When Tiger Woods went to Augusta for a championship dinner in 2017, he needed a nerve blocker to sit for hours. On April 14, 2019, Tiger Woods won the Masters for the fifth time, causing a sensation around the world.
"Unbelievable," Golden State Warriors head coach Kerr said of tigers eventually lifting the Masters title. "I feel like Curry is going to cry!" NBA player Kevin Rooney said.
On this day, the Golden State Warriors on the West Coast are just preparing to review the footage of the first round of the playoffs against the Clippers in preparation for the second game. But in order to watch the Tigers game, head coach Steve Kerr decided to postpone the video lesson and let everyone get together and watch the last two holes of the game.
(Curry tweeted: "What a great comeback story on the stadium, congratulations Tiger, turn around and let me touch this fifth green jacket.") ”）
Tiger's victory was a shot in the arm for sports people across the Country, who came together to see it as the greatest day in the history of sports, an inspirational story of a sports man returning to the top.
Former US President Barack Obama and incumbent President Trump have also tweeted to celebrate. Trump said he would award Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He said he had spoken to Tiger, congratulated him on his great victory, and "informed him that he had achieved incredible success and revival in sport and, more importantly, the revival in his life, I would award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom." "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor awarded to civilians in the United States.
Obama
(Trump)
Tiger's victory has given impetus to the development of the golf industry. According to the U.S. sports ticket website tickercity, because of tigers, the average resale price of tickets to this year's Masters is $2484, an increase of 15% over 2018, and much higher than $1265 in 2017 and $1580 in 2016.
Cbs Sports revealed that this year's Masters ratings increased by 5% compared to 2018, and Saturday's third round of live ratings set a new high for live golf events in four years.
Too many fans saw Tiger win the title and shed tears of excitement.
(The boy has tears and does not flick, but he has not reached the depths of love)
Knowing the story of the tiger, you will understand why the whole world is so excited!
Twenty-two years ago, at the age of 21, he set a number of "groundbreaking" records at Augusta, becoming the youngest champion of the Masters with the lowest number of strokes in history! He was also the first black player to win the Masters. For a long time after that, he was firmly in the world's number one position.
(2019→1997)
In 1999, the 24-year-old Tiger fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming michael Jordan in basketball, and that year he won the championship nine times in 13 games to dominate the world.
If it weren't for a car accident on November 27, 2009 and a series of events that followed involving him in sex scandals, he wouldn't have been shot down from the altar to dust.
(Woods fell into the abyss in 2009)
Advertisers have terminated their contracts, wives have left, the pitch has fallen, opponents have ridiculed... Tigers have fallen into the trough of their lives.
Since 2008, he hasn't won a grand slam since last week. The cruelty of the world to middle-aged people begins with letting him lose what he once had.
Beginning in 2011, injuries began to become his biggest annoyance. He had done nothing without reservation, and in 2008, when he won his last Grand Slam match, the U.S. Open, he dragged a sick leg to play 19 holes in the overtime game; because his father, who was deeply dependent on him, was a marine lieutenant colonel, he would also experience his father's life in the offseason, and the intense training caused him to injure his knee.
(The body can't hold up the ambition)
The most serious is also a back injury, which hurts so much every day that I can't get out of bed. Caught between scandal and injury, he can no longer be as confident in every swing and confident in every putt line as he once was. In 2016, the Tigers did not appear on any PGA Tour again.
By 2017, when he came to Augusta for a championship dinner, he needed a nerve blocker to sit for hours. As usual, the joke made him feel relaxed, but the tiger's body was equally uncomfortable. That night, he boarded a plane to Britain and met with a number of experts who examined his back and came up with a solution: spinal fusion surgery.
It was hard news for him to accept, but he thought it was the right choice. It was his fourth back surgery since 2014. Tiger flew to Texas for surgery, and he was worried about whether he could still be a qualified father, rather than having the same abilities as his peers. He just wanted to drive the kids to school, take them to practice, watch their games.
His career is already at a crossroads. Brilliant everything is over. He said: "At that time, I was ready to say goodbye to golf. ”
But fortunately, the results of the surgery were good, and he was reborn. He picked up the golf club and practiced from putter to number one wood. He is worried about the change in his swing ability, but the tiger's determination and hard training will not be denied. Champions don't give up, and the best thing about golf is not giving up.
