Tiger Woods reflected on “a hell of a process” to get to the position of being prominent in majors again, following a second-place finish at the US PGA Championship. This marked Woods’s highest major finish since being runner-up in the same tournament nine years ago.
Brooks Koepka lifted the Wanamaker Trophy at Bellerive but attention was stolen by a resurgent Woods. Eleven months since the 14-times major champion admitted he “didn’t know what the future holds” amid troublesome recovery from a fourth back surgery, Woods has made meaningful challenges for the Open and US PGA.
“I didn’t even know if I was going to play golf again,” Woods said. “I didn’t know what my schedule would be. I didn’t know how many tournaments I would play this year or if I would even play. So each tournament brought about its own challenges.
“I didn’t know what the number was going to be this year. I didn’t know how I was going to play. And so at the beginning of the year, if you would say I would have a legit chance to win the last two major championships… with what swing? I didn’t have a swing at the time. I had no speed. I didn’t have a golf swing. My short game wasn’t quite there yet. My putting was OK. But God, I hadn’t played in two years. So it’s been a hell of a process for sure.”
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