Woods Wins Number Five
Five in a row. I can’t even win five games of H-O-R-S-E against my brother in basketball. Again, Tiger Woods had a relatively bad opening round with – 70. He was five strokes off the lead. Then he did what he does better than another athlete: He adjusts his game and improves. Sixty-eight for the second round. A pair of 66’s to close-out the tournament. A 25 foot shot won it for him.
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From ESPN:
Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill.
He wasn’t alone in his thinking.
Palmer stood behind the 18th green in his pink shirt and blue blazer, waiting to hand him the trophy. The King was joined by an army of fans who squinted into the late afternoon sun, all expecting Woods to continue a winning streak that began in September. (more…)
