What Tiger Woods’ Masters Victory Means For Golf

A shot in the arm, yes. But will it last?

Prior to Tiger Woods’ Masters victory yesterday, golf had become something like boxing.

There was a superstar who dominated all the attention for so long, in golf’s case Tiger Woods, in boxing’s case Mike Tyson.

But then when they fell, so did the sport.

So what becomes of golf now that Woods is again on top of the sport?

It’s hard not to make the comparison to Woods winning in Augusta this year with Jack Nicklaus in 1986. The Golden Bear was 46 then and, like Woods, few thought he was capable of returning to past glory.

Nicklaus won The Masters after an 11-year hiatus, and Woods after 14 years.

Clearly both were sensations after their victories at 40 something.

One prominent golf writer predicted Woods would fail to make the cut of the 2019 Masters

Perhaps the main difference between Nicklaus and Woods is there is a feeling Woods can make up for the past decade and continue to win major tournaments and the like again. With Nicklaus, it was his swansong, and paved the way for the likes of Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, and Nick Price to dominate the sport before Woods came along.

The aforementioned PGA Champions were nothing short of great players, but not the transcending superstars Woods or…