Twice before this year, Woods had been at or near the lead down the stretch — at the Masters in April and at the Australian Open last month.
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Mizuno JPX 800 Irons feels good because I was able to pull it off this time,” he said, adding: “I pulled it off with one down, two to go. To go birdie, birdie is as good as it gets.”
The inability to close out events can wear on the psyche. Woods would acknowledge none of the physiological or psychological changes other golfers in title contention routinely describe: the sweaty palms, dry mouth, racing heart, random thoughts.
“I’m just going to go out and play,” Woods said Saturday night. “Same thing I do every week.”
Woods’s play over the final nine holes betrayed his nerves. He was two strokes ahead of Johnson with seven
Mizuno JPX 800 Irons to play when he reverted to his old swing and hit a couple of shots fat. He missed birdies at Nos. 13 and 14 that he routinely made a few years ago when it was news if he went four starts without a win.
From 2005 to 2009, Woods never went more than six events between titles. That was when he exuded an air of invincibility, when he exhibited what Johnson described as “some superhero strength.” Johnson added, “We all at one point thought he was Superman.”
The news of Woods’s serial adultery, which came out after he hit a fire hydrant with his car on Thanksgiving night in 2009, proved he was only too mortal.
Mizuno JPX 800 IronsHis final round Sunday was not a masterpiece, but he was masterly when it mattered. Woods birdied the 17th hole to draw even with Johnson and then hit his best approach shot and best putt of the day at 18.
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