A natural villain emerged on a balmy Sunday afternoon in Central Florida. Tiger and Charlie Woods were hard-charging towards the feel-goodest of feel-good victories at the PNC Championship. Their only obstacle: two large men with the same last name and the same preternatural speed. The Dalys.
They’re all professional golfers. Many of them live in Florida. We know it’s a big state, but you figure that they cross paths at one time or another. So this is one that shocked us: Nelly Korda, the current No.1 female player in the world, had never met Tiger Woods.
Henrik Stenson was attending his own celebrity roast party, and he didn’t even know it. Or if he did, his 11-year-old son, Karl, created an act with Peter Jacobsen that was worthy of a “Saturday Night Live” skit.
After a turbulent year when he lived in the shadows in the months after the horrific crash, questions about where he is and what lies ahead are expected when returning to the spotlight.
It’s mid-December, and if you’re like some people typing this story we know, your holiday shopping list still has some items to cross off. You probably, then, weren’t planning on spending time this coming weekend watching a golf tournament, particularly an exhibition event consisting mostly of senior tour pros and their kids. That is until Tiger Woods decided Read more…
The golf world so desperately wants Woods back, so any positive sign – that initial swing video, or his range sessions, or his PNC plans – can easily be mistaken for concrete evidence that the comeback train’s trundling towards glory.
Tiger and Thomas have grown close over the past half-decade, as Thomas was instrumental in motivating Woods to return to the PGA Tour after his spinal fusion surgery.