osjouno16 MENU CGOLPLIVE Apt hes Quales stare Meters review Hovrto Win Agusta National Without Tiger - Woods, who's egal Stee: The Masters Coverage, ‘Tiger Woods: What Happened? The Most Vering Question in Sports 1 Golf.com Tiger Woods Lives a Life of Mystery August 2009 The 2008 U.S. Open was the ultimate myth-making performance for Woods, as hhe conquered the sport's most demanding tournament with two stress fractures in his left tibia, He was 82, with 14 major championships in the bank. Knee surgery then sidelined Woods for eight months, bul ‘06 U.S. Open champ Geoff Ogilvy stil says, "At that point | would have bet you every dollar | had that he would break Jack’s record.” Woods spent the 2009 season rounding back into form. By early August he had won five tournaments, but he was uncharacteristically shaky {in the majors, falling to convert opportunities at the Masters ang the U.S. Open land missing the cut at the British. At the PGA Championship at Hazeltine, Woods forged a two-stroke lead through 54 holes. To that point he was 14 for 14 in closing out a Saturday-night lead at a major, and this ruthless efficiency largely defined his legend. "I studied him long before | began working with him,” says. Foley. “On Sundays [at major championships] he would walk onto the range like fan emperor. I's elegant. Guys stopped hitting balls just to watch him walk. He knows that he is going to beat you. You know that he is going to beat you. He knows that you know, and you know that he knows.” Paired with 37-yoar-olé journeyman ¥.E. Yang, Woods batted his putter throughout the final round, and on the 71st hole he faced an eignt-footer to save par and retain a piece of the lead, He didn't scare the hole. "You go back to the US. Juniors, and Tiger hadn't missed a putt he hac to make in almost two decades,” says Paul Azinger. Yang closed out Woods with a kickin birdle at the fast. MORE | Tiger & His Masters Drop: Inside Golf's Most Controversial Pardon Two weeks after the stunning defeat at the PGA, Woods made his next start at the Barclays, a FedEx Cup playoff event. On the 72nd hole he stood over a seven-foot birdie putt that would have tied him forthe lead. Zach Johnson was siting on his golf bag near the 18th green at Liberty National, watching the action. When Woods whiffed the putt, Johnson turned toa reporter and said, "Tm in shook, He makes that a hundred times out of @ hundred.” Padraig Harrington, @ three-time major champion, has a diferent take. "The funny thing about gol," he says, “is that once you miss an eightfooter that matters, it becomes a litle bit easier to miss the next one, Even for Tiger Woods.” bp: gol. com/tourand-newslwha-happend-ipr-woodsit-emains-nostvexng-gueton-spors page= Stat, source=pocketuuin_medium=emailtn_eampaigy 2osjouno16 ‘Tiger Woods: What Happened? The Most Vering Question in Sports 1 Golf.com bp: gol. com/tourand-newlwha-happened-ipr-woodsit-emains-nostvexng-guetion-spors pap metiumemalutn campaig) 22