Debating Tiger's victory in detail

Michael Collins, ESPN.com senior golf writer: For the first time in … well we don't know how long because Tiger's been hiding injuries for so long from everyone, he's healthy. Now that he doesn't have to make any compensations for his TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Rescue
, the swing changes he and Sean Foley are trying to implement can finally take hold. Now that he's healthy, he can feel the way he wants to swing, so when the swing is off, he can fix it. He couldn't do that before when he was hurt.
Farrell Evans, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Tiger has had spurts of good play throughout the year. But Chevron was really the first week that he put it all together for four rounds to finish off a tournament. When he needed to hit it close and make birdies, he did it. So I don't know if there has been one difference maker, as much as all of his efforts to find his TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Rescue
and get healthy have finally culminated in a solid week of play.
Bob Harig, ESPN.com senior golf writer:The biggest change is Tiger's ability to now hit the ball with authority. His iron shots are much crisper, more solid, than at earlier times since working with Sean Foley. And he's figured out how to fix his swing when things are not going so well.
Woods is also able to hit all of the shots he likes to hit. Draws, fades, whatever the situation calls for. When he lost in a playoff to Graeme McDowell at the Chevron a year ago, Woods said he could only play TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Rescue
, a draw. Having the confidence to play different ways helps when the conditions are as challenging as they were at Sherwood.
Kevin Maguire, ESPN.com senior golf editor: For Tiger, at least this week, the difference was the course. He got to play a venue that's barely 7,000 yards long and has five par-5s. On several occasions, Woods was able to hit long irons into par-5s when going for them in 2, often out of the rough. Even if his driver didn't find the fairway, as long as he wasn't behind a tree or in a hazard (which did happen once in a while), the former world No. 1 still owned a legitimate shot at getting home in 2.
Sure, his TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Rescue
looked better than it had in weeks when he was making 5-footers to save par and keep a round going, but taking advantage of a short course proved crucial to escaping with his first victory anywhere in more than two years.