AUGUSTA, Ga. — We know all the old highlights by heart. Tiger Woods double-fist-pumping after his miraculous chip-in at the 16th hole in 2005. Embracing his father after his 1997 victory at Augusta. Sunday red, so much Sunday red.
But the spot on 16 where he chipped from no longer exists. Earl Woods has been gone for almost 20 years. And Woods hasn’t worn a red shirt at a major tournament in a year, hasn’t raised a trophy in any tournament since 2019.
At that memorable 16th, in a stinging sideways rain, Woods’ tee shot didn’t even clear the short pond in front of him, just plunged straight into the depths well short of land. His face didn’t look angry or resolute; he just looked beaten in a way we’ve almost never seen. Woods was running below empty, coasting on momentum alone and, finally, slowing to a dead stop.
To be clear, this isn’t a call for Tiger Woods to quit. Not now, not ever. If he wants to play, he should damn well play anywhere he wants at any time. Woods has earned the right to play Augusta National for as long as he wishes, regardless of what any critics outside his own head might say. Expectations, his and ours, have diminished to the point that even a Tiger Woods appearance is enough to get the golf world thanking the heavens in gratitude. Once, Woods roared into every tournament expecting to devour the field, and for more than a decade he did exactly that. He now edges in, focused only on the next hole, the next shot, the next step.
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