For all the happy talk from and about Woods by those who wish everything was all right, it’s not unreasonable to surmise that the 14-time Major-championship winner’s life has been troubled for a while.
While most accounts of Tiger Woods’ troubles begin with his 2009 sex scandal, the most pronounced struggles for the 14-time Major champion appear to have begun after his 2013 Player of the Year season.
The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
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Tiger Woods is miscast these days, a perpetual headliner now yesterday’s news. Or yesteryears’ news. The anniversaries have entered the precious metals stage, platinum this time, 20 years since his 12-stroke victory in the Masters.
Overnight, Tiger Woods announced a new golf course design at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri. Called “Payne’s Valley” in honour of the late Payne Stewart, the course features a 19th hole to help settle ties/bets.
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