After a tournament in which Tiger Woods finished well back of the lead, Lee Westwood was asked about him. The Woods of eight years ago was returning from knee surgery and his impossibly embarrassing fidelity scandal. The background to all of the on-course problems was a steady reveal about the life of Tiger Woods, which turned out to be surprisingly grim and depressing. The years of very public failure on the golf course, coupled with the details of a broken, withdrawn man? For all the things that are remarkable about the career arc of Tiger Woods, the fact that he would end up recast as a plucky — even lovable?

Source: National Post September 25, 2018 16:08 UTC