Tiger Woods tees it up this week at The Players Championship, a tournament he won the last time he competed in it back in 2013. It was part of a five-win season.
However, Woods didn't win at all in 2014, sidelined for much of it while recovering from back surgery. He then fired his teacher Sean Foley, took months to identify another in Chris Como and adopted a swing rooted in his approach from 20 years ago. The early returns were ugly, with last-place finishes in his own limited-field Hero World Challenge and at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he shot a career-worst 82 in the second round.
Two months after a self-imposed break from tournament golf, Woods finished T-17 at the Masters. At Augusta National, he looked like a man at peace and happy with his life as a dad to two children and an elder statesman of the game. With Lindsey Vonn at his side, it seemed he had found a true, meaningful love.
That wasn't the case. Woods and Vonn announced their breakup on Sunday, and the 14-time major champion said Tuesday he's tired and rusty heading into the PGA Tour's crown jewel at TPC Sawgrass.
Can Tiger Woods win this season? Kevin Kaduk and Jay Busbee debate. The boys offer their top five picks (see mine here) to take home the fifth major.
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