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The New Tiger Woods

August 10, 2009

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We all remember Tiger Woods from the 2008 U.S. Open when he beat the whole group of 60 other players all on one leg.  His left knee was killiing his game serious, but he stuck through it and finished strong in the final round (not to mention the fact that he played in an 18 hole playoff against Rocco Mediate).  Well he had the surgery April 15th, 2008 on his knee.  He got a double stress fracture on his left tibia during his rehab of the knee in which I can’t even understand the pain involved with that. Well he came back.  He walked back onto the golf course less than 11 months after having the surgery.  February 15th, 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, Tiger Woods walked onto the course to restart his career.  He finished when he lost the second round to Tim Clark who was only ranked 8th in the Bobby Jones bracket at the time.  Clearly it wasnt Tigers day that day.  Could it have been the knee?  Well, what happens next leads me to believe that it was not his knee.  He has now won 5 out of his first 12 tournaments which has got to be some kind of record for return-from-surgery players.  He has won the last two tournaments coming into the PGA Championship which means that this championship is actually now his to lose.  Its sad, but thats when he really turns the burners on.  I am excited to watch him this weekend as he dismantles the other players at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. This is how Tiger has finished since he has come back:

8/6 – 8/9

World Golf Championships

Bridgestone Invitational

1

68-70-65-65 – 268 (-12)

$1,400,000

7/30 – 8/2

Buick Open

1

71-63-65-69 – 268 (-20)

$918,000

7/16 – 7/19

British Open Championship

Missed Cut

71-74 – 145

N/A

7/2 – 7/5

AT&T National

1

64-66-70-67 – 267 (-13)

$1,080,000

6/18 – 6/22

U.S. Open Championship

6

74-69-68-69 – 280 (E)

$233,350

6/4 – 6/7

the Memorial Tournament

1

69-74-68-65 – 276 (-12)

$1,080,000

5/7 – 5/10

THE PLAYERS Championship

8

71-69-70-73 – 283 (-5)

$294,500

4/30 – 5/3

Quail Hollow Championship

4

65-72-70-72 – 279 (-9)

$312,000

4/9 – 4/12

The Masters

6

70-72-70-68 – 280 (-8)

$242,813

3/26 – 3/29

Arnold Palmer Invitational

1

68-69-71-67 – 275 (-5)

$1,080,000

3/12 – 3/15

World Golf Championships

9

71-70-68-68 – 277 (-11)

$142,500

2/25 – 3/1

WGC: Accenture Match

17

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$95,000

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