Feel free to resume watching golf again, Tiger Woods is back. With a birdie on the 72nd hold of the Bay Hill Invitational Sunday, Woods answered all questions about being ready in time for the Masters, completing a 5 shot, final round comeback and edging out Sean O'Hair by a stroke. After seeing his 12 foot birdie putt disappear into the cup on 18, Woods returned to his fist-pumping, caddy-hugging, winning ways and showed that taking 8 months off to recover from knee surgery is nothing more than a hiccup for the greatest golfer of all time.
What's more important to the game than Woods actually getting back to nailing all of his shots, is the pressure it puts on all the other golfers. It should be pointed out that going into Sunday, O'Hair had a 5 shot lead over Woods. Why did O'Hair fold? Because everyone does, and you would too if you saw Tiger coming down the fairway behind you. Having a 5 shot lead over Tiger in the final round is comparable to entering a demolition derby in a Gremlin. You're odds of taking home the trophy aren't good.
So fear not fair weather fans of golf such as myself. No longer do you have to pretend to care about names like Retief Goosen, Webb Simpson or Rory Sabatini. The reason you started watching golf in the first place has returned, and he appears ready to resume domination of his sport.
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