Is Tiger Woods Roaring Along The Comeback Trail?

For Tiger Woods, recent times have seen in the rough. His personal woes continue to dominate the world of golf news and he has missed two recent Majors. Tiger’s “minor” damage to the knee and Achilles tendon have raised speculation about his future on the green.

Before his catastrophic showing at the Players Championship, Tiger Woods was tipped to surpass legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus’s record eighteen Majors wins. However, once he limped off the sawgrass at Ponte Vedra, even one more golf tournament became either a pipe-dream, or the prospect of a long climb back to the top. Woods currently has thirteen Majors under his belt.

To those who are familiar with Tiger Woods’ career, knee trouble is nothing new: he has had four knee surgeries since his time at Stanford University. His resilience has led his millions of followers and fans to continue to believe in him, as does his former golf-swing coach.

Hank Haney, who coached Woods for over a decade thinks Tiger can come roaring back. He has been cited as comparing Woods’ relatively young age of 35 to Nicklaus’ age of 46, when Nicklaus won his final Major in 1986. Haney believes Woods’ body should allow him to recover as in years past, but qualified his beliefs by pointing out the requisite that Woods won more Majors than Phil Mickelson has in his entire career. Nonetheless, Haney believes Tiger has many more major golf tournaments ahead of him.

The talk of another Tiger Woods comeback, therefore, has only begun to intensify. Last week, Sports Illustrated’s Alan Shipnuck tweeted that Woods might return for the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament towards the end of the month. If Woods should return to the new West Virginia golf match, he would join Phil Mickelson in headlining the tournament. Whatever the score in such a golf match might be, the hubbub of golf would feel the impact.

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