(At the Tour Championship in September 2018, Tigers won the 80th PGA Tour title in his career.)
The fire of competition burned at the 2017 Presidents Cup, and he was one of the assistant captains of the U.S. national team who wanted to play with those young players. He silently told himself, I'm sorry, you can't do it yet. Then came the Tour Championship in September 2018, his first PGA Tour title in five years and the 80th of his career. This time winning the championship is not only a victory, but also a proof of himself, he can still participate in the game, he is still possible to win.
(Strong desire to win)
A month later, he began to focus on the Masters. "East Lake gives me a big step forward," he said. "It gives me a lot of confidence to keep working on that foundation and put all my energy in the direction of Augusta."
So he came here very confident that he could win the championship. Although he can no longer beat his opponents as he did in 1997, he wants to prove that he is not as bad as others think.
(Be well prepared)
This week he won the championship with conviction. He managed and completed his game plan better than anyone. He used his advantage to frequently take chances, stifling disasters on holes where he didn't have any advantages. No double bogeys, no fatal blow like his rivals on Sunday.
(Surprised!) The last round motif of Molinari to remember)
Molinari, who led alone before the start of the final round, was in control for a long time until he hit the ball on 12 holes and went into the water. Meanwhile, tigers made sure they stayed calm, and the door of victory kept waving at him. In previous major wins, Tiger would shock his opponents with his lead. Now he relies on the natural elimination of the game. When the Tigers stood in the fairway on the 15th hole, the lead was still tied by multiple players. Beads of sweat dotted across his face, but his demeanor was cool.
(Powerful tiger)
As long as he can be more calm than others, he will win. "Whatever they do," he said to himself, "I just have to play the same shot and not have too much distraction." "In the end he really did! Win with a 1-stroke advantage!
Now the record of catching up with golf has begun again. It's just one way off the record of 82 titles set by Sam Sled. He was just three times close to winning a Grand Slam to tie Nicklaus. What once seemed easy to come by, then seemed to be forgotten, is now rekindled in hope.
(When I was young, I wanted to be the pride of my father, and now I want to be a role model for my children)
After coming down from the green, he hugged his children, daughter Sam 11 and son Charlie 10. Reminiscent of a 1997 tiger embracing his father. Tiger's father, Earl Woods, a Vietnam Veteran of Chinese, Indian and African-American descent, and his mother, a Thai immigrant, was called Tiger because a man named Tiger in Vietnam had saved his father's life, and his father named Tiger Woods so that his children could remember this benefactor.
(Father guides tigers to find their love)
Tiger has a deep affection for his father, Earl is a good father full of patience, and Tiger is always the first in his father. "Dad doesn't care how much work there is. He would stop and talk to me, no matter what topic we were talking about and how long it would take. Tiger recalled. In this not-so-wealthy mixed-race black family, the father's company is the little tiger's greatest comfort.
Before he wanted to be the pride of his father, now he wants to be a hero to his children. Children are the deep motivation for the tiger's return.
Growing up with Sam and Charlie, they never saw their dad win a Grand Slam tournament again, and more often than not because of the pain that golf brought to dad, tigers wanted their children to see happiness from their careers.
DC, Marvel's superheroes live in comics and movies, while Tiger is a superhero in children's reality.
This kind of teaching was brought to him by Earl from an early age.
"At last year's British Open, I took the lead on the back nine holes and the kids were there. But I made a few mistakes there that cost me the chance to win the British Open. Tiger said.
"I'm not going to let that happen twice," he added with a laugh, "so they can see Dad win a Grand Slam, and I hope it's a memory they'll never forget." ”
If you can, the 43-year-old tiger will definitely say to himself 10 years ago: "That period of time was difficult, but you finally survived, don't give up, you will definitely regain people's respect." 」 ”
These two days, friends who have put their clubs down in the past few years are ready to return to the court again. Because of the tiger, they have the motivation to re-swing.
Picking up the club, but also picking up the belief that life will never give up...
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