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Tiger Zinda Hai: Woods wins 5th Masters to end 11-year Major drought

AUGUSTA:Tiger Woods completed one of sport’s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year Major title drought at the Masters on Sunday by claiming a fifth Green Jacket.

Tiger Zinda Hai: Woods wins 5th Masters to end 11-year Major drought

Tiger Woods celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters. Reuters photos



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Tiger Woods completed one of sport’s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year Major title drought at the Masters on Sunday by claiming a fifth Green Jacket. 

A gritty 2-under 70 clinched a one-shot victory over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele and earned the 43-year-old a 15th Major title that many thought would never come. Unsurprisingly, the triumph also renewed talks of Woods making a run at Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 Majors. Not since the 2008 US Open had Woods hoisted a Major trophy and the last of his four Augusta titles came in 2005. But after a beaming Woods slipped on his fifth Green Jacket, he will be aware that Sunday’s win has brought him close to another Nicklaus record — that of six Augusta titles. The victory also marked the first time Woods had reached the winner’s circle at major without leading after 54 holes. 

Woods’s girlfriend Erica Herman, mother Kultida and two children Sam and Charlie watched while a massive gallery roared as he marched up to the 18th green to put the finishing touches on a milestone victory. When his final putt disappeared into the cup, Woods delivered one of his trademark fist pumps then raised both arms in the air screaming in absolute delight as the crowd chanted, “Tiger, Tiger, Tiger”.

Hugs children

He then quickly spotted his family and raced over to hug his children before making his way to the scorers’ room while being congratulated by his fellow golfers who lined the way. “I was just trying to plod my way along the golf course all day,” said Woods. “When I tapped the putt in, I don’t know what I did but I know I screamed. To have my kids there — it’s come full circle. My dad was here in 97 (when he won his first Masters) and now I’m the dad with two kids there,” he added. Written off as too old and too beaten up from four back surgeries and multiple knee operations, Woods underwent a back fusion in 2017 and slowly returned to form. He ended last season by winning the Tour Championship and showed signs of a breakthrough at the Majors by being a title contender at last year’s British Open, where he led in the final round, and PGA Championship, where he finished runner-up. All those moments built to Sunday, when Woods was once again his old familiar dominating self. All eyes were on leader Francesco Molinari, who led by two shots, Woods and the weather when play began as the race for the Green Jacket turned into a final sprint with the forecast predicting thunderstorms. — Reuters

Most Major wins

  • Jack Nicklaus (US) 18
  • Tiger Woods (US) 15
  • Walter Hagen (US) 11
  • Ben Hogan (US) 9
  • Gary Player (South Africa) 9
  • Tom Watson (US) 8
  • Bobby Jones (US) 7
  • Arnold Palmer, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (all US), Harry Vardon (Jersey) 7
  • Nick Faldo (England), Lee Trevino (US) 6

Tiger’s 15

  • 1997: Masters
  • 1999: PGA Championship
  • 2000: US Open, British Open, PGA Championship
  • 2001: Masters
  • 2002: Masters, U.S. Open
  • 2005: Masters, British Open
  • 2006: British Open, PGA C’ship
  • 2007: PGA Championship
  • 2008: US Open
  • 2019: Masters

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