Tiger Woods: Return Of The Roar (2nd Prize - SMedia Awards 2019)
Return of the Roar: The Tale of Tiger's Remarkable Renaissance If 2018 taught us anything, it is that Tiger Woods moves the needle like no other in golf, period. Yet amid the corybantic afterglow of his electrifying comeback year, it is easy to forget the low ebb the 14-time major champion found himself at entering last year. As a non-playing vice-captain in the most recent Presidents Cup, Woods cut a forlorn, woebegone figure, often grimacing in pain as he moved in and out of his golf buggy and even when merely standing still for several minutes. At the same tournament, he remarked how he may never play competitive golf again such was the severity of the smarting in his lower back. Though the American was several months removed from a successful microdiscectomy, it was the barrage of injuries and surgeries over the years that were now evide...