the leader board going into the weekend. With his traditional red shirt on Sunday, Tiger separated him self from the field late shooting a (-2) 70 and ended up winning by five strokes over the second place finisher Graeme McDowell.

It is quite hard to imagine how long it has been since Tiger Woods has last won a PGA tour event. He has played in 26 events and spent 924 days waiting until he could raise another trophy. It must've been extremely sweet winning in Bay Hill because he has lived in Florida for such a large portion of his life. It showed this tournament as he had a gigantic crowd the entire time supporting him on every shot good or bad. With the Masters two weeks away, Tiger will be looking to carry this momentum into Augusta as he tries to catch Jack Nicklaus record of 18 majors won. It appeared that Tiger would never be able to catch Jack due to the issues he has been dealing with, but with the win this weekend, five more majors seems very doable for the once number one player in the world